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Letter From The Acting Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To A Senate Resolution Of February 2, 1875, Transmitting Information In Relation To Services Rendered By William P. Adair And C. N. Vann, To The Osage Indians. Feb 1875

Letter From The Acting Secretary Of The Interior, In Answer To A Senate Resolution Of February 2, 1875, Transmitting Information In Relation To Services Rendered By William P. Adair And C. N. Vann, To The Osage Indians.

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

On the Case of W. Adair and C. Vann. 19 Feb. SED 29, 43-2, v1, 37p. [1629] Attorneys for the Osages, hired to try to procure a higher price for Osage lands in Kansas, and to resist ratification of the treaty of 27 May 1868; competition with railroad interest.


Modoc War Feb 1875

Modoc War

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

Report on the Modoc War. [1659] Reasons behind the 1872-1873 war in Oregon and California; treaty of 14 Oct. 1864.


Ruth Ellen Grelaud Feb 1875

Ruth Ellen Grelaud

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

Report : Petition of R. Grelaud. [1659] Seminole hostilities of 1857 in Florida.


Sarah B. Howe And Mary Cranston Feb 1875

Sarah B. Howe And Mary Cranston

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

On the Case of S. Howe and M. Cranston. [1659] Soldiers killed in the Modoc war of 1873 in northern California.


Report : Mr. Washburn Feb 1875

Report : Mr. Washburn

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

R-C of S. Adams. 17 Feb. SR 662, 43-2, v1, 3p. [1632] For exploring the Colorado River; report shows the account of the expedition to be false; ancient pueblos and ruins described by H. Schoolcraft and L. Morgan among others.


Oklahoma Feb 1875

Oklahoma

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

Report on Oklahoma Territory. [1659] Does not recommend the formation of a territorial government over Indian Territory, as this would violate several treaties; the result would be the subversion of Indian nationalities in the Territory.


Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill. Feb 1875

Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill.

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

Report on Sundry Civil Appropriations. 16 Feb. HR 149, 43-2, v2, 77p. [1657] Year ending 30 June 1876; Indian expenses.


Letter From The Secretary Of War, Transmitting A Copy Of A Communication From Capt. J. B. Campbell, In Relation To The Illicit Traffic In Liquor In Alaska. Feb 1875

Letter From The Secretary Of War, Transmitting A Copy Of A Communication From Capt. J. B. Campbell, In Relation To The Illicit Traffic In Liquor In Alaska.

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

Illicit Traffic in Liquor in A Iaska. 17 Feb. SED 27, 43-2, v1, 3p. [1629] Distillation and transport of liquor among the Indians; potential hostilities with the Sitkas over the matter.


Report : Mr. Wright Feb 1875

Report : Mr. Wright

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

On the Case of T. Crook. 12 Feb. SR 654, 43-2, v1, 4p. [1632] Default on supply contract due, in part, to Indian troubles near Fort Dodge, Kansas.


Pawnee Indian Lands In Nebraska. Feb 1875

Pawnee Indian Lands In Nebraska.

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

Report on Pawnee Lands in Nebraska. 11 Feb. HR 140, 43-2, v2, 2p. [1657] A Pawnee council was held in 1874, at which time they agreed to remove to Indian Territory and sell their reservation in Nebraska.


John M. Dorsey And William Shepard Feb 1875

John M. Dorsey And William Shepard

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

On the Relief of J. Dorsey and W. Shepard. 11 Feb. SR 649, 43-2, v1, 5p. [1632] Supplies to troops engaged in quelling Paiute disturbances in Utah Territory during 1860.


Memorial Of P. P. Pitchlynn, Choctaw Delegate, Accompanying A Memorial Of The Choctaw Council, Asking Payment Of The Award Made To The Choctaw Nation March 9, 1859. Feb 1875

Memorial Of P. P. Pitchlynn, Choctaw Delegate, Accompanying A Memorial Of The Choctaw Council, Asking Payment Of The Award Made To The Choctaw Nation March 9, 1859.

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

Memorial of P. Pitchlynn. [1630] Asks payment of money due the Choctaws under various treaties.


The Law Of Claims Against Governments, Including The Mode Of Adjusting Them And The Procedure Adopted In Their Investigation. Feb 1875

The Law Of Claims Against Governments, Including The Mode Of Adjusting Them And The Procedure Adopted In Their Investigation.

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

Report on Alien Claims. 10 Feb. HR 134, 43-2, v3 , 432p. [1658] Includes Choctaw and Cherokee claims, slaves captured from Seminoles, slaves captured by Creeks, indemnification by the U.S. for property taken by Indians, and the rule of interest observed in Indian wars.


