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

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

The Serial Set is a compilation of U.S. Congressional publications published by the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives about the bills and resolutions involved in lawmaking. It also includes reports of executive departments, government-funded institutions, and other independent organizations. Documents in the Serial Set are arranged in numeric series chronologically (not topically). This collection offers detailed contemporaneous documentation of political, military, and governmental activities related to indigenous peoples of the continental United States and Alaskan territory during the 19th century. These government documents were scanned from the print collections of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the University of Oklahoma Libraries. They were identified using Steven L. Johnson’s bibliography, Guide to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899, published by Clearwater Publishing Company in 1977. Permission for use of descriptive subject annotations was granted by ProQuest LLC as successor in title to ownership of this publication. Individuals responsible for creating the database are Marilyn K. Nicely, Retired Law Librarian for Native American Digitization at the University of Oklahoma Donald E. Pray Law Library; Steve Beleu, retired librarian, Oklahoma Department of Libraries; Jeffrey Wilhite, Documents Librarian at the University of Oklahoma Libraries; Elaine B. Bradshaw, Librarian and Digital Repository Manager, University of Oklahoma Donald E. Pray Law Library; and student workers, Sarah K. Capps and Jared Johnson.

Submissions from 1852 1852

Report : Petition of F. Gardiner

Report : Petition of H. Miller and P. Thompson

Report : Petition of J. Bryan

Report : Petition of J. Tucker

Report : Petition of R. Jemison and B. Williamson

Report : Petition of the Heirs of J. Kennedy

Stockbridge Indians. Letter from the Sachem and councillors of the Stockbridge Indians, in relation to the application of John W. Quinney for his share of the moneys of the tribe specified in the several treaties with the United States.

William J. Price. (To accompany bill H. R. no. 275)

Submissions from 1853 1853

Appropriations, new offices, etc. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives U. S., in compliance with the "Act to authorize the appointment of additional paymasters, and for other purposes," passed July 4, 1836

Chickasaw Trust funds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the Chickasaw Trust funds.

Clerks -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting lists of the clerks and others employed in the Department of the Interior.

Contingent fund of the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund for that department.

Estimates of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1855.

Finances report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances.

Finances. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances

Isaac P. Simonton -- Legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 53.).

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating the report of Edward F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, respecting the condition of Indian affairs in that state.

Madison Parton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 54.).

Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Dubuque to the Missouri River.

Message from the President of the United States, informing Congress of the refusal of the Indians remaining in Florida to migrate to the country assigned to their tribe, west of the Mississippi

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-third Congress, 1853

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-third Congress : Annual Report of the Secretary of War, 1853

Military posts on Kansas and Upper Minnesota Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of estimates for posts at the Republican Fork of Kansas River, and on Upper Minnesota River

Muscogee or Creek Indians. Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in reference to the affairs of the Creek Indians

Receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the government for the year ending June 30, 1853

Report : Mr. Cooper

Report : Mr. Dawson

Report : Mr. Downs

Report : Mr. Geyer

Report : Mr. Mason

Report : Mr. Sebastian

Report : Mr. Wade

Report : Mr. Walker

Report : Mr. Weller

Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1853

Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1853

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1853

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a statement of appropriations for the service of that department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1853

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the correspondence between the Department of the Interior and the Indian agents and commissioners in California.

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the correspondence between the Department of the Interior and the Indian agents and commissioners in California.

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate, certain papers in relation to the Mexican Boundary Commission.

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate, certain papers in relation to the Mexican Boundary Commission.

Report of the Secretary of War communicating the several Pacific railroad explorations

Reports of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from Mr. Bartlett on the subject of the boundary line between the United States and Mexico.

Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, declaring that the state is bound to enforce her rights, under the Treaty of Payne's Landing, by expelling the Seminole Indians.

Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of an appropriation for the survey of the line of the half-breed tract in Lee County.

Seminole Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to the Indians remaining in Florida.

Seventh annual report of the board of regents of the Smithsonian institution to the Senate and House of Representatives, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution during the year 1852, and the proceedings of the board of regents up to date.

Widow and heirs of Elijah Beebe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.).

Submissions from 1854 1854

Additional estimates for the Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting additional estimates, and explanations thereof, for the service of the Indian department

Additional estimates -- Service of the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating additional estimates for the service of that department.

Alabama Mlitia -- Second Brigade. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, asking for the payment of the balance due to the Second Brigade of Alabama Militia called into the United States service in 1836, under the command of Brigadier General William W. Garrard, in the war against the Creek Indians

Black Feet Indians, gros-ventres, and others. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communications showing the importance of an appropriation for defraying the expenses of holding a council with the Indians therein named

California -- Refund money to state of, for suppressing Indian aggressions. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 92.).

Catharine Arnold

Central Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report relative to Captain Gunnison's survey, &c.

Charles A. Grignon.

Charles Christy

Cherokee Indians.

Cherokees east and west of the Mississippi -- Appropriations for. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information relative to appropriations for the Cherokees east and west of the Mississippi.

Chickasaw trust fund, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements exhibiting the condition of the Chickasaw trust fund and Chickasaw land sales.

Civil township of Marion, Mercer County, Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 446.).

Claims -- Black Hawk War.

Colonel John Shaw

Communications from the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, recommending certain appropriations for the Indian service.

Contested election -- New Mexico

D. C. Cash and Giles U. Ellis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 174.).

Department of the Interior -- Contingent expenses. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of that department.

Dimick B. Huntington

Documents Accompanying the Report of the Secretary of War, 1854

Edmund Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 374.).

Estimates -- Indian service in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking additional appropriation for the Indian service in New Mexico.

Estimates -- Indian treaties. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for carrying into effect certain Indian treaties

Expenses Cayuse War, Oregon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 232.).

Expenses of Rogue River War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of the expenses of the claims for supplies furnished to the volunteers engaged in suppressing Indian hostilities in the Rogue River Valley, in the Territory of Oregon

Expenses of the Cayuse War. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to a further appropriation for defraying expenses of the Cayuse War of 1847-'48 in Oregon.

Fort Atkinson. Memorial of the Legislative Council of New Mexico, asking the re-establishment of Fort Atkinson

Francis Vigo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 282.).

Heirs of Col. Alexander G. Morgan. (To accompany S. bill No. 160.).

Heirs of Joseph Gerard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 131.).

Helen Mackay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 173.).

Hezekiah Miller. (To accompany S. bill No. 279.).

Indian appropriations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.).

Indian appropriations. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 46.) Letters addressed to the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting and explaining estimates for Indian appropriations

Indian disbursements. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting copies of accounts of persons charged with the disbursement of moneys for the benefit of the Indians, &c.

Indians -- Creek and Seminole. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in regard to difficulties between the Creek and Seminole Indians.

Indian tribes west of Missouri and Iowa. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in regard to the extinguishment of the Indian title to lands west of Missouri and Iowa, &c

Isaac S. Bowman, executor of Isaac Bowman.

James B. Estes.

James M. Lewis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 275.).

Jicarilla Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Council of New Mexico, in reference to the Indians within the borders of the Territory

John A. Bryan. (To accompany joint resolution H. R. No. 31.).

John Charles Fremont. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 474.).

John Hamilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 181.).

John Randon -- Heir of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 522.).

Jonathan Pearce. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 480.).

Joshua Kennedy -- Legal representative of. (To accompany bill S. No. 73.).

Joshua Vandruff.

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