Patents, conveying the title of the United States to cer ain portions of the public domain, number of, written, recorded, and transmitted during the fiscal year, 36; agricultural, total number of, engrossed, recorded, and transmitted from 1793 to June 30, 1877, 37; for lands within Virginia military district in Ohio, 106; may issue, for townsites upon mineral land, 136; list of, issued for mining claims, 145.

Patten, J. I., Indian agent, annual report of Shoshone and Bannock agency, Wyoming, 603. Pawnee Indian agency, Indian Territory, annual report of Agent Searing to Commissioner, 491; location of agency, 491; buildings, 491; condition of Indians, crops, 491; schools, 492; scouts, 492. Pawnee lands in Nebraska, 421. Pawnee reservation, act making appropriation for surveys of, 619; act authorizing sale of, 614. Peale, Dr. A. C., 757.

Pension Office, xxxviii, 729: number of claims on file, xxxviii, 739; number of rejected claims reopened, xxxviii, 739; number of claims allowed, xxxviii, 740, 742; number of claims rejected, Xxxviii, 739; number of claims filed and allowed since 1862, 745; number of pensioners on the rolls, xxxix; number of pensioners on the rolls yearly since 1861, 746; amounts paid to pensioners dur ing the year, xxxix; number of applications for bounty-laud, xxxix: work of the special service division, xxxix, 747; attorneys debarred from practice, xxxix; estimate for pension service! during the ensuing year, xl; suggestions for the more prompt payment of pensions, xl, 730; a corps of salaried surgeons recommended, x1, 730; amendments of the pension laws urged, xl, 733; working of the consolidated pension agencies, xl, 735 further improvements for paving pen sions under consideration xli; biennial examinations, 731, 751; reorganization of, 734; statement of rates per month and number pensioned, 743; statement of the ranks and number pensioned, 744; statement of number of widows, minors, and dependent relatives, 745; list of agencies, with locations and names of agents, 743-750; table ¦ showing number of vouchers received and pay. ments made during September 1877, 752-754. Peterson, H. C., act for the relief of. 629. Petoskey, L., act authorizing, to enter a certain tract of land, 629.

Pima Indian agency, Arizona, annual report of Agent Stout to Commissioner, 427: number of Indians, 427: failure of crops, 428; intemperance, 428; buildings, 428; diseases, 429; Papagos, general condition of, 429: property, 429; recommendations as to the settlement of, 429. Pima and Maricopa or Gila River reserve, Arizona, executive order enlarging the, 632. Pine-lands, legislation recommended in regard to the future disposal of, 16.

Piacer-mining ground, quantity of, subject to location, 122.

Police force, Indian, recommended, 318; found to be of prime importance, 398; its efficiency in Canada, 398; recommendation as to uniform, 398. Ponca Indian agency, Indian Territory, annual report of Agent Howard to Commissioner, 492; removal of Indians. 492; journal of the march, 493-495; situation, 495; success of removal, 496; Quapaw reservation, 496; farm, 496; settlement of title, 497; civilization, 497; sanitary condi tion, 497; deaths, 497; buildings, 498; intoxicating liquors, 498; police, 498; employés, 498; census, 498.

Ponca Indiars, vii; removal of, vii, 417; a delegation of, visit Washington, viii; dissatisfied with their new reservation, viii; to be compensated for loss of property, viii; friendly disposition of, viii; a liberal provision for, recommended, viii; legislation for compensation for property suggested, 419.

Powell, J. W., superintendent Rocky Mountain survey, xlv.

Powers, Stephen, 796.

Pratt, R. M., Indian agent, annual report of Red Lake agency, 523. Pre-emption division of the General Land Office, work performed in, 93; rights, decisions affecting, 96; laws, operations under the, 94; legislation recon mended in regard to, 34.

Pre emptors on public lands or Indian reservations, act extending time to, on account of grasshopper depredations, 616.

Presbyterians, Indian agencies assigned to. 714. Presbyterians, (Uaited,) Indian agencies assigned to, 714.

Private land claims, xxii; legislation for the more speedy settlement of needed, xxiii, 26; the number of claims settled, xxiii; recommendations concerning the settl ment of, xxiii.

Private land-claims division in General Land Office, work performed in, 51; in New Mexico, decision of United States Supreme Court affecting, 51.

Protestant Episcopalians, Indian agencies assigned to, 714.

