Senate Miscellaneous Documents | University of Oklahoma College of Law

Skip to main content

Senate Miscellaneous Documents

Submissions from 1848 1848

Memorial of the Cherokee Delegation, protesting against the settlement proposed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs under the Treaty of 6th August, 1846

Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, on the subject of a treaty with the Menomonie Indians for the lands north of Fox River

Submissions from 1850 1850

Documents in relation to a treaty proposed to be negotiated with the Indians of the prairie south and west of the Missouri River, to the northern line of the State of Texas, embracing the Indians of the mountains, and including those of New Mexico.

Memorial of the Directors of the Pacific Railroad Company, Missouri, praying the right of way and a donation of land, &c.

Memorial of the Legislature of Texas, praying the reimbursement of expenses incurred by the state in providing for the military defences of her frontier in 1848

Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking a survey of the Menomonee Purchase, and for the right of pre-emption to settlers

Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, asking for a grant of lands for the use of Indiana University, in lieu of lands of which it has heretofore been deprived, by the action of Congress

Resolutions of the Legislature of Texas, relative to the payment of certain volunteer companies for services on the western frontier of that state

Submissions from 1851 1851

Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying an appropriation for the payment of expenses incurred by the provisional government of Oregon in the Cayuse War.

Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying for the extinguishment of the Indian title and the removal of the Indians from certain portions of that territory; payment of the debt growing out of the recent Indian War, and the debt occasioned by the maintenance of the provisional government; establishment of military posts for the protection of emgrants; donations of land to citizens and emigrants; change in the place for delivering the mails transmitted from New York; construction of roads; purchase of the land held by the Puget Sound Agricultural Society; exploration of the territory; establishment of a branch mint; and the improvement of the mouth of the Columbia River.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of granting to soldiers and sailors of the last war with Great Britain, and of the Indian Wars, the same quantity of bounty land as was allowed to those who served in the war with Mexico.

Submissions from 1852 1852

Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, communicating the annual report of the Board of Regents

Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, praying that the citizens of that state may be indemnified for losses sustained during the Indian hostilities in 1836-37

Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota Territory, praying the ratification of certain treaties with the Sioux and Chippewa Indians in that territory

Memorial of the State of Georgia, in behalf of herself and the State of Alabama, praying indemnity for damages committed upon the citizens of those states by the Creek Indians in 1836-'37.

Submissions from 1853 1853

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.

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.

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.

Submissions from 1854 1854

Letter of J. C. Fremont to the editors of the National Intelligencer, communicating some general results of a recent winter expedition across the Rocky Mountains, for the survey of a route for a railroad to the Pacific.

Memorial of John Charles Fremont, praying that the Secretary of the Interior may be authorized to examine and settle, upon principles of equity, his claim for beef-cattle furnished by him under a contract with the Commissioner of the United States for treating with the California Indians, in 1851, for the use and subsistence of those Indians.

Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, praying that the horses and equipage purchased for Captain French's company of volunteers in the Creek War of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, may be paid for

Statements showing -- I. All appropriations made during the first session of the Thirty-third Congress. II. New offices created and the salaries of each. III. Offices the salaries of which are increased, and the amount of such increase.

Submissions from 1855 1855

Documents and other papers relating to the boundary line between the States of Georgia and Florida, heretofore laid before either House of Congress, and the Reports of Committees, and all proceedings of either House thereon.

Letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, communicating the Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Regents of that institution.

List of private claims brought before the Senate of the United States, from the commencement of the 14th to the close of the 33d Congress.

Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Thirty-third Congress. II. Offices 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.

Submissions from 1856 1856

Letter from William C. Kibbe, Quartermaster and adjutant General of State of California, enclosing a copy of the resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the procurement of arms and munitions of war from the general government for the defence of that state.

Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, praying the extension of the western and northern boundaries of that state, and the extinction of the Indian title to the lands situated therein.

Memorial of the delegates and representatives of Choctaw Nation of Indians, praying that provision may be made for the final settlement of their claims under the Treaty of 1830, and all other treaties.

