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U.S. Serial Set, Number 4015,56th Congress, 1st Session, Pages 888 and 889 

Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894 

Date: August 31, 1876 

Where or how concluded: Executive order. 

Tribe: Pima and Maricopa. 

Description of cession or reservation: President sets apart a tract as an addition to Gila River reservation, 

established by act of Congress Feb. 28, 1859, consisting of the following lands: T. 4 S., R. 7 E., secs. 14, 15,22, 

23,24,25,26,27, N. 112 of sec. 35 and sec. 36; T 5 S., R. 7 E., NE. 114 of sec. 1; T. 4 S., R. 8 E., SW. 114 of 

sec. 19, W. 112 and SE. 114 of sec. 29, secs. 30,31,32, and SW. 114 of sec. 33; T. 5 S., R. 8 E., SW. 114 of sec. 

3, sec. 4, N. 112 of sec. 5, N. 112 of NE. 114 and IW. 114 of sec. 6, and NW. 114 of sec. 10. 

Historical data and remarks: See Executive orders of Jan. 10, 1879, June 14, 1879, and May 5, 1882 

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Designation of cession(s) on map: 596 

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U.S. Serial Set, Number 4015,56th Congress, 1st Session, Pages 906 and 907 

Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894 

Date: May 5, 1882 

Where or how concluded: Executive order. 

Tribe: Pima and Maricopa. 

Description of cession or reservation: President sets apart tract as addition to reserve established by 

Executive order Aug. 3 1, 1876, bounded as follows: Beginning at a point where the S. boundary of sec. 15, T. 3 

S., R. 3 E., intersects the western boundary of the present resewation S. of the Gila river; thence W. along the 

S. boundary of secs. 15 and 16, T. 3 S., R. 3 E., to the SW. comer of sec. 16; thence N. along the section line to 

the NW. comer of sec. 16; thence due W. along the S. boundary of secs. 8 and 7, in T. 3 S., R. 3 E., and secs. 

12, 1 1, and 10, in T. 3 S., R. 2 E., to the S W. comer of sec. 10; thence N. along the W. boundary of secs, 10 and 

3 to the NW. comer of sec. 3, in T. 3 S., R. 2 E.; thence W. along the N. boundary of said township to the SW. 

comer of sec. 33, in T. 2 S., R. 2 E.; thence N. along the W. boundary of secs. 33 and 28 to the NW. comer of 

sec. 28; thence NW. in a straight line to a point on Gila river meridian 2 miles S. of the initial point on the Gila 

river base line; thence N. along the Gila river meridian to the middle of the Gila river; thence with the 

boundary of the present reservation up the middle of the Gila river to a point where the said boundary leaves 

the said river; thence continuing along said boundary S. 180 3 8' E. to the place of beginning. 

Historical data and remarks: See also Executive orders of Jan. 10, 1879, and June 14, 1879 

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Designation of cession(s) on map: 634 

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U.S. Serial Set, Number 4015,56th Congress, 1st Session, Pages 894 and 895 

Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894 

Date: June 14, 1879 

Where or how concluded: Executive order. 

Tribe: Pima and Maricopa. 

Description of cession or reservation: President revokes Executive order of Jan. 10, 1879, and sets apart other 

tracts in lieu of those therein withdrawn, as follows: Beginning at the point where the range line between Rs. 4 

and 5 E. crosses the Salt river; thence up and along the middle of said river to a point where the easterly line of 

Camp McDowell military reservation, if prolonged S., would strike said river; thence northerly to the SE. 

comer of Camp McDowell reservation; thence W. along the southern boundary. line of said reservation to the 

SW. comer thereof; thence up and along the W. boundary line of said Camp McDowell reservation until it 

intersects the N. boundary of the southern tier of sections in T. 3 N., R. 6 E.; thence W. along the N. boundary 

of the southern tier of sections in T. 3 N., Rs. 5 and 6 E., to the NW. comer of sec. 3 1, T. 3 N., R 5 E.; thence S. 

along the range line between Rs. 4 and 5 E. to the place of beginning. 

Also the following: Beginning at the NW. comer of the old Gila reservation; thence by a direct line running 

northwesterly until it strikes Salt river 4 miles E. from the intersection of said river with the Gila river; thence 

down and along the middle of said Salt river to the mouth [its junction with] the Gila river; thence up and 

along; the middle of said Gila river to its intersection with the northwesterly boundary line of the old Gila 

reservation; thence northwesterly along the said last-described boundary line to the place of beginning. 

Historical data and remarks: See act of Congress Feb. 28, 1859, and Executive orders of Aug. 31, 1876, Jan. 

10, 1879, and May 5, 1882. In addition to the two tracts permanently set apart, this order of June 14, 1879, also 

temporarily withdrew portions of Ts. 1 and 2 N., Rs. 5 and 6 E., lying S. of Salt river. 

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U.S. Serial Set, Number 4015,56th Congress, 1st Session, Pages 906 and 907 

Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894 

Date: May 5, 1882 

Where or how concluded: Executive order. 

