Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-04-04

northwest corner of said Creek ma.
tion, thence east on the boundary
line of said Creek nation to the
Goth merida or the southeast
corner OF the Usage reservation,
thence on the boundary line be-
tween the Usage reservation and
the Cherokee nation north to the
place of beginning. And the place
of holding court in said dis
trict shall be at Tulsa; and Elijah
G. Toilet, Jr., lis hereby appointed
a United States commissioner
within and for said district.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
The fourth district shall consist
Of the Cherokee country embraced
within the Flint district, the Sc.
quoyah district and the Illinois
district, except tn 1t part of said Ill
inois district north and west of The
Grand river, aud the metes and
bounds of said districts, with the
exception aforesaid, as described
in the laws of the Cherokee ma
lion. And the place OF holding
court in said district shall be at
Wan; and Walter II. Jackson is
hereby appointed United States
commissioner within and for said
district.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
The fifth district shall embrace
all that part of the Cherokee ma
iion north and east of the north
lines ofthe fourth district, hereto
fore described, and east Of the
Grand river and south of the Sem
eca reservation, and the eastern
boundry Of said district shall be
the boundry line between the
Cherokee nation and the state Of
Arkansas. And the place of hold.
log court in said district shall be
at Tahlequah, and Jason c. Nc
Combs, one of the commissioners
holding Office under his existing
appointment, shall be the commits.
sioner within and for said district
SIXTH DISTRICT.
The sixth district shall embrace
all that part of the Cherokee ma
ton and all that part of the Indian
Territory within said northern
district not embraced in any of the
districts heretofore described but
more particularly described by
metes and bounds as follows: Be-
ginning at a point in the middle OF
the Caney or Little Verdigris river
on the western boundary of the
Cherokee nation, running thence
southeasterly in the middle of Caney
or Little Verdigris river to its con-
huence with the Verdigris river.
thence in the middle of said Yer
digris river southeasterly to the
northern boundary of the Creek
nation, thence east to the northeast
corner of the Creek nation, thence
along the line of the center OF Bushy
Creek to a point in the center OF
the Grand river, thence north
easterly on line in the center of
the Grand river to the southwest
corner of the Seneca reservation,
thence east on the south line of
said Seneca reservation to the east
line of the Indian Territory thence
north on said line to the north
east corner of the Indian Terri
tory, thence west on the boundary
line between the Indian Territory
an1 the state of Kansas to the 96th
meridian, or to the northwest
corner Of the Cherokee nation,
thence south on the boundary line
between the Cherokee nation and
Usage reservation to the place of
beginning. And the place Of hold
ing court in said district shall be
at Vinita, and Robert l.. Mcclure,
one of the three commissioners
now holding office under his exist
ing appointment shall be the com
missioner within and for said dis.
trict.
And il is further ordered that
the times when the regular terms
of court shall be held in each dis
trict shall be as follows. that is to
say: Beginning on the first Tues.
days in the months of January,
March, May, July, September and
November. w. NJ. SPRINGER,
Judge U S. Court.