Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Any qualified person desiring to make entry of any of these lands shall execute in person within the limits of the Pierre, South Dakota, land district an affidavit showing his qualifications to enter and means of identifying him.

Context

Proclamation 771—Opening of Lower Brule Indian Reservation Lands

08/11/1907

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