Tribe: Pima and Maricopa. 

Description of cession or reservation: President sets apart tract as addition to reserve established by 

Executive order Aug. 3 1, 1876, bounded as follows: Beginning at a point where the S. boundary of sec. 15, T. 3 

S., R. 3 E., intersects the western boundary ofthe present reservation S. of the Gila river; thence W. along the 

S. boundary of secs. 15 and 16, T. 3 S., R. 3 E., to the SW. comer of sec. 16; thence N. along the section line to 

the NW. corner of sec. 16; thence due W. along the S. boundary of secs. 8 and 7, in T. 3 S., R. 3 E., and secs. 

12, 11, and 10, in T. 3 S., R. 2 E., to the SW. comer of sec. 10; thence N. along the W. boundary of secs, 10 and 

3 to the NW. comer of sec. 3, in T. 3 S., R. 2 E.; thence W. along the N. boundary of said township to the SW. 

comer of sec. 33, in T. 2 S., R. 2 E.; thence N. along the W. boundary of secs. 33 and 28 to the NW. comer of 

sec. 28; thence NW. in a straight line to a point on Gila river merihan 2 miles S. of the initial point on the Gila 

river base line; thence N. along the Gila river meridian to the middle of the Gila river; thence with the 

boundary of the present reservation up the middle of the Gila river to a point where the said boundary leaves 

the said river; thence continuing along said boundary S. 180 38' E. to the place of beginning. 

Historical data and remarks: See also Executive orders of Jan. 10, 1879, and June 14, 1879 

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U.S. Serial Set, Number 4015,56th Congress, 1st Session, Pages 914 and 915 

Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894 

Date: November 15, 1883 

Where or how concluded: Executive order. 

Tribe: Pima and Maricopa. 

Description of cession or reservation: President sets apart an addition to Pima and Maricopa reserve, as 

follows: Beginning at a point in the middle of Salt river, 4 miles E. from the intersection of said river with the 

Gila river, being the ME. comer of the Executive addition of June 14,1879; thence southeasterly along the 

boundary line of said Executive addition to the township line between Ts. 1 and 2 S., R. 2 E. of the Gila and 

Salt river meridian; thence E. on the township lines, between Ts. 1 and 2 s:, to the NE. comer of T. 2 S., R. 4 

E.; thence S. on the range line, between Rs. 4 and 5 E., to the SE. comer of T. 2 S., R. 4 E.; thence E on the 

township lines, between Ts. 2 and 3 S., to the NE. comer of T. 3 S., R. 6 E.; thence S. on the range line, 

between Rs. 6 and 7 E., to the SE. comer of T. 3 S., R. 6 E.; thence E. on the township lines, between Ts. 3 and 

4 S., to the quarter-section comer on the N. boundary of sec. 3, T. 4 S., R. 8 E.; thence S. through the middle of 

secs. 3, 10, 15,22,27, and 34 in T. 4 S., R. 8 E., and 3 in T. 5 S., R. 8 E., to the NE. comer of the present 

reserve, as established by Executive order of Aug. 3 1, 1876, being the NE. comer of the SW. quarter of sec. 3, 

T. 5 S., R. 8 E.; thence following the boundary line of said reserve SW. andN. to the NE. comer of sec. 2, T. 5 

S., R. 7 E.; thence S. on the section lines to the SE. comer of sec. 11 in T. 5 S., R. rl. E.; thence W. on the 

section lines, through Rs. 7, 6, and 5 E., to the SW. comer of sec. 7, T. 5 S., R. 5 E.; thence N. on the range line, 

between Rs. 4 and 5 E., to the NW. comer of sec. 18, T. 4 S., R. 5 E.; thence W. on the section line, through Rs. 

4,3, and 2 E., to the SW. comer of sec. 7, T. 4 S., R. 2 E.; thence N. on the range line, between Rs. 1 and 2 E., 

to the NW. comer of sec. 19 in T. 2 S., R. 2 E.; thence W. on the section line, through R. 1 E., to the SW. comer 

of sec. 18, T. 2 S., R. 1 E., on the Gila and Salt river meridian; thence N. on said meridian to a point in the Gila 

river opposite the middle of the mouth of Salt river; thence up the middle of Salt river to the place of 

beginning. 

