A Reservation Created at the Mouth of the Hoh
Presidential proclamation sets aside one square mile of land for the Hoh tribe.
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Notice was received yesterday by Register William D. O'Toole and Receiver G. G. Lyon, of the land office, informing them of the creation of a reservation about one mile square for the Hoh Indians at the mouth of the Hoh river in Jefferson county. The president's proclamation sets aside the tract, commencing at the mouth of the river, for the use of the Hoh tribe not now residing upon any Indian reservation, with exceptions for land titles already legally transferred out of the United States government.
“The same are hereby withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart as a reservation for the Hoh Indians.”
This act represents the formalization of land dispossession and containment policies at the end of the 19th century. The reservation designation was a federal tool to restrict Indigenous movement and land ownership, a history that continues to shape current land rights and tribal sovereignty in Jefferson County.
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