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Submissions from 1856 1856

Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 11th instant, calling for copies of correspondence relative to the Indian disturbances in California.

Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, calling for copies of certain papers relating to the Territory of Kansas.

Message of the President of the United States, relative to the balances remaining in the treasury from the last appropriation for the support of the army.

Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1856

Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1856

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1856

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, information respecting the title of the United States to certain land in Kansas set apart to the New York Indians.

Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, calling for copies of the correspondence respecting the massacre of Lieutenant Grattan and his command by Indians

Submissions from 1857 1857

Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th ultimo, copies of the correspondence relating to the case of Edward F. Beale

Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, information respecting the proclamation of martial law in the Territory of Washington, &c

Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, information respecting the proclamation of martial law in the Territory of Washington, &c

Message of the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, 1857

Message of the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-fifth Congress : Report of Commissioner of General Land Office, 1857

Message of the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-fifth Congress : Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1857

Message of the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-fifth Congress : Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1857

Message of the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-fifth Congress : Report of the Secretary of War, 1857

Report of Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, a copy of the report of Lieut. Col. Cooke of the part taken by his command in the action at Bluewater, Nebraska Territory, with the Sioux Indians, September 3, 1855

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th ultimo, information respecting the expenditure of appropriations for Indian tribes

Report of the Secretary of War, communicating the report of Captain George B. McClellan, (First Regiment United States Cavalry), one of the officers sent to the seat of war in Europe, in 1855 and 1856

Submissions from 1858 1858

Message of the President of the United States, communicating a despatch from Governor Cumming, relative to the termination of the difficulties with the Territory of Utah

Message of the President of the United States, communicating a despatch from Governor Cumming, relative to the termination of the difficulties with the Territory of Utah

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 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.

Submissions from 1859 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, 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.

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.

Submissions from 1860 1860

Message from the President of the United States, communicating four memorials of residents at and near the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, praying the extinguishment of the Indian title, a survey and sale of the public lands, the establishment of an assay office, and the erection of a new territory from contiguous portions of New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, and Nebraska, with his recommendation in relation thereto.

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 second 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 second session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, 1860 : Report of the Secretary of War, 1860

Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a letter from the Governor of Texas, concerning the alleged hostilities existing on the Rio Grande, between the citizens or the military authorities of Mexico and that state.

Message of the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, further correspondence in relation to the hostilities on the Rio Grande.

Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information with regard to the present condition of the work of marking the boundary, pursuant to the first article of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of June 15, 1846.

Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence between the judges of Utah and the Attorney General or President, with reference to the legal proceedings and condition of affairs in that territory.

Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1860

Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, submitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, an estimate of the amounts that will be required to hold councils with certain Indians of the plains and in the State of Minnesota.

Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1860

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1860

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, submitting additional estimates of appropriations for the Indian service in Oregon and Washington, for the current and ensuing fiscal years.

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1860.

Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of Captain H. D. Wallen of his expedition, in 1859, from Dalles City to Great Salt Lake, and back.

Submissions from 1861 1861

Annual report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1861

Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1861

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1861.

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1861.

Report of the Secretary of War, 1861

Submissions from 1862 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.

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.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, statements showing balance of appropriation for the year 1860, and the expenditures of appropriation made for 1861, including amount carried to surplus fund and balance remaining on hand June 30, 1861.

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

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

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

Submissions from 1864 1864

Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, Report of the Secretary of War, 1861

Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, Report of the Secretary of War, 1861

Submissions from 1865 1865

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication and accompanying estimate of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for an appropriation to carry into effect the provisions of the treaty made with the Great and Little Osages in Kansas, August 29, 1863, and Senate amendments thereto of July 2, 1864.

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 20, 1864, information in relation to the disposition of the land of the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, under the treaty of October 1, 1859, with those Indians.

Submissions from 1867 1867

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, submitting an estimate of appropriation required to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the relief of the Navajo Indians now at or near Fort Sumner, for the year ending June 30, 1868.

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the Chippewas of the Mississippi.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 31, 1867, information in relation to the condition of the Indians now located in the vicinity of Lake Traverse and Fort Wadsworth, Dakota Territory, at the outbreak in Minnesota in 1862, the part they took in connection with that outbreak, and the cause of their being permitted to remain near the Minnesota frontier.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information touching the origin and progress of Indian hostilities on the frontier.

Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 5, 1867, information in relation to an order issued by Lieutenant General Sherman in regard to the protection of trains on the overland route.

Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, further information respecting armed expeditions against the western Indians.

Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, the official reports, papers, and other facts in relation to the causes and extent of the late massacre of United States troops by Indians at Fort Phil. Kearney.

Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a treaty between the United States and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same.

Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, in relation to the absence of Governor Alexander Cumming from the Territory of Colorado since his appointment as Governor.

Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 28, 1867, information in relation to the absence of territorial officers from their post of duty.

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 29, 1867, information in relation to the Indian tribes of the United States.

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, reports of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 4, 1867, a copy of the evidence taken at Denver and Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory, by a military commission, ordered to inquire into the Sand Creek massacre, November, 1864.

Submissions from 1868 1868

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, information in relation to claimants for indemnity for depredations by Sioux Indians in Minnesota, under the Act of February 16, 1863.

Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, a report of the Commissary General of Subsistence, showing the quantity and money value of subsistence stores issued to Indians under charge of the Indian Bureau.

Submissions from 1869 1869

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a report of the commissioners appointed under the 13th article of the treaty between the United States and the Senecas and mixed Senecas, Shawnees, and other Indians, concluded February 23, 1867, to ascertain and report the amount of money due by the United States to the Wyandott Indians

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating an estimate of appropriation required to pay the expenses of a special agent to take the census of the North Carolina Cherokees, in accordance with the act of July 27, 1868

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating an estimate of appropriations for the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians at Lake Traverse and Devil's Lake, Dakota Territory

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating an estimate of appropriations required for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the northern Cheyenne and northern Arapaho Indians under Treaty of May 10, 1868

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating an estimate of appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the Sioux of Dakota, Arickarees, Gros- Ventres, and Mandans, Crows, and Yanktons

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a report of the disbursements for the maintenance of peace among the various Indian tribes, under act of April 10, 1869.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a statement showing the number of clerks employed in that department during the last fiscal year, and the amount of compensation received by each.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating correspondence relative to contemplated arrangements for the temporary subsistence of the native population of the islands St. Paul and St. George, Alaska

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information concerning the remnant of the tribe of the Seminole Indians in South Florida

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 18, 1868, information in relation to the character of the Indians killed or captured by United States troops under the command of General George A. Custer

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, a statement of the tracts of land selected by members of the Grand River Band of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, under Treaty of July 31, 1855

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, the annual reports of the several Pacific railroad companies

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of this date, a copy of the report of the Special Commissioners upon the Central Pacific Railroad of California

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 14th ultimo, information in relation to the late battle of the Washita River

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 21st ultimo, a list of the Indian superintendents and agents, and designating the absentees from their posts

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the outstanding indebtedness that has been accruing for several years on account of Indian service in California

Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury. communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th ultimo, information in regard to the Territory of Alaska and the fur interests therein

Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of the report of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel M. V. Sheridan, upon the extremely destitute condition of the Osage Indians

Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating copies of reports upon Indian affairs in the military division of the Missouri

Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1868, a statement in relation to the number of troops employed in connection with Indian hostilities in protecting the Missouri River traffic and the Union Pacific Railroad

Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1868, information in relation to the late Indian battle on the Washita River

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