Submissions from 1857 1857

Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution, for the year 1856. And the proceedings of the Board up to January 28, 1857.

In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 624.) Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the Secretary of the Interior, recommending that the land laws be extended east of the Cascade Mountain, in Oregon and Washington Territories.

J. Loranger vs the U.S.

Submissions from 1858 1858

Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in behalf of James B. Thomas and family, sufferers by Indian depredations.

Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in behalf of James B. Thomas and family, sufferers by Indian depredations.

Memorial of Henry O'Rielly concerning military highways or "stockade routes" for protecting travelers and settlers, facilitating mail and telegraph communication through vast interior territories, and rendering the United States independent of foreign countries for transmitting mails between the Atlantic and Pacific states

Memorial of Henry O'Rielly, John J. Speed, and Tal. P. Shaffner, concerning the completion of telegraph lines to Fort Laramie and Salt Lake

Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, praying that a grant of land be made to the Territory of Nebraska, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the Missouri River, via the South Pass, to some point in Washington Territory.

Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, praying that a grant of land be made to the Territory of Nebraska, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the Missouri River, via the South Pass, to some point in Washington Territory.

Report : Court of Claims

Report : Court of Claims

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.

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.

Submissions from 1859 1859

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.

Report : The Court of Claims

Report : The Court of Claims

Report : The Court of Claims

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

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.

Submissions from 1860 1860

Communication from C. S. Drew, late Adjutant of the Second Regiment of Oregon Mounted Volunteers, giving an account of the origin and early prosecution of the Indian War in Oregon.

Letter of the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, communicating copies of memorials and resolutions of the legislative assembly of that territory, in relation to the payment of certain militiamen and volunteers, called into service against the Indians in said territory.

Memorial and Joint Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the remuneration of James B. Thomas and family for property lost and injury sustained by Indian depredations.

Memorial of the Principal Chief and his associates, representatives of the Cherokee Nation of Indians. Praying that the President be authorized to purchase that portion of their territory known as the "neutral land."

Memorial of the State of California, praying that the amount expended by that state in the suppression of Indian hostilities may be refunded.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Texas, requesting the Senators and Representatives of that state in Congress to procure the reimbursement of funds expended for the protection of the frontier, and making other requests with reference to frontier affairs.

Statement of the Decisions of the Court of Claims, made since the 35th Congress, and reported on the 11th day of January to the Senate of the United States.

Statement of the reports of the Court of Claims made to the House of Representatives during the 34th and 35th Congresses, nature of claim, amount claimed, and action of the House thereon.

Submissions from 1861 1861

Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1860

Memorial of the representatives of the Choctaw Nation of Indians, in general council assembled, praying the payment of the amount due the Choctaws under the Treaty of June, 1855

Submissions from 1862 1862

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee of Indian Affairs, transmitting a communication from H. B. Whipple, Bishop of Minnesota, to the President of the United States, in relation to Indian affairs in that state, recommending the adoption of measures for their improvement.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, transmitting, for the consideration of said committee, a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the 31st ultimo, submitting additional estimates for the Indian service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1862, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863.

Memorial of the Legislature of Minnisota, asking the co-operation of the national government in measures of military necessity upon the frontier, between Minnesota and the English settlements at Selkirk, in Central British America.

Pacific Railroad

Petition of the Chiefs of the Delware Indians in Kansas, praying an issue of United States bonds in lieu of bonds that have been abstracted from them by an agent, and on which no interest has been paid since 1860, and that an appropriation be made to pay the interest on the same to the 1st day of July, 1862.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an appropriation to extend the lines of the public surveys over the unsurveyed portion of the state, and the extinguishment of Indian titles to lands in said state.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of an act to secure the early completion of a railroad from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean the ratification of the treaty lately made with the Pottawatomie Indian nation; and a grant to said state of five million acres of the public lands in said state to aid in the construction of railroads.

