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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. LXXIII Done at the city of Washington this 17th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thowand eight hundred and ninety, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred aud fonrteeuth. [SEAL] BENJAXIN HARRISON. By the President : JAMES G. BLAISE, Secretary of Sf,!le. After consultation mith the Department, the following order ma8 issued from this office: DEPART~~IEONX TT ~ IES TERIOR, OrwIcs OX IXDIAASE BAIRS, IVashington, D. C., March 29, 1890. I t has been held by the Attorney-General of the United Ststoa that in the absence of aome law therefor, derived from either a treaty or statutory provision, Indian tribes can not lease their reservations, and the Presiclent ofthe United States has by his proclamation of February 17, 1890, given notice that no cattle or live stook shall hereafter he brought upon that portion of the Indian 'Territory oommouly known as the Cherokee S t r i o~r Outlet.. for herdin-e or ~ r a z i.u,-rD nrD.o aea. and that all cnttie&nd other live stook now on said Outlet mnst ha removed therefrom not later than Octo-ber 1,1890, and so much sooner as said lands or m y af them may he or beco~nela w-fitlir onen to settlement bv citizens of the United States, and that all Dersaos con- ~ ~~ . . uected with said cattle companies or associations must, not later than the time above indicated, depart from said lands. Kow, under and in socordnnoe with instrootions of the Secretary of the Interior, ncltiee is herebg given to all whom it may concern, whether whit,e men or Indiana, that all cattle and other live stook held on any Indian lands in the Iudian Territory under an"v "retended lease, cootract, or other arraneement with Indians for the nse - and occupationof anypart or portion of any Indian lands for grazing purposes must be removed therefromnot later than October 1, 1890, and so much soouer aa any special oirenmstances affeotio-e aaid lauds or concernin.e. a m. of eaid oattle may make slmh removal necessary. The agents of the Indieu service iooated within the Indian Territory will see that this notice is observed and enforced. T. J. MORGLT, Cornn~issioner of Indian Affairs. Special Uuited States Indian Agent Parker, of this bureau, has been on duty for some time under instructions from this office to investigate and report any riolations of this proclamation, and copies of his re-ports have been promptly submitted to the Department. STATUS AND RIGHTS IK IXDIAN TIZIBES OF MIXED BLOODS AND I'ERSOSS ADDPTED. WhenIndianreservatiousvereremotefrom whitesettlementsandprao-ticallj valueless for tho purposes of those engaged in civilized pursuits, questions concerning the rights of persons of mixed hlood to tribal beuetits were rarely preseuted, aud weredeemed of little moment. Bnt since the steady march of cirilization has brought tlie red n~au iuto close contact mith the dominant race, and the real value of tribal |
