The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-09-03

CNEhOkEE OUTLET
by The president of the United States
of America, proclamation:
Whereas, Pursuant to section ten
of the act of congress approved March
third, eighteen hundred aud ninety
three, entitled an act making appro-
priations for current and contingent
,Np.nses and fulfilling treaty stipula-
4 us with Indian tribes for fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred ana ninety-four, the Chero-
tce nation of Indians by written
s.gsr, ement made on the seventeenth
day of May. eighteen hundred and nine
tv-thrce, has ratified the agreement
for the cession of certain lands here e
matter described as amended hy said
act of March third, eighteen hundred
and nincty-three, and thereby
ceded, conveyed, transferred, relin-
quished and surrendered all its title,
claim and interest of every kind and
character in ami to that part of the
Indian Territory bounded on the
west by the one hundredth 1901
degree of west longitude, on the
north by the state of Kansas,
on the east by the ninety. 900 de-
cree of west longitude and on the
south by the Creek nation, the terri
tory of oklahoma and the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe reservation, created or
defined by executive order dated Au-
gust tenth, eighteen hundred and
hiEjy-niue. Provided, That any citi-
zen Of the Cherokee nation who,
prior TO the first day of Novembe,
eighteen hundred and ninety-one
was bona tide resident
upon and further had, as q
farmer and for farming purposes,
made permanent and valuable i'm
provements upon any part OF the land
SO cedeI and who has not disposed OF
the same, but desires TO occupy the
particular lands, so improved as a
homestead and for farming purposes,
shall have the right to select one
eight of "a section OF land, to conform,
noyaver, to the United States surveys,
ru b selection % embrace, qs far as
inc above limitation will admit, such
improvements The wife and children
OF any such citizen shall have the same
right Of selection that is above given
TO the citizens and they shall have the
preference in making selections tc
take any lands improved by the
husband and father that he can
not take, until all of his i'm
any citizen Of the Cherokee nation
not a resident within the land so ceded
who. prior to the first day Of Novem
Der, eighteen hundred and ninety
one had, for farming purposes, made
valuable and permanent Improvement
upon any of the land so ceded shal
have the right to select ope-cighth o.
% section Of land 10 conform So thC
United States surveys, such selection
10 en- brace, as far as the above limi
trt.on will admit such improvements
but the allOtments so provided TO
shall not exceed seventy (70) in mum
Der and the land allotted shall not eN
ceeA Ave thousand and six hundred
Is 6OO) acres. and such allotment
ahuli bo made and confirmed unde
such rules and regulations as shall b'
prescribed by the secretary Of the III
iefior and when SO made and con
flrmed shall be conveyed to the al
lottees respectively by the Unite
states in fee simple, and from tn
price 70 be paid To the Cherokee
nation for tho cession so mad
there shall be deducted the sur
of one dollar and forty cent
iSi i0) for each acre so take
in allotment: and provided, that ID. "
or valuable improvements prior t
the first day of November eightee
hundred AID ninety-one on the land
no coded he may select n qua
tor section OF the lands cede
whether reserved or otherwise, PRO
10 the opening Of said lands to publ
settlement; burt he shall be required [
nav for such selection, at the same rat
ncr acre as other settlers, into tn
treasury of the United States in sue
manner as the secretary of IL
interior shall direct; and wherea
IL is provided IN section te
oftbe aforesaid act Of congress, al
proved March third, eighteen hundre
ana ninety-thret, that said land
except the portion TO be allotted
provided in said agreement shal
upon the payment OF the sum OF tv
hundred and ninety-tve thousal
seven hundred and thirty-siX dollar
herein appropriated, 10 be lmm
diately paid, become and he taken TO
aud treated as a part of the public a.
main. But in any opening of u
same to settlement sections 81
teen and thirty-siX in each tow
snip, whether surveyed or u
surveyed shall be and are here
reserved for the use and benefit of I
,ublio schools TO be established with
The limits of such lands, under su'
conditions and regulations as may
hereafter enacted by cOngre
= Sections thirteen, fourtee
ffteen, sixteen, twenty-One, twenl
Two twenty-three, twenty -four, TIVE
tv-fve, twenty-siX, twenty-sev'
twentv-eight and the east half of S
lions seventeen, twenty and TWEEN
pine.a all in township numbered TWEEN
nine north of range numbered two e
of the Indian meridian, the same
- t.,o lands reserved by executive ord
( vhirl ed July twelfth, eighteen humid
N hortb, eighty-fonr for use OF ana
,tion with tho Chilocco ind
K,irtv. til school ia the Indian Te