Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Expanding Crow Indian Reservation Boundaries

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Wednesday, October 20, 1875

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1 min read (223 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Ulysses S. Grant on 1875-10-20, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Expanding Crow Indian Reservation Boundaries." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 650 [15 Stat 649]); provided that the same shall not interfere with the rights of any bona fide settlers who may have located on the tract of country herein described.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

223

1,255 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

30.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Expanding Crow Indian Reservation Boundaries," Ulysses S. Grant (Oct 20, 1875). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-expanding-crow-indian-reservation-boundaries.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

EXECUTIVE MANSION, October 20, 1875. It is hereby ordered that the tract of country, 20 miles in width, in the Territory of Montana, lying within the following-described boundaries, viz: Commencing at a point in the mid-channel of the Yellowstone River, where the one hundred and seventh degree of west longitude crosses the said river; thence up said mid-channel of the Yellowstone to the mouth of Big Timber Creek; thence up said creek 20 miles, if the said creek can be followed that distance; if not, then in the same direction continued from the source thereof to a point 20 miles from the mouth of said creek; thence eastwardly along a line parallel to the Yellowstone—no point of which shall be less than 20 miles from the river—to the one hundred and seventh degree west longitude; thence south to the place of beginning, be, and the same hereby is, withdrawn from sale and set apart for the use of the Crow tribe of Indians as an addition to their present reservation in said Territory, set apart in the second article of treaty of May 7, 1868 (Stat at L. vol. 15, p. 650 [15 Stat 649]); provided that the same shall not interfere with the rights of any bona fide settlers who may have located on the tract of country herein described. U.S. Grant