Protestants in mining cases have no right of appeal, 135.

Public lands, xv; disposal of, xv: surveys of, xv: in the Southern States, action of office in regard to, 49 legislation_recommended in regard to the codification and revision of the laws govern ing the disposal of, 4.

Publication of notice in mining cases, decision in regard to, 133.

Publications: Geological survey. Hayden, xliv; 755; Rocky Mountain survey. Powell xlv, 789; Rocky Mountain locusts commission, xlvi. Pueblo and Cimarron Indian agency, annual report of Agent Thomas to the Commissioner, 557: number of Ind ans at Pueblo agency, 557; character of Indians, 557; occupations, 557; duties of agent, 557; education, 557; ejectment of settlers, 557; condition of Indians, 557; consolidation of Cimarron and Pueblo agencies, 557; number of Indians at Cimarron agency, 558; condition, 558. Puyallup Indian agency, &c., Washington Territory, second annual report of Agent Milroy to the Commissioner, 585; limits of agency, 585; Muckleshoot reservation, 585; Puyallup reservation. 586; homesteads and improvements, 586; titles to homesteads, 586; schools, 587; missionary work, 587; farming and labor, 587; Indians of Shoalwater Bay reservation, 588; Nisqually reservation, 583; Chehalis reservation,* 583"; Squaxin reservation, 583; reasons for failure in agriculture, &c., 588; suggestions, 589; allotment titles, 589; Medicine Creek treaty, 590; education, 590; civilization, 590.

Quapaw Indian agency, Indian Territory, annual report of Agent Jones to Commissioner, 498; situation of agency, 498; names of tribes, 498; number of Indians, 499; agricultural prospects, 500; educational interest, 500; missions, 500: habits of Indians, 501; neces ity of liquor law, 501. Quapaw Indian reservation, viii. Quapaw Indians, removal of, 419. Quinaielt Indian agency, Washing on Territory. annual report of Agent Henry to the Commissioner, 590; number of families, 591; school, 591; language of treaty, 591; funds for school, 591; farming operations, 591; buildings, 592; difficul ties of transportation, 592.

Railroad companies, xxiv-XXXV.

Statement of the condition of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, xxiv; of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, xxv; of the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad Company, xxv; of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, xxv; of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, xxvi; of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, xxvi; of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, xxvi; of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, xxvii; of the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company, xxvii; of the Denver Pacific Railroad Company, xxviii; indebtedness of, to the United States, xxviii-xxxiv. Railroad division of the General Land Office, work performed in, adjustment of grants, &c., 77. Railroad grants, decisions affecting, 79. Reconstruction of the Interior Department build. ing, liii; temporary roof, liii; loss by fire, liii: reconstruction necessary, liii; more room needed, liii; commission to select plan for reconstruction, liii.

Red Cloud Indian agency, Nebraska, iii; annual report of Agent Irwin to Commissioner, 458; disturbances, 458; location of Indians, 458; suggestions regarding removal, 458.

Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies, removal of, 414; act making appropriation for payment of employés at, 619.

Red Lake Indian agency, Minnesota, annual report of Agent Pratt to Commissioner, 523; location and population, 503; agriculture, 503; education, 503; morality, 503; mission work, 503; civilization and progress, 523; buildings, 524; sanitary conditions, 524; suggestions for the benefit of, 524.

Re-establishing lost corners of survey, 76. Reformed Church, Indian agencies assigned to, 714. Regulations under the mining laws, 109. Religious bodies in charge of Indian agencies, 714. Removal of Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies to Missouri River, 414; of Quapaws, 419; of all Indians in Colorado and Arizona to Indian Territory, 401; of the Poncas to Indian Territory, 417; of Northern Cheyenne and Arapahoes to Wind River, Wyoming, 415.

Removal and outbreak of Southern Apaches, 416. Renshawe, John H., 789, 799.

Reorganization and increase of the clerical force of the General Land Office, legislation recommended in regard to, 1.

Repayment of purchase-money for lands erroneously sold, or for other illegal exactions by local officers, embracing cases of deposits by settlers to cover expense of survey, legislation recommended in regard to, 6.

