KANSAS. 31 line of the Territory ; thence by the southern and eastern lines of said Territory to the place of beginning. Seventh District. Commencing at the east side of the house of Charles Matney, on the Wakarusa river ; thence due south to the middle of the Santa Fe road ; thence westwardly along the middle of said road to Rock creek, near the 65th mile of said road ; thence due south to the north line of the Sac and Fox reservation ; thence along the north and west lines thereof, and due south to the Neosho river ; thence up said river to a point due south of the mouth of Elm creek ; thence due north to the mouth of Elm creek, and up said creek to the Santa Fe road ; and thence by a direct line in a northerly direction to the southwest corner of the Pottawatomie reservation ; thence along the southern line of said reservation to the headwaters of the Wakarusa river, or the point nearest thereto ; thence to and down the said river to the place of beginning. Eighth District. Commencing at the mouth of Elm creek, one of the branches of the Osage river ; thence up the same to the Santa Fe road ; thence by a direct northerly line to the southwest corner of the Pottawatomie reservation ; thence up the western line thereof to the Kansas river ; thence up said river and the Smoky Hill Fork beyond the most westerly settlements; thence due south to the line of the Territory ; thence by the same to the line of the sixth district; thence due north to the head of the south branch of the Neosho river ; thence down said river to the line of the seventh district; thence due north to the place of beginning. Ninth District. Commencing on the Smoky Hill Fork, beyond the most westerly settlements ; thence down the same and the Kansas river to the mouth of the Wild Cat creek ; thence up said creek to the headwaters thereof; thence due north to the Independence emigrant road ; thence up said road to the north line of the Territory ; thence west along the same, beyond the most westerly settlements ; and thence due south to the place of beginning. Tenth District. Commencing at the mouth of Vermillion river ; thence up the same, beyond the house of Josiah D. Adams ; thence due north to the Independence emigrant road ; thence up the middle of said road to the line of the ninth district; thence by the same to the head of Wild Cat creek, and down said creek to the Kansas river ; thence down said river to the place of beginning. Eleventh District. Commencing on the Vermillion river, opposite the north side of the house of Josiah D. Adams; thence up said river to the head of the
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