Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-28
OKLAHOMA LANDS
Thrown Open to settlement by the
President.


WASHINGTON, March 27.-The Presi-
dents proclamation opening Oklahoma
lands to settlement on the 22d of April
next was issued to-day.
After setting forth the terms of the
treaties of cession of these lands by the
Indians to the Government, and acts of
Congress relative to opening them to
homestead entry it describes these lands
minutely by metes and bounds, rese rves
two acres for government use, then
formally declares that under these con-
ditions these lands will be opened to
homestead entry at noon of April 22d
next. All persons are warned that
under the terms eff the act of Congress
any person who shall occupy any of said
land before the time mentioned shall be
forever debarred from making entry
therein, and officers of the United States
are required to strictly enforce this act.
Following is the description of the
boundaries of the territory included in
the proclamation: Beginning at point
where degree of longitude 9S, west from
Greenwich, as surveyed in the years 1868
and 1871, intersects the Canadian river,
thence north along, and with said degree,
to the point where the same intersects
the Cimarron river, thence up said river,
along the right bank thereof,
TO point where the same is
interEected by the south line of
what is known as the Cherokee lands
lying west of the Arkansas river or as
Cherokee outlet" said line being the
Dorth line of the lands ceded by the
Muscogee (or Creek nation of Indians to
the United States by the treaty of June
IA, 1866; thence east along said line to
point where the same intersects the west
line OF the lands set apart as reserva-
tion for the Pawnee Indians by an Act
OF Congress approved April 10 1876, be-
ing the range line between ranges and
b, east of the Indian meridian; thence
south on said line to the point where
the same intersects the middle of the
main channel of the Cimarron river;
thence up said river along the middle OF
the higher channel thereof to the point
where the same intersects the range line
between range one east and range one
west (being Indian meridiaD), which
line forms the western boundary OF the
reservations get apart respectively for
the Iowa and Kickapoo Indians by ex-
ecutive orders, dated respectively August
15, 1883, thence south along said range
line or meridian to the point where the
same intersects the right bank of the
north fork of Canadian river, thence up
said river along the right bank thereof
to the point where the same is inter-
sected by the west line of the reserva-
ton occupied by the Citizens Bank of
Pottowattomies and absentee Indians.
set apart under the provisions of the
treaty of February q, 1867, between
the United States and the Pottowat-
tonnes tribe of Indians and referred to
an act of Congress approved May %.
1882; thence south along the said west
line of the aforesaid reservation to the
point where the same intersects the mid
die of the main channel Ct Canadian
river; thence up said river along the
middle of the main channel thereof. TO a
point opposite to the place of beginning,
and thence north to the place Of Begin
ming.
The Commissioner of the General Land
Office has issued an order establishing two
and offices in Oklahoma Territory. The
and office for the western district TO be
located at Kingfsheries Station, and for
the eastern district at Guthrie.