Benjamin Harrison actually said...

Whereas the owners of all cattle now herded upon the outlet have submitted to me a proposition in writing whereby they agree to remove one-half of their stock from the outlet on or before November 1 and the residue thereof and all their property and employees on or before December 1 next, and to abandon all claims in said outlet:

Context

Proclamation—Extending the Time for Cattlemen to Move Herds off the Cherokee Strip

09/18/1890

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