Page View
United States. Office of Indian Affairs / Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the year 1883
([1883])
Executive orders from December 12, 1882, to August 15, 1883, establishing, restoring, or defining existing Indian reservations, pp. 221-225
PDF (1.6 MB)
Page 221
EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING TO INDIAN RESERVES. 221 EXECUTIVE ORDERS FROM DECEMBER 12, 1882, TO AUGUST 15, 1883, ES- TABLISHING, RESTORING, OR DEFINING EXISTING INDIAN RESERVA- TIONS. ARIZONA. Gila Bend Re8erve. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 12, 1882. It is hereby ordered that the following tract of country in the Territory of Arizona, viz, township 5 south, range 5 west, Gila and Salt River meridian, excepting sec- tion 18 thereof, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart for the use and occupancy of the Papago and other Indians now settled there, and such other Indians as the Sectetary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. Hualpai Reserve. EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 4, 1883. It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country situated in the Territory of Arizona be, and the same is hereby, set aside and reserved for the use and occupancy of the Hualpai Indians, namely: Beginning at a point on the Colorado River 5 miles eastward of Tinnakah Spring; thence south 20 miles to crest of high mesa; thence south 400 east 25 miles to a point of Music Mountains; thence east 15 miles, thence north 500 east 35 miles; thence north 30 miles to the Colorado River; thence along said river to the place of beginning; the southern boundary being at least 2 miles south of Peach Spring, and the eastern boundary at least 2 miles cast of Pine Spring. All bearings and distances being approximate. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. Moqui Re8erve. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 16, 1882. It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the Territory of Arizona, lying and being within the following-described boundaries, viz, beginning on the one hundred and tenth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, at a point 360 30' north, thence due west to the one hundred and eleventh degree of longitude west, thence due south to a point of longitude 350 30' north, thence due east to the one hundred and tenth de- gree of longitude, and thence due north to place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement and sale, and set apart for the use and occupancy of the Moqui and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. Yuma Reserve. EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 6, 1883. It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country in the Territory of Arizona, viz, beginning at a point in the channel of the Colorado River, opposite the mouth of the Gila River, thence up the channel of the Gila River to the range line (when extended) between ranges 19 and 20 west of the Gila and Salt River me- ridian, thence north on said range line to the first standard parallel south, thence west on said parallel to the channel of the Colorado River, thence down the channel of said river to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement and sale and set apart as a reservation for the Yuma and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon: Provided, however, That4
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