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Annual Statement Of Balances. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting Statement Of Balances On The Books Of The Second Comptroller To The Credit Of The Department Of The Interior. Dec 1862

Annual Statement Of Balances. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting Statement Of Balances On The Books Of The Second Comptroller To The Credit Of The Department Of The Interior.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Appropriations and Balances of the Interior Dept. [1159] Year ending 30 June 1862; Indian expenses.


Sums Due Chippewa And Other Indians. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting Reports Of The Amounts Due Chippewa, Ottawa, And Other Indians Now Residing In The State Of Michigan Dec 1862

Sums Due Chippewa And Other Indians. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting Reports Of The Amounts Due Chippewa, Ottawa, And Other Indians Now Residing In The State Of Michigan

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter on Sums Due Indians. [1159] Chippewas, Ottawas, and Pottawatomies residing in Michigan; treaties of 29 July 1829, 26 Sept. 1833, and 27 Sept. 1833 (supplementary articles); Pottawatomie treaties of 26 Oct. 1832, 5 June 1846, and 19 June 1846.


Annuities To Miami Tribe Of Indians. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To Resolution Of The House Of The 15th Instant, Relative To Payment Of Annuities To The Miami Tribe Of Indians Dec 1862

Annuities To Miami Tribe Of Indians. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To Resolution Of The House Of The 15th Instant, Relative To Payment Of Annuities To The Miami Tribe Of Indians

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter on Miami Indian Annuities. [1159] Certain annuities due under the treaty of 5 June 1854 have not been paid.


Message Of The President Of The United States To The Two Houses Of Congress At The Commencement Of The Third Session Of The Thirty-Seventh Congress, 1862. Nov 1862

Message Of The President Of The United States To The Two Houses Of Congress At The Commencement Of The Third Session Of The Thirty-Seventh Congress, 1862.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Message to Congress with Documents; Pres. Lincoln. 1 Dec. HED 1, 37-3, v1-4, 2775p. [1156-1159] Indian treaties with the Confederacy; Sioux uprising in Minnesota; annual report of the Sec. of War (Serial 1159); annual report of the Sec. of Interior (Serial 1157); annual report of the Gen. Land Office (Serial1157); annual report of the CIA (Serial1157), including removal of Indians from Kansas, Indian populations, and reports of Supts., agents, and schools; etc.


Message Of The President Of The United States To The Two Houses Of Congress At The Commencement Of The Third Session Of The Thirty-Seventh Congress : Report Of The Secretary Of War, 1862 Nov 1862

Message Of The President Of The United States To The Two Houses Of Congress At The Commencement Of The Third Session Of The Thirty-Seventh Congress : Report Of The Secretary Of War, 1862

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Message to Congress with Documents; Pres. Lincoln. 1 Dec. HED 1, 37-3, v1-4, 2775p. [1156-1159] Indian treaties with the Confederacy; Sioux uprising in Minnesota; annual report of the Sec. of War (Serial 1159); annual report of the Sec. of Interior (Serial1157); annual report of the Gen. Land Office (Serial1157); annual report of the CIA (Serial 1157), including removal of Indians from Kansas, Indian populations, and reports of Supts., agents, and schools; etc.


Letters From The Secretary Of The Treasury Transmitting Estimates Of Additional Appropriations Required For The Service Of The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1863; And Also Estimates Of Appropriations Required For The Service Of The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1864. Nov 1862

Letters From The Secretary Of The Treasury Transmitting Estimates Of Additional Appropriations Required For The Service Of The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1863; And Also Estimates Of Appropriations Required For The Service Of The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1864.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Estimates of Appropriations. [1159] Year ending 30 June 1864; Indian expenses.


Message Of The President Of The United States To The Two Houses Of Congress At The Commencement Of The Third Session Of The Thirty-Seventh Congress : Report Of The Secretary Of The Interior, 1862. Nov 1862

Message Of The President Of The United States To The Two Houses Of Congress At The Commencement Of The Third Session Of The Thirty-Seventh Congress : Report Of The Secretary Of The Interior, 1862.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Message to Congress with Documents; Pres. Lincoln. 1 Dec. HED 1, 37-3, v1-4, 2775p. [1156-1159] Indian treaties with the Confederacy; Sioux uprising in Minnesota; annual report of the Sec. of War (Serial 1159); annual report of the Sec. of Interior (Serial 1157); annual report of the Gen. Land Office (Serial1157); annual report of the CIA (Serial1157), including removal of Indians from Kansas, Indian populations, and reports of Supts., agents, and schools; etc.


