Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the InteriorThe Office., 1880 |
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... month which is the limit of salary fixed by law for officers and privates respectively . The very best men in the tribe should be enlisted in this service ; but they cannot be expected to enter it at personal sacrifice . Among the wild ...
... month which is the limit of salary fixed by law for officers and privates respectively . The very best men in the tribe should be enlisted in this service ; but they cannot be expected to enter it at personal sacrifice . Among the wild ...
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... months of the most emphatic refusal on the part of the chiefs to allow the enlisting of their young men , and varied opposition on the part of half - breeds and " squaw - men , " I succeeded in or- ganizing the force in the month of ...
... months of the most emphatic refusal on the part of the chiefs to allow the enlisting of their young men , and varied opposition on the part of half - breeds and " squaw - men , " I succeeded in or- ganizing the force in the month of ...
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... month for service . These men have been led to expect more , and it should be given them , for if ever laborers were worthy of their hire , these certainly are . TRANSPORTATION BY INDIANS . The experiment of intrusting wild Indians with ...
... month for service . These men have been led to expect more , and it should be given them , for if ever laborers were worthy of their hire , these certainly are . TRANSPORTATION BY INDIANS . The experiment of intrusting wild Indians with ...
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... months ago forced to remove from the Cucco Ranch , in San Diego County . In the season of 1879 the supply of water for irrigating purposes on the desert , some 50 to 80 miles distant from the agency , where hundreds of these Indians ...
... months ago forced to remove from the Cucco Ranch , in San Diego County . In the season of 1879 the supply of water for irrigating purposes on the desert , some 50 to 80 miles distant from the agency , where hundreds of these Indians ...
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... months from the date of its approval , or until October 15 , 1880. The requisite number of Indians signed the agreement between the 29th of July and 11th of September , both days inclusive . The ratification of the agreement by the Utes ...
... months from the date of its approval , or until October 15 , 1880. The requisite number of Indians signed the agreement between the 29th of July and 11th of September , both days inclusive . The ratification of the agreement by the Utes ...
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Page 169 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 169 - No Indian nation or tribe, within the territory of the United States, shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty...
Page 176 - That all allotments set apart under the provisions of this act shall be selected by the Indians, heads of families selecting for their minor children, and the agents shall select for each orphan child, and in such manner as to embrace the improvements of the Indians making the selection.
Page 168 - Sec. 2145. Except as to crimes, the punishment of which is expressly provided for in this title, the general laws of the United States as to the punishment of crimes committed In any place within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, except the District of Columbia, shall extend to the Indian country.
Page 174 - That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for former years, and for other purposes, namely : *********** MISCELLANEOUS.
Page 180 - That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, namely: THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.
Page 169 - That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or...
Page 179 - That none of said lands, whether mineral or otherwise, shall be liable to entry and settlement under the provisions of the homestead law; but shall be subject to cash entry only in accordance with existing law; and when sold the proceeds of said sale shah1 be first sacredly applied to rent.
Page 119 - SIR: in compliance with your instructions, I have the honor to submit the following report of the...
Page vii - Whereas such acts are in violation of the laws of the United States in such case made and provided, and are done in disregard of the duties and obligations which all persons residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States owe thereto, and are condemned by all right-minded and law-abiding citizens: Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S.