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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: October 20, 1875
Where or how concluded: Executive order
Tribe: Mescalero Apache.
Description of cession or reservation: President cancels Executive order of Feb. 2, 1874, and establishes a new reservation at Fort Stanton, bounded as follows: Beginning at the most northerly point of the Fort Stanton reduced military reservation; running thence due W. to a point due N. of the NE. corner of T. 14 S., R. 10 E.; thence due S. along the eastern boundary of said township to 33ø N. latitude; thence due E. on said parallel to a point due S. of the most easterly point of the 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 place of beginning.
Historical data and remarks: See note to Executive order of May 29, 1873. (Includes parts of plats Nos. 643 and 644.)
View maps: New Mexico 2
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