La Junta tribune., 1899-04-15
UTE RE REsERvAr,oN.
Text of the ir s.dcats Proclamation
Thowi.g 1t Open TO Sct,l .m~ut

Thowi.g 1t Open TO Sct,l .m~ut
Washington. April G-The proclama-
ton of President Mckinley opening
the Southern Ute reservation to settle
ment Is as follows:
Whereas, BY the provisions Of an
act approved February 20. 1895, the
agreement made by the commission
ers on the part of the United States
with the Southern Ute Indians OF Colo
RADIO, bearing date OF November 13,
1883. was annulled and the treaty
made with said Indians June 10. 1855.
was directed to be carried out us there
In provided and as further provided by
general law for settling Indians In
severalty; and,
whereas, 1t was further provided
by said act that within six months
after the passage thereof. the secre
tary OF the interior should cause al
lotment of land, In severalty. to be
made to such of the Southern Ute In
dians In Colorado as they might elect
and be considered by him qualified to
take the same out Of the agricultural
lands embraced in their present reser.
vation in Colorado, such allotments to
be made In accordance with the pro-
visions OF the act OF Congress mp
proved June u, 1883; and,
"Whereas. 1T was further provided
that for the sole and exclusive use of
such Indians as might not elect or be
deemed qualified TO take nllotments IN
seyeralty as provided therein, should
be set apart and reserved all that por-
tion of their reservation lying west OF
the range line between ranges thirteen
and fourteen. west of the New Mexico
principal meridian, and also all of
townships thirty-one and thirty-two of
, ranges fourteen, fifteen and sixteen,
west of the New Mexico principal me-
ridinn and lying in the territory OF
, New Mexico; and,
whereas, Under the provisions OF
section four Of said act 1t was made
the duty of the President of the United
States to issue his proclamation de-
clnring the lands within the reserva-
| tion of said Indians. except such por-
tions as might have been allotted or
reserved under the provisions Of the
preceding sections of said act, open to
occupation and settlement, providing
that no homestead settler should re-
ceiye n title to any portion of such
lands ut less than S1.25 per acre. and
such settlers should be required TO
make n cash payment of 80 cents per
acre ut the time filing Is made upon
any of said lands; and providing that
before said lands should be open to
public settlement, the secretary OF the
interior should cause the improve
ments belonging TO Indians on the
lands then occupied by them to be ap-
praised and sold at public sale to the
highest bidder. except improvements
on lands allotted to the Indians In ac-
cordance with this act; and providing
that no sale of such improvements
should be made for less than the ap-
praised value, and that the several
purchasers OF snid improvements
should for thirty days after the issu-
ance of the Presidents proclamation
have the preference right Of entry of
, the lands upon which the improve
ments purchased by them should be
situated, but that the said purchase
should not exceed 16O acres, and that
the proceeds OF such improvements
should be paid to the Indians owning
f, the same; and,
whereas, 1t is further provided
that the provisions Of said act should
take effect only upon the acceptance
thereof and consent thereto by ma
jority OF all the male adult Indians
then located or residing upon the res
ervation, which acceptance should be
at once obtained under such regula-
tions as the secretary or the interior
might prescribe: and.
Whereas, AllOtments have been
made rs provided for in said act, nnd
all the other terms and considerations
as required therein have been COM
piled with, preceding to the opening OF
the unnllotted and unreserved lands
In said reservation to settlement and
entry, except the sale of improvements
on the n. Z u. N. W. n s. " N. w. u
and N. w. u s. w. u Sec. ]. TIP. 80 N,
II. o W., belonging to Ignacio, an In
dian, but said sale will be Immediately
ordered and the rights of the purchaser
thereof will be protected for thirty
days from date OF this proclamation,
as provided by the act. by Instructions
to the register and receiver of the local
land Office having jurisdiction over the
same. and as this exception is not con-
sidered bar to the opening Of the un-
allotted and unreserved lands to set
tlement,
"Now, therefore. /, William McKin-
ley, President Of the United States, do
hereby declare and make known that
NIL OF the lands embraced in said res
ervation, saving and excepting the
lands reserved for and allotted to said
Indians, and the lands reserved for
other purposes in pursuance OF the
provisions of said act. will. at and after
the hour of ~ o'clock noon (mountain
standard time) on the 4th day Of May,
A. ID. 1880, and not before, be open to
settlement and entry under the terms
OF and subject TO all the conditions.
limitations, reservations and restric.
tions contained in said act. and the
laws Of the United States applicable
thereto"
The proclamation then goes on nj
some length to give the boundaries of
the reservation.
Cecil Rhodes Get Guarantee.