Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1885 — THE BOOMERS WARNED. [ARTICLE]

THE BOOMERS WARNED.

Existing Treaties with the Indians Not to Be Ignored. (■Washington dispatch.] The follow.ng proclamation has been iasued by the President: W Hereas, It is alleged that certain individua s, associations of persons, and corpo auon are i i unauthoii ed possession of p rtions of the territory known as tho Okl iiunn lands, within Indian Territory, wii ch are d pignated, described. und recognized by treaties and laws of the Un ted Slates and by the exe utive authority thereof as Indian lands; and Whereas, It is further alleged that certain other perons or associations within the territoiy and jurisdiction of tho United States have teeu.i and set on foot pr< partitions for an organized and forcible entry and settlement upon the aforesaid lauds, and nre now threatening such entry and occupation; and Whereas, The laws of the United S'atos provide for the removal of all persons residing or being found upon sueh Indian lands and territory wi hout permission expressly and legally obtained of the Interior Department: Now, therefore, for the purpose of protecting public interests, as well as the interests of the Ind an nations and tribes, and to the end that no person or persons may be induced to enter upon said territory, where they will not be allowed to remain without permission of the authority aforesaid, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the Unit d States, do heieby warn and admonish all and every person or persons now in occupation of such lands, and all snch person or persons as are intending, preparing, or threatening to enter and settle upon the same, that they will neither be permitted to enter upon such territory, or, if already there, to remain thereon, and that if due regard for and voluntary obedience to the laws and treaties of the United States and this admonition and warning be not sufficient to effect the purposes and intentions of the Government as herein declared, the military power of the United States will be invoked to abate all s ich unauthorized posse ssion, prevent such threatened entry and occupation, and to remove all such intruders from said Indian lands. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my band and caused tho seal of the United States to be affixed.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

By tho President: T. F. Bayard, Secretary of State.