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Show poses or allotted to individual Indians within the Territory of Okla-homa, commencing at a point on the west line of Sebastian County, in the State of Arkansas, and sontl~o f t11e corporate limits of the city of Fort Smith from the point of entrance into the Indian Territory, run-ning in a westerly direction through the said Indian Territory and the Territory of Oklahoma, to a point on the west lime of said Territory of Oklahoma, between the North Canadian and Washita rivers, with a bra.nch rmmiug from the main line in the Choctaw Nation in a south-erly or southwesterly dieetion by the most feasible and practicable route to a point on the Red River at or near the city of Denison"; also a branch beginning at a point in the Seminole Nation near the Wemoka River, running thence in a northerly or northwesterly direc-tion to a point on the south line of the State of Kansas, at or near the town of Otto, in said State. No maps of definite location of the line have yet been filed for approval. Gainesville, illcAllister and St. Louis Railtnc~y Comnpa9zy.-By act of Congress approved March 1,1893 (27 Stats., p. 534 and p. 494 of this report), the Gainesville, McAllister and St. Louis Railmay Company was granted right of may through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point to be selected by said railway company on RedRiver north of the east part of Uooke County, in the State of Texas, or the west part of Grayson County, in said State, and running thence in a northeast direction, by the most practicable route, through the Indian Territory, to a point on the western boundary of the State of Arkansas. No maps of definite locat,ion of the line have yet been filed for approval. Gainesville, Olclahomn and Gulf Railway Company.-By act of Con-gress approved February 20,1893 (27 Stats., p. 465 and p. 483 of this report), the Gaiuesville, Okla,homa and Gulf Railway Company was granted right of may through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point to be se1ected.b~sa id company on Red River north of the west part of Cooke Col~ntyi, n the State of Texas, and running thence by the most practicable route through the Indian and Oklahoma Territories in a northwesterly direction to a point on the southern boundary of the State of Kansas. No maps of definite location of the line have yet been Bed for approval. Kmas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Cornpan?/.-By act of Con-gress approved February 27,1893 (27 Stats., p. 487 and p. 488 of this report), the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company was granted right of may through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point on the south line of Cherokee County, near the town of Galena, in the State of Kansas, and running thence in a southerly direction through the Indian Territory, or through the State of Arkansas and the Indian Territory, by the most feasible and practicable route, to a point on Red River ncRr the town of Clarksville, in the State of Texas. N* maps of definite location OF the line have yet been filed for a,pproval. |