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McKinley, William, 1843-1901

"A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents"


WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., March 30, 1901._
It is hereby ordered that the hereinafter described tracts of land in
the District of Alaska be, and they are hereby reserved and set apart
for Reindeer stations, subject to any legal existing rights to any land
in the limits of the reservation hereby established, to wit:
1. The entire peninsula of which Cape Denbigh forms the southwestern
extremity, situated in latitude 64 degrees, 30 minutes north, longitude
161 degrees, 30 minutes west from Greenwich, approximately fifteen (15)
miles in length and five (5) miles in width.
A tract of land bounded as follows: Beginning at a point about six miles
above the mouth of the Unalaklik river and extending along the north
bank of the Unalaklik river in a generally northeasterly direction ten
miles; thence in a generally northwesterly direction ten miles; thence
in a generally southwesterly direction ten miles; thence in a generally
southeasterly direction to the point of beginning.


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