Report Of The Commissioner Of The General Land Office, 1862. Nov 1862

Report Of The Commissioner Of The General Land Office, 1862.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Message to Congress with Documents; Pres. Lincoln. 1 Dec. HED 1, 37-3, v1-4, 2775p. [1156-1159] Indian treaties with the Confederacy; Sioux uprising in Minnesota; annual report of the Sec. of War (Serial 1159); annual report of the Sec. of Interior (Serial 1157); annual report of the Gen. Land Office (Serial1157); annual report of the CIA (Serial1157), including removal of Indians from Kansas, Indian populations, and reports of Supts., agents, and schools; etc.


Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, 1862. Nov 1862

Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, 1862.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Annual Message to Congress with Documents; Pres. Lincoln. 1 Dec. HED 1, 37-3, v1-4, 2775p. [1156-1159] Indian treaties with the Confederacy; Sioux uprising in Minnesota; annual report of the Sec. of War (Serial 1159); annual report of the Sec. of Interior (Serial 1157); annual report of the Gen. Land Office (Serial1157); annual report of the CIA (Serial1157), including removal of Indians from Kansas, Indian populations, and reports of Supts., agents, and schools; etc.


Pacific Railroad Jul 1862

Pacific Railroad

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

An Act for the Construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. 14 July. SMD 108, 37-2, v1, 12p. [1124) The U.S. will extinguish Indian title to land which lies along this route as quickly as possible.


Relations Between The United States And Northwest British America. Letter From The Secretary Of The Treasury, In Answer To A Resolution Of The House Of 20th May Last On The Subject Of Relations With Northwest British America, "Particularly The Central Districts Of The Red River Of The North And The Saskatchewan.". Jul 1862

Relations Between The United States And Northwest British America. Letter From The Secretary Of The Treasury, In Answer To A Resolution Of The House Of 20th May Last On The Subject Of Relations With Northwest British America, "Particularly The Central Districts Of The Red River Of The North And The Saskatchewan.".

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Relations Between the U.S. and Northwest British America. 11 July. HED 146, 37-2, v10, 85p. [1138] British-Indian trade; Indians residing in the area discussed.


Relief To Indian Refugees In Southern Kansas. Letter From J. P. Usher, Assistant Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To Resolution Of The House Of 28th Ultimo Relative To Mode And Amount Of Relief Extended To Indian Refugees In Southern Kansas. Jun 1862

Relief To Indian Refugees In Southern Kansas. Letter From J. P. Usher, Assistant Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To Resolution Of The House Of 28th Ultimo Relative To Mode And Amount Of Relief Extended To Indian Refugees In Southern Kansas.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Relief to Indian Refugees in Kansas. 16 June. HED 132, 37-2, v10, 14p. [1138] Indians residing west of Arkansas who support the Union, are driven north by Indians and Confederate forces.


Letter Of The Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To A Resolution Of The Senate Of The 29th Ultimo, Transmitting Copies Of The Reports Of W. H. Walsh And William H. Coombs, In Relation To The "Half-Breed Kaw Lands" On The Kansas River, In The State Of Kansas Jun 1862

Letter Of The Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To A Resolution Of The Senate Of The 29th Ultimo, Transmitting Copies Of The Reports Of W. H. Walsh And William H. Coombs, In Relation To The "Half-Breed Kaw Lands" On The Kansas River, In The State Of Kansas

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Report on Half-Breed Kaw Lands in Kansas. [1122] Settlers on lands belonging to said Indians under the treaty of 3 June 1825 with the Kansas tribe.


Petition Of The Chiefs Of The Delware Indians In Kansas, Praying An Issue Of United States Bonds In Lieu Of Bonds That Have Been Abstracted From Them By An Agent, And On Which No Interest Has Been Paid Since 1860, And That An Appropriation Be Made To Pay The Interest On The Same To The 1st Day Of July, 1862. Jun 1862

Petition Of The Chiefs Of The Delware Indians In Kansas, Praying An Issue Of United States Bonds In Lieu Of Bonds That Have Been Abstracted From Them By An Agent, And On Which No Interest Has Been Paid Since 1860, And That An Appropriation Be Made To Pay The Interest On The Same To The 1st Day Of July, 1862.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Petition of the Delaware Indians. 2 June. SMD 100, 37-2, v1, 2p. [1124] Interest has not been paid on bonds held in trust for said tribe from Kansas; funds have been abstracted by the agent in charge; ask payments due them.


Private Land Claims In New Mexico. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting The Reports Of The Surveyor General And Papers In Four Private Land Claims In New Mexico. May 1862

Private Land Claims In New Mexico. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting The Reports Of The Surveyor General And Papers In Four Private Land Claims In New Mexico.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter on Private Land Claims in New Mexico. 16 May. HED 112, 37-2, v9, 39p. [1137] Settlers kept from land due to Indian hostilities.


