The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-28
OKLAHOMA PROCLAMATION,
The Lands WIN be Open For settlement ut
Moon, AnFll 22,

The LANDS WIN DO open rOF settlement
Noon, April 2s,
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The Presi
dents proclamation, opening the Okla
homa lands to settlement on the 92d o.
April next, was issued to-day, After re-
citing the provisions Of the Act Of Con
gress bearing on the subject, and the
agreement with the Indian tribes inter
ested, the President says;
Now, therefore, /, BENJAMIN Harrison,
President OF the United States, by virtue
OF the power In me vested by said act OF
Congress, approved March 9, 1880, aiore-
said, do hereby declare and make known
that so much OF the lands Us aforesaid &C.
quired from or conveyed by the MusCo.
gee Tor Creek Nation OF Indians, and
from or by the Seminole Indians respect
lively, as Is contained within the
following described boundaries, viz:
Beginning at point where the
degree Of longitude 0S west from
Greenwich, as surveyed in the year 1858
and 1871 interseCts the Canadian river;
thence north along and with the said de.
gree 10 q point where the same inter.
seCts the Cimarron river; thence up said
river along the right bank thereof to a
point where the same Is interSeCted by
the south line Of what Is known as the
Cherokee lands, lying west Of the Ar.
kansas river or as the Cherokee outlet,n
said line being the north line OF thelands
Ceded by the Muscogee Tor Creek nation
Of Indians TO the United States by the
June II, 1866, thence east along said
line TO a point where the same interseCts
the west line Of the lands set apart as
reservation for the Pawnee Indians by
Congress approved April 10, 1876, being
the range line between ranges four and
FIVE east OF the Indian meridian; thence
south OF said line to point where the
same interseots the middle OF the main
channel Of the Cimarron river; thence
up said river, along the middle OF the
main chennel thereof, to a point where
the same interseCts the range line be.
tween range one east and range one
west (being the Indian meridian), J, which
line forms the western boundary OF the
reservations set apart respectively Tor
the Iowa and kickapoo Indians, b yex'
eCutive orders, dated respectfully August
10, 1883; thence south along said range
line or meridian TO q point where the
same intersects the right bank OF the
north fork Of the Canadian river; thence
up sad river, along the right bank
LhereOi, 70 q point where the same Is
lntersected ny the west !lne oil the reser.
Tauoni occupied ny the citizen band oil
fottawaltamies, ana the absentee shaw.
nee lndlans, set apart under the provls'
IONS oil the treaty Of February % 1867,
between tne United states and the Potta:.
waltamie tribe oi Indians, anu referred
70 !O N tne actoiConEreSs approved Nays,
1917; thence south elong the said west
lhe oil tue aioresaG reservation to 4
point where tue same lntersects the mid
ule OIL tne man chahnel OF the canadian
nISI IhenSe p lne salu rlyer, along the
uluule OF lne MAN channeI thereol % q
poiht opposlte tne pace Oh Deginnlng
anu tiienCe holtn 70 Tue pace OIL Degih;;
ihing savlng anu excepting one acre Of
ianu III Nuate iotn IN tne n0r!lwesI
corner OF secton nine, IN township SIX
@ yen horth, range tw9 weSt, oi tue In;
ulah lherluiah IN inuIah territory, anu
a!so one aGEe o. Eand IN the southeast
corner 81 Tue northwest quarter o. sec
tion hiteen, township sixteen north,
range seven TesI, Of the lndlan merl.
1lan II iI tne e,i inuian Ierriiory Wnieh iasI
eescrlDed TWO acres are hereoy reserved
lor government use ana control Will az
ana aItet the hoar o. IL o'clock noon, oil
t tne zSa aay OF Aprll mex, anu not be-
iorel De open Ior settlement, under the
Terms o. ana subject TO al the condi'
uons, limitations and restrictions con,
Mnea S IN ,SH6 ssld act oi Congress approved
Match 2, lSSV, anu the laws ot the United
ssates applicable thereto.
ana y Is hereby expressly declared
and made known that no other parts or
poL1lons POTION ~ Oh the lands embraced IN the
lndian territory than those, herein spe.
citcally described and declared to be
opened 70 settlement at the time above
named, anu n1ed, are 70 be considered