The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-05-23
OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION.
Opening to settlement the Kickspoo Re.er-
walton.
Oomcial Publication

made ON the 9th day OF September,
/ 1891, the kickapoo nation Of Indians,
in the territory Of oklahoma ceded,
conveyed, transferred and relinquished
/ forever and absolutely, without any
| reservation whatever, all their claim,
title and interest Of every kind aud
/ character in and To the lands par
| ticularly described in article ] Of the
agreement. provided, that in said tract
Of country there shall be allotted to
each and every member, native aud
adopted. OF said kickapoo tribe of In.
dians. eighty acre. OF land, in the
manner and under the conditions
stated in said agreement. and that
when the allotments Of land shall have
been made and approved by the sccre.
tary Of the interior, the title thereto
shall be held in trust for the allottees
respectively for the period of twenty
five years in the manner and to the eN
tent provided for in the act OF CON
gress, approved February X. les1 O24
Stats. 3ss}: and,
Whereas. 1t is further stipulated
and agreed by article 9 OF the agree
ment that wherever, i'm this reserva-
ton. any religions ociety or other or
ganization is now occupying any por-
tlon of said reservation for religious
or educational work among the In
diaus. the land SO occupied may be al
loted and confirmed TO such society or
organization, not, however to exceed
leo acres II land to any one society or
organization, so long as the same shall
be so occupied and used and such
land shall not be subject to home
stead entry, and
Whereas, 1t is provided in the act of
congress accepting, ratifying, and con-
frming the said agreement with the
Kickapoo Indians, approved March 3,
1898, (27 stats, PIP 557 to 5G3), section
/ 3, that whenever any Of the lands at
quired by this agreement shall, 10y OPP
Grafton Of law or Proclamation Of tGe
president Of the United Estates, be
open to settlement or entry, they Shall
be disposed of except sections lG and
80 Of each township thereof to ac
tual settlers only under the prpvis
! ions of the homestead and townsit,
! laws Except section 23Ol of the re
vised statutes Of the United States,
which shall not apply. Provided
| however, that each settler on said
land shall, before making fna
proof, and receiving a certificate OF
entry, pay to the United states for the
land so taken by him, in addition to
the fees provided by law, and within
We years from the date of the first
original entry, the sum Of Sl5o NJ
acre, one half of which shall be paid
within two years: but the rights OF
! honorably discharged Union soldiers
and sailors, as defined and described
in sections 9304 and 1908 Of the revised
statutes of the United States, shall not
be abridged, except as TO the sum tC
be paid as aforesaid. Until said lands
are opened 10 settlement by procla
ma lion Of the president Of the United
States, no person shall be permitted
to enter upon ur occupy any OF said
lands; and any person violating thi
| provision shall never be permitted a.
make entry of any Of said lands or .
quire any title thereto, provided 4
any person having attempted to, uu'
for any cause failed TO acquire "a ntl,
i'm fee under existing law, or who
made entry under what is known a, ia,
commuted provision OF the homes, ,caC
law, shall be qualified 10 make home
stead entry upon said lands, and
Whereas, allotmcnts OF land it
severalty TO said Kickapoo Ind ian'
have been made and approved in &C
cordance with law and the provisions
Of the before mentioned agreemen
with them, and,
Whereas, 1t is provided by the at o.
congress for the temporary govern
ment Of oklahoma approved May -
$500, section 23 l26 Stats. o2), rha
there shall be reserved public Ugh
WAYS four rods wide between each sec
ton Of land in said territory, the sec
tion lines being the center of sal,
highways, but no deduction shall b,
made where cash payments az pro
vided for in the amount 10 be paid fo
each quarter section OF land boy reason
of such rese' vation, and,
Whereas 1t is provided in the act %
congress, approved February 90. 1898
tes stats, p 3d. THAT every home
stead settler on the public lands ol
the left bank of the Deep Forl, river
in the former Iowa reservation in th,
territory of Oklahoma, who eu
tered less than loo acres OF land, mal
enter under the homestead laws othe
lands adjoining the land embra ed IL
his original entry, when such add.
tional lands become subject entry
which additional entry shall g Wit
the lands originally enterc' Nceed il
the aggregate 100 acres.prD .ded, tina
where such adjoining entry is made
residence shall not be required upon
the lands so entered, hut the resi-
dence aud cultivation by the SETTLE
upon and OF the land embraced n ni
original entry shall be con .idered res
idence aud cultivation f'r the samt
length of time upon the land en-
braced la his additional entry bu
.unn lnuL. ~ nmleAal sLaL- be paid ~