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Show ( 80 30 ) ( minutes iiiinutes ) ( north morth ) 183 latitude ( the same being , the ( northeast iiortheast ) corner of the ( Moqui Aloqui ) Indian Reservation ) ; ( thence theme ) due west to the OIIQ hundred and ( eleventh elevelith ) degree thirty ( minutes inimites ) west longitude ; thence due north to ( the the- the ) ( ndd- ndd ) dle of the ( channel cliannel ) of the Colorado ( River Rhrer ) ; thence up and along ( tlie the ) middle of the ( channel chaimel ) of said river to its intersection with the San Juan River ; ( thence theace ) up and along the middle ( channel cliannel ) of the San Juan River to west ( boundary boulidary ) of Colorado ( 32 degrees west ( longitude loncritude ) , ( Washington Washiiigtoll ) ( meridian meridimi ) ) ; thence due south to the ( thirty-seventh thirtyseventh tbirty-seventh tbirtyseventh ) parallel north latitude ; thence west along said parallel to the one ( hundred kindred ) and ( tenth twith ) degree of ( west -west west ) longitude ; thence due ( south smitli ) to the place of beginning : Provided , That any tract or tracts within the region of country described as aforesaid which are settled upon or ( occupied occiij-ded occiijded ) , or to ( which vhich ) valid ( rights Tights ) have attached under existing laws of the United States ( prior pTior ) to date of this order , are hereby ( excluded exduded ) from this reservation , At the time this order was promulgated the ( Pres Pres- Pres ) ident and other officers of the Government had the benefit of the reports of Powell ( Exhibit 51 ) , ( Ives I-yes Iyes ) ( Exhibit 72 ) , Wheeler ( ( Exhibit Mxhibit ) 73 , not published until 1889 ) , and of ( many inany ) other military and scientific expeditions ( See Appendix to ( "Wheeler Wheeler Wheeler ) Report ) . If with the information at hand , the Government chose to part ( with Ath ) the ( river Tiver ) beds of the San ( Juan Xuaii ) ( and mid ) Colorado Rivers , it was because those rivers were known to be , at the places described , |