Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-04

THE PROMISED LAND.
The President Issues the Oklaho
ma Proclamation.
To Tie Open for Settlement April
Twenty Second az High Moons
I SO Says the President.
WASHINGTON. March 27.-Tho follow
ing Is the presidents Oklahoma procla

"NshtNNlpN, hulth 60 uV lulloW
ing Is the presidents Oklahoma procla
nation, promulgated today;
wusREAs, Pursuant to section 3 OF an act
OF congress, approved March 0, 1885, en-
Titled "An act making appropriations for
current and contingent expenses OF the
Indian department and for fulnlllnE the
treaty and st'pulations with various Indian
rll o., for the year ending June 30, 1885, aud
for other purposes, certain articles OF cession
and an agreement were made and concluded
| at the city of Washington on the 10th OF
January, 1852, by aud between the United
States of America and the MuskoEeo Tor
| Creek nation OF Indians, whereby the said
Muskogee Tor Crock nation OF Indians for
tho consideration horeln mentioned, ecdcd
and granted to tho United States. without
reservation or condition, u full aud complete
| title to tho entire western half OF the
domain or the said Muskogoe tor
| Crcck) nation, In the Indian territory,
| lying west of tho division ON n Inc sur
! soyed and established under u treaty, with
| tho said nation, dated 18th day or June, 1885,
| and also granted and released TO tho United
states, all aud every claim, estate, right or
interest OF any aud every description In and
| TO any and all territory whatever, except 40
| much OF the former domain OF tho said Mus
rogeo Tor Creok) nation as lies east OF said
| line of tho division surveyed and established
| as aforesaid, and then used and occupied rs
homo of said nation, and which articles OF
| tho ccs, Ion and agreement were duly accept
| cd, ratified and confirmed by the said Musco-
| gee Tor Creek nation of Indians by mn not OF
Its council, approved on tho 3lst day OF Jan
uary, 1899, and by the United States by an
| act Of congress approved March 1, 1880, and
| WHEREAS, by section 10 Of an act cnti-
| tied, IAN net making appropriations for tho
| current and contingent expenses OF the IN
dian department, and for fulfilling tho
treaty stpulations with various Indian
tribes for tho year ending June 80, 1890, aud
Tor other purposes" approved March .,
| 1880, sum Of money was appropriated to
| pay In full tho Samnolo nation OF Indians
| for all its right, title, Interest and claim
which tho said nation OF Indians might have
| IN and To certain lands coded by article 3, OF
| the treaty between the United States and tho
| said nation OF Indians, concluded June II,
| 1865, and proclaimed August 10, 1869. Said
appropriation was to become operative upon
| the execution by duly appointed delegates OF
| laid nation aud specially empowered to do
20 on the release aud conveyance to the
United States OF all right, title, interest aud
Slain OF the said nation OF Indians In and TO
,aid lands IN the manner and form satlsfao-
:ory to tho president Of tho United States;
aud
| WHEREAS, Said release aud conveyance
bearing date 10th day of March, 1889, has
been duly aud fully executed, approved aud
| delivered, aud
WHEREAS, Section 10 OF act last aforesaid,
'clating to said lands, provides rs follows;
| section 10, that lands acquired by tho United
| states under said agreement shall be part OF
| he public domain, to bo disposed Of only ms
| ierein provided, and sections 10 and 20, OF
zach township, whether surveyed or unsur-
Keyed, are hereby reserved for tho use and
,encnt of tho public schools, to DO estab-
| jrhed within limits of said lands under such
,ondi,ions and regulations us may hereafter
90 enacted by congress, That lands ao-
luired by conveyance from Seminole Indians
