Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1885 — THE BOOMERS WARNED. [ARTICLE]

THE BOOMERS WARNED.

Rrtoting Treaties with the In- /' dians Not to Be Ignored. (Washington dispatch.) The following proclamation has been issued by the President! Whereas, It is alleged that certain individua's, associations of persons, and corporation are in unauthorized possession of portions of the territory known as the Oklahoma lands, within Indian Territory, which are designated, described, and recognized by treaties and laws of the United States and by the ex*, utive authority thereof as Indinn lands; ntad Whereas, It is further alleged that certain other persons or associations within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States have begun and set on foot preparations for an organized and forcible entry and settlement npon; the aforesaid lands, and nre now threatening such entry and occupation; and Whereas, The laws of the United States provide for the removal of all persons residing or heing found npon such Indian lands and territory without 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 Indian nations and tribes, and to the end that no person or persons may be induced to enter npon said-territory, where they will not be allowed to remain without permission of the authority aforesaid, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the Upit d States, do hereby warn and admonish all and every person or persons now in occupation of such lands, and all snob person or persons as are intending, preparing, or threatening to enter and settle npon 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 obedieree 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 scch unauthorized possession, prevent such threatened entry and occupation, and to remove all such intruders from said Indian lands. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and cansed the seal of the United States to be affixed.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

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