channel of the Canadian River; thence east down the main
channel of said river to the west boundary of the Seminole Indian
Reservation; thence north with said west boundary to the North Fork
of the Canadian River; thence east down said North Fork to the west
boundary of the Creek Nation; thence north with said west boundary to
its intersection with the line between townships 13 and 14 north of the
Indian base; thence west on town line between townships 13 and 14 north
to the place of beginning, is attached to the Oklahoma land district in
said Territory, the office of which is now located at Oklahoma City.
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 18th day of September, A.D. 1891,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
sixteenth.
BENJ. HARRISON.
By the President:
WILLIAM F. WHARTON,
_Acting Secretary of State_.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved
March 3, 1891, entitled "An act to repeal the timber-culture laws, and
for other purposes"--
That the President of the United States may from time to time set apart
and reserve in any State or Territory having public lands bearing
forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with
timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public
reservations; and the President shall by public proclamation declare
the establishment of such reservation and the limits thereof.
And whereas the public lands in the State of Colorado within the limits
hereinafter described are in part covered with timber, and it appears
that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving
said lands as a public reservation:
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,
by virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 of the aforesaid act
of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby
reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a public reservation
all those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land lying and being
situate in the State of Colorado and particularly described as follows,
to wit:
Beginning at a point between sections three (3) and four (4) on the
north boundary of township five (5) south, range eig
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