boundary of said reservation
to its intersection with the new seventh standard parallel, or boundary
line between the States of North and South Dakota; thence with the new
seventh standard parallel to the place of beginning, is attached to the
Watertown land district, the office of which is now located at
Watertown, S. Dak.
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 11th day of April, A.D. 1892, and
of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth
BENJ. HARRISON.
By the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE,
_Secretary of State_.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas by a written agreement made on the ---- day of October,
1890, the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Indians ceded, conveyed,
transferred, relinquished, and surrendered all their claim, title, and
interest in and to the lands described in article 2 of said agreement
as follows, to wit:
Commencing at a point where the Washita River crosses the ninety-eighth
degree of west longitude, as surveyed in the years 1858 and 1871;
thence north on a line with said ninety-eighth degree to the point
where it is crossed by the Red Fork of the Arkansas (sometimes called
the Cimarron River); thence up said river, in the middle of the main
channel thereof, to the north boundary of the country ceded to the
United States by the treaty of June 14, 1866, with the Creek Nation
of Indians; thence west on said north boundary and the north boundary
of the country ceded to the United States by the treaty of March 21,
1866, with the Seminole Indians to the one hundredth degree of west
longitude; thence south on the line of said one hundredth degree to the
point where it strikes the North Fork of the Red River; thence down
said North Fork of the Red River to a point where it strikes the north
line of the Kiowa and Conianclie Reservation; thence east along said
boundary to a point where it strikes the Washita River; thence down
said Washita River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the
place of beginning; and all other lands or tracts of country in the
Indian Territory to which they have or may set up or allege any right,
title, interest, or claim whatsoever.
_Provided_, That every member of said tribes shall have an allotment
of 160 acres of land, as in
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