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I-XLVIII

Letter of Commissioner transmitting his Annual Report, 1; Report of Com-

missioner, 5; Surveying Operations, 6; Survey of Dakota and Wyoming

Boundary, 21; Resurvey of Boundary between Arkansas and Indian Terri-

tory, 22; Disposal of Public Lands, 27; Pre-emption, 28; Homesteads, 43;

Timber Culture, 45; Mineral Lands, 86; Coal Patents, 96; Timber Lands

and Timber Depredations, 117; Private Land Claims, 124; Southern Public

Lands, 132; Timber and Stone Lands, 133; Islands and Beds of Meandered

Lakes, Sloughs, and Ponds, 138; Abandoned Military Reservations, 140;

Indian Lands'in Kansas, 141; Military Reservations, 144; Needed Facilities

for Exemplification of Official Records, 144; Area of Public Domain Sur-

veyed during fiscal year, and remaining Unsurveyed, 146; Lands Sold and

Entered under Homestead and Timber Culture, 147; Swamp Lands, 166;

Lands Approved to the several States, 166; Lands Patented to the several

States, 167; Issues and Locations with Bounty-Land Warrants, 168; Land

Concessions to States and Corporations for Railroads and Military Wagon-

Road Purposes, 169; Rights of Way to Railway Companies, 176; Land

Concessions for Canal Purposes, 178; Attachment of Railroad Rights, 179;

List of Lapsed Railroad Grants, 184; Abstract of Suspended Cases in the

Public Lands Division Confirmed by the Board of Adjudicators, 186; Ab-

stract of Suspended Cases Rejected by the Board of Equitable Adjudica-

tion, 200; Commissioner's Letter transmitting Estimates of Appropria-

tions required by the General Land Office during the fiscal year ending

June 30, 1830, 202; Historical and Statistical Table of Lands of the United

States and Territories, 221; List of United States Land Offices, 224; Re-

port of the Surveyor-General of Louisiana, 227; Report of the Surveyor-

General of Florida, 233; Report of the Surveyor-General of Minnesota, 236;

Report of the Surveyor-General of Dakota, 243; Report of the Surveyor-

General of Nebraska, 257; Report of the Surveyor-General of Wyoming,

265; Report of the Surveyor-General of New Mexico, 273; Report of the

Surveyor-General of Colorado, 287; Report of the Surveyor-General of

Montana, 295; Report of the Surveyor-General of Idaho, 313; Report of the

Surveyor-General of Utah, 319; Report of the Surveyor-General of Ne-

vada, 334; Report of the Surveyor-General of Arizona, 344; Report of the

Surveyor-General of Washington Territory, 352; Report of the Surveyor-

General of Oregon, 363; Report of the Surveyor-General of California, 377.

Changes and Improvements in Bureau, 439; Consolidation of Agencies, 440;

Permanent Land Title for Indians, 442; Indian Auxiliaries, 445; Outbreak

of the Bannocks, 446; Northern Cheyenne Raid, 455; Missouri River

Squatters and Firewood, 457; Education and Civilization, 457; Indian

Statutes, 459; Marriage Relations, 459; Ogalala and Brulé Sioux, 460;

Chief Joseph and his Nez Percés, 464; Modocs, 465; Poncas, 466; Uma-

tilla Reservation, 467; Indian Territory, 468; Pimas, Maricopas, and

Papagoes, 469; Removals from Cimarron and Abiquiu, 470; Ute Commis.

sion, 471; Indian Police, 471; Telegraphic Communication with Agencies,

472; Necessity for a Warehouse in the West, 472; Indian Youth at Hamp-

ton, 473; Changes among Agencies, 473; Board of Indian Commissioners,

474; Commission to Appraise Cherokee Lands in Indian Territory, 477;

Commission to Appraise Kansas Indian Lands, 477; Methods of Conduct-

ing Business in Indian Office, 479; Report of Purchasing Committee, 492;

Remarks on Changes in Methods, 493; Reports of Indian Agents, 495:-

Colorado River Agency, Arizona, 497; Pima Agency, Arizona, 498; San

Carlos Agency, Arizona, 502; Moquis Pueblo Agency, Arizona, 504; Hoopa

Valley Agency, California, 506; Round Valley Agency, California, 506;

Tule River Agency, California, 509; Los Pinos Agency, Colorado, 510;

Southern Ute Agency, Colorado, 512; White River Agency, Colorado,

514; Cheyenne River Agency, Dakota, 516; Crow Creek Agency, Dakota,

520; Devil's Lake Agency, Dakota, 522; Flandreau Special Agency, Da-

kota, 526; Fort Berthold Agency, Dakota, 528; Lower Brulé Agency,

Dakota, 530; Pine Ridge (formerly Red Cloud) Agency, Dakota, 532;

