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'908 PROC LAMATIONS. N 0. 29. of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence southerly along the unsurveyed and surveyed range line to the south-east corner of Township twenty-seven (27) North, Range nineteen (19) West; thence easterly along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line to the point for the northwest corner of Section three (3), Township twenty-six (26) North, Range eighteen (18) West; thence southerly along the unsurveyed section line to the point for the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence westerly along the unsurveyed and surveyed township line to its intersection with the east shore of Flathead Lake; thence southerly along the shore of said lake to the north boundary of the Flathead Indian Reservation; thence easterly along the north boundary to the northeast corner of said reservation and southerly along the east boundary thereof to the point where said boundary line will be intersected by the un surveyed Fourth (4th) Standard Parallel North; thence easterly along said unsurveyed parallel to the point for the south-east corner of Township seventeen (17) North, Range seven (7) West; thence northerly along the un surveyed range line to the point for the north-east corner of said township; thence westerly along the unsurveyed township line to the point for the north-west corner of said township; thence northerly along the unsurveyed range line to the point for the north—east corner of Township eighteen (18) North, Range eight (8) West; thence westerly along the unsurveyed township line to the point for the south—east corner of Township nineteen (19) North, Range nine (9) West; thence northerly along the un surveyed and surveyed range line between Ranges eight (8) and nine (9) West, subject to the proper oilsets ou the Filth (5th), Sixth (6th) and Seventh (7th) Standard Parallels North, to the point of intersection with the south boundary of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, the place of beginning. Pri<·_L,v¤¤<1 ¤¤¤·i¤¤ Exeepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands °’°°’which may have been, prior to the date hereoii embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired; and all mining claims duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith: Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry. filing, settlement or location was made. tlgmw *¤¤ M- Wairning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation. Rkisnapr nnerme The rights and privileges reserved to the Indians of the Blackfeet p,f§§‘Q’Q§:§'_°“ I"""' Indian Reservation by Article I of the agreement set forth in, and accepted, ratified, and conlirmed by the Act of Congress approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, hereinbefore referred to, respecting that portion of their Reservation relinquished to the United States by said Article I, shall be in no way infringed or modiiied by reason of the fact that a part of the area so relinquished is embraced within the limits of the boundaries herein described and set apart as a forest reservation; nor shall the right of occupation, location, and purchase of said relinquished lands under the provisions of the mineralland laws, accorded by said Act of Congress, be abridged. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be atlixed. Done at the City of Washington this 22d day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety- [SEAL.] seven, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-first. GROVE]! CLEVELAND By the President: Rrcnsnn OLNEY _ Secretary of State.