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Submissions from 1868 1868

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the petition of the Iowa Indians to have certain funds diverted

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the survey of the eastern boundary of the Choctaw Indian country, with an estimate for the same

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the great destitution of the Sioux Indians, near Devil's Lake, Dakota Territory

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a tabular statement of the disbursements for contingent and miscellaneous purposes for the Indian service for the year ending June 30, 1867

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the suffering condition of the Quapaw Indians, and recommendations relative thereto

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for survey of lands for benefit of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for the removal of the Creek Indian refugees to their old homes in the Creek country

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to defray expenses for delegation of Great and Little Osage Indians to Washington

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to supply deficiencies for certain Indian tribes

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to supply deficiency in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking for an appropriation to pay an agent for paying annuities to the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the transfer to the Interior Department of jurisdiction over certain Indian affairs now exercised by the Treasury Department

Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, and previous years; and also estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870.

Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 19th of December last, calling for information relative to Russian America

Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 19th of December last, transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Indian Peace Commissioners.

Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress, 1868.

Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress, Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1868.

Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress, Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1868

Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress, Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1868.

Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress : Report of the Secretary of War, 1868

Mineral resources east of the Rocky Mountains. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report on the mineral resources of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.

Mineral Resources of the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of J. Ross Browne on the mineral resources of the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains

Removal of Navajo and Ute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting telegram from Lieutenant General Sherman, relative to the removal of the Navajo and Ute Indians

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1868.

Report on treaty with Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 26, relating to report of commissioners under 50th article of treaty of 1866 with Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians

Sale of Fort Snelling Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to the sale of the Fort Snelling Reservation

Sioux City and Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual report of the President of Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company for the year 1867, in compliance with a resolution of the House of February 4, 1868

Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from General H. H. Sibley, relative to the destitute condition of the Sioux Indians near Devil's Lake, Dakota Territory.

Subsistence of Indian Tribes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Lieutenant General Sherman, relative to the subsistence of certain Indian tribes by the War Department, &c

Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 4th, last, transmitting report of the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, for the years 1862, 1863. 1864, 1865, and 1866.

Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 4, relative to reports of the Union Pacific and other railroads to be made according to law.

Submissions from 1869 1869

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1868.

Appropriations for Crow Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates required to fulfil treaty stipulations with the Crow Indians

Appropriations for Sac and Fox Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations required to fill treaty stipulations with Sac and Fox Indians

Appropriations for Seneca and Shawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates for treaty stipulations with the Shawnee and Seneca Indians

Appropriations for the Creek Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriations required for carrying out treaty stipulations with the Creek Indians

Appropriations for Ute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs with estimates for appropriations for Ute Indians

Disbursements for Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting tabular statement of disbursements by superintendents and agents on account of Indian service for the year ending June 30, 1869

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. And of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870

Message of the President of the United States, with the reports of the Postmaster General and of the Secretary of the Navy, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congress, 1869.

Mineral Resources of the States and Territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of Rossiter W. Raymond on the mineral resources of the States and Territories west of the Rocky Mountains

Murder of an Indian. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of commanding officer at Camp Gaston, California, relative to the unprovoked murder of an Indian by a white settler

Pay of the Agent for Crow Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations for agent of Crow Indians

Pottawatomie Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a report of commissioners under Pottawatomie Treaty of August 7, 1868, to examine the claims of said tribe

Report of Commissioner of General Land Office, 1869

Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1869

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congresss: Report of Secretary of Interior, 1869

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1869

Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congress : Annual report of Secretary of War, 1869

Sac and Fox Indian Trust Lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th instant, relative to Sac and Fox Indian trust lands

Suppressing Indian hostilities in Utah. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report of expenses for suppressing Indian hostilities in Utah

Submissions from 1870 1870

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1869

Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1870.

Annuities withheld from Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of February 3, relative to annuities or other payments withheld from Indian tribes under act of Congress

A. P. Hotaling. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to the claim of A. P. Hotaling for rent of land for the use of the Indian service in California.