Report of the Architect of the Capitol, 899; Capitol, 899; improvements made, 99; ventilating commission, report of, 900; changes made in ventilating apparatus, 901; names of commission on ventilation, 901; Engineer of Capitol, 901; Capitol grounds, 903; work done, 903; air-duct, 904; expenditures for the year 1876, 904; stairways needed at the western entrance, 905; amount expended on Capitol extension, 906; court-house, 906; Botanical Garden and Bartholdi fountain, 906; naval monument, 907.

Report of Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, 849; officers of the institution, 845; college faculty, 845; faculty of primary department, 845; domestic department. 845; number of pupils, 849; change of officers, 849; health of the institution, 850; death of Frank A. Bronner, 850; course of study, 850; exercises of presentation-day, 850; address by J. C. Welling, LL. D., 851; conferring of degrees, 853; completion of college building, 853; receipts and expenditures for the year, 853; estimates for next year, 855; catalogue of stu dents, 856; regulations, 857. Report of the Freedman's Hospital and Asylum, 859; number of patients, 859; number of prescriptions dispensed, 859; number of deaths, 859; nativity of patients, 860; diseases of patients, 860; estimate for cost of bakery, 861; rent of hospital buildings and grounds, 861; appropriations, 861; surgeon-in-chief, 861. Report of Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, 865; officers, 863; medical staff, 863; surgeon in charge, 865; appropriations needed for cottages and laundry, 865; cases treated, 865-867; report of treasurer, 868; amount appropriated for support of hospital, 71, 869 amount appropriated for support of hospital 1876, 870.

Report of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad, 819; names of directors, 834; inspection of road, 819; expenses for rails, 819; oflices needed at Omaha, 819; offices needed at eastern terminus of road, 820; damage to Mis souri River bridge, 820; damage to property from Missouri River "cut-off" at Omaha, 820; express earnings, 821; desire to run its own sleepers, 821; operating its own coal-mines, 831; acres of land sold, 821; amount received, 821; land-grant bonds, 821; number and class of employés, 822; floating debt of the company, 822; cash assets, 822; debts over cash assets, 822; aid extended to other companies, 823; earnings of the road for the year ended June 30, 1877, 825; snit pending regarding what net earnings are, 825; is the road completed, 826; reimbursement of amount advanced in government bonds, 827; controversy between the government and the company. 827; litigation of the company,

27; business management of the road, 831; im

Report, &c., Union Pacific Railroad--Continued. portance of grazing interests of the plains, 831; plans suggested to increase grazing interests, 831; shipment of beef-cattle, 832; defective character of the law regarding reports, recommendations, &c., 834; copy of a letter from General Crook, 834.

Report, Government Hospital for the Insane, 879; officers of, 879; report of board of visitors, 881; synopsis of operations of the hospital during the year, 881; number of patients remaining, 881: number of patients admitted, 881; number of patients discharged, 881; number of patients who died, 883; table showing nativity of patients treated, 886; table showing form of diseases treated, 887; table showing history of annual admissions, discharges, and deaths since opening of hospital, 890; table showing proportion of recoveries, 890; agricultural products, and values thereof, of farm and garden, 892; expenditures and receipts, 893; estimates for the year ending June 30, 1879, 894; necessity of increasing the capacity of hospital, 895; estimates for appropria tions, 897.

Report of the Hot Springs commission, 807; topographical survey of reservation, 807; Hot Springs Mountain, 808; time allowed to file claims, 208; number of claims filed, 808; cases heard by com. mission, 808; West, or Whip-poor-will Mountain, 808; North Mountain, 809; reasons for extending the government reservation, 809; the law ambig. uous, 809; duties imposed on the commission caanot be completed in one year, 810; progress made in the work, 810; compensation inadequate, 810: history of reservation, 811; extract of report of Dr. G. W. Lawrence, 812; engineer's report, 813; table of springs, 816; appropriation made and expenses estimated, 818.

Report on the Yellowstone National Park, 838; superintendent of park, 845; assistant superintend ent, 838; modes of checking vandalism, 838; exploration of the Yellowstone River, 838; a new pass to the East Fork, 839; injury to Mr. Norris at Tower Fall, 839; additional legislation and speedy appropriation needed, 840; remuneration should be made for surrender of improvements, 841; mining interests in the park, 841; new gey. sers discovered, 841; vandalism and depredations committed, 842; large animals in the park, 843; protection needed of birds, animals, and fish, 843; revenue can be produced from sale of hides, furs, &c., 843; wagon-road a necessity, 843; bridle-paths needed, 844; navigation of the Yellowstone River, 845.

