New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-28

ppEsDrET HARRIsoN ISSUES HIS rRoo
LAMATIoN.
APRIL. "a THE DATE or ENTRT-PRovksioSso -
THE Law AND LIMITS OF THE TzRni
TORY CLEARLY DEFINED-Two
LAND DISTRICTS EsTADLisHE

THE Law AND LIMITS OF THE TERBf
TORY CLEARLY DEFINED-TWo
LAND DISTRICTS EsrABLIsHED,
washington. March a. The President to-day issusd
tho following proclamation opening the ohiahoma
lands; t5e
Proclamation.
gross approved March 3, 1885, entitled 'H aes making
appropriations for eurTeRt and contingent expenses
tho Indian Department and for fuhlling ueaW supar
tons with various Indian tribes Tor she year enans
June 80 1885, and TOT other purposes certain aeies
Of cesson and were made and eoncuoed ~ inc
city OF Washington on the 18th day OF January IN the
year Lord 1859. By and between che United eass
America and the Mpscogee Cor Creek Naton OF
WHEREBY tho said Muscogee Cor Creek Nation Of inaans
for the consideration theren mentioned coded snd granted
10 the United States without reservation or condi1on'
full and complete tItle 70 the entire western nan OF INC
domain OF tine sad Muscogee Tor Creek Nauon IN inc
Indian Territory, lying OF the division line surveyed
and established under the treaty With ssid nation
dated the 14th DAY Of June, 1885, and also
granted aud released the United States ell and every
claim right interest Of and every description
IN and 70 and all land and territory whaeveri except
much OF the former domain OF said Mucogee Tor creek
Nation lies Of said line OF division surveyed and
established aforesaid and then used and occupied ~ tho
Of aid nation, and which articles OF cesson and
sgresneat were duly accepted ratified and confirmed oy
said Muscogee Cor Crsek Nation Of Indians By act OF its
Council approved the 81ss day Of January, 1885, and
By the United States By act Of Congress- approved March
1. 1850, and
Whereas BY Section 70 Of the act entitled can act
making abpropraons for tho current and contingent
penses Of the Indian Department md for fulfilling treaty
spuatons with various Indian Tribes for tho year cnd
Ing June 80, 1890, for other purpc ~" approved
March q 1859, Of money appropriated 70 pey In
full the Seminole Nation Indians for all Che right tle.
Interest and claim which said nation OF Indians might
in ana 10 certain lands coded By Article of the
treaty the United States and nation OF In
dians concluded June a. 1900 and proclaimed August H.
$780, said appropriation 10 become operative the
execution By the duly appointed delegates o. said nstcn
specially empowered DO So Of release ans conveyance
the United States Of ell right title, interest and claim
OF said nation Of Indians In and 20 said lands In manner
and form satisfactory the presidents Of the United States
| and
Whereas Said release and conveyance bearing dsts the
10Th day Of March, 1889. has been duly and fully eS
ecused approved and delivered, and
Whereas Section IS Of the act Last Aforesaid relating
to saId lands, provides follows;
'seetion 13-That the lands acquired By the United
under said agreement shall be part Of The public
domain be disposed Of only herein provided, and
Ie and 30 OF eac township whether surveyed or
unsuveysd hereby reserved for the use and benefit OF
the public schools DO established within the limits Of
said lands under such conditions and regulations a. may
be hereafter enacted by Congress-
''hst lands acquired BY conveyance from the Sem
Indians hereunder except the sixteenth and thirty
sixth sections ha be disposed Of TO SEXUAL settlers under
the Homestead Laws only except a. herein otherwise
provided except that Section 29o1 OF o Revised Sta
utes shall not apply and provided furher. that any
who having attempted TO- but for any cause failed
secure title. In fee 10 homestead sndsr existing
laws who made entry under what Is known the com
mutod provision OF the homestead laws shall DO qualified
make . homestead entry said lsndsi and pro-
yidsd further. that the rights Of honorably discharged
Union soldiers and sailors In the late Civil War As defined
and described Sections 3o4 and 1905 Of the Revised
Statutes shall not be abridged and provided further that
entry shall be in square form as nearly As praeea
bic, and person to be permitted 70 enter more than
one section thereof but until said lands opened
for settlement by proclamation By the President, no
person shall be permitted 20 enter upon and occupy the
same and no person violating this provision shall
be permitted enter any Of said lands OF acquire any
/ right thereto.
