Page View
United States. Office of Indian Affairs / Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the year 1905, Part I
([1905])
Executive orders, pp. 478-479
PDF (727.9 KB)
Page 478
EXECUTIVE ORDERS. NAVAHO RESERVATION, UTAH. WHITE HOUSE, March 10, 1905. It is hereby ordered that the following described lands situated in the State of Utah, be and the same are hereby, withheld from sale and settlement and set apart for Indian pur- poses, as an addition to the Navaho Indian reservation, viz: Beginning at the mouth of Montezuma Creek (in Utah); running thence due east to the Colorado State line; thence south along the Colorado State line to the San Juan River; thence down the San Juan River to the place of beginning: Provided, That any tract or tracts within the region of country described as aforesaid, which are settled upon or occupied, or to which valid rights have attached under existing laws of the United States prior to the date of this order, are hereby excluded from the reservation. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. CANCELLATION OF LANDS SET APART IN UATH. WHITE HousE, May 15, 1905. The Executive order of March 10, 1905, setting apart certain lands in Utah as an addition to the Navaho Indian Reservation, is hereby cancelled, and in lieu thereof, it is hereby ordered that the following-described lands situated in said State be, and the same are hereby withheld from sale and entry and set apart for Indian purposes, as an addition to the said Indian reservation, viz: Beginning at the corner to sections 25 and 30, 31 and 36, on the range line between ranges 23 and 24 east, in township 40 south, running east on the north boundary of sections 31 to 36 inclusive, in townships 40 south, ranges 24 and 25 east, and sections 31 to 34 inclusive, township 40 south, range 26 east, to the Colorado State line; thence south along the Colorado State line to the San Juan River; thence down the San Juan River to the meander corner to fractional sections 31 and 36, on the range line between ranges 23 and 24 east; thence north on said range line to the place of begin- ning: Provided, That any tract or tracts within the region of country described as aforesaid, which are settled upon or occupied, or to which valid rights have attached under existing laws of the United States prior to the date of this order, are hereby excluded from the reservation. T. ROOSEVELT. FORT SHAW SCHOOL RESERVATION, MONTANA. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., July 21, 1905. The PRESIDENT: The military reservation of Fort Shaw, Mont., declared by Executive order of January 11, 1870, and embracing an area of about 29,843 acres, has become useless for military purposes. By order of the Secretary of War, dated April 25, 1892 (G. 0., No. 30, Hdqrs. of the Army, 1892), the military post of Fort Shaw, Mont., including the entire reservation, were, under authority of the act of Congress, approved July 31, 1882 (22 Stats., 181), set aside for Indian school purposes and turned over to the custody and control of the Secre- tary of the Interior "so long as it may not be required for military occupation." By order of the Interior Department, dated July 6, 1893, 4,999.50 acres of the land embraced within the military reservation, were reserved for the use of the Fort Shaw Indian school; and by order of the Secretary of the Interior, dated July 6, 1905, there has been added from such lands to the school reserve, as made by said order of July 6, 1893, a tract situated immediately west of the school reserve containing 4,364 acres, as described 478
As a work of the United States government, this material is in the public domain.| For information on re-use see: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Copyright