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CESSIONS OF 1891 



943 



L^^^D CIi:SSIO:N"S-Continiied. 



It was provided, however, that no allotments were to be made in the lands 

 chiimed by the Wichita and attiliated liands bounded as follows: Commenc- 

 ing at a point in the middle of the main channel of the Washita river, where 

 the ninety-eighth meridian of W. longitude crosses the same; thence np the 

 middle of the main channel of the said river to the line of 98^ 40' W. longitude ; 

 thence up said line of 98° 40' due N. to the middle of the main channel of 

 the main Canadian river; thence down the middle of the main Canadian 

 river to where it crosses the ninety-eighth meridian; thence due S. to the 

 place of beginning. 



This provision of the act of Mar. 3, 1891, was inserted to cover any title these 

 Indians had in a large tract of land embracing parts of Montana, Idaho, and 

 Washington, which they claimed to have once possessed, which title had 

 never been formallv extinguished. For history see Executive order of Nov. 

 8, 1873, No. 553. 



The reservation before being thus diminished is No. 621 on Dakota map 1. 



The portion ceded is No. 712 on Dakota map 3 



The reservation as diminished is mauve 



The ceded portion is No. 714 



The reservation as diminished is No. 715 



The reservation before being diminished is No. 635 on Montana map 1, crimson. 



Indian Territorv 3. 



Idaho. Washington 1. 



Dakota 3. 

 Dakota 3. 



714 

 715 



Montana 2. 

 Montana 2. 



This extension includes the land set apart to the Klamath Indians by Execu- 

 tive order, Nov. 16, 1855, which, however, was subsequently abandoned by 

 them because of the destruction of their property by a great freshet. (See 

 No. 400, California map 2.) This addition is shown liy blue lines extending 

 from the Hoojia reservation to the I'acitic oceau. By act of Congress, June 

 17, 1892, this land was restored to the public domain, without reference to 

 the Executive order of Oct. 16, 1891. 



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