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Submissions from 1866 1866

Petition of Redick McKee, late Commissioner and Indian Agent for California, praying to be indemnified for expenses incurred and disbursements made by him, as he alleges, while acting as disbursing agent of the Board of Commissioners to arrange the difficulties between the whites and the Indians in California in the years 1851, 1852, and 1853.

Petition of S. N. Goodale, praying the construction of a railroad through the Indian territory, from the south line of Kansas to the north line of Texas.

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of the 16th and 36th sections of the Cherokee Indian lands for the support of schools in that state.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant to that state of the 16th and 36th sections of land on the Indian reservations, or other public lands in lieu thereof, for the benefit of common schools in that state.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of so amending the provisions of the land grant to the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad, together with a branch from Lawrence to Emporia, as to make Burlingame a point on said road.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from Kansas City, connecting northwest Missouri with Galveston, Texas; also, a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the southwest branch of the Pacific Railroad from the western boundary of that state to the Pacific Ocean.

Submissions from 1867 1867

Northern Pacific Railroad

Resolution : Mr. Williams

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the extinguishment of the Indian titles to lands in that state

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the extinguishment of the Indian titles to lands in that state.

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, requesting the removal of Colonel J. H. Leavenworth, present agent of certain hostile Indians on the western and southwestern frontier of the State of Kansas.

Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a new treaty between the general government and the Stockbridge Indians residing in that state, providing for their removal to a more genial climate and fertile soil

Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a new treaty between the general government and the Stockbridge Indians residing in that state, providing for their removal to a more genial climate and fertile soil.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands to that state for school purposes, as an equivalent for the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections disposed of by the government.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a treaty between the government and the Sioux Indians, with provisions securing to the government the right of way through the Sioux Country to the Missouri River

Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a treaty between the government and the Sioux Indians, with provisions securing to the government the right of way through the Sioux Country to the Missouri River.

Submissions from 1868 1868

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures and condition of the institution for the year 1867.

Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of removing the Indian tribes now occupying the country lying between the forks of the Cheyenne River, Dakota Territory, to some other locality, and that that region may be made available to the needs of the white man.

Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in relation to mail service between Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory, and Helena, Montana Territory.

Resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon, in favor of the appointment of a commission to investigate and take proof as to losses sustained by citizens of said state by depredations of the Indians

Resolutions of the House of Representatives, in relation to the treaty concluded on the 27th day of May, 1868, with the Great and Little Osage tribe of Indians.

Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the construction of a Railroad between San Francisco and the Missouri Valley, by the southern route, and passing through the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands in lieu of those lands lost to schools by Indian reservations and trust lands, and in the disposition of Indian reservations and trust lands the 16th and 36th sections may be reserved for school purposes.

Submissions from 1869 1869

Letter of the Chief Clerk of Court of Claims, communicating a statement of the judgments rendered in the Court of Claims for the year ending December 6, 1869.

List of private claims brought before the Senate of the United States from the commencement of the Fourteenth to the close of the Thirty-Ninth Congress, prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate, pursuant to the orders of the Senate of April 9, 1840; February 27, 1841; February 8, 1846 March 3, 1855; and March 16, 1866; and the Act of July 20, 1868, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1869

Memorial of Headmen and people of the North Carolina or Eastern Cherokees, protesting against the ratification of the treaty concluded on the 9th day of July, 1868, between the United States and the Cherokees residing west of the Mississippi River

Memorial of Lewis Downing, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, remonstrating against the settling of various Indian tribes on the Cherokee domain west of the 96th degree of west longitude

Petition of Delegates of the Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw Indians, protesting against the passage of the bill to restore the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Department of War

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the payment of claims for depredations committed by the Indians in that state

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the transfer of the control and management of the Indians from the Interior to the War Department

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an appropriation for the payment of the claims of citizens of that state for depredations committed by the Indians

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of dropping the names of certain Indians from the roll of their respective tribes, and that their lands may be subject to taxation

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of laws for the protection of bona fide settlers on the Cherokee neutral lands

Submissions from 1870 1870

Letter of the Cherokee delegation of Indians transmitting an address of the Grand International Council of Indians inhabiting the Indian Territory, adopted on the 4th instant, asking a strict observance of treaty stipulations on the part of the United States.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicating amendments to the Cherokee Treaty concluded July 9, 1868.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the Cherokee Treaty pending before the Senate, and the claim of the Cherokees to territory west of the one hundredth meridian.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate communicating a statement of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to all the Indian tribes within the bounds of the United States.