Submissions from 1864 1864

Indians of Kansas. (To accompany bill S. no. 219.) Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Hon. J. R. Doolittle, relative to the Wea, Peoria, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw Indians of Kansas

In the senate of the United States. (To accompany bill S. no. 226.) Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War, and a copy of a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, upon the subject of providing means of subsistence for the Navajo Indians of New Mexico upon a reservation at the "Bosque Redondo," on the Pecos River, and recommending an appropriation to effect the objects contemplated

In the senate of the United States. (To accompany joint resolution H.R. no. 38.) Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to Hon. James R. Doolittle, Chairman of the Committee on Indian affairs, relative to the claim of the Michigan Indians

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to a proposed treaty with certain Indians of middle Oregon, for a relinquishment of certain rights secured to them by treaty. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 442.).

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in regard to the issuing of patents for certain lands of the Stockbridge Indians and the valuation and sale of their reservation

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, to honorable James R. Doolittle, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting a report from the acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, accompanied by an account current between the United States and the united band of Wea, Peoria, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw Indians

Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Milwaukie, Wisconsin, praying the construction of a wagon road to Idaho, through Minnesota and Dakota, and such military protection as will afford safety to emigration and quick and secure transit of merchandise and the precious metals

Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an extension of the benefits of the pension law of 1861 and 1862 to the volunteers, or the widows and orphans thereof, in the late Sioux raid

Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the early payment of the damages sustained by the Sioux Indian War of 1862, out of the property of the destroyers now under control of the government

Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the erection of a line of military posts from Fort Abercrombie, in Dakota Territory, to Bannock City, in Idaho Territory

Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Chippewa Agency, Minnesota, to Superior City, Wisconsin

Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from the City of St. Cloud, in Minnesota, by the way of Fort Abercrombie and Bannock City, in the Territory of Idaho, to Fort Walla-Walla

Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the passage of an act requiring the issue of patents for land purchased from the Stockbridge Indians in conformity to an act of Congress approved March 3, 1843, and for the sale of the unsold lands of the Stockbridge reservations, and that the price be fixed at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre

Petition of Miami Indians, praying that the Secretary of the Interior be authorized to ascertain the arrearages due them and the prompt payment of the same out of the funds set apart by the Treaty of June 5, 1854. (To accompany bill S. no. 327.)

Petition of the confederate bands of Weas, Peorias, Kaskaskias and Piankeshaws, praying that provision be made for the payment of the amount alleged to be due them under the Treaty of May 30, 1854

Petition of Thomas J. Galbraith agent of the Sioux Indians of Minnesota, praying to be relieved from all responsibility as such Indian agent for property destroyed by the Sioux Indians on the 18th of August, 1862, and that his accounts may be settled upon the principles of equity. (To accompany joint resolution S. no. 67.).

Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of opening to pre-emption the "Nome Lackee Indian Reservation."

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands to said state in lieu of the 16th and 36th sections of the public lands sold for the benefit of certain Indian tribes

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of making only such treaties with Indian tribes within that state, for sale of their lands, as will remove from the state such Indians, and secure to the state the right to tax such lands immediately after such sales

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the negotiation of treaties, and the enactment of laws which enable the government of the United States to speedily remove all Indians residing in a tribal capacity, within the limits of that state, to some point beyond the boundaries of the same

Submissions from 1865 1865

Report : Mr. Pomeroy

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from Wyandotte to the southern boundary of that state, and that the title of the Cherokee Indians to certain lands in said state be extinguished.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of placing an increased military force in the hands of Major General Curtis, commanding that department, to enable him to give sufficient and ample protection to the frontier of said state and the overland and Santa Fe routes.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of placing an increased military force in the hands of Major General Curtis, commanding that department, to enable him to give sufficient and ample protection to the frontier of said state and the overland and Santa Fe routes.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of additional relief to the sufferers from the Sioux Indian War of 1862.

Submissions from 1866 1866

Communication from the Superintendent of Indian Affairs and the Indian Agent of the Territory of Nebraska, addressed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the Winnebago Reservation

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, in relation to the reorganization of the clerical force of that department.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitting estimates for deficiencies for the support of destitute Indians in the southern superintendency.

Mr. Wade : Resolution

1
2
3
4
5
6