Description

"ARTICLE II. "In consideration for the lands relinquished and surrendered as aforesaid the United States hereby agrees to convey to said Wiminuche Band of Southern Ute Indians in exchange therefor lands lying within the present boundaries of the Mesa Verde National Park and from the public domain, said lands to become a part of the reservation of said Wiminuche Band of Southern Ute Indians and to take on the same character and title as the rest of the land of the said reservation, of which they become a part by virtue of this agreement, and described as follows:

"Sections one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), fractional sections eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), twelve (12), in township thirty-four (34) north, range sixteen (16), west, 'north of the Ute boundary'; also sections twenty-five (25), twenty-six (26), twenty-seven (27), southeast quarter section twenty-eight (28), sections thirty-two (32), thirty-three (33), thirty-four (34), thirty-five (35), and thirty-six (36), township thirty-five (35) north, range sixteen (16) west, containing ten thousand and eighty (10,080) acres, more or less.
"Also sections five (5) and six (6) and fractional sections seven (7) and eight (8) (unsurveyed) in township thirty-four (34) north, range seventeen (17) west, 'north of the Ute boundary,' and sections one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), and fractional sections eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), and twelve (12) (unsurveyed), in township thirty-four (34) north, range eighteen (18) west, 'north of the Ute boundary,' and sections nineteen (19), twenty (20), twenty-nine (29), thirty (30), thirty-one (31), and thirty-two (32), in township thirty-five (35) north, range seventeen (17) west, and sections twenty (20), twenty-one (21), twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23), twenty-four (24), twenty-five (25), twenty-six (26), twenty-seven (27), twenty-eight (28), twenty-nine (29), thirty-two (32), thirty-three (33), thirty-four (34), thirty-five (35), and thirty-six (36) in township thirty-five (35) north, range eighteen (18) west, New Mexico principal meridian, containing twenty thousand one hundred and sixty (20,160) acres, more or less.
"And in case it be found that any portion of the lands herein described have been entered or patented under any of the land laws of the United States, then, and in that event, it is stipulated and agreed that public lands of an equal amount and like character and lying adjacent to the lands herein described be substituted and given to said Wiminuche Band of Southern Ute Indians, to make the total area of lands to be given in amount equal to the above-described lands, the total area in said western tract to contain twenty thousand one hundred and sixty (20,160) acres.

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to add to the area conveyed to the Indians in exchange for the lands relinquished any tracts of unappropriated public land adjoining thereto which may be necessary to make the total area of the acreage ceded to the Indians in lieu of that lost to them by any prior existing valid rights attaching thereto.