west boundary of the
Blackfeet Indian Reservation as said boundary is defined and described
in the act of Congress approved June 10, 1896, entitled "An act making
appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian
Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, and for other purposes;"
thence northwesterly along the boundary of said Indian reservation to
its point of intersection with the international boundary line between
the State of Montana and the British possessions; thence westerly along
said international boundary line to the point for the unsurveyed range
line between ranges twenty-five (25) and twenty-six (26) west; thence
southerly along the unsurveyed range line between ranges twenty-five
(25) and twenty-six (26) west to the ninth (9th) standard parallel
north; thence easterly along said parallel to the northeast corner of
township thirty-six (36) north, range twenty-six (26) west; thence
southerly along the range line between ranges twenty-five (25) and
twenty-six (26) west to the southwest corner of township thirty-three
(33) north, range twenty-five (25) west, the place of beginning.

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which
may have been prior to the date hereof embraced in any legal entry or
covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States
land office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant
to law and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of
record has not expired, and all mining claims duly located and held
according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not
in conflict therewith.

_Provided_, That this exception shall not continue to apply to any
particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler, or claimant
continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing,
settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make
settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

The rights and privileges reserved to the Indians of the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation by Article I of the agreement set forth in and
accepted, ratified, and confirmed by the act of Congress approved June
10, 1896, hereinbefore referred to, respecting that portion of their
reservation relinquished to the United States by said Article I shall be
in no way infringed or