DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Washington, D.C., March 21, 1874.
SIR: I have the honor to present herewith a communication, dated the 20th instant, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, together with the accompanying map, showing the survey made by Eugene Monroe, in January, 1865, of the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation in Nevada, and respectfully recommend that the President issue an order, withdrawing from sale or other disposition, and setting apart said reservation or tract of country for the use and occupation of Pah-Ute and other Indians now occupying the same. The form of order necessary in the premises is engrossed on the inclosed map.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. DELANO, Secretary.
The PRESIDENT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 23, 1874.
It is hereby ordered that the tract of country known and occupied as the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation in Nevada, as surveyed by Eugene Monroe, in January, 1865, and indicated by red lines, according to the courses and distances given in tabular form on accompanying diagrams, be withdrawn from sale or other disposition, and set apart for the Pah-Ute and other Indians residing thereon.
U. S. GRANT.
SOURCE: Kappler, Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties, US GPO, 1904, p 869
Ulysses S. Grant, Executive Order— Establishment of Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371410