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. 0033l.l 2. Chemehuevi Indian Reservation (a) The Benson Line The boundary change at this Reservation adds some 2,430 acres along Lake Havasu. These lands were resoored 00 the Cbemehuevi Indian Reservation by Secretarial Order of August 15, 1974, the result of a determination that part of the land taken from the Reservation lor the construction of Parker Dam was not needed. Although the United States once alleged that the resoored land contained 150 practicably irriga- hie acres, neither the United States nor the Tribe presently makes a claim of inigability for any bound- ary lands.a. Thus, I will consider their claims as deal. ing with only omitted landa.al 3. Colorado River Indian Reservation At the time of the original hearings before the prior Master, doubt existed whether the central western ~undary w~ the mobile west h8l1.\ of the Colorado River or a. line meandered by W.F. Benson in 1879 now well moo the California side of the river. Th~ Master ~dertocli; to. resolve the question also, but the Court d188pproved his attempt 00 1U: the the boundary and the matter was left open. Subsequently, on Janu~ ary 17, 1969, the Secretary of the Interior formally adopted the Benson Line as the western boundary of the Reservation along the entire segment covered by the ~enson survey. The United States subsequently ob~~ final judgments in title disputes with private parties m the United States District Court for the Ce~~al ~is~ict of California,OI partially stipulated, qWetmg I!B ~Itle ~ trus~e for the Tribes to separate parcels Within this additional area. This Secretarial Order added some 4,400 acres to the Reservation. There are two boundary adjustments affecting this Reservation. The first is the so-called "Benson Line" area; the other lies along the northwest boundary. , 80. u.s. Exh. 42 at Table 9; CH. Supp. &h. (Sept. (981), record item no. 184. 81. The ewbite tendered in the proceedinga before the prior Muter .how oome of the acreage preoently claimed eo omitted land to be Ia. belled "Reclamation Withdrawn Area to be Restored." Pr. US &h. 1207. I have received no information indicating that the area 00 de- &<:ribed to any estant coincidea with the area reatored by the 1974 Secre- tarial Order. The Slate Partice once claimed thet the reotored _ea. havinl been trllDBferred from the trust for the Indiana, retained no .-.ved water righ18 upon the reconveyance to the trust. Memorandum of the Urban Agencice re the Indian Reaervation Boundary Qu..tion 10 (Apr. 1979). In light of Pr. U.S. Exh. 1207. thia arsument, to the enent it hM any bear. ins on the preoent case, appan equally applicable to the omitted lands . claim made preoently eo well u to any othar r..tored lands denoted u houndaJy lands. The Slate Partiea, however, have not pursued tIu. al'/l'U- ment and, in any event. it _me forec1oaed by the Court'. award of watar righ18 to a large amount of .uch r..torad land in the 1964 Decree. See ill. (b) The Northwest Boundary During the investigation of the Benson Line prob- lem, the Secretary discovered what he conaidered to be another surveying error. As a result of thiS discovery the Secretary directed that the old I\IlVey be IUB~ peDded, and he approved a corrected plat OD Decem- ber 18, 1978. This Dew plat moved one end of the northwest boundary to a point westward and added ~pproximately 450 acres to the Reservation from pub- lic lands of the United States. ' 82. The opinioDO are unpub\iahed. 60 61