Washington : Government Printing Office
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| VOLUME 28—1963 | 10157 |
| VOLUME 28—1963 | 10158 |
Whereas, under an agreement of June 4, 1891, ratified by the Act of March 2, 1895 (25 Stat. 876, 894-898), the Wichita and Affiliated Bands of Indians ceded certain lands to the United States, and in return received allotments and other considerations, and;
Whereas, certain of the lands have been reserved and set aside for use of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for school, agency, cemetery and other administrative purposes, and;
Whereas, the Indians, through their tribal council, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, have recommended that certain lands in such reserves be restored to tribal ownership, and;
Whereas, such lands, hereinafter described, are surplus to the needs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for administrative purposes:
Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority contained in Section 3 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984; 25 U.S.C. 463), I hereby find that restoration to tribal ownership of the following-described ceded lands is in the public interest, and the said lands are hereby restored to tribal ownership for the use and benefit of the Wichita and Affiliated Bands of Indians (Caddo Tribe and the Absentee Band of Delaware Indians of Caddo County, Oklahoma), and are added to and made a part of the existing reservation, subject to any valid existing rights:
T. 7 N., R. 10 W.,
Sec. 4;
Sec. 5, E ½;
Sec. 8, E ½;
Sec. 9, lots 1 and 4, N ½ NE ¼, NW ¼, NE ¼ SW ¼, and W ½ SW ¼;
Sec. 10, lot 3, NW ¼ NW ¼, S ½ S ½ N ½ SW ¼, S ½ SW ¼, NW ¼ SE ¼, and those portions of the S ½ NW ¼, N ½ N ½ SW ¼, and N
½ S ½ N ½ SW ¼ lying east of west right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 281;
Sec. 15, lots 2 and 3.
T. 7 N., R. 10 W.,
Sec. 10, NE ¼ NW ¼.
T. 9 N., R. 10 W.,
Sec. 3, SE ¼ SE ¼.
T. 9 N., R. 11 W.,
Sec. 26, W ½ SE ¼.
T. 7 N., R. 12 W.,
Sec. 1, SW ¼ SW ¼;
Sec. 2, SE ¼ SE ¼.
The areas described aggregate 2,306.08 acres.
JOHN A. CARVER, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
