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MISSION INDIAN LANDS

Extracts from Executive Order, dated Washington, D. C., January 7, 1876, making reservation of tracts for the permanent use and occupation of the Mission Indians in Southern Cali­fornia: "Potrero"—Including Rincon, Gapich, and La Joyo: Town­ship 10, south range 1 east; sections 16, 23, 25, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and fractional sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29. "Cahuilla"—township 7, south range 2 east; sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, and 36; township 7, south range 3 east; sec­tions 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35; township 8, south range 2 east; sections 1, 2, 3, and 4; township 8, south range 3 east, sections 31 and 32; township 15, south range 2 east, sec­tions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. "Capitan Grande"—township 14, south range 2 east, sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36; township 14, south range 3 east, see­tions 31 and 32; township 15, south range 2 east, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10; township 15, south range 3 east, sec­tions 5 and 6. "Santa Ysabel" (including Mesa Grande)—township 11, south range 2 cast, south half of section 21, northwest quarter and east half of section 28, and sections 25, 26, and 27; township 11, south range 3 east, sections 25, 26, 27, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and fractional sections 29, 30, and 32; township 12, south range 2 east, sections 3, 10, 14, 15, and fractional section 13; township 12, south range 2 east, sections 1, 2, 12, and fractional sections 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, and 14. "Pala"—township 8, south range 2 west, northeast quarter of section 33, and north half of north half of section 34. "Agua Caliente"—township 10, south range 3 east, south­east quarter of section 23, southwest quarter of section 24, west half of section 25, and east half of section 26. "Lycuan"—township 16, south range 1 east, northeast quar­ter of section 13. "Maja"—township 13, south range 3 east, northeast quarter of section 35. "Cosmet"—township 13, south range 3 east, north half of northeast quarter of section 25. [from William Ellsworth Smythe's History of San Diego, 1908, pages 198-199]