hereunder, except 10th and 86th sections,
,hall DO disposed OF to actual settlers under
| .he homestead laws only, except AS herein
| otherwise provided Except that 500
Ion 230l of revised statutes shall
| not apply and, provided further,
hat any person who having attempted to but
| Tor any cause failed 10 secure n title In foo
20 n homestead under existing laws, or who
made EMERY under what Ia known M COM
| nuted pi Division OF the homestead laws shall
| Dc qualified 70 make q homestead entry upon
aid lands, and provided further that the
! tights of honorable discharged union soldiers
| Dr. sailors In the late civil war, as defined aud
| described In sections 230i and 1905 OF revised
statutes shall not be abridged; and provided
| further that each entry shall be In square
| form as nearly as practicable, and no person
| DO permitted to enter moro than one-quarter
| section thereof. hut until said lands are
! opened for settlement by proclamation OF tho
|
| snter upon and occupy the same, and any
person violating this provision shall ever BIO
| permitted to enter any OF said lands or acquire
any right thereto" "'rho secretary OF tho
interior may, after said proclamation
and not before, permit the entry OF said
lands for town sites, under sections 2,3sI
| and 1888 OF revised statutes. but no such
| entry shall embrace moro than ono-haif SEQ
| ton OF land" THAT all tho foregoing pro-
visions with reference TO tho lands to DO
| acquired from Seminoo Indians including
| tho provisions pertaining TO forfeiture shall
apply to and regulate the disposal OF the
Muscogee, Tor Croek) Indians by tho articles
| of cession and agreement made ana con-
| STUDDED at the city Of Washington, January ~,
1885,"
| Now, therefore, l BonJamin Harrison, pres
| don't OF tho United States, by virtue or
power In me vested by said act OF congress-,
approved March 2, 1888, aforesaid, do hereby
| declare and make known that so much OF tho
| lands as aforesaid, acquired from or conveyed
| by Muscogec, Tor Creek nation OF Indians,
| and from or by the Seminole nation or Indians
respectively, rs 10 contained within tho fol-
lowing described boundaries, VIZ posn-
| Ing ut point whero aesreo Vi ionsf
tudo ss west from nreon",es ns was e
yeyed IN tue years 1898 ana ls'' in.ersoots
| the Chnhdhh RIVER, tnohcc "o,t" "U"s anu
with said degree 10 point where 'no san'.
| intersects the c'marron riYer, 'ncn0o up sA'a
| river aions t"o hs"s ,""' y" p
the same Is intersectcd ny tne south uno vi
| what Is known rs the Cherokee Janus, yns
| west oil tho ARKANSAS river OF IN .ne one,o-
kee outlet, the said line pcihs inc norah nhe
OF the lands ceded oy the Muscosso loI o'eeN
nations OF lhdiahs 10 tne on'teo otatos "
| treaty or June H. 1900 thehce cast h'ons
said line to point where the same interscc.
the west line OF the lands set apart as res.
| eryation Tor tho fawnee ina'Ane py III ao'
| OF congress- approved April w. 1910, peins
the range iino between ranges aLa east o,
inc inu'un horn' ,nonoe ' " o -
Inc ,o~ punt "ao'o tno 'a"o ~ $3.50
middle OF tue man 'nan"o, VI '"o ~
| river; tns"co up sa'a sno., ~
| uiouio VI 'ne nAn on"o' o
| pom. Wneio ,o 'ao "a
| range hno pet"eon ,,,'
range i Yves. using tno Inulan no '' 49,.
| wnien nne FORM Tue westc'h oo ,. " ~ u
rcser'aoons 80. hPut resPesv ~ hno
iowa ana hickapoo ihalans, py tno eaoe1 ioo,
ORDERS oateo respectively aususl iotH, io1s'
thence south along sala range ,inc OF me. NJ
Ian, 10 point where Tue same ,n.crseo.s , ,ne
right BANK OF the north tork Oh inc ,A"."''"
river; thence up said river, along the right
bank thereof to point where the sam, Is
intcrsected by the west limo OF tho rcscrva-
ton, occupied By the citizen band OF Potta.
wat,amies, and the absentee shawnee In
treaty. " Of ' February rs ~ a0 1867 between the