nd every member of said Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians,
native and adopted, and the lands occupied by religious societies or
other organizations for religious or educational work among the Indians
have been regularly allotted and confirmed to such societies and
organizations, respectively;

And whereas, by an agreement between the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache
tribes of Indians on the one part, and certain commissioners of the
United States on the other part, amended and ratified by act of
Congress, approved June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 672, 676), the said Indian
tribes, subject to certain conditions which have been duly performed,
ceded, conveyed, transferred, relinquished and surrendered forever and
absolutely, without any reservation whatsoever, expressed or implied,
unto the United States of America, all their claim, title and interest
of every kind and character in and to the lands embraced in the
following described tract of country now in the Territory of Oklahoma,
to wit:

Commencing at a point where the Washita River crosses the ninety-eighth
meridian west from Greenwich; thence up the Washita River, in the middle
of the main channel thereof, to a point thirty miles, by river, west of
Fort Cobb, as now established; thence due west to the north fork of Red
River, provided said line strikes said river east of the one-hundredth
meridian of west longitude; if not, then only to said meridian line, and
thence due south, on said meridian line, to the said north Fork of Red
River; thence down said north fork, in the middle of the main channel
thereof, from the point where it may be first intersected by the lines
above described, to the main Red River; thence down said Red River, in
the middle of the main channel thereof, to its intersection with the
ninety-eighth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich; thence north,
on said meridian line, to the place of beginning.

And whereas, in pursuance of said act of Congress ratifying the
agreement last named, allotments of land in severalty have been
regularly made to each member of said Comanche, Kiowa and Apache
tribes of Indians; the lands occupied by religious societies or other
organizations for religious or educational work among the Indians
have been regularly allotted and confirmed to such societies and
organizations, respectively; and the Secretary of the Interior, out of
the lands ceded by the agreement last named, has regularly selec