Benjamin Harrison actually said...

Notice, moreover, is hereby given that it is by law enacted that until said lands are opened to settlement by proclamation no person shall be permitted to enter upon and occupy the same.

Context

Proclamation 311—Opening to Settlement Lands Acquired from the Sac and Fox Nation of Indians, Oklahoma Territory

09/17/1891

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