Reports, annual, of the United States surveyors. general, Idaho, 295; Utah, 299; Nevada, 311; Arizona, 321; Washington Territory, 332; Oregon, 342; California, 354; Louisiana, 220; Florida, 229; Minnesota, 232; Dakota, 240; Nebras ka, 246; Wyoming, 253; New Mexico, 263; Colorado, 274; Montana, 282.

Reports of construction of railroads, 78. Reports of work performed in the various divisions of the General Land Office, 109. Reports of work performed in the Pension Office, 739-754.

Reports of Indian superintendents and agents, 427. Reservations, military, abandoned and useless, 42; Indian, survey of, 71; Indian, in Kansas and Nebraska, 43.

Reservations, Indian, list of, 642-651.

Reservations of public lands for military, townsite, and salmon-fishery purposes in Montana, 68; Nebraska, 69; Arizona, 69; Wyoming, 69; Utah, 69; Dakota, 69; Florida, 70; Colorado, 70; California, 70.

Review of laws governing the disposal of public lands, and legislation recommended in regard to

same, 32.

Revised Statutes, legislation recommended to correct error in compilation of, 5. Revolutionary bounty-land scrip, 105.

Riggs, A. L., missionary American board, Santee Indian agency, report of, 544.

Riley, Prof. C. V., Rocky Mountain locusts commission, xlvi.

Rinehart, W. V., Indian agent, annual report of Malheur agency, Oregon, 56.

Riv.rs: Green, 756, 757, 758, 760, 790, 798; Big Sandy, 756; Bear, 756, 758, 801; Snake, 756, 763; John Day's, 756, 758; Salt, 756; Harris Fork, 756, 758; Black Foot, 757; Portneuf, 757; Wind, 756, 757 ; Little Wind. 761; Sweet Water, 762; Buffalo Fork, 764; Warm Water, 778; Yampa, 779; White, 779; San Rafael, 790, 799; Sevier, 792,799; Price. 799: Uinta, 799; San Pete, 799, Weber, 801; Jordan, 801.

Rocky Mountain locusts commission, xlvi; pub lications issued. xlvi; area visited, xlvi; good accomplished, xlvii.

Rocky Mountain region, geographical and geolog. ical survey of, 789.

Ronan, P., Indian agent, annual report of Flathead agency, Montana, 530.

Roork, J. H., Indian agent, annual report of Klamath agency, Oregon, 567.

Round Valley Indian agency, California, annual report of agent to Commissioner, 435; location, 435; change of policy, 435; gardens, 436; improvements, 436; education, 436; sanitary condition, 436; religious progress, 436; industry,

436. Round Valley reserves, California, Executive orders defining the boundaries of, 635. Ruins in New Mexico and Arizona, 784. Russell, S. A., Indian agent, annual report of Abiquiu agency, New Mexico, 549.

Sac and Fox Indian agency, Indian Territory, annual report of Agent Woodard to Commissioner, 501; addition to cultivated lands, 501; buildings, 501; school, 501; Absentee Shawnees, 502; Mexican Kickapoos, 502; location of citizen Pottawatomies, 502.

Sac and Fox Indian agency, Iowa, annual report of Agent Free to Commissioner. 509; location of reservation, 509; adaptation of lands, 509; number of tribe, 509; personal property, 510; school, 510; tribal relations, 510.

Sac and Fox Indian lands in Nebraska and Kansas, 421.

Sac and Fox Indian reservations in Kansas and Nebraska, 43.

Sac and Fox tribes, act providing for the sale of part of the reservation, 623.

St. John, Orestes, 765.

Saline lands, act of Congress in regard to, 108. Salmon-fishery, reservation of public lands in California for purposes of, 70.

Salt springs and land adjacent are reserved from sale, 141.

San Carlos Indian agency, Arizona, annual report of Agent Clum to Commissioner, 430; capture of renegades. 430; consolidation of agencies, 430; progress, 430.

San Carlos reservation, vii.

Santee Indian agency. Nebraska, annual report of farmer in charge to Commis-ioner, 543; removal, 543; houses, 543; civilization, 543; crops, 543; schools, 543; missions, 543; report of missionary, 544.

School-sections in California, 137; Colorado, 138; Novada, 139.

Schoolcraft, H. R, 793.

