Land Allotment for Timber Woman, a member of the Cheyenne or Arapaho tribes, 5/6/1892File Unit: T-83

Land Allotment for Timber Woman, a member of the Cheyenne or Arapaho tribes, 5/6/1892File Unit: T-83 Timber Woman, 1902 - 1981Series: Individual Indian Money (IIM) Account Files, 1902 - 1981Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1999Transcription: 4 – 457 a.________________The United States of America,To all to who these Presents shall come, GREETING ;Whereas, There has been deposited in the General Land Office of the United States aschedule of allotments of land, dated March 30, 1892, from the Commissionerof Indian Affairs, approved by the Secretary of the Interior June 1, 1892,whereby it appears that under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February 8, 1887,(24 Stats., 388,) as amended by the Act of Congress of March 3, 1891, (26 Slal 989)Timber Woman, an Indian ofthe Cheyenne or Arapahoe tribe or band, has been allotted thefollowing described land, viz:The South East quarter or section twenty eight in Township sixteen North of Range eight West of Indian Meridian, Oklahoma Territory, Containing one hundred and sixty acresNow, Know Ye, That the United States of America, in consideration of the premises and in accordance with the provisions or the fifth section of said Act of Congress of the 8th February, 1887, HEREBY DECLARES that it does and will hold the land thus allotted (subject to all the restrictions and conditions contained in said fifth section) for the period of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the said Timber Woman, or in case of her decease, for the sole use of her heirs, according to the laws of the State or Territory where such land is located, and that at the expiration of said period the United States will convey the same by patent to said Indian, or her heirs, as aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incumbrance whatsoever: Provided, That the President of the United States may, in his discretion, extend the said period.In Testimony Whereof, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, have caused these letters to be made Patent and the seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.[circular red seal]Given under my hand at the City of Washington, this sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenthBy the President: Benjamin HarrisonBy M.McKean, Secretary.I.R.ConwellRecorder of the General Land Office.ad interimRecorded Vol 13, p. 182(17293–20 M.) 6–400 -- source link

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