Preliminary Report On The Eighth Census. 1860 May 1862

Preliminary Report On The Eighth Census. 1860

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Preliminary Report on the Eighth Census. [1137] Indian populations; slaves held by Indians west of Arkansas.


An Act To Secure Homesteads To Actual Settlers On The Public Domain, United States Congess May 1862

An Act To Secure Homesteads To Actual Settlers On The Public Domain, United States Congess

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This Act, dated May 20, 1862 also known as United States (US) Public Law 37-64 and popularly known as the Homestead Act, the Homestead Act of 1862, and the Homestead Act of May 20, 1862, provides for adults who fulfill certain requirements to acquire title of up to a quarter section (160 acres) land from the public domain by registering and making certain "improvements" to the land.


Message Of The President Of The United States, Transmitting A Petition Of Citizens Of Oregon And Washington Territory, And A Report Of The Third Auditor Of The Treasury In Relation To The Indian War Claims In Oregon And Washington Territory May 1862

Message Of The President Of The United States, Transmitting A Petition Of Citizens Of Oregon And Washington Territory, And A Report Of The Third Auditor Of The Treasury In Relation To The Indian War Claims In Oregon And Washington Territory

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Message on Indian War Claims. [122] In Oregon and Washington; war of 1855-1856.


Indian Department Property In Utah Territory. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To Resolution Of The House Of 24th March, Furnishing The Evidence Called For In Relation To Indian Department Property In Utah Territory. Apr 1862

Indian Department Property In Utah Territory. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To Resolution Of The House Of 24th March, Furnishing The Evidence Called For In Relation To Indian Department Property In Utah Territory.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Indian Dept. Property in Utah. 4 Apr. HED 97, 37-2, v7, 31p. [1135] Report goes with the investigation of the accounts of B. Young, ex offido Supt. of Indian Affairs in Utah.


Letter Of The Secretary Of The Interior, To The Chairman Of The Committee On Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Transmitting, For The Consideration Of Said Committee, A Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Of The 31st Ultimo, Submitting Additional Estimates For The Indian Service For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1862, And For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1863. Apr 1862

Letter Of The Secretary Of The Interior, To The Chairman Of The Committee On Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Transmitting, For The Consideration Of Said Committee, A Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Of The 31st Ultimo, Submitting Additional Estimates For The Indian Service For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1862, And For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1863.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter on Additional Estimates for the Indian Service. 2 Apr. SMD 79, 37-2, v1, 46p. [1124] To fulfill treaty stipulations, make up for crop failures, and appoint more Indian agents in various areas.


Letter Of The Secretary Of The Interior To The Chairman Of The Committee Of Indian Affairs, Transmitting A Communication From H. B. Whipple, Bishop Of Minnesota, To The President Of The United States, In Relation To Indian Affairs In That State, Recommending The Adoption Of Measures For Their Improvement. Mar 1862

Letter Of The Secretary Of The Interior To The Chairman Of The Committee Of Indian Affairs, Transmitting A Communication From H. B. Whipple, Bishop Of Minnesota, To The President Of The United States, In Relation To Indian Affairs In That State, Recommending The Adoption Of Measures For Their Improvement.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter on Indian Affairs in Minnesota. 1 Apr. SMD 77, 37-2, v1, 5p. [1124] Bishop Whipple writes of the sad state of affairs in Chippewa and Sioux country.


Message Of The President Of The United States, Transmitting A Copy Of A Communication Of The 21st Of December Last To The Secretary Of State By The Governor Of The Territory Of Nevada Mar 1862

Message Of The President Of The United States, Transmitting A Copy Of A Communication Of The 21st Of December Last To The Secretary Of State By The Governor Of The Territory Of Nevada

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Message on Affairs in Nevada Territory. [1122] Proposed constitution forbids Indians to testify against whites in criminal trials; Shoshone hostilities due to death of a friendly chief.


Military And Naval Defences. Ho. Reps., Ex. Doc. No. 243, 24th Cong., 1st Session. Message From The President Of The United States To The Senate Of The United States, Accompanied With Reports From The Secretaries Of War And Navy, Relative To The Military And Naval Defences Of The Country. Mar 1862

Military And Naval Defences. Ho. Reps., Ex. Doc. No. 243, 24th Cong., 1st Session. Message From The President Of The United States To The Senate Of The United States, Accompanied With Reports From The Secretaries Of War And Navy, Relative To The Military And Naval Defences Of The Country.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Message on Military and Naval Defenses. 26 Mar. HED 92, 37-2, v7, 415p. [1135] Reprint of reports of frontier defenses against hostile Indians.


