By virtue of the power vested in me by the provisions of Article 3 of the Treaty of August 21, 1847 (9 Stat. L., 908), it is hereby ordered that the country ceded by the provisions of said treaty shall no longer be held by the United States as Indian land.
Executive Order 1299—Ordering Lands Ceded by Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians No Longer Held as Indian Land
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I must therefore withhold my approval from this resolution if in fact I do not approve it as a matter of governmental policy.
I am constrained, in deference to popular sentiment and with a realizing sense of my duty to the great masses of our people whose welfare is involved, to urge upon your consideration early action on this agreement.
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