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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875


Item 2 of 5
U.S. Serial Set, Number 4015, 56th Congress, 1st Session, Pages 870 and 871

Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894

Date: February 2, 1874
Where or how concluded: Executive order.
Tribe: Mescalero Apache.

Description of cession or reservation: President cancels order of May 29, 1873, and sets apart a reserve at Fort Stanton in lieu thereof. This reserve was bounded as follows: Beginning at the most northerly point of the Fort Stanton reduced military reservation; thence due W. to the summit of the Sierra Blanca mountains; thence due S. to 33ø N. latitude; thence due E. to a point due S. of the most easterly point of said Fort Stanton reduced military reservation; thence due N. to the southern boundary of T. 11; thence due W. to the SW. corner of T. 11, R. 13; thence due N. to the second correction line S.; thence due E. along said line to a point opposite the line running N. from 33ø N. latitude; thence due N. to the most easterly point of said Fort Stanton reduced military reservation; thence along the northeastern boundary of said military reservation to the place of beginning.

Historical data and remarks: Canceled and another reserve established by Executive order of Oct. 20, 1875. See note to Executive order of May 29, 1873.

View maps: New Mexico 2
Designation of cession(s) on map: See 643

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