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gnc. 2. And be id furlw m~aded, Tbat no part of ihe money ftcraby to~~n$L~ 

fipp~priattld ~bdl be UP& for purcl~ase OF ms or ammunition to be nn125s, hc, 

~ioen or fnrnished to any of the Idiana herein named, unless r*dr par t3 

chase uf arms ar ~mmzrtnidarz wFfar~&d be in falfiIrnen$ of &a obIig&u.~lg 

of axisking tmde& 

get. 5. hd be IL f& ma!ci%& That. %he PreEEidmt of the United Tmctrr ornapid 

Stwtes be, snd be hereby is, srrthorized and reqoired to muse to be mr- Y h~dians vrgrrl, and the bonndmie thered perrnaacntb markad, &be trnct or tracts :$%"rls niwr 

of land Wng on or Bear tfia f.%h Bivar, in tke %fX~-it~ry of Arizaiqa, Eew BUTBY&, 

&%exita,cq now occnpien by the w~~f~3cderated bands of Pima and lllsricopab* 

Indians, and *be sum d one thou&md dolhrs is fiereby aypmprkted to 

dtfl~g tbe expenses of the said survqr. Sec. 4. Ad & it fwfh~ mad04 Thag the Ptvstdmt the &itd a~~fitiw 

States be, and he hereby. h, authorized arxd requi~ed to se.t apart the tmtct fat mid ~riclim. 

i,r tracts of Innd afmid as a rmernii~nr fo~ Qle oontedwrsted bands of 

Pimw and Maricopas : fima&& That the sai8 reswvatieas d~dI not ex- J"~rig@- 

cckd one hu:ndx~c3. square rsliles in extent.. 

f4r.c. 5. hd k it jbdkw m.tz&eb; Thst the sum of ten thousand dot- of^^^^ 

lwa is het~:'iy q?pmpt$~-td to enable tho- &mtgksjmer of 'fadim &&aim5 FE~. 

ta make suitable presents to the Pimas ad BP:~fimpt~~ in acknotvXedgmat of dtdr 'foyality to f2Gw go~e~nrnent and the many kindme8 heretofare renderd trJ. fshm to OUT ~itizm.s- 

%c, 6- h~d &e itww maold, mat in adjusting the ddm; of half- bread Cldm Zrrdbas, ofhaxbreed Ihdians under the tenth saicle of the treaty uf Prairie do Chien, Yol. p. 8sOq 

of the fifteenth of' Jtzly, eighteen hundred and tlrilby, lgng within the Hernolinw reewatioa cfiereik described, ns surveyed by- &Coy, and wnfirmed by acctian &rteen of the act ~n2J,dud <(An ad mnliing appropx-iatisns 

far sundry civil cxp~nsa OF the govgmrne~t fa tba yew mang the thir1858, Ch, 269, tieth of June, ejgkiteQl hundred and Gft~-nit~eF app~~ved Jane tvetfth, + urn 

cigbtwn lmnilrcd and £3ty4gI1t, &era &hall bc fbund a d~fioiou~j* in tb ~2% p. 

quantltp of 2m1d >necessary C~J- out the Eni.cations of' mid trc%tg,, then 

there shdl be retained out of &be pmeds of that poxdon of the pub& 

lands eu:lrrded fivm, said reier~atio?~, BS said k~l~b~eds chGmerl its 

bocrndwies by the WcGy wmey and the thirteenth section of fbe mid 

mt of July rxs-dfih, ejg?feen hundred and CfLy-right$ so mudl money as 

fi31altll eqnrit tfw% befiaency, estimating mrne d one dollar aud 

t~enty-five cents per awe; which r;d& sum of mnney dial1 LC paid ta 

tbe Secretary of tfke Interior, CEO be IreIB by him ia .i.xrusfi .for suuli 

of said hJf-breads as shall be faxlnd entided ra it, and by him be 

paid tu them UT invested for their be~efif, as he sbsll think most juiliLirj.0115 ant? proper, after the mid &eil blda shall hatye rt31inquisBed 

to the Gnitc.d States all thds interst in aad ta sd ddcimey in sdd 

reser~aiicm 

7, AasZ be lit fidtolr ctauc&d3 ZYhitt the Commissianer of Mian Bules, &c. for 

Affails, the fnclian 9iler- under the dimetion af tho Secretary af the Interior, is Ikerebg 

autburieed and dimbed ta peparc rrrh an8 rlepktlims fix Ule prexn- ppqmred 

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+ U.S. Serial Set, Number 4015,56th Congress, 1st Session, Pages 820 and 821 

Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894 

Date: February 28, 1859 

Where or how concluded: Act of Congress. 

Reference: Statutes at Large, Volume XI, page 40 1. 

Tribe: Pima and Maricopa. 

Description of cession or reservation: U. S. sets apart tract on Gila river occupied by them as a reservation 

for their use, bounded as follows: Beginning at Sweetwater station; thence S. 180 38' E. 1 mile 39.87 chains; 

8.740 26' E. 12 miles 22.67 chains; N. 180 38' W. 4 miles 70.15 chains; N. 740 26' W. 12 miles 22.67 chains; 

thence from initial point N. 740 26' W. 12 miles 72 chains; N. 180 38' W. 4 miles 70.15 chains; S. 760 26' E. 12 

miles 72 chains; S. 180 38' E. 1 mile 38.60 chains, containing in the aggregate 100 square miles. 

Historical data and remarks: Enlarged by Executive orders of Aug. 31, 1876, Jan. 10 and June 4, 1879, and 

May 5, 1882. 

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