Rosebud (formerly Spotted Tail) Agency, Dakota, 534; Sisseton Agency,

Dakota, 536; Standing Rock Agency, Dakota, 539; Yankton Agency, Da-

kota, 542; Fort Hall Agency, Idaho, 545; Lemhi Agency, Idaho, 547;

Nez Percé Agency, Idaho, 548; Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, Indian

Territory, 550; Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Indian Territory, 554;

Pawnee Agency, Indian Territory, 558; Ponca Agency, Indian Territory,

560; Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory, 561; Sac and Fox Agency, In-

dian Territory, 564; Wichita Agency, Indian Territory, 556; Sac and Fox

Agency, Iowa, 566; Kansas Agency, 568; Mackinaw Agency, Michigan,

570; Leech Lake Agency, Minnesota, 572; Red Lake Agency, Minnesota,

574; Chippewa Agency (White Earth), Minnesota, 575; Blackfeet Agency,

Montana, 578; Crow Agency, Montana, 550; Flathead Agency, Montana,

583; Fort Peck Agency, Montana, 585; Great Nemaha Agency, Nebraska,

589; Omaha Agency, Nebraska, 591; Otoe Agency, Nebraska, 591; Santee

Agency, Nebraska, 595; Winnebago Agency, Nebraska, 596; Nevada

Agency, Nevada, 598; Western Shoshone Agency, Nevada, 600; Abiquiu

Agency, New Mexico, 602; Mescalero Apache Agency, New Mexico, 603;

Navajo Agency, New Mexico, 603; Pueblo Agency, New Mexico, 605; New

York Agency, New York, 606; Grande Ronde Agency, Oregon, 608; Kla-

math Agency, Oregon, 609; Malheur Agency, Oregon, 611; Siletz Agency,

Oregon, 616; Umatilla Agency, Oregon, 618; Warm Springs Agency, Ore-

gon, 620; Uintah Valley Agency, Utah, 622; Fort Colville Agency, Wash-

ington Territory, 625; Neah Bay Agency, Washington Territory, 626;

Puyallup, Nisqually, &c., Agency, Washington Territory, 628; S'Koko-

mish Agency, Washington Territory, 633; Tulalip Agency, Washington

Territory, 634; Yakama Agency, Washington Territory, 635; Green Bay

Agency, Wisconsin, 638; La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin, 640; Shoshone

and Bannock Agency, Wyoming Territory, 644; Report of Sioux Commis-

sion, 652; Report of Commission to Appraise Cherokee Lands in Indian

Territory, 655; Additional Report of same, 659; Tabular Description of

Cherokee Lands in Indian Territory, 652; Report of Special Agent to Col-

Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs—Continued.

lect Indian Youth for Hampton Institute, 669; Table showing Status and

Progress of Indian Tribes in Civilization, 672; Indian Legislation by

First and Second Sessions of Forty-fifth Congress, 684; Liabilities of

United States to Indians, 688; Trust Funds and Trust Lands, 698; Appro-

priations for fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, 711; Receipts from Sales of

Indian Lands, 714; Investments, 715; Interest Appropriated by Congress

on non-paying State Stocks, 718; Executive Orders relative to Indian

Reservations, 726; Statistics of Population, Education, &c., 776; Table

of Agricultural Improvements, &c., 794; Indian Agencies assigned to

various Denominations, 808; Post-office address of Indian Agents, 809.

Report of Commissioner of Pensions.....

1812 Claims, 813; Special Investigations, 814; Efficiency of the Office, 815;

Table showing Increased Efficiency, 816; Consolidation of Pension Agen-

cies, 817; Payments for Five Quarters ending December 4, 1878, 819; An-

nual Reports of Pension Agents, 820; Sundry Recommendations, 821;

Change in System of Settling Claims, 822; Biennial Examinations, 822;

Increase of Salaries, 822; Claim Agents, 823; Pension Claims received,

&c., 827; Pensions Allowed, Increased, &c., 823; Pensioners Dropped and

Number Remaining, 829; Appropriations and Disbursements for fiscal year

ending June 30, 1878, 830; Pension Agencies, Agents, &c., 831; Opera-

tions of Special Service Division for late fiscal year, 832; Comparative

Number of Pensioners at beginning and close of year, 833; Number Pen-

sioned for each rank of Army and Navy, 834; Rates per month, &c., 835;

Pension Claims Filed and Allowed since 1862, 836; Pensioners at termina-

tion of each fiscal year since 1861, 837.

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