OKLAHOMA, r,k'In-h,1mA. A Territory of the United States. lying in the south central division between 34° and 37 north latitude, and between 90' and 103° west longitude. It is bounded on the north by Colorado and Kansas, on the east by Indian Territory, on the south by the last and by Texas. and on the west by Texas and New _Mexico. Its extreme north and south dimension is 205 miles, and its extreme length from east to west, including the long narrow western projection constituting Bearer County, is 383 miles, though its width farther south is only 190 miles. Its area is :39.030 square miles, of which 38,830 square miles, or 24,851.200 acres, are land surface. It exceeds in area twelve of the States, and is nearly equal in size to the State of Kentucky.
TomcatAmity. The surface is in general a roll ing plain rising gradually from an elevation of about SOO feet in the extreme east to 2500 feet on the western boundary of the main portion, and to 5000 feet on the extreme western boundary of Beaver County. A range of hills known as
the Chautauqua \lountains runs through the central portion. In the south the picturesque Wichita Mountains rise in a group of more or less isolated granite peaks to a height of 1000 feet above the surrounding plains. The western part of the Territory belongs to the region of the Great Plains rising toward the Rocky Sloan tains. The Red River flows on the southern bonitdary, and the southern part of the Ter ritory is drained by its tributaries, chief of which are the North Fork and the Washita, the latter joining its main stream in Indian Terri tory. The rest of the Territory is drained by the Arkansas River, whose main stream tlows through the northeastern corner. Several of its large tributaries traverse the Territory from west to east, namely, the Salt Fork. the Cimar ron. and the Canadian River with its long North Fork.