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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894
Date: May 29, 1873
Where or how concluded: Executive order.
Tribe: Mescalero Apache.
Description of cession or reservation: President sets apart reservation, known as Fort Stanton reservation, as follows: Commencing at the SW. corner of the Fort Stanton reduced military reservation; thence due S. to a point on the hills near the N. bank of the Rio Rindoso; thence along the said hills to a point above the settlements; thence across said river to a point on the opposite hills; thence to the same line upon which we start from Fort Stanton, and thence due S. to 33ø N. latitude; thence to the top of the Sacramento mountains and along the top of said mountains to the top of the White mountains; thence along the top of said mountains to the head waters of the Rio Nogal to a point opposite the starting point, and thence to the starting point.
Historical data and remarks: Canceled by Executive order of Feb. 2, 1874, and a new reserve set apart in lieu thereof. Several successive Executive orders were in turn revoked, by the terms of each of which a new Mescalero reserve was established. But as each one of these changes covered in large measure the same territory, it is impossible to show them all on a single map. The boundaries of the reserve as originally established by Executive order of May 29, 1873, are shown by blue lines and the present reserve, as established by Executive order of Mar. 24, 1883, will 130 found noted opposite that order as colored crimson. (Includes part of plats 643 and 644.)
View maps: New Mexico 2
Designation of cession(s) on map: See 643, 644
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