Resolutions Of The Legislature Of Kansas, In Favor Of The Passage Of An Act To Secure The Early Completion Of A Railroad From The Missouri River To The Pacific Ocean The Ratification Of The Treaty Lately Made With The Pottawatomie Indian Nation; And A Grant To Said State Of Five Million Acres Of The Public Lands In Said State To Aid In The Construction Of Railroads. Mar 1862

Resolutions Of The Legislature Of Kansas, In Favor Of The Passage Of An Act To Secure The Early Completion Of A Railroad From The Missouri River To The Pacific Ocean The Ratification Of The Treaty Lately Made With The Pottawatomie Indian Nation; And A Grant To Said State Of Five Million Acres Of The Public Lands In Said State To Aid In The Construction Of Railroads.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Resol. of the Kansas Legis. 17 Mar. SMD 64, 37-2, v1, 2p. [1124] Ask railroad to the Pacific, through Kansas, be constructed; treaty lately concluded with the Pottawatomies must be ratified to procure needed lands.


Letter Of The Second Auditor Of The Treasury, Transmitting Copies Of All Accounts Which Have Been Received At That Office From Persons Charged Or Trusted With The Disbursement Of Moneys, Goods, Or Effects Of Any Kind For The Benefit Of The Indians, From July 1, 1860, To June 30, 1861. Mar 1862

Letter Of The Second Auditor Of The Treasury, Transmitting Copies Of All Accounts Which Have Been Received At That Office From Persons Charged Or Trusted With The Disbursement Of Moneys, Goods, Or Effects Of Any Kind For The Benefit Of The Indians, From July 1, 1860, To June 30, 1861.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Disbursements to the Indians. 10 Mar. SED 31, 37-2, v4, 301p. [1121] Year ending 30 June 1861.


Resolutions Of The Legislature Of Kansas, In Favor Of An Appropriation To Extend The Lines Of The Public Surveys Over The Unsurveyed Portion Of The State, And The Extinguishment Of Indian Titles To Lands In Said State. Feb 1862

Resolutions Of The Legislature Of Kansas, In Favor Of An Appropriation To Extend The Lines Of The Public Surveys Over The Unsurveyed Portion Of The State, And The Extinguishment Of Indian Titles To Lands In Said State.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Resol. of the Kansas Legis. 26 Feb. SMD 57, 37-2, v1, 2p. [1124] or HMD 75, 37-2, v1, 2p. [1141] Settlers on Cherokee neutral, and Osage lands; ask extinguishment of title to Cherokee, Osage, Pottawatomie, Kickapoo, Sac and Fox, Ottawa, Kansas, Iowa, Sac and fox of the Missouri, and the absent Shawnee Indian lands.


Clerks And Other Persons Employed In The Department Of The Interior. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting The Names Of Clerks And Other Persons Employed In That Department Feb 1862

Clerks And Other Persons Employed In The Department Of The Interior. Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting The Names Of Clerks And Other Persons Employed In That Department

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Employees of the Interior Dept. [1131] During 1861; office of the CIA.


Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To A Resolution Of The Senate Of January 30, In Relation To What Contracts Have Been Made In The Office Of Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For The Transportation Of Goods For The Indians. Feb 1862

Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To A Resolution Of The Senate Of January 30, In Relation To What Contracts Have Been Made In The Office Of Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For The Transportation Of Goods For The Indians.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Letter on Transportation of Indian Goods. 24 Feb. SED 21, 37-2, v4, 4p. [1121] Contracts made; destinations and descriptions of goods.


Memorial Of The Legislature Of Minnisota, Asking The Co-Operation Of The National Government In Measures Of Military Necessity Upon The Frontier, Between Minnesota And The English Settlements At Selkirk, In Central British America. Feb 1862

Memorial Of The Legislature Of Minnisota, Asking The Co-Operation Of The National Government In Measures Of Military Necessity Upon The Frontier, Between Minnesota And The English Settlements At Selkirk, In Central British America.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Mem. of the Minnesota Legis. 11 Feb. SMD 44, 37-2, v1, 3p. [1124] Defense of the northern frontier; ask treaty be made with the Red Lake band of Chippewas.


Receipts And Expenditures. Letter From The Secretary Of The Treasury, Transmitting Annual Statement Of The Receipts And Expenditures Of The United States For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1861, As Required By The Standing Order Of The House Of Representatitves Of December 30, 1791, And The Act Of August 26, 1842. Jan 1862

Receipts And Expenditures. Letter From The Secretary Of The Treasury, Transmitting Annual Statement Of The Receipts And Expenditures Of The United States For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1861, As Required By The Standing Order Of The House Of Representatitves Of December 30, 1791, And The Act Of August 26, 1842.

American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899

Receipts and Expenditures. 27 Jan. HED 36, 37-2, v3, 560p. [1129] Year ending 30 June 1861; Indian expenses.