Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners to the Secretary of the Interior ..., Volume 27U.S. Government Printing Office, 1896 - Indians of North America |
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Page 6 - Indian allotment while the title to the same shall be held in trust by the Government, or while the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee without the consent of the United States, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than sixty days, and by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not less than two hundred dollars for each offense thereafter: Provided however, That the person convicted shall be committed until fine and costs are paid.
Page 6 - But it shall be a sufficient defense to any charge of introducing or attempting to introduce ardent spirits, ale, beer, wine, or intoxicating liquors into the Indian country, that the acts charged were done under authority, in writing, from the War Department, or any officer duly authorized thereunto by the War Department.
Page 6 - ... to any Indian to whom allotment of land has been made while the title to the same shall be held in trust by the Government, or to any Indian a ward of the Government under charge of any Indian superintendent or agent, or any Indian, including mixed bloods, over whom the Government, through its departments, exercises guardianship...
Page 45 - The wrath of man shall praise thee, and the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Page 59 - But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white — then melts forever...
Page 6 - Government, through its departments exercises guardianship, and any person who shall introduce or attempt to introduce any malt, spirituous, or vinous liquor including beer, ale, and wine, or any ardent or intoxicating liquor of any kind whatsoever into the Indian country, which term...
Page 6 - That any person who shall sell, give away, dispose of, exchange, or barter any malt, spirituous, or vinous liquor, including beer, ale, and wine, or any ardent or other intoxicating liquor of any kind whatsoever, or any essence, extract, bitters, preparation, compound, composition, or any article whatsoever, under any name, label, or brand, which produces intoxication, to any Indian to whom allotment of...
Page 94 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tlie United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Selective Service Act of 1948 (6!?
Page 6 - Indian, including mixed bloods, over whom the government, through its departments, exercises guardianship, and any person who shall introduce or attempt to introduce any malt, spirituous or vinous liquor, including beer, ale and wine, or any ardent or Intoxicating liquor of any kind whatsoever Into the Indian country...
Page 7 - Hole, Wyoming, are so fully set forth in the reports of the Commissioner and Secretary and in the public press that we need not dwell upon them at length. It is now well understood that the alarming reports spread abroad of threatened massacres by the Bannock Indians were false; that no white persons were injured or in danger, and that the only victims of the disturbance were Indians, one of whom was cruelly murdered in cold blood, and, as the district attorney affirms, "in pursuance of a scheme...