Letter From The Attorney-General, Transmitting, In Compliance With The Act Of July 15, 1870, An Estimate Of Appropriation In Relation To The Duty Of The District Attorneys And The Attorney-General Of The United States To Institute And Prosecute Suits Against The Present And Former Agents Of The Eastern Band Of The Cherokee Indians Feb 1875

Letter From The Attorney-General, Transmitting, In Compliance With The Act Of July 15, 1870, An Estimate Of Appropriation In Relation To The Duty Of The District Attorneys And The Attorney-General Of The United States To Institute And Prosecute Suits Against The Present And Former Agents Of The Eastern Band Of The Cherokee Indians

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

Eastern Band of Cherokees. [1648] Approrpiation to pay the costs of suits brought by the Indians against present and former agents among them.


Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting A Draught Of A Bill Making Appropriation For The Purchase Of Certain Improvements On The Nez Perce Indian Reservation In Idaho Feb 1875

Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting A Draught Of A Bill Making Appropriation For The Purchase Of Certain Improvements On The Nez Perce Indian Reservation In Idaho

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

Nez Percé Indian Reservation in Idaho. [1648] Appropriation to pay those who lost improvements when they were removed from said reservation; treaty of 11 June 1855.


Memorial Of Members Of The Cherokee Nation Of Indians, Praying For The Appointment Of A Commission To Inquire Into Alleged Irregularities Officers And Agents Intrusted With The Management Of Certain Funds Belonging To That Nation Feb 1875

Memorial Of Members Of The Cherokee Nation Of Indians, Praying For The Appointment Of A Commission To Inquire Into Alleged Irregularities Officers And Agents Intrusted With The Management Of Certain Funds Belonging To That Nation

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

Memorial of Cherokee Indians. [1630] Ask investigation of alleged irregularities in the management of Cherokee trust funds.


Protest Of The Osage Nation Of Indians, Against The Establishment By Congress Of A Territorial Government Of The United States Over The Indian Nations Feb 1875

Protest Of The Osage Nation Of Indians, Against The Establishment By Congress Of A Territorial Government Of The United States Over The Indian Nations

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

Protest of the Osage Nation. [1630] Against formation of a territorial government over Indian Territory; railroad interests.


Letter From The Secretary Of War, Accompanying A Copy Of A Letter Of The Commanding General, Department Of The Columbia, And A Copy Of The Decision Of The Judge Of The District Court For The District Of Oregon, In The Case Of John A. Carr Feb 1875

Letter From The Secretary Of War, Accompanying A Copy Of A Letter Of The Commanding General, Department Of The Columbia, And A Copy Of The Decision Of The Judge Of The District Court For The District Of Oregon, In The Case Of John A. Carr

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

On the Case of J. Carr. 6 Feb. SED 24, 43-2, vl. 8p. [1629] Illegal transport of liquor to Alaska; violation of Indian intercourse laws.


Report : Mr. Clayton Feb 1875

Report : Mr. Clayton

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

Report on Oklahoma Territory. 6 Feb. SR 613, 43-2, v1, 1p. [1632] On establishing a territorial government over Indian Territory.


Report : Mr. Oglesby Feb 1875

Report : Mr. Oglesby

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

R-P of A. Boone. 6 Feb. SR 612, 43-2, v1, 1p. [1632] Agent to negotiate Indian treaties in Colorado in 1861.


Memorial Of Citizens Of The Creek Nation, Remonstrating Against The Establishment Of A Territorial Government For The Indian Territory. Feb 1875

Memorial Of Citizens Of The Creek Nation, Remonstrating Against The Establishment Of A Territorial Government For The Indian Territory.

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

Memorial of Citizens of the Creek Nation. [1630] Against formation of a territorial government over Indian Territory; railroad interests.


Muddy Or Moapa Indian Reservation. Resolution Of The Legislature Of The State Of Nevada, Asking The Passage Of A Resolution Requesting The President To Rescind Executive Order Of March 12, 1873, Setting Apart A Large Quantity Of Agricultural Land In Lincoln County, In The State Of Nevada, For An Indian Reservation, Known As The Muddy Or Moapa Indian Reservation Feb 1875

Muddy Or Moapa Indian Reservation. Resolution Of The Legislature Of The State Of Nevada, Asking The Passage Of A Resolution Requesting The President To Rescind Executive Order Of March 12, 1873, Setting Apart A Large Quantity Of Agricultural Land In Lincoln County, In The State Of Nevada, For An Indian Reservation, Known As The Muddy Or Moapa Indian Reservation

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

Resolution of the Nevada Legis. [1654] Ask that an executive order creating the Muddy, or Moapa Indian reservation be rescinded.


Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Submitting An Amendment To Indian Appropriation Bill, Asking An Appropriation To Extinguish Rights To Hunt, Under Treaty Of April 29, 1868, With Sioux Indians Feb 1875

Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Submitting An Amendment To Indian Appropriation Bill, Asking An Appropriation To Extinguish Rights To Hunt, Under Treaty Of April 29, 1868, With Sioux Indians

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

Letter on the Sioux. [1648] Appropriation for presents meant to extinguish Sioux rights to hunt in Wyoming which are granted to them under the treaty of 29 Apr. 1868.


Resolution Of The Legislature Of Kansas, Asking A Grant Of Sixty-Nine Sections Of Public Lands To That State For School Purposes, In Lieu Of The Cherokee Neutral Lands. Feb 1875

Resolution Of The Legislature Of Kansas, Asking A Grant Of Sixty-Nine Sections Of Public Lands To That State For School Purposes, In Lieu Of The Cherokee Neutral Lands.

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

Resolution of the Kansas Legis. [1630] Ask lands for school purposes in lieu of the Cherokee neutral lands.


Memorial Of Citizens Of The Cherokee Nation, Remonstrating Against The Establishment Of A Territorial Government Over Them. Feb 1875

Memorial Of Citizens Of The Cherokee Nation, Remonstrating Against The Establishment Of A Territorial Government Over Them.

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

Memorial of Citizens of the Cherokee Nation. [1630] Against formation of a territorial government over Indian Territory; railroad interests involved.


Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Communicating, In Answer To A Senate Resolution Of March 19, 1874, Information In Relation To The Number Of Indians Captured Or Killed By United States Troops During The Year 1873. Jan 1875

Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Communicating, In Answer To A Senate Resolution Of March 19, 1874, Information In Relation To The Number Of Indians Captured Or Killed By United States Troops During The Year 1873.

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

Indians Killed by U.S. Troops. [1629] Numbers of Indians killed or captured; numbers of civilians and soldiers killed by Indians; list of tribes and circumstances.


Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting An Estimate Of Appropriations Required To Meet Liabilities Contracted On Account Of The Indian Service For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1874, And Prior Years Jan 1875

Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting An Estimate Of Appropriations Required To Meet Liabilities Contracted On Account Of The Indian Service For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1874, And Prior Years

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

Supplemental Estimate for the Indian Service. [1648] Required to meet liabilities contracted during the year ending 30 June 1874.


Letter From The Secretary Of War, Transmitting Reports Of The Quartermaster-General And Commissary-General Of Subsistence, Giving In Detail The Costs To Those Departments Of The Modoc War Jan 1875

Letter From The Secretary Of War, Transmitting Reports Of The Quartermaster-General And Commissary-General Of Subsistence, Giving In Detail The Costs To Those Departments Of The Modoc War

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

Letter on the Modoc War. [1648] Costs incurred by the Army in the 1872-1873 war in Oregon and California.


Letter From The Acting Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting An Estimate Of Appropriation For The Support And Civilization Of The Chippewa Indians Of Lake Superior, For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1876 Jan 1875

Letter From The Acting Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting An Estimate Of Appropriation For The Support And Civilization Of The Chippewa Indians Of Lake Superior, For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1876

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

Chippewas of Lake Superior. [1648] Appropriation for civilization and support during the year ending 30 June 1876; treaty of 30 Sept. 1854.


Letter From The Acting Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting Petition Of Citizens Of Colfax County, New Mexico, For Removal Of Jicarilla Apache And Ute Indians To Their Reservation, To Be Considered In Connection With The Treaty, Or "Agreement," With Said Indians Presented To Congress, With Letter To The Speaker Of The House, February 3, 1874 Jan 1875

Letter From The Acting Secretary Of The Interior, Transmitting Petition Of Citizens Of Colfax County, New Mexico, For Removal Of Jicarilla Apache And Ute Indians To Their Reservation, To Be Considered In Connection With The Treaty, Or "Agreement," With Said Indians Presented To Congress, With Letter To The Speaker Of The House, February 3, 1874

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

Jicarilla Apache and Ute Indians. [1648] Removal of said Indians to a reservation, and relinquishment of claims to land in New Mexico under the agreement of 10 Dec. 1873.