“ The center line of said section 5 is used as a meridian in this description. Unsurveyed lands which have formed in Mud Lake and the part of said lake now known as "Goose Lake," since the original government surveys of townships 143 and 144 north, range 26 west of the fifth principal meridian, and lie southerly of Leech Lake River, as follows: Unsurveyed land in the southwest corner of section 36, township 144 north, range 28 west of the fifth principal meridian, indicated in red on map marked "Map No. 8. ”

“ Survey made under the direction of Major Frederic V. Abbot, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. Map made under the direction of Major D. W. Lockwood, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. Horace Dunaway, Surveyor, 1900. ”