Schumann, F., commission ventilating House of Representatives, lii.

Scouts, Indian, act concerning employment of, 621. Scrip locations, revolutionary bounty-land, 105; legislation recommended for patents to issue for locations with, under sixth section act June 22, 1860, 8: Sioux half-breed, 41.

Scudder, S. H., 781.

Searing, C. H., Indian agent, annual report of Pawnee agency, I dan Territory, 491.

Seneca Nation, act making appropriation for surveys by, 619.

Sherman, D., Indian agent, annual report of New York agency, New York, 558. Shoshone and Bannock Indian agency. Wyoming. annual report of Agent Patten to the Commissioner, 603 buildings, 604; number of Indians, 604; education, 604; missionary work, 604; pros pects, 605; clothing, 605; Indian massacres, 605; recommendations in regard to reducing the num ber of white settlers on the reservation. 606. Siletz Indian agency, Oregon, second annual report of Agent Bagley to the Commissioner, 573 : improvements, 573; buildings. 573; crimes, 573:

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Siletz Indian agency, Oregon, &c.-Continued. schools, 573; employés, 573; suggestions as to legislation, 573.

Simms, J. A., Indian agent, annual report of Col-
ville agency, Washington Territory, 582.
Sinnot, P. B., Indian agent, annual report of Grand
Ronde agency, Oregon, 565.

Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, xxvixxxi.

Sioux, the, iii-vii; Ogallalla, removal of the, iii; Brulé, removal of the, iii; unwillingness to remove, iii; chiefs visit Washington, iii.

Sioux commission, act making appropriation for, 616; ratification of agreement to surrender Black Hills, 413; act ratifying agreement of, with the Sioux and other Indians, 625.

Sioux Indians of different tribes, act appropriating $150,000 for subsistence of, 614.

Sioux war. 410; causes of, 410; sketch of, 411; result of, 413.

Sioux reserves, Dakota, Executive orders enlarging, 636, 637.

Sisseton Indian agency, Dakota, annual report of Agent Hamilton to Commissioner, 459; censusrolls, 460; receipts for supplies, 460; enforcement of policy. 460; progress in civilization, 461; laws needed, 461; recommendations for the benefit of, 461.

Sites for town purposes in Colorado, 70. Sitting Bull, iv-vi; commission to visit, iv; removed from the frontier, vi.

Sitting Bull Indian commission, report of. 719; letter of instructions from Secretary of Interior, 719 organization of commission, 720; letter of chairman to Secretary of War, 720; telegram of chairman to Secretary of War, 721; letter of Adjutant-General to chairman, 721; letter of chairman to Governor-General of Canada, 721; route of commission, 722; meeting at Fort Walsh, 722: propositions submitted by chairman, 723; reply of Sitting Bull, 724; details of interview, 725 letter of Colonel McLeod to commission, 726; suggestions of commission, 727. S'Kokomish Indian agency, Washington Territory, annual report of Agent Eells to the Commis sioner, 592; buildings, 592; loss of employés, 592; school, 592; suggestions, 593; sanitary condition, 593; missionary work, 593.

Smith, J., Indian agent, annual report of Warm Springs agency, Oregon, 575.

Soda Springs. 758.

Soldiers' additional homesteads, 50. Solicitor for Indian Bureau, need of, 403. Southern Apache Indian agency, New Mexico, annual report of Agent Davis to the Commissioner, 558; habits of the Indians. 558; sanitary condition, 558; removal to San Carlos reservation,

558.

Southern Pacific Railroad Company, xxvi. Southern Ute Indian agency, Colorado, annual report of, to Commissioner, 441; buildings. 441; condition of Indians. 441; dissatisfaction, 441. Special land-warrants, 106. Spotted Tail Indiau agency, iii; annual report of Agent Lee to the Commissioner, 461; changes among the agents, 461; Spotted Tail's mission of peace, 462; arrival of the hostile Cheyennes, 462; end of the Indian war, 462; number of Indians at the agency, 462; bands of the Sioux Nation, 463; good conduct of the Indians, 463; suggestions for their benefit, 463; agricultural prospects, 464: educational and missionary work, 464 crimes, 465; status of whites and mixedFloods, 465; medical treatment, 466; Indian soldiers, 466; supplies, 467.

