mouth of said Cheyenne River; thence down the
center of the main channel of the Missouri River to the place of
beginning.

That in pursuance of the provisions contained in section 1 of said act
the tract of land situate in the State of Nebraska and described in
said act as follows, to wit: "Beginning at a point on the boundary
line between the State of Nebraska and the Territory of Dakota where
the range line between ranges 44 and 45 west of the sixth principal
meridian, in the Territory of Dakota, intersects said boundary line;
thence east along said boundary line 5 miles; thence due south 5 miles;
thence due west 10 miles; thence due north to said boundary line; thence
due east along said boundary line to the place of beginning," same is
continued in a state of reservation so long as it may be needed for the
use and protection of the Indians receiving rations and annuities at the
Pine Ridge Agency.

Warning is hereby also expressly given to all persons not to enter or
make settlement upon any of the tracts of land specially reserved by the
terms of said act or by this proclamation, or any portion of any tracts
of land to which any individual member of either of the bands of the
Great Sioux Nation or the Ponca tribe of Indians shall have a preference
right under the provisions of said act; and further, to in no wise
interfere with the occupancy of any of said tracts by any of said
Indians, or in any manner to disturb, molest, or prevent the peaceful
possession of said tracts by them.

The surveys required to be made of the lands to be restored to the
public domain under the provisions of the said act and as in this
proclamation set forth will be commenced and executed as early as
possible.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 10th day of February, A.D. 1890,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
fourteenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas that portion of the Indian Territory commonly known as the
Cherokee Strip or Outlet has been for some years in the occupancy of an
association or associations of white persons under certain contracts
said to have been made with the Cherokee Nation, in the nature of a
lease or leases for grazing purpo