Appropriation for Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay certain claims that have been allowed and partly settled to extent of funds on hand

Appropriation for removal of Kaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior asking for an appropriation for the removal of the Kaw Indians from Kansas to the Indian Territory

Appropriations -- delegations of Indians to Washington. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior estimating for an appropriation to defray the expenses of delegation of Indians visiting Washington City and for the purchase of presents

Appropriations for Indian interpreters. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of report from Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to deficiencies in appropriations for the pay of Indian interpreters

Appropriations for Indian Service in Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay an outstanding indebtedness on account of the Indian Service in Montana Territory

Appropriations for Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior inclosing a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking for an appropriation of $250,000 for the purchase of subsistence for the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and other tribes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871

Appropriations for Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Board of Indian Commissioners in relation to appropriations for Indians

Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior asking for an appropriation to pay to the upper and lower bands of Sioux Indians according to Treaty of June 19, 1858

Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay vouchers approved by General Harney, on account of Indian Service in the Sioux Indian District

Appropriations, Indian service -- Fort Berthold Agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay outstanding indebtedness on account of the Indian service at Fort Berthold Indian Agency

Choctaw Indian claim. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of an opinion given by the Attorney General of the United States upon the claim of the Choctaw Indians to the issue of United States bands to the amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars

Claim of Black Beaver, a Delaware Indian. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to the claim of Black Beaver, a Delaware Indian

Claims of Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting an abstract of a report of the United States Indian Agent upon claims for stock stolen from the Delaware Indians since 1854, provided for in Treaty of July 4, 1866, with said tribe

Claims of Kansas Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of report made by commissioners appointed under the provisions of the twelfth article of Treaty of 23d February, 1867, with the Senecas, Mixed Senecas and Shawnees, and Quapaw tribes of Indians in Kansas, to investigate the claims of those Indians

Claims of Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting the report of the Commissioners appointed to examine the claims of the Pottawatomie Indians, provided by the Treaty of August 7, 1868

Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior for appropriations to carry out treaty stipulations with Delaware Indians

Difficulties with Indian tribes. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th ultimo, asking for information relative to difficulties with various tribes of Indians.

Education of Indians of Central Superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to an appropriation required to carry on the work of instructing and aiding the Indians of the Central Superintendency, in the arts of civilization and self support

Efforts to educate and civilize Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of March 24, 1870, in relation to the efforts that have been made by the government to educate and civilize the Indian tribes within the limits of the United States

Encroachments upon Osage Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in relations to the encroachment of white settlers upon the lands of the Osage Indians in Kansas

Establishment of Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting letter from the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs, relative to the location and establishment of the Kiowas, Comanches, and Apache Indians

Estimates for Sisseton, Wahpeton, and other Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations for Sisseton, Wahpeton, Santee Sioux Indians, at Lac Traverse and Devil's Lake, Dakota

Expedition against Piegan Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to the resolution of the House of March 4, 1870, in relation to the late expedition against the Piegan Indians

Expedition Against Piegan Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the resolution of the House of March 3, 1870, transmitting the report of Brevet Colonel Baker, United States Army, upon the late expedition against the Piegan Indians, in Montana

Expenses of Indian delegations to Washington. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior submitting Joint resolution to enable the Department to use, subsequent to January 1, 1871, the balance of appropriation for defraying expenses of Indian delegations to Washington

Flathead Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, submitting an estimate of appropriation for the purchase of mills and construction of buildings for the benefit of the Flathead Indians, to replace those destroyed by fire

Fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House, of February 9, 1870, transmitting a copy of a portion of Vincent Colyer's report relating to the fur-seal fisheries of Alaska

Fur seal fisheries of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting a report of the special agent of Alaska upon the fur seal fisheries of that territory

Indian affairs in Oregon. Letter from the acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs in answer to a resolution of the House of February 15, in relation to the report of the Indian Superintendent upon Indian affairs in Oregon

Indian orphan accounts. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting estimate of appropriation for expenses of settlement of Indian orphan accounts.

Indian reservation in San Diego County, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of May 24, 1870, in relation to establishing an Indian reservation in San Diego County, California

John E. Tappan. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting accounts of John E. Tappan for goods given to Kiowa Indians, for delivery of white captives held by them in 1868

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872

Loyal Indians and freedmen of the Creek Nation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior asking for an appropriation for the payment of losses sustained by soldiers who enlisted in the Federal Army, and loyal refugee Indians and freedmen of the Creek Nation, during the rebellion.

Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Forty-first Congress, 1870

Navajo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior submitting Joint resolution to render an appropriation of $75,000 available for feeding Navajo Indians

Number of Indians in various tribes. Letter from the acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs in answer to the resolution of the House of February 2, 1870, in relation to the number of Indians in each of the various tribes named in the Book of Estimates furnished Congress

Piegan Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 3, 1870, in relation to the late expedition against the Piegan Indians, in the Territory of Montana

Report of Commissioner of General Land Office, 1870.

Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1870

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-first Congress, 1870.

Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-first Congress : Report of the Secretary of War, 1870

S. E. Ward. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay a debt due to S. E. Ward for goods furnished Indians at Fort Laramie by order of Indian Peace Commission

Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains

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