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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: March 24, 1883
Where or how concluded: Executive order.
Tribe: Mescalero Apache.
Description of cession or reservation: President cancels order of May 19, 1882, and sets apart another tract in lieu of that therein described, as follows: Beginning at the NE. corner of T. 12 S., R. 16 E. of the principal meridian in New Mexico; thence W. along the N. boundary of T. 12, Rs. 16, 15, 14, and 13 E. to the SE. corner of T. 11 S., R. 12 E.; thence N. along the E. boundary of said township to the second correction line S.; thence W. along said correction line 12 miles; thence S. 12 miles; thence E. 6 miles; thence S. to 33ø N. latitude; thence E. along said 33ø N. latitude to its intersection with the range line between ranges 16 and 17 E.; thence N. along said range line to place of beginning.
Territory once included in, but not now apart of, the Mescalero Apache reserve.
Historical data and remarks: The tract originally set apart by Executive order of May 29, 1873, is shown on New Mexico map No. 2, bounded by blue lines. Several Executive orders were in succession revoked, and a new Mescalero reservation in each instance established. The changes thus made, however, in large measure covered the same territory, and it is impossible to show them all on a single map. The existing reserve as established by Executive order of Mar. 24, 1883, is colored crimson, and shown on New Mexico map No. 2.
This consists of tracts of territory which, under the several Executive orders, have at one time or another been included in the Mescalero Apache reservation, but have been relinquished, and do not now form a portion of the reserve.
View maps: New Mexico 2
Designation of cession(s) on map: 643~644
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