Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs1853 |
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Sida 70 - an act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers...
Sida 180 - ... injury, the same shall be barred. And if the nation or tribe to which such Indian may belong, receive an annuity from the United States, such claim shall, at the next payment of the annuity, be deducted therefrom, and paid to the party injured; and, if no annuity is payable to such nation or tribe, then the amount of the claim shall be paid from the treasury of the United States: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the legal apprehension and punishment of any Indians having...
Sida 28 - An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes," approved August 15, 1876, by and between George W.
Sida 9 - Iowa, for the purpose of procuring the assent of said tribes to the settlement of citizens of the United States upon the lands claimed by said Indians, and for the purpose of extinguishing the title of said Indian tribes in whole or in part to said lands.
Sida 69 - ... contract. One hundred acres of the farm on Watab prairie was ploughed in the spring, and most of it planted in corn and potatoes, and sowed in rutabagas and turnips, but the Indians there did not cultivate the •crop, and it will not amount to much — the usual result of farming operations at that place. Owing to the present condition of this tribe, I find it impossible to furnish accurately the statement required by the 13th paragraph of the Revised Regulations, No. 3, for carrying into effect...
Sida 15 - ... after the ratification of this Treaty. These animals to be furnished and distributed to the people of each town in proportion to their loss , as set forth by the accompanying schedule under the direction of their chiefs and an Agent of the Government. Art. 3. The United States further agrees to invest for the benefit of the individuals of the Creek nation referred to in the preceding article...
Sida 36 - On the llth of October, the day on which I left the frontier, there was no settlement made in any part of Nebraska. From all the information I could obtain, there were but three white men in the Territory, except such as were there by authority of law, and those adopted by marriage or otherwise into Indian families.
Sida 123 - Pueblo," my course led through rich alluvial bottom lands, rank with vegetation, and skirted heavily with cotton wood, near the margin of the stream. Fine soils prevail in these low grounds ; and on the high table lands a short but nutritious grass affords excellent grazing, and will cause this country to be, some day, much prized for pastoral purposes.
Sida 207 - That said reservations shall not be made upon any lands inhabited by citizens of California ; and the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense of subsisting the Indians in California, and removing them to said reservations for protection...
Sida 86 - This Missionary establishment enjoys great popularity among the Indians. Its site is said to be the most lovely spot in the Indian country. The Mission Buildings, with the adjacent trading-houses, groups of Indian improvements, and extensive cornfields, all give it the appearance of a town. FORT RILEY is a new military post, at the junction of the two main branches of the Kansas River.