hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington this sixteenth day of April, A.D. 1902,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-sixth.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

By the President:
JOHN HAY,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by an agreement between the Shoshone and Bannock Indians
of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, on the one part and certain
commissioners of the United States on the other part, ratified by act of
Congress approved June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 672) the said Indians ceded,
granted, and relinquished to the United States all right, title, and
interest which they had to the following described land, the same being
a part of the land obtained through the treaty of Fort Bridger on the
third day of July. 1868, and ratified by the United States Senate on
the sixteenth day of February, 1869:

All that portion of the said reservation embraced within and lying east
and south of the following described lines:

Commencing at a point in the south boundary of the Fort Hall Indian
Reservation, being the southwest corner of township nine (9) south,
range thirty-four (34) east of the Boise meridian, thence running due
north on the range line between townships 33 and 34 east to a point two
(2) miles north of the township line between townships five (5) and six
(6) south, thence due east to the range line between ranges 35 and 36
east, thence south on said range line four (4) miles, thence due east
to the east boundary line of the reservation; from this point the east
and south boundaries of the said reservation as it now exists to the
point of beginning, namely, the southwest corner of township nine
(9) south, range thirty-four (34) east, being the remainder of the
description and metes and bounds of the said tract of land herein
proposed to be ceded.

And whereas, in pursuance of said act of Congress ratifying said
agreement, allotments of land have been regularly made to each Indian
occupant who desired it, and a schedule has been made of the lands to be
abandoned and the improvements thereon appraised, and such improvements
will be offered for sale to the highest bidder at not less than the
appraised price prior to the date fixed for the opening of the ceded
lands to settlement, and the classification as to agricultural