577 Sec. 20. Not to Repeal Original Agreement Except Where in Conflict. This agreement is intended to modify and supplement the agreement ratified by said act of Congress approved March 1, 1901, and shall be held to repeal any provision in that agreement, or in any prior agreement, treaty, or law in conflict therewith. Sec. 21. Agreement to Be Binding When Ratified. shall be binding upon the United States and the Creek Nation, and upon This agreement all persons affected thereby when it shall have been ratified by Congress and the Creek National Council, and the fact of such ratification shall have been proclaimed as hereinafter provided. Sec. 22. Submission to Creek Council. as practicable after the ratification of this agreement by Congress, shall The Principal Chief, as soon call an extra session of the Creek National Council and submit this agreement, as ratified by Congress, to such council for its consideration; and, if the agreement be ratified by the National Council as provided in the constitution of the tribe, the Principal Chief shall transmit to the President of the United States a certified copy of the act of the council ratifying the agreement, and thereupon the President shall issue his proclamation making public announcement of such ratification; Thenceforward, all the provisions of this agreement shall have the force and effect of law. (Approved June 30, 1902; ratified by the Creeks July, 1902, and proclaimed by the President August 8, 1902.) Sig. 37. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PROCLAMATION. July 4, 1901. Whereas, by an agreement between the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians on the one part, and certain Commissioners of the United States on the other part, ratified by act of Congress approved March 2, 1895, (28 Stats., 876, 894), the said Indians ceded, conveyed, transferred and relinquished, forever and absolutely, without any reservation whatever, unto the United States of America, all their claim, title and interest of every kind and character in and to the lands embraced in the following described tract of country now in the Territory of Oklahoma, to-wit: Commencing at a point in the middle of the main channel of the Washita river, where the ninety-eighth meridian of west longitude crosses the same, thence up the middle of the main channel of said river to the line of ninety-eight degrees forty minutes west longitude, thence on said line due north to the middle of the channel of the main Canadian river; thence down the middle of the said main channel of the main Canadian river to where it crosses the ninety-eighth meridian; thence due south to the place of beginning. And, whereas, in pursuance of said act of Congress ratifying said agreement, allotments of land in severalty have been regularly made to each and every member of said Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians, native and adopted, and the lands occupied by religious societies or other organizations for religious or educational work among the Indians, have been regularly allotted and confirmed to such societies and organizations, respectively; And, whereas, by an agreement between the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache tribes of Indians on the one part, and certain Commissioners of the United States on the other part, amended and ratified by act of Congress approved June 6, 1900, (31 Stat., 672, 676), the said Indian tribes, subject to certain conditions which have been duly performed, ceded, conveyed, transferred and relinquished and surrendered forever and absolutely, without any reservation whatsoever, expressed or implied, unto the United States of America all their claim, title and interest of every kind and character in and to the lands embraced in the following described tract of country now in the Territory of Oklahoma, to-wit: Commencing at a point where the Washita river crosses the ninetyeighth meridian west from Greenwich; thence up the Washita river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to a point thirty miles, by river, west of Fort Cobb, as now established: thence due west to the north fork of Red river, provided, said line strikes said river east of the onehundredth meridian west longitude; if not, then only to said meridian line, and thence due south on said meridian line to the said north fork of Red river; thence down said north fork, in the middle of the main channel |