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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES' [eih.aSn. 18 



SCHEDULE OF I:N^IDIA^ISI 



Where or hoio 

 concluded 



1874 

 Jan. 31 Executive or- 

 der. 



Heference • Tribe 



Description of cession or reservation 



Feb. 2 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Feb. 14 Executive or- 

 der.. 



Executive or- 

 der. 



Mescalero 

 Apache. 



Faiuteet al... 



Ottawa and 

 Chippewa, 

 i n Michi- 

 gan. 



Skokomish 

 (Sklallam). 



President sets apart reserve iu accordance with agreement of 

 Aug. IH, 1873, 8ul>,ject to approval of Congress. This reserve 

 was bounded as follows: Conuueneiug at a point on the Mis- 

 souri river opposite the mouth of Shankiu creek; thence up 

 said creek to its head; thence along the summit of the 

 divide between the waters of Arrow and Judith rivers and 

 the waters entering the Missouri liver to a point opposite 

 the divide between the head waters of Judith and Muscle 

 Shell rivers; thence along said divide to the Snowy moun- 

 tains, aud along the summit of said Snowy mountains, in a 

 northeasterly direction, to .a point nearest to the divide 

 between the waters which run easterly to the Muscle Shell 

 river and the waters running to the Judith river; thence 

 northwardly along said divide to the divide between the 

 head waters of Arniell's creek and the head waters of Dog 

 river, and along said divide to the Missouri river; thence up 

 the middle of said river to the place of beginning; said 

 boundaries being intended to include all the country drained 

 by the .Judith, Arrow, and Dog rivers. 



President cancels order of May 29, 1873. aud sets ap.art a re- 

 serve at Fort Stanton iu lieu thereof. This reserve was 

 bounded as follows: Beginning at the most northerly point 

 of the Fort Stanton reduced military reservation ; tlleuce 

 due W. to the summit of the Sierra Blanca mountains; 

 thence due S. to 33° N. latitude; thence due E. to a 

 point due S. of the most easterly point of said Fort Stanton 

 reduced military reservation ; thence due N. to the southern 

 boundary of T. 11 ; thence due W. to the SW. corner of T. 11, 

 K. 13 ; thence due N. to the second conection line S. ; thence 

 due E. along said line to a point opposite the line running 

 N. from 33'^ N. latitude; thence due N. to the most east- 

 erly point of said Fort Stanton reduced military reservation ; 

 thence along the northeastern boundary of said military 

 reservation to the place of beginning. 



President cancels order of Mar. 12, 1873, aud sets apart a re- 

 serve in lieu of the one thereby established, as follows : Begin- 

 ning at a point in the middle of the main channel of the Col- 

 orado river Smiles E. of 114° W. longitude; thence duo N. to 

 37° N. latitude; thence W. with said parallel to .a point 20 

 miles W. of 115- W. longitude; thence due S. 35 miles; thence 

 due E. 36 miles; thence due S. to the middle of the main 

 channel of the Color.ado; tlu'nce up the middle of the main 

 channel of said river to the place of beginning. 



Remainder of country claimed by Pai Ute taken possession of 

 by U. S. without formal purchase from them. 



President revokes order of Apr. IG, 1864. 



president enlarges Skokomish reservation on Hood's canal, 

 established by treaty Jan. 26, 1855. This addition was as 

 follows: Beginning at the mouth of the Skokomish river; 

 thence up said river to a point intersected by the section 

 line between sees. 15 and 16, T. 21 N., R. 4 W. ; thence N. 

 on said line to a corner common to sees. 27, 28, 33. and 34, 

 T. 22 N., R. 4 W. ; thence due E. to the SW. corner of SE. i 

 of SE. i sec. 27, the same being the SW. corner of A. D. 

 Fisher's claim; thence with said claim N. to the NW. corner 

 of the NE. i of the SE. J sec. 27; thence E. to the section 

 line between sees. 26 and 27 ; thence N. on said line to corner 

 common to sees. 22, 23, 26, and 27; thence E. to Hood's canal; 

 thence southerly and easterly along said Hood's canal to the 

 place of beginning. 



