Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying Documents]., Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1884 |
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... Acres . Area . Topeka Independence Wichita . 1 , 527 779 Larned . 3 , 689 2 , 366 2,274 528 99 , 170. 84 1 , 200 358 ... Acres . 8 447.92 $ 447 92 Acres . 11 13 1 , 201. 23 47 26 $ 2,980 83 344 48 , 714. 15 48 , 714 15 140 19 , 799.34 19 ...
... Acres . Area . Topeka Independence Wichita . 1 , 527 779 Larned . 3 , 689 2 , 366 2,274 528 99 , 170. 84 1 , 200 358 ... Acres . 8 447.92 $ 447 92 Acres . 11 13 1 , 201. 23 47 26 $ 2,980 83 344 48 , 714. 15 48 , 714 15 140 19 , 799.34 19 ...
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... acres only . This amount was thought to be altogether too small , and 1,200 acres was at first selected . Afterwards thirteen sections more were selected by Executive order , in order that farming and stock - rais- ing might be carried ...
... acres only . This amount was thought to be altogether too small , and 1,200 acres was at first selected . Afterwards thirteen sections more were selected by Executive order , in order that farming and stock - rais- ing might be carried ...
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... acre . The Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians attempted to lease 3,867,880 acres of their reservation , leaving unoccupied by stockmen about 430,000 acres . From the land so occupied by stockmen the Arapahoes and Cheyennes received last year ...
... acre . The Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians attempted to lease 3,867,880 acres of their reservation , leaving unoccupied by stockmen about 430,000 acres . From the land so occupied by stockmen the Arapahoes and Cheyennes received last year ...
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... acres of land . At least 3,000,000 acres might be disposed of , leaving the Indians sufficient agricultural lands to become self - supporting if they desire to become agriculturists , and a sufficient amount of grazing lands should they ...
... acres of land . At least 3,000,000 acres might be disposed of , leaving the Indians sufficient agricultural lands to become self - supporting if they desire to become agriculturists , and a sufficient amount of grazing lands should they ...
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... acres , and of Indian lands 697,128.97 , aggregating 27,531,170 , an increase over the year 1883 of 8,101,137.20 . The receipts for disposal of public lands are $ 11,840,993.07 ; Indian lands , $ 938,137.26 , or a total of ...
... acres , and of Indian lands 697,128.97 , aggregating 27,531,170 , an increase over the year 1883 of 8,101,137.20 . The receipts for disposal of public lands are $ 11,840,993.07 ; Indian lands , $ 938,137.26 , or a total of ...
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Page 380 - An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,' approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 397 - That the grants aforesaid are made upon condition that said company shall pay said bonds at maturity, and shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops, and munitions of war, supplies, and public stores upon said railroad for the government, whenever required to do so by any department thereof, and that the government shall at all times have the preference in the use of the same for all...
Page 461 - ... bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the...
Page 499 - ... a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Page 442 - State, and whenever, on the line thereof the United States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption, or other claims or rights, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed...
Page 255 - States, and leave a widow, or if no widow, a child or children under sixteen years of age, such widow, or if no widow, such child or children shall be entitled to and receive half the monthly pay, to which the deceased was entitled at the time of his death, for and during the term of five years.
Page 396 - ... not sold, reserved or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a preemption or homestead claim may not have attached, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed...
Page 430 - That the president of the United States shall cause the lands to be surveyed for forty miles in width on both sides of the entire line of said road, after the general route shall be fixed, and as fast as may be required by the construction of said railroad; and the odd sections of land hereby granted shall not be liable to sale, or entry, or pre-emption before or after they are surveyed, except by said company as provided in this act...
Page 396 - And all such lands, so granted by this section, which shall not be sold or disposed of by said company within three years after the entire road shall have been completed, shall be subject to settlement and preemption...
Page 387 - ... lay out, locate, construct, furnish, maintain, and enjoy a continuous railroad and telegraph, with the appurtenances, from a point on the one hundredth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, between the south margin of the valley of the Republican River and the north margin of the valley of the Platte River, in the Territory of Nebraska, to the western boundary of Nevada Territory...