The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . pp. 827- 832. OKA, a Russian river. See , Vol. XXIV,p. 279. OKAYAMA, a town and prefecture in the prov-ince of Bizen, central Japan, 72 miles W. of Kobe;is connected by rail with Hiogo and the East, oneof the most important mission stations in , 32,989. OKECHOBEE LAKE, the largest lake in thesouthern part of the United States, situated insouthern Florida; is partly included in Brevardand Uade Counties; is about forty miles long and25 miles wide; its greatest depth is about twentyfeet.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . pp. 827- 832. OKA, a Russian river. See , Vol. XXIV,p. 279. OKAYAMA, a town and prefecture in the prov-ince of Bizen, central Japan, 72 miles W. of Kobe;is connected by rail with Hiogo and the East, oneof the most important mission stations in , 32,989. OKECHOBEE LAKE, the largest lake in thesouthern part of the United States, situated insouthern Florida; is partly included in Brevardand Uade Counties; is about forty miles long and25 miles wide; its greatest depth is about twentyfeet. The shores of the lake are for the mostpart srrampy, and the lake itself almost inaccessi-ble. OKEFENOKEE SWAMP, an extensive swamp-tract of Florida and Georgia; covers an area ofabout five hundred thousand acres; is infestedwith alligators, rattlesnakes, and moccasins; hasheavy forests of timber, and has an open lake,with manv floating islands. OKHOTSK, Se.\ of. See ^, Vol. XXII,p. 6. OKL.\, one of the territories of theUnited States, organized May 2, 1890, is bounded. TERRITORIAL SEAL OF OKLAHOMA. on the north by Kansas and Colorado, on theeast by Indian Territory, on the south by Texasand Indian Territory, and on the west by Texasand New Mexico. The area is 39,030 squaremiles, of which 200 scjuare miles is water surfaceand 38,830 square miles land surface. Oklahomalies within the boundaries of the Louisiana Pur-chase of 1803, and carved out of Indian Terri- tory, to which was added No Mans Land, astrip 170 miles long and 35 miles wide, lyingbetween Texas on the south and Kansas andColorado on the north, and so called becausenot included in any state or organized strip, with 5,439,865 acres in Indian Terri-tory, purchased from the Creeks and Seminolesin 1889 for $4,193,799, was thrown open to settle-ment by proclamation of the President, April 22,18S9. More than 50,000 persons entered on thefirst day, and the land was soon occupied. Foralmost
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