Ths Secretary Of the Interior nay sed proeams
ton and not before permit entry said lands for
Sites under Sections ASST snd ASS Fl the Revised
Statutes but no such sutry shall embrace more than one
/ haf.seetion Of land Il ..sss.1s. - 3 .sss -
nThat all tho foregoing provisions With reference 10
lands to be acquired he Seminole Indiana euans
the provisions pertaining TO forfeiture sha appy 70 ana
regulate the disposal Of the lands acquired rom te
MuseoRea or Creek Indians By articles Of eesson and
made and concluded at the City Of Washington
on tho 9sth day Of January. In the rear OF our Lord
| 1885,
| Now therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison. President OF
Tho United States by virtue Of the power In me vested
nv aid acts Of Congress- approved March 1882 afore
sad do hareby declare and make known hat 20 much
Of the aforesaid acquired from or conveyed pS
tho Museosee Tor Cteek nation Of Indians ana from or
nv the Seminole nation Of Indians respeeuNcy' ~ Is
contained within tho following described boundAres Wis,
Beginning at point who're the degree OF longitude ss
| vest from Greenwich, surveyed 10 the years 1905
and 1871 inteFsees the Canadian River thence nossh
along and with the said degree 20 q point wnefe mo
anne ia,rsee,s the Cmzrroa River up said river
uonR the rsht bank thereof 10 point where ene same
IL ntersected BY the south line Of what Is known a. mo
Cherokee lands lying west of tho Arkansas Nyei' OF
a. the Cherokee outlet said line being tho north me
Of the lands coded by Muscogee Tor Creek nation Of
Indians 30 United STAIRS by The treaty Of June a.
1900 thence eaat along said line 70 p'ins
| where the same lnterseets the west hHe Oh inc
lands set apaY. rs reservation TOT she
Pawnee Indians by Act Of Congress approved April 40
1870 being the range line between Ranges ana casa
OF the Indisn Meridian thence south on said ine 70
point where the same nteFsects the middle tne "n
channel Of the CimarrOn River; thence Up SAID nvef
along tho middle Of the main channel thereof 70 point
where same the range line between tanse
/ east aud Range j west (beng ian Indian AeF'olsnI'
which limo forms the western boundary OF me setFE
tons apart respectively fer the Iowa and hSAspoo
Indiana BIZ executive orders dated respectively August
IT, 1885, thence south along said range line or meridian
10 point where tho inerseets tho ngns oAhA Of
the north fork Of the Canadian River; thence Up sao
river along the right bank theFeof 10 point "here .ae
same nterseced by the line OF the reservation
occupied by CtIcn band OF Pottswottoncs ana the
Absentee Indians apart under the provisions
treaty OF February e. 1857, between inc united
States and the Pottawottonss tribe OF Indians ana 70
refred Act OF Congress approved May 2S 1e1s
thence south along the said west line OF the @ore
| said reservation 20 = point where the same ttersecu
tho middle Of tho main channel Of the Canadian RIVER
thence up the sah river along the middle OF sAe maiE
channel thereof to point opposite 10 the psee Of ossn
nlng aud thence north 10 the place Of beginning lsaun(
and excepting Of land in form In the north
west corner OF Section o. In Township 10 NORTH Range
west Of tho Indian Meridian In Indian Territory and ais
ono acre Of land the southeast corner OF me nohses
quarter OF Section IT, Township 10 north Range west
| ~ tina INDIAN Maridnu ii Indian Territory, Whie
last described two acres are hereby reserved for Govern
msnt use and eontro. viii az and after the hour Of
O'clock noo Of the twenty day Of April next AM
not before be opened for settlement under the terms
and subject to all conditions limitations and resse
tons contained aad Of Congress- approved March
1885, and the Of the United States applicable thereto
And IL is hereby expressly declared aud made know
that no other parts portions Of the lands embraced with
the indian Territory than these herein specifically d
o,bod ana declared 10 DO open 70 patement % the tim
49, .naoA and a,.d nra % Ia considered "A nnon