Memorial of a committee on behalf of the colored people of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, representing their grievances, and praying the adoption of such measures as will secure to them equal rights and privileges with white citizens.

Memorial of delegates of the Creek Nation of Indians remonstrating against the organization of a territorial government for the Indian Territory.

Memorial of members of Black Bob's band of Shawnee Indians, against any attempt to force their people to break up their tribal organization, and against a division of their lands.

Memorial of the Choctaw nation of Indians remonstrating against the enactment into laws of the following bills, now under consideration in the House of Representatives, entitled "A bill to provide for the consolidation of the Indian tribes, and to organize a system of government in the Indian Territory;" and "A bill to incorporate the Kansas, Indian Territory and Gulf Railway Company, and to enable the Missouri River, Fort Scott, and Gulf and the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Companies to unite upon and construct a single track through the Indian Territory and to reach the Gulf.".

Memorial of the delegates of the Cherokee, Creek, and Choctaw Nations of Indians, remonstrating against the passage of the bill (S. 679) to organize the Territory of Oklahoma, consolidate the Indian tribes under a territorial government, and carry out the provisions of the Treaties of 1866 with certain Indian tribes.

Memorial of the Legislative Assembly, Territory of New Mexico, in favor of locating the reservation stipulated by the treaty with the Utah Indians in the region of the San Juan River, and remonstrating against its location elsewhere in said territory.

Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the removal of certain bands of Indians from that state.

Memorial of the principal chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, protesting against the passage of the bill (S. 631) "to provide for carrying into effect the provisions of a treaty concluded between the United States and the Cherokee Nation of Indians July 19, 1866.".

Memorial of the principal chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, remonstrating against a territorial form of government, legislative jurisdiction of Cong., the abrogation of existing treaties and the burden of government taxation without representation, and in favor of the payment by the United States of all just obligations to said nation.

Motion of Mr. Thurman

Report of the Clerk of the Court of Claims, communicating a statement of all the judgments rendered by said court during the year ending December 5, 1870.

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of a law to extinguish the title of the Indians to the Black Bob Shawnee Reservation.

Resolution of the Legislature of Texas asking that measures be taken to prevent the Republic of Mexico from harboring hostile bands of Indians depredating the southwestern frontier of that state.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of increased protection on the frontier of that state against depredations by the Indians, and against any further reduction of the Army.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the appointment of a commission to investigate the claims of all persons who have lost property or sustained damages by reason of depredations committed since the first day of January, 1864, by any of the Indian tribes or members thereof with whom peace conferences have been held or may hereafter be held by the commission appointed under the act to establish peace with certain hostile Indian tribes.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of a bill providing for the payment of stock and other property stolen or destroyed by the Osage, Kaw, and other Indians on the border of Kansas.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the removal of all Indians who have not become citizens, from the limits of that state to special reservations, and the extinguishment of their right of possession to all lands within that state, that the same may be granted to aid in the construction of railroads, and in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of railroads in the Indian territory.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the speedy adjustment and payment of the claims of citizens of that state for services rendered, transportation, forage, subsistence, and property lost in action under Major General Curtis, in repelling the invasion of General Price, commanding the Confederate Army, and the Indian expedition in July and August, 1864.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas remonstrating against the ratification of the treaty for the sale of the Kaw Indian Reserve.

Submissions from 1871 1871

Joint resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of allowing settlers on the Osage Diminished Reserve to enter and prove their claims in any shape in which they may have claimed them by legal subdivisions.

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, upon the action of the Department of the Interior relating to the Kansas Indian lands in the State of Kansas.

Letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in closing matters of appropriation and legislation which, in the opinion of the Department of the Interior, should be provided for.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, calling attention to the condition of the Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians in Kansas.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicating information in relation to the Black Bob band of Indians in Kansas.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the construction of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Articles of the Treaty of July 19, 1867, with the Cherokee Nation, addressed to Hon. James Harlan, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to Hon. James Harlan, in relation to the absentee Shawnee Indian lands in Kansas.

Memorial of A. H. Davis and others, in relation to the disposal of the Miami Indian Lands in Kansas.

