MISSION INDIAN LANDS

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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]