Beginning in the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River, opposite the mouth of Moniteau Creek; thence up said creek to the line between townships forty-eight and forty-nine; thence in a direct line to the northeast corner of township fifty-one of range fourteen, west; thence east with the township line between townships fifty-one and fifty-two to the northeast corner of section two of township fifty-one of range eleven, west; thence south with the subdivisional lines to the southeast corner of section thirty-five of township fifty, range eleven, west; thence west with the township lines between townships forty-nine and fifty to the middle of the main fork of Cedar Creek; thence down Cedar Creek, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the most southern crossing of said creek by the range line between ranges eleven and twelve; thence south with said range line to the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River; thence up said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the beginning.