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


U.S. Serial Set, Number 4015, 56th Congress, 1st Session, Pages 872 and 873

Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894

Date: March 25, 1874
Where or how concluded: Executive order.
Tribe: Apache (Jicarilla bands).

Description of cession or reservation: President sets apart, subject to action of Congress, tract described in agreement concluded Dec. 10, 1873. The boundaries were as follows: Commencing at a point where the head waters of the San Juan river crosses the southern boundary of the territory of Colorado, following the course of said river until it intersects the eastern boundary of the Navajo reservation; thence due N. along said eastern boundary of the Navajo reservation to where it intersects the southern boundary line of the territory of Colorado; thence due E. along the said southern boundary of the territory of Colorado to the place of beginning.

View maps: California 2 ~ Nevada
Designation of cession(s) on map: 562

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