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Executive order of President R. B. Hayes establishing the Spokane Reservation, 18 January 1881
It is hereby ordered that the following tract of land, situated in Washington Territory, be, and the same is hereby, set aside and reserved for the use and occupancy of the Spokane Indians, namely:
Commencing at a point where Chemekane Creek crosses the
forty-eighth parallel of latitude; thence down the east
bank of said creek to where it enters the Spokane River;
thence across said Spokane River westwardly along the southern
bank thereof to
a point where it enters the Columbia River; thence across the
Columbia River northwardly along its western bank to a point
where said river crosses the said forty-eighth parallel of
latitude; thence east along said parallel to the place of
beginning.
R. B. HAYES.