Osage Nation, Oklahoma, Deeds:  Bertha L. Pearson Allotment Deed

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Allotment Deed
Osage Indian Lands
from
Peter C. Bigheart
to
Bertha L. Pearson
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Office of Indian Affairs
Land Division
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Recorded in Deed Book, Osage Indian Lands,
Vol. ____, page _____
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State of Oklahoma
Osage County
The within instrument was filed for record on
the 10 day of Aug, 1909
at 10 o'clock a.m. and recorded in
Book 3AE on page 413
TM Broaddus
Register of Deeds.
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Homestead Deed
Osage Reservation, Oklahoma
Allotment No. 1679

To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Whereas, The act of Congress approved June 28, 1906, entitled "An Act for 
the division of the lands and funds of the Osage Indians in Oklahoma 
Territory, and for other purposes" (34 Stat. L., 539), provides that all 
the lands belonging to the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma, except as 
therein provided, shall be divided among the members of said tribe; and

Whereas, Said act of Congress further provides that all lands selected by 
and allotted to each member (except his homestead) shall be designated 
"surplus lands"; and 

Whereas, Bertha L. Pearson, a duly enrolled and recognized member of the 
Osage tribe, has selected his homestead in accordance with law, and

Whereas, The Osage Allotting Commission, as provided for in the sixth 
subdivision of section 2 of said act of Congress, has certified that the 
lands hereinafter described constitute the surplus lands of said Bertha L. 
Pearson, as contemplated by said act of Congress; and 

Whereas, Section 8 of the act provides that all deeds to said Osage lands, 
or any part thereof, shall be executed by the Principal Chief of the Osages, 
but no such deed shall be valid until approved by the Secretary of the 
Interior:

Now, Therefore, I the undersigned, Principal Chief of the Osage Tribe of 
Indians, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the said act 
of Congress have granted and conveyed, and by these presents do grant and 
convey, unto the said Bertha L. Pearson all right, title, and interest of 
the United States and the Osage Tribe of Indians in and to the following-
described lands situated on the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma, to wit:

Southwest 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of Section Eleven (11); Southwest 1/4 of 
Southwest 1/4 of Section Twelve (12); West 1/2 of Northeast 1/4 of Section 
Fourteen (14), Township Twenty-five (25), Range Seven (7); Southeast 1/4 of 
Southwest 1/4 of Section Twelve (12); East 1/2 of Northeast 1/4, Northeast 
1/4 of Northwest 1/4 of Section Fourteen (14), Township Twenty-five (25), 
Range Seven (7); Southeast 1/4 of Section Thirty-six (36), Township 
Twenty-four (24), Range Seven (7); West 1/2 of Northwest 1/4 of southwest 
1/4 of section fourteen (14), Township Twenty-eight (28), Range Ten (10); 
all North and East of the Indian Base and Meridian,
Containing 500 acres, more or less, according to the Untied States survey 
thereof, to have and to hold the same unto the said Bertha L. Pearson, her 
heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, forever; subject, however, 
to all the conditions, limitations, and provisions of said act of Congress, 
one of which is that the oil, gas, coal, or other minerals covered by the 
lands for the selection and division of which provision is herein made are 
hereby reserved to the Osage Tribe for a period of twenty-five years from 
and after the eighth day of April, nineteen hundred and six.

In Witness Whereof, I, the Principal Chief of the Osage Tribe of Indians, 
have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th day of June, 1909.
Peter C. Bigheart
Principal Chief of the Osages
Witnesses:
Woodie Connor
Robert C. Block

Department of the Interior
July 26, 1909
The foregoing is respectfully submitted to the Secretary of Interior with the recommendation that it be approved.
FH Abbott
Assistant Commissioner
Department of the Interior
July 30, 1909
The foregoing deed is hereby approved.
Frank Pierce
Acting Secretary