Executive Order 1700—Reserving Lands in New Mexico for Use of the Navajo Indians
February 10, 1913
It is hereby ordered that the SE. 1/4 of Section 18, Township 18 North of Range 10 West, of the New Mexico Principal Meridian be, and the same hereby is, withdrawn from all forms of settlement and entry and set apart as a reservation for use of the Navajo Indians in common: Provided that the withdrawal hereby made shall be subject to any valid prior rights of any persons to the land described.
WM. H. TAFT
The White House,
February 10, 1913
William Howard Taft, Executive Order 1700—Reserving Lands in New Mexico for Use of the Navajo Indians Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/276651