Rutherford Hayes actually said...

It is hereby ordered that the order of May 10, 1877, setting apart as a reservation for the Northwestern Shoshone Indians of Nevada...be, and the same is hereby, canceled and the said lands are restored to their original status.

01/15/1879

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