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Show . Artiole 4th « Xh © United Statea agr-*.* fs » *-*) apnrt and vithhold from aalo, for th © uae of th © Mohuachea for thej& pwrapLonOnt nomes, and hereby gu ar ante o to thom th © posaeaslon and enjoyiEUs*:^ © - Í a tract of country bounded a © follows vi « : Beginning on th © * weat ciei © õf tha Rio Orando, at tho mouth of the Iarro Creek, thcnoe trith a line runais#-' âue wo- at to tho top of th © range of ctoontains whioh separ& toe the ratem v\ f tho Rio Grand © from tho a o of th © San Juan, thonoe northwnrdly along tho U> p of aaid range of raountaina to th © northern boundary of tho Torritory of Bew fcôxieo, thence East with th © northern boundary or Ne// Itoico to th © P. io Grande, thonce dovm the Rio Grcnd © to tho beginning. Ihit if the aaid bour. dfi. ry ahould not contain on © thotisand 8quare ailes, th © n the Kuache Utahs © xe to have other landa aoaigned to them adjoinl- ng the foregoing suffieient to cato up one t. houaand equaro mil © e. Articl © 6tlw Th © United States ifi hereby áuthoriaed to define the boundarios of tho rosar' © d tract, Trhon it may b © neceasary, by actual survey or otherwise, and tho presidont may, fròm tine to time at his dia-oretion eauae th © whole or nny part thereof to bo surveyed; and may aaaign to oooh head of a family or sàngle person, ov © r twenty one ycars of ago, t- sronty aores of land for hia or her aoperat © uso and benefitj and © aoh family of throe and l © ss than fivo persons, forty aores of land; and to © aoh family of five or mor © persons aixty neroa, and he may, at hia diaorotion, © a faat as th © oooupants beooa © oapablo of transaoting their own affalrs issue patenta thorofor to suoh oooupants, with suoh rostriotion* © f tho powor of alionation, ao he may a © © fit to isrpose, and he may also, at his disoretlon, mako rales and rogulations respecting the diapoaition of th © landa, in oaae of the death of th © head of a family or a ainglo p « rs © n, ocoupying the aame or in oaa © of ita abandonmont by them, and ho may also aaaign other landa in exohange for mineral landa, if any auch are found on the traot herein set apart, and - 2- |