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Show Boundary of Port Mohave Indian Reservation (Formerly Camp Mohave Indian Reservation) chains 285.27 285.05 ¦^09.00 Retracement for Surrey, continued. an elevation of about -50 ft. above the water surface of the river, it is impossible to assume that Cor. No".3 was established In close proximity to this point. From East Side Center mon. of C.M.I.R. Bdy. established in 1905 at restored point for Cor.No.1 of old Hay and Wood Reserv., M.'B8°45'52"W. (record course) on random line, on north line(4-1) of Bdy. of old Hay and Wood Reserv. Triangulation point "A" at top of east or left bank of Colo. River. last edge of water surface of Colo. River. Discontinue chaining and measure random line across the river by triangulation as follows: Set flag "B" ahead on random line on W.side of river,near W. edge of water surface. Measure a Base N.7°?2' 28"B.,15.00 chs. from flag "B" and set flag"C", Bearing from triang. point "A" to flag "C" is M.75°l6132"w. All bearings checked by direct readings of the solar, and all angles checked by deflection. Dist. of random line to "A" ¦ S2*?^ che. Dist.A-B by triangulation » b^.o? " Total dist, to flap "B" - 156.21 chn. Triang flag "B" near West edge of water surface of Colo- River. Continue line and raeusurement by chaining. Foot of weat or riirht bank of Colo. River, 25 ft. hi»h, bearing 113. und SVV. Top of sii-ne bank, and B< edge of mesa. (Record oA.at.i Dillrent search in this vicinity fails to reveal tufg truce of Cor.Ho.4 of the old Hay and Wood Reaerv.,and • study of the topography makes it apparen that said Cor. hub never eBtubliBhed in clone oroximltj to this point. The preceding retracement of the south and north lines ol the 3dy.of the old. Hay and Wood Reservation,in accordance with the calls of the original survey,locates ¦oolnts for Cora.I.Tos.3 &nd 4 of £&id reaerv. on the west Bide of the Colo. River on land so high us to preclude all possibility of the river having flowed to the vest thereof in the year 1869. Therefore,since the record shows these corners as having been established on the east bank of the river, a discrepancy of considerable moment nuat exist in the record. This discrepancy seems to admit of explanation only by assuming that serious errors were made in the measurement of the reservation boundary. i'Iib Colo. River,at the time the reservation was surveyed in 1869, as nearly as can be determined at the present time from observations on the ground,and from tsstimonj of old Indian inhabitants of the valley,occupied a oosition in the west side of the valley with its west bank near the foot of the mesa,which is well defined at the t>reaent time. The intervening land,between the foot of the mesa and th< present w»at edge of the water surface, Is so low as to be subject to overflow of from two to five feet during the annual high water periods. These repeated Inundations of the land,extending over a period of nearly 58 years wince survey of the reservation,have destroyed all liges of demarkatlon of the east bank of the river |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |