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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 1858 1858

Report : Mr. Iverson

Report : Mr. Johnson

Report : Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas

Report : Mr. Polk

Report : Mr. Pugh

Report : Mr. Sebastian

Report : Mr. Sebastian

Report : Mr. Sebastian

Report : Mr. Simmons

Report : Mr. Stuart

Report : Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey

Report : Mr. Wilson

Report : Mr. Wilson

Report of a Board of Officers of the Army, as to the necessity of maintaining Fort Snelling as a military depot.

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the claim of the St. Regis Indians to land in Kansas

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the claim of the St. Regis Indians to land in Kansas

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with law, the annual statement of appropriations.

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1858

Report of the Secretary of War, communicating in answer to a resolution of the Senate, the report of the commission on the war claims of Oregon and Washington Territories.

Report of the Secretary of War, communicating in answer to a resolution of the Senate, the report of the commission on the war claims of Oregon and Washington Territories.

Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-6. According to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854.

Report : The Court of Claims

Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of granting bounty lands to the volunteers of the Spirit Lake expedition, in March, 1857.

Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of the passage of a bill granting a pension to the soldiers of the War of 1812 and of the various Indian wars.

Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of the passage of a bill granting a pension to the soldiers of the War of 1812 and of the various Indian wars.

Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, asking for the passage of a law fixing the rules of evidence regulating the granting of bounty land to certain officers and soldiers therein mentioned.

Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of granting bounty land to the volunteers of the Spirit Lake Expedition, in March, 1857.

Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of granting bounty land to the volunteers of the Spirit Lake Expedition, in March, 1857.

Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of granting bounty land to the volunteers of the Spirit Lake Expedition, in March, 1857.

Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of granting bounty land to the volunteers of the Spirit Lake Expedition, in March, 1857.

Resolutions of the Legislature of the Territory of Washington, relative to the proclamation of martial law by Isaac I. Stevens, late Governor of that territory.

Resolutions of the Legislature of the Territory of Washington, relative to the proclamation of martial law by Isaac I. Stevens, late Governor of that territory.

Resolutions of the Legislature of the Territory of Washington, relative to the reports made by General Wool concerning the late Indian war in that territory.

Resolves of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, asking the extinguishment of title to Indian reservations in that state.

Resolves of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, asking the extinguishment of title to Indian reservations in that state.

Richard Tarvin -- Heirs of

Statement of balances of appropriations standing to credit of Interior Department, June 30, 1858

Statements showing I. appropriations made during the first session of the Thirty-fifth Congress. II. Officers created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period.

Sundry petitions of citizens of the Territory of Minnesota, protesting against the annulling of the sale of Fort Snelling Reserve, &c.

Sylvanus Burnham

Territory of Nevada

Thomas J. Alsbury

William Woolsey, of Alabama

W. K. Greenwood

Submissions from 1859 1859

Almon W. Babbitt -- Administrator of.

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1858.

Claims growing out of Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington Territories

Elbert Mullinax.

Estimates for appropriations for fulfilling treaty stipulations with Yancton (Sioux) and Tonawanda Indians, fiscal year 1860. Letter of Secretary of Interior

Heirs of Captain Robert Orr.

Indian Appropriation Bill.

Indian depredations in Texas.

Indian depredations. Memorial of legislature of Territory of New Mexico

Interior Department. Clerks and other persons employed, 1858

In the Senate of the United States. Memorial of citizens of Minnesota, praying the establishment of a mail route from St. Paul to the navigable waters of the Columbia River and to Puget Sound.

Israel Johnson.

John Donnelson, Stephen Heard, and others -- Representatives of.

Jose Maria Valdez.

Letter of Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence on protection of frontier of Texas

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, 1860.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-sixth Congress : Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1859.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-sixth Congress : Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1859

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-sixth Congress : Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1859.

Message of President communicating report of special agent sent to Vancouver's Island and British Columbia

Military posts on the road from Missouri to New Mexico.

Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Papers on mode and manner in which troops serving in Florida were called into service

Papers on protection afforded by volunteers of Oregon and Washington Territories to overland immigrants in 1854

Receipts and expenditures of Chickasaw trust fund for 1858

Receipts and expenditures of United States, 1858

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating reports upon the Pacific Wagon Roads constructed under the direction of that department.

Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the topographical memoir and map of Colonel Wright's late campaign against the Indians in Oregon and Washington Territories.

Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, Captain Simpson's report and map of wagon road routes in Utah Territory.

Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to stationing the Army, so as to largely diminish the cost of transportation and subsistence, and at the same time perform whatever service might be necessary in suppressing Indian outbreaks.

Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-5, according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1851.

Report : The Court of Claims

Report : The Court of Claims

Report : The Court of Claims

Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, in favor of the enactment of a law to refund the various sums advanced by that state in the prosecution of Indian wars and the last war with Great Britain.

Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of California, relative to the payment of the Indian War debt due to citizens of that state.

Richard Chenery.

Robert Harrison and others.

Samuel Winn, son of Richard Winn.

Statement of amounts due claimants under treaty with Rogue River Indians. Letter of Secretary of Interior

Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Thirty-fifth Congress. II. Officers created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period.

Switzer, Madison, praying compensation for provisions, blankets, etc., furnished Dacotah Indians. Memorial of

Texas volunteers.

Theophile Bruquier.

Topographical memoir and report of Captain T. J. Cram, on Territories of Oregon and Washington

Transportation of spirituous liquors and wines through Indian nations. Resolution of legislature of Arkansas

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