Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30
THE CATTLEMEN MUST MOVE.
Given by the President Forty Days t.
Get Out Of the Indian Territory.

Geb Out Oh tne lnuiau IefTltOry.
Especial to the World.l
WASHINGTON, July 23.-The Presi.
dent to-day issued the following proc
lamation:
By tbs President of the United States Of America
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, certain portions OF the
Cheyenne and ArapOhOe Indian Re-
servation in the Indian Territory are
occupied by persons other than Indians,
who claim the right to keep and Craze
cattle thereon by agreement made with
the Indians, for whose special posses
sion and occupancy the said lands have
been reserved by the Government OF
the United States, or under other pre-
texes and licenses;
And whereas, all such agreements
and licenses are deemed void and of no
effect, and the persons so occupying
said lands with cattle ale considered
unlawfully upon the domain of the
, United States so reserved as aforesaid;
And whereas, the claims of such per-
sons under said leases and licenses, and
their unauthorized presence upon such
reservation have caused complaint and
discomfort on the part of the Indians
located thereon and are likely to cause
serious outbreaks and disturbances.
Now, therefore, /, Grover Cleveland,
President of the United States, do here
by order and direct that all persons
other than Indians who are now upon
any part of said reservation, do, within
forty days from the date of this proc
lamation, depart and entirely remove
therefrom with their cattle, horses and
other property.
In witness whereof I have hereuntO
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed. Done at
the city of Washington on the twenty
third day of July, one Thousand eight
hundred and eighty-five, and the year
of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and tenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
#. +. Bayard, Secretary of State.
This proclamation is the outcome Of
thorough examination of the situation
by the President through Agent Dyer,
Inspector Armstrong and Gen. Phil
Sheridan. The Inspector held coqn-
Gil with the Indians, who asked that
the leases they had given to the cattle
men be revoked, as they were influence
ed to make them by a former agent.
The same officer caused account of the
Indians to be made, which revealed the
fact that ratious were being issued to
about two thousand more Indians than
lived upon the reservation. He there
fore recommended reorganization Of
the entire management.
Gen. Sheridan, who has spent several
days at the agency, also recommended
the expulsion of the cattlemen within
forty days and the appointment of a
new agent to succeed Mr.. Dyer, who
has lost control of the Indians. If this
were not done he considered an out
break as inevitable. He also advised
the transfer Of Indian affairs from the
Interior to the War Department until
the Indians should have been quieted
and disciplined. This will be done.
In accordance with Gen. Sheridan's
recommendation the President to-day
appointed Capt. Jesse M. Lee, Ninth
u. s. Infantry, to succeed Agent Dyer,
and so telegraphed the General, also
notifying him that further steps in ac-
cordance with his suggestions would be
taken Immediately.