Memorial of P. P. Pitchlynn, Choctaw delegate, in regard to carrying out treaty stipulations with the Choctaw Indians.

Memorial of the chiefs of the confederated tribes of the Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, and Wea Indians, praying to be reimbursed for the alleged misapplication of funds belonging to them by the Indian Department.

Memorial of the council of the Seneca Nation of Indians, remonstrating against the sale of any portion of the Allegany Reservation.

Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota, in favor of an appropriation for the extension of the Sioux City and Missouri telegraph line to Fort Randall.

Memorial of the Legislature of New York, in favor of a treaty with the Seneca Indians, by which they will give up the Allegany Reservation

Petition of the Ottawa Indians of the United Bands of Blan-Chard's Fork and Roche de Boeuf, praying an investigation of the disposition made of lands granted them by Treaty of June 24, 1862, for the education of their children.

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas asking Congress to grant the right of way to the Chicago, Kansas and Texas Railroad through the Indian Territory.

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking that the government military post at Fort Harker, Kansas, be not abandoned.

Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to Indian Reservations in that state.

Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, asking relief for Captain James Murrie

Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, asking the appointment of a joint committee to inquire into and report upon the outrages committed in that state during the past five years by bands of Indians living within the United States, and harbored within the Republic of Mexico

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, asking Congress to extinguish the Indian title to all Indian reservations in that state, and open the same to settlement.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of legislation to protect the rights of bona fide settlers in the Cherokee neutral lands, sold in accordance with the Treaty of August 11, 1866.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of an act authorizing the issue of patents for the lands allotted to children of members of the Delaware tribe of Indians, in accordance with the Treaty of March 4, 1866.

Submissions from 1872 1872

Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1871.

Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the request of the Cherokee Nation in regard to the application of funds due or that may accrue to that nation from the sale of certain lands.

Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to a survey of the line dividing the Creek ceded lands from the Creek reservation, and recommending legislation to authorize negotiations with the Creek Indians for the cession of a portion of their reservation occupied by friendly Indians.

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to Hon. James Harlan, Chairman of Committee on Indian Affairs, inclosing papers relating to the removal and subsistence of scattered bands of Chippewa Indians.

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to Hon. James Harlan, Chairman of Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting copy of a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to certain selections of land made for members of the Shawnee tribe of Indians.

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to Hon. James Harlan, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and copies of accompanying papers from the Committee of Friends, in relation to the disposition of portions of Indian reservations in the Northern Superintendency.

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to Hon. James Harlman, Chairman of Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in regard to placing at the disposal of the department the balance of an unexpended appropriation for promoting education among Indian tribes.

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to confirming to the Great and Little Osage Indians a reservation in the Indian Territory.

Memorial of the chiefs and principal men of the Oneida Indians of Wisconsin, praying to have secured to them the quiet possession of their reservation.

Memorial of the Choctaw Nation of Indians, remonstrating against the establishment of a territorial government over their country

Memorial of William P. Ross, W. P. Adair, and C. N. Vann, in favor of the establishment of a separate court for the Indian Territory.

Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of sustaining the President of the United States in his present policy for the management of the various Indian tribes, and against the opening of the Indian country for settlement, corporate, or speculative purposes.

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of such laws as will secure to bona-fide settlers upon the Cherokee neutral lands the full benefit of the homestead and pre-emption laws, and also to secure to the state the 16th and 36th sections of land in each township, for school purposes.

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in relation to the removal of settlers from the Indian Territory bordering upon Kansas, and also in favor of a change of boundary of said state.

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, urging that the tract of land known as the Cherokee Strip be opened to entry by actual settlers, and that the Indian title thereto be extinguished.

Resolution of the Legislature of Maine in favor of a faithful observance of treaties made with the Indian tribes

Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of additional compensation to Richard G. Murphy, for the time he served as Indian agent for the Sioux of Minnesota

Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in reference to the opening of the Indian Territory for settlemen

Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the formation of a new judicial district composed of Southern Kansas and the Indian Territory

Submissions from 1873 1873

Letter from the acting Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to pay for transportation furnished by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company to certain Cherokee Indians.

Letter of Thomas Foster, of Minnesota, in relation to the proper management and civilization of the Indian tribes.

Report of the Commissioner for 1872 and 1873.

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