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the right bank of the Mississippi River on the section line between 

 sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine in said township; thence 

 southeasterly along the right bank of the Mississippi Kiver at low 

 water mark to its continence with Leech Lake lliver in section twelve 

 in township one hundred and forty-four north, range twenty-six 

 west ; thence southwesterly along the right bank of Leech Lake River 

 along the low water mark to Mud Lake; thence along the line of low 

 water mark of Mud Lake on its northern and western shores to the 

 point where Leech Lake Ri^-er empties into the same on fractional 

 section thirty-two, township one hundred and forty-four north, 

 range twenty-six west; thence up said river along the low water 

 mark on the right bank thereof to a point in fractional section twenty- 

 nine where the line intersects the low water mark of Leech Lake; 

 thence in a northwesterly and southwesterly direction following the 

 contours of said lake at Ioav water mark to the point at low water 

 mark on the shore of said lake on the northeast boundary of the 

 ceded Leech Lake Indian Reservation on section line between sec- 

 tions five and eight, township one hundred and forty-three north, 

 range twenty-nine west; thence in a southAvesterly direction follow- 

 ing the contours of said lake at low water mark to the point on 

 said lake at the southwestern extremity of Ottertail Point; thence 

 southwesterly in a direct line to the southern extremity of section 

 twenty-five in township one hundred and forty-three north, range 

 thirty-one west; thence in a westerl}' direction along the contour of 

 said lake to the southwestern extremity of section twenty-six in said 

 township; thence in a northerly and westerly direction along the 

 contour of said lake at low water mark to a point where the center 

 line through section two, running in a north and south direction in 

 township one hundred and fortj^-three north, range thirty-one west 

 intersects the low water mark of Leech Lake ; thence northerly through 

 the middle of said section two to the shore of a small lake at low water 

 mark; thence along the east shore of said lake at low water line to a 

 point where the section line between sections thirty -five and thirty-six, 

 township one hundred and forty-four north, range thirty-one west, 

 intersects low water mark of said lake on north shore; thence north- 

 erly on section line between sections thirty-five, thirty-six, twenty-five, 

 and twenty-six to the low water mark at the shore of a small lake; 

 thence northerl}^ along the east side of said lake to a point where the 

 section line between sections twenty-five and twentj^-six intersects the 

 low water mark of said lake in said township ; thence northerly along 

 the east line of sections twenty-six, twenty-three, and fourteen to a 

 point on the east line of section fourteen, twenty chains north of the 

 southeast corner of section fourteen ; thence west twenty chains : thence 

 north twenty chains ; thence west twenty chains ; thence northerly along 

 the east side of a small lake to a point where the center line running in a 

 north and south direction through section fourteen intersects the north 

 side of said lake at low water mark; thence northerly along the center 

 line of said section through section eleven to the quarter corner between 

 sections two and eleven of said toAvnship ; thence westerly to a point 

 twenty chains west of the northwest corner of section eleven ; thence 

 north forty chains; thence west twenty chains; thence north to a point 

 where the center line running in a north and south direction in section 

 three intersects the township line between townships one hundred and 

 forty-four and one hundred and forty-five north, range thirty-one 

 west ; thence westerly to the quarter quarter corner on the township 



