Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-03-28
OKLAHOMA PROCLAMATION.
The Lands WIN be Open for Settlement at
Noon. April 22d

The Lands WIN be Open for settlement at
Noon. April ped.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The Presi-
dents PROCLAMATION, opening ths Okla
toma lands 70 settlement on the 22d OF
April next was issued to-day. Afer re-
citing the provisions of the Act Of Congress
bearing on the subject. aud The agreement
with the Indian tribesinterested the Piesi-
dent Gays:
Now. therefore, j, Benjamin Harrison,
President of the Uaited States, by virtue
OF the power in me vested by said act OF
Congress. approved Msrch 2i. lsS9 afoTe-
said 1o hereby declare dRd make lROirR
chat s0 much of the lands as Aforesaid sc
quired from or conveyed by the Musc0.
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 a point where the degree
LOT longitude 9S west IRON
Greenwich. as surveyed in the wears 1883
and 1871. iuter5ects the Canadian river;
thence north alo1g and with the said de
gree to point where the same intersects
the Cimarron river; thence up slid river
alone the right bank thereof to Toint
where the same is intersected by the south
lime of what Is known as the Cherokee
nnd-. lying west OF the AIkansas river, or
as the Cherokee outlet, said line being
-he ro1th line OF the lands cede5 by the
Nuscogea .or Creek nation Of Indians to
the United States by the treaty OF June IA,
1866. thence eass along said line to point
where the same intersscts the west line OF
the lands set spar5 as "a reservation for the
pawuee Iudisus by act Congress approved
April lU. 1876 bai1g The range line be-
tgeea ranges four and five east of the
Indian meridian, tleucs south on
said line to e point where the same
irtersects the middle of the main chan
ne. of the Cimarr0n river; thence M
said r.vec. along the middle Of the
main ctanuel thereof, TO a point where the
same irtenect5 the range line between
anqe oue east and range one west (being
hs Iadian mTidianl, which line forms
ike western boundary Of the reservations
set aDart respectively for the Iowa and
Elckanoo Indians, by executive orders,
dated resrectiyely August fifteen, eighteen
hundred and eighty-three; thence south
.oug said range line or meridian to a
point where the same intersects the ueht
bank of the north fork Of the Canadian
river. thence up said river, along the right
bauk thereof 70 a point where the same
IS intersected by the west line Of the reser-
vstion. occupied by the citizen bank OF
pottswottsniea. and the absentee
shawnee Indians, set apart under
tie Drovi ions of the treaty
OF February twenty-ssventh, elgh-
teen hundred aud sixty-segen, be-
tween the United States and the Potts-
vattsrie tr.hs of Indians, and referred to
in the act of Congress approved May
twontY-thiTd. eighteen hundred and sew
eatv-two: thence south along the said vest
line nf the Aforesaid reservation TO a point
vhers the same intsrsects the middle Of
themafn channel of the Canadian river
thence up ihe ssid river, along the middle
Iofthe r,ain channel thereof to point op
posite the place of beginning, a-d thence
north to the place Of beginning saving and
exc.ntingo one acre Of land IN squaro form
in tas northwest corner Of section nine, IN
township sixteen north, range two west, Of
the Indian meridian in ludian Ter
u.orr. add also one acre Of land IN the
southeast corner Of the northwest quarter
of section fifteen, township sixteen north,
ranqs seven west of the Indian meridian
in tie Indian Territory; which last de-
s.rihea t,go acres are hereby reserved for
government use and controll will at and
sitter he hour of ID O'Clock noon, Of the
23l dsg OF April next, and not before, he
omen for settlement, under the terms OF
and subject Co all the conditions, hmlta-
tions and restrictions contained in said act
,f Congress approved March >, lSS9, and
the laws of tbe United States applicable
thereto.
Aud it is hereby expressly declared and
mad. lnoiru that no her parts or portions
OF the lands embraced in the Indian Terri
tors than those hegein specially described
aud declared to be open to settlement
at ths tune above named, and
fxed. are to be considered open TO settle
mert under this proclamation or the act OF
[ Eerrh 2d, l--S. aforesaid and ,rGrniag Is
hereby again expressly given THAI no per
son enteriug upon and occupying said
I lands before said hour Of - O'Clock, noon,
Icfthe 22d day CT April, 1SS9, hereinbetere
liked. viii ever be permitted TO enter any
I of said lands or acquire any rights thereto
and chat the officers OF the Unired States
oil. be required 10 strictly enforce the
provision Of lbe ect Of Congress to the
ah0ve effect.
I i'm witness whereof have hsreuntO sci
/ my hsBd, and caused the seal of the United
/ States TO be stExed Done st the City o.
/ Washington, this twenty-third day o
March, in the year of our Lord one thou.
sand eight hundred and eighty-nine, ano
Of the Independence Of the United States
lhe Que hundred and thirteenth.
By the President, Benz. HARRISON.
JAMES q. BLAINE. Secretary o. State.
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