Standing Rock Indian agency, annual report from Agent Hughes to the Commissioner, 467; census of the Indians, 467; progress of agriculture, 468; increase of rations advised, 469; erection of buildings. 469 annuity-goods, 469: condition of the schools, 469; sanitary condition. 470; state of morals, 470; squaw-men and half-breeds, 470; complaints in regard to the cutting of wood, 470; sheds needed for the protection of stock, 471; necessity for more employés, 471; assistance from the Army, 471.

Statement of trust fur ds and trust lands, (63. Statistical table of the States and Territories, 216.

Warm Springs Indian agency, &c.-Continued trials and discouragements, 575; weather, crops, &c., 576; number of Indians, 576; health, sickness, and death, 576; schools, 576; religious interests, 576; grain and provisions, 577; game, 577; crimes, 577; houses, &c., 577; employés,

577.

Warrants, military bounty-land and special, 104. Washington Territory, extension of public surveys in, 57.

Weaver, F. H., Indian agent, annual report of Southern Ute agency, Colorado, 441. Western Pacific Railroad Company, xxviii-xxxi. Western Shoshone Indian agency, Nevada, an nual report of farmer in charge to Commissioner, 547; improvement during the year, 547: parchase of farming-utensils, 548; suitability of Duck Valley as a reservation, 548; increase of disease, 548; superstitions regarding removal, 549; false report of combination with Nez Percés, 549.

Wheeler, O. D., 790, 798.

Wheeler, W. D., Indian agent, annual report of Los
Pinos agency, Colorado, 439.
White, Dr. C. A., 756, 779.

White, H., Indian agent, annual report of Winnebago agency, Nebraska, 544.

White Earth Indian agency, Minnesota, annual report of Agent Stowe to Commissioner, 525; location of reservation, 525; condition, 525; habits and dispositions, 526; progress, 526 ; edncational, 526; religion, 526; work of past year,

527.

White Mountain reserves, Arizona, executive or ders restoring, to the public domain, 633. White River agency, Colorado, annual report of agent to Commissioner, 442; number of Indians, 412; relations with whites, 442; Indians absent, 442; progress, 442; school, 443; stock, 443; agriculture, 443; health, 444.

White River, Dakota, iii; removal of the Sioux to, iii.

Whitney, Prof. W. D., 797.

Wilbur, J. H., Indian agent, annual report of Yakama agency, Washington Territory, 596. Wichita Indian agency, Indian Territory, annual report of Agent Williams to Commissioner, 508; enumeration of tribes, 508; cultivation of lands,

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508; stock-raising, 508; school, 508; religious meetings, 508; depredations, 509; crops and supplies, 509; intemperance, 509; agency-farm, 309; dissatisfaction, 509. Williams, A. C., Indian agent, annual report of Wichita agency, Indian Territory, 508. Williamson, John P., Indian agent, annual report of Flandreau special agency, Dakota, 454. Winnebago Indian agency, Nebraska, annual report of Agent White to Commissioner, 544; treaty stipulations, 544; claim on government, 545; change of reservations, 545 grasshoppers, 545; buildings, 545; industrial school, 545; census of tribe, 546.

Wilson, A. D., 755.

Woodard, L., Indian agent, annual report of Sac and Fox agency, Indian Territory, 501. Wyoming Territory, extension of public surveys in, 63; reservation of public lands for military purposes in, 69.

Yakama, Indian agency, Washington Territory, annual report of Agent Wilbur to the Commis sioner, 596; progress, 596; crimes, 596; farming. 597; shops, 597; mills, 597; education, 597; churches, 598; sanitary condition, 598. Yankton Indian agency, annual report of Agent Gasmann to the Commissioner, 471; number of Indians, 471; their condition and habits, 471; village life detrimental to progress, 471; cattle raising, 472; progress in agriculture, 472; sheep-cult ure, 473; industrious habits, 473; schools and churches, 473; need of legislation, 474; injurious practices, and prospects, 474.

Yarrow, Dr. H. C., 797.

Yellowstone Park, li; P. W. Norris, superintend ent, li; report, li; appropriation needed, li. Yellowstone National Park, report of the superintendent, 238.

Yellowstone River, exploration of, 838; navigation of 845.

Young, John, Indian agent, annual report of Blackfeet agency, 527.

Zicarilla Apache reserve, New Mexico, Executive order restoring, to the public domain, 638.

Zuni Pueblo reserve, New Mexico, Executive order establishing, 639.