Rutherford Hayes actually said...

It is hereby ordered that the following-described country lying within the boundaries of the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, viz: ... be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart as an addition to the present Navajo Reservation in said Territories.

01/05/1880

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