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Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates,
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Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894
Date:
Where or how concluded: Klamath
lake,
Reference: Statutes
at Large, Volume XVI, page 707.
Tribe: Klamath
and Modok tribes and Yahooskin band of Snake Indians.
Description
of cession or reservation: Cede
territory within the following boundaries: Beginning at the point where the 44ø
N. latitude crosses the summit of Cascade mountains; thence following the main
dividing ridge of said mountains in a southerly direction to the ridge which
separates the waters of Pitt and McCloud rivers from the waters on the N.;
thence along said dividing ridge in an easterly direction to the southern end of
Goose lake; thence northeasterly to the northern end of Harney lake; thence due
N. to 44ø N. latitude; thence W. to the place of beginning.
Reserve,
until it is otherwise directed by President of U. S., a tract bounded as
follows: Beginning upon the eastern shore of the middle Klamath lake at
the Point of Rocks, about 12 miles below the mouth of Williamson's river; thence
following up said eastern shore to the mouth of Wood river; thence up Wood river
to a point 1 mile N. of the bridge at Fort Klamath; thence due E.
to the summit of the ridge which divides the upper and middle Klamath
lakes; thence along said ridge to a point due E. [W.] of the N. end of the upper
lake; thence due E., passing the said N. end of the upper lake, to the summit of
the mountains on the E. side of the lake; thence along said mountain to the
point where Sprague's river is intersected by the Ish-tish-ea-wax creek; thence
in a southerly direction to the summit of the mountain the extremity of which
forms the Point of Rocks; thence along said mountain to the place of beginning.
Historical data and remarks: This constitutes the present Klamath reservation. The boundaries had not been determined when the map was drawn (1895), the plat shown being that given temporarily by the General Land Office.
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