Page images
PDF
EPUB

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Report of Commissioner, 1; Law Library, 3; Judicial Tribunal, 4; Repay-

ment of Money for Lands Erroneously Sold, 6; Decisions in Land Cases,

7; Supervision of Surveys, 9; Surveys of Islands and Beds of Meandered

Lakes, Sloughs, and Ponds, 11; Adjustment of Swamp Land Grants, 12;

Lapsed Railroad Grants, 12; Private Land Claims in Colorado, New Mex-

ico, and Arizona, 26; District Land Offices, 29; Review of Laws Govern-

ing Sale of Public Lands, 32; Homestead and Pre-emption Laws, 34; Papers

Accompanying Report of Commissioner, 37; Detroit Arsenal Grounds, 42;

Useless Military Reservations, 42; Sac and Fox and Otoe and Missouria

Indian Reservations in Kansas and Nebraska, 43; Decisions affecting

Homestead Rights, 44; Decisions under Timber Culture Laws, 47; South-

ern Public Lands, 49; Soldiers' Additional Homesteads, 50; Private Land

Claims, 51; Surveying, 54; Reservations of Public Lands, 68; Texas

Boundary, 74; Re-establishing Lost Corners, 76; Railroads, 77; Decisions

affecting Railroad Grants, 79; Pre-emptions, 93; Suspended Entries, 100;

Military Bounty Land Warrants, 104; Swamp and Overflowed Lands, 107;

Draughting, 107; Accounts, 108; Mineral Lands, 108; United States Min-

ing Laws and Regulations, 109; Decisions affecting Mining Rights, 127;

Coal Lands, 143; Abandonment and Relocation, 144; Operations under

Mining Laws during last fiscal year, 145; Mining Claims Approved and

Patented during fiscal year, 145; United States Surveyors-General, 154;

United States Land Offices, 154; Survey of Lands to June 30, 1877, 155;

Public Lands Sold, &c., for fiscal year ending June 30 1877, 156; Selection

of Swamp Lands for the several States under act of Congress, 186; Land

Concession by Congress to States and Corporations from 1850 to June 30,

1877, 188; Attachment of Railroad Rights, 197; Estimates of Appropria-

tions required for fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, 201; Historical Table

of States and Territories, 216; Report of Surveyor-General of Louisiana,

220; Unconfirmed Private Land-Claims in Louisiana, 221; Statement of

Surveying Contracts in Louisiana, 224; Report of Surveyor-General of

Florida, 229; Report of Surveyor-General of Minnesota, 232; Statement of

Surveying Contracts in Minnesota, 235; Report of Surveyor-General of

Dakota, 240; Report of Surveyor-General of Nebraska, 247; Report of

Surveyor-General of Wyoming, 253; Report of Surveyor-General of New

Mexico, 263; Report of Surveyor-General of Colorado, 274; Report of Sur-

veyor-General of Montana, 282; Report of Surveyor-General of Idaho, 295;

Page.

III

Report of Surveyor-General of Utah, 299; Report of Surveyor-General of

Nevada, 311; Report of Surveyor-General of Arizona, 321; Report of Sur-

veyor-General of Washington Territory, 332; Report of Surveyor-General

of Oregon, 342; Report of Surveyor-General of California, 354.

Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs......

Law for Indians, 398; Education and Civilization, 399; Indian Labor, 400;

Food for Indians, 400; Removals to Indian Territory, 401; Trade with In-

dians, 404; Nez Percé War, 405; Sioux War, 410; Sioux Commission, 413;

Removals of various Tribes, 414; Klamath Indian Reservation, 419; Special

Commissions, 421; Alaska Indians, 422; Reports of Superintendents and

Agents, 427; Colorado River Agency, Arizona, 427; Pima Agency, Arizona,

427; San Carlos Agency, Arizona, 430; Hoopa Valley Agency, California, 431;

Mission Indians Agency, California, 431; Round Valley Agency, California,

435; Tule River Agency, California, 437; Los Pinos Agency, Colorado, 439;

Southern Ute Agency, Colorado, 441; White River Agency, Colorado, 442 ;

Dakota Superintendency, 444; Cheyenne River Agency, Dakota, 447; Crow

Creek Agency, Dakota, 450; Devil's Lake Agency, Dakota, 451; Flandreau

Special Agency, Dakota, 454; Fort Berthold Agency, Dakota, 455; Lower

Brulé Agency, Dakota, 457; Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska, 458; Sisseton

Agency, Dakota, 459; Spotted Tail Agency, Nebraska, 461; Standing Rock

Agency, Dakota, 467; Nez Percé Agency, Idaho, 476; Cheyenne and Arap-

ahoe Agency, Indian Territory, 477; Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Indian

Territory, 483; Osage Agency, Indian Territory, 486; Pawnee Agency, In-

dian Territory, 491; Ponca Agency, Indian Territory, 492; Quapaw Agency,

Indian Territory, 498; Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, 501; Union

Agency, Indian Territory, 503; Wichita Agency, Indian Territory, 508;

Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, 509; Report Central Superintendent, Law-

rence, Kansas, 511; Kansas Agency, 515; Mackinaw Agency, Michigan,

517; Leech Lake Agency, Minnesota, 520; Red Lake Agency, Minnesota,

523; Chippewa Agency, Minnesota, 525; Black feet Agency, Montana, 527;

Crow Agency, Montana, 528; Flathead Agency, Montana, 530; Fort Peck

Agency, Montana, 533; Great Nemaha Agency, Nebraska, 537; Omaha

Agency, Nebraska, 539; Otoe Agency, Nebraska, 541; Santee Agency, Ne-

braska, 543; Winnebago Agency, Nebraska, 545; Nevada Agency, 546;

Abiquiu Agency, New Mexico, 549; Mescalero Apache Agency, New Mexico,

550; Navajo Agency, Arizona, 554; Pueblo Agency, New Mexico, 557;

Southern Apache Agency, New Mexico, 558; New York Agency, New York,

558; Grande Ronde Agency, Oregon, 565; Klamath Agency, Oregon, 567 ;

Malheur Agency, Oregon, 568; Siletz Agency, Oregon, 573; Umatilla

Agency, Oregon, 574; Warm Springs Agency, Oregon, 575; Uintah Valley

Agency, Utah, 577; Colville Agency, Washington Territory, 582; Neah

Bay Reservation, Washington Territory, 583; Puyallup, Nisqually, &c.,

Reservation, Washington Territory, 585; Quinaielt Agency, Washington

Territory, 590; S'Kokomish Agency, Washington Territory, 592; Tulalip

Agency, Washington Territory, 593; Yakama Agency, Washington Terri-

tory, 596; Oneida, Stockbridge, and Menomonee Agency, Washington Terri-

tory, 598; Red Cliff Agency, Wisconsin, 600; Shoshone and Bannock

Agency, Wyoming Territory, 603; Report of Commission to Nez Percé,

&c., 607; Indian Legislation by Forty-fourth Congress, 614; Acts of Con-

gress affecting Indians, 614; Schedule Indian Trust Lands, Kansas and

Nebraska, 630; Unoccupied Miami Lands, Kansas, 631; Executive Orders

relative to Reservations, 632; Schedule of Indian Reservations, 642; Lia-

bilities of United States to Indians, 652; Trust Fund and Trust Lands, 663;

« PreviousContinue »