Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying Documents]., Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1887 |
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Abstract of proposals accompanied bids advertisement of March agency allotments Arapaho Blackfeet Boarding boarding-school boys Brulé buildings bushels cattle Cherokee Cheyenne Cheyenne River Agency Chicago Chickasaw Chilocco Choctaw civilization COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN comparison of samples Congress contracts awarded Cook court Creek crops Crow Crow Agency cultivation day school denote the rates dians dozen employés farm girls Government inches INDIAN AFFAIRS Indian service-Continued Indian Territory Industrial teacher iron June 30 Klamath Agency labor Lake large type denote Laundress located Matron ment Mescalero miles Mission Nebr Nez Percé NOTE.-Figures in large Number of Indians Points of delivery Ponca Pottawatomie pounds principal teacher proposals received pupils Quantity awarded Quantity offered Quapaw received and contracts reservation River Sac and Fox samples which accompanied Seamstress Sept Sioux Standing Rock Agency Superintendent Teacher July tion treaty tribes wagon Yakama Yankton York
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Page 936 - When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 351 - Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his heirs according to the laws of the state or territory where such land is located...
Page 352 - And every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States to whom allotments shall have been made under the provisions of this act, or under any law or treaty, and every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States who has voluntarily taken up.
Page 352 - Indians to whom allotments have been made shall have the benefit of and be subject to the laws, both civil and criminal, of the state or territory in which they may reside...
Page 351 - And if any conveyance shall be made of the lands set apart and allotted as herein provided, or any contract made touching the same, before the expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract shall be absolutely null and void...
Page 352 - That in cases where the use of water for irrigation is necessary to render the lands within any Indian reservation available for agricultural purposes, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to secure a just and equal...
Page 362 - Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its organization under the same, to the extent of one hundred feet on each side of the central line of said road; also the right to take, from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road, material, earth, stone, and timber necessary for the construction of said railroad; also, ground adjacent to such right of way for...
Page 350 - To each single person over eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section; To each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section...
Page 350 - That in all cases where any tribe or band of Indians has been, or shall hereafter be, located upon any reservation created for their use, either by treaty stipulation or by virtue of an act of Congress or executive order setting apart the same for their use. the President of the United States be.
Page 358 - Congress hereby reserves the right to regulate the charges for freight and passengers on said railway and messages on said telegraph and telephone lines, until a State government or governments shall...