INDEX. A. Page. Abandoned military reservations .140, 144, 203 all action for sale of several of, suspended for want of means. 203 203 203 Abundant yield of Insane Hospital orchard &c., of Pacific Railroad companies.. will put large sums in Treasury Indians return to agency after small-pox epidemic in May. Absentee Shawnees of Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, number and status of, &c. Abundance of all kinds of fruits in New Mexico. vineyard Academy of Science, paper in Proceedings of California, respecting inaccuracies of 8th census Accommodations of Insane Hospital not equal to the number of patients Accounts, Auditor of Bureau of Railroad, Annual Report of. (See Annual Report, &c.) of surveyors-general, &c., examining, adjusting, and reporting. Acquittal of surgeon in charge of Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum Acres of land in Montana under cultivation of land, millions of, lost to government by neglect to provide for the speedy settlement of public lands entered during year under the laws for the disposal thereof. railroads included in the 203 203 510 606 602 602 565 143, 144 276 1107 1074 1074 854 1072 906 113 1054 814, 832 1113 203 of 1864, respecting pre-emptions, principles of. of March 3, 1875, granting railroads right of way through public lands. 29 58 of March 9, 1878, new pension claims under 813 to provide for the sale of desert lands, &c., an important step towards the improvement of 1178 compensation of.. Administration of the "Fathers" in Arizona. Acts of April 30 and June 3 and 20, 1878, for the sale, &c., of timber lands. Additional buildings needed for Columbia Hospital for Women, &c Address of Indian agents, post-office and telegraphic of Indian inspectors, post-office of members of Board of Indian Commissioners, post-office of secretaries of religious bodies in charge of Indian agencies, post-office of private land-claims, &c.. Adjustment of foreign land-grant claims within railroad grants of manufacturing in Wyoming. the first present need of Wyoming is an advertisement of its great natural. changes among... upper and lower," situation of Fort Berthold pension, consolidation of effected promptly and without confusion .1157, 1158 1177 1057-1058 808 473 538 XXVI, XXVII, 818 XXVII, 818 XXVII, 818 .XXVII, 818 820 XIII-XV, 117-121, 133, 135 841 841 1092 1058 809-811 811 808 808 186 Agencies, pension, consolidation of, table showing number paid during pay-month of each quar. list of ter since. no branch of public service more efficiently administered than order by President in relation to two of Agency, Indian, abandonment of Malheur, on account of Indian outbreak. Abiquiu, located 50 miles from reservation, in a Mexican town.. affairs at Mescalero, in very disturbed state Agent Hamilton resigns charge of Sisseton. building of Moquis Pueblos liable to be destroyed by floods. buildings at Colorado River Agency very dilapidated for want of material to at Red Lake Agency, number and condition of. at Round Valley Agency, California, very dilapidated. new, at Fort Peck Agency, Montana. new, much needed at Navajo Agency. at Winnebago Agency, number, condition, &c new, at Mescalero Agency, imperatively needed only one on Ponca Reservation, Indian Territory. clerk at Santee Agency an Indian for Moquis Pueblos discontinued October 1, 1876 great inconvenience arising from distance of Fort Berthold Indians from lower. of La Pointe of new Ponca of new Red Cloud of Shoshone and Bannock. of Sisseton. locations occupied by Fort Peck discouragements and difficulties in the administration of Uintah Valley. outbreak at Malheur Agency, Oregon state of anarchy in country about Mescalero system of administration adopted by Agent Wilbur at Yakama temporary subdivision of San Carlos of Shoshone and Bannock unfortunate location of Navajo White River, to be removed to Powell's Valley, twenty miles from present Agent (Acting), Indian, Lieut. J. M. Lee, Ninth Infantry, U. S. A., relieved from charge of at Fort Berthold, Dakota, resignation of Boone relieved of charge of Poncas, July 3, 1878. Ely assumes charge of Pawnee Agency on 13th of June for Kiowas and Comanches, resignation of J. M. Haworth, late for Pueblos of New Mexico placed in charge of Abiquiu Agency in August for Southern Utes requests to be relieved from charge of agency Gasmann resigns his charge of Yankton Agency, Dakota.. Special, M. A. Carter, courageous in the performance of duties death of, from yellow fever. efficient energetic. faithful is a serious loss. loss of, deplored. seriously felt Stowe resigns charge of White Earth Agency in March. Agents, Indian, should be allowed large discretion in carrying out department orders post office and telegraphic address salaries of, should be in proportion to the amount of responsibility. special. (See Special agents.) Page. 819 831 820 817, 831 817 615, 616 602 603 536 505 498 575 507 596, 597 585 603 605 560 512 596 504 528 546 574 640 560 533 646 536 585 624 615 603 637 502 604 646, 648 515 534 529 560 558 554 602 514 542 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 575 651 809-811 590 pension. (See Pension agents, &c.) Agreement, tariff, between Union Pacific and Colorado Central and Kansas Pacific Railroads.1023-1026 Alden, E. H., Fort Berthold Indian Agency, Dakota, Annual Report of. Alderney cows, fine herd of, at Hospital for the Insane.. All classes, merchants, mechanics, and farmers, large emigration of, to Colorado . Allotments, additional, made to Chippewas of Lake Superior in severalty, most of the land cultivated by Lower Brulés is in.. to Chippewas of Michigan not properly secured to them with inalienable title, the Iowas should have should be granted Indians as soon as practicable. made by agent to 32 Indians of Red Cliff reserve, Wisconsin.. Oneidas appreciate keenly the neglect of government in regard to granting them.. Alterations and repairs of Capitol American Association of Medical Superintendents of Institutions for the Insane, resolution of, Amethyst Mountains, &c .. Amount, double, of land cultivated in Colorado during year Amount expended for improvement of Capitol grounds, &c. Amount saved to government by special investigations of Pension Office Amount paid to Pacific Railroad companies for transportation of mails, &c. Page. 844-848 .345, 1089 .345, 1089 345, 1089 .15,257,258 314 299 334 276 133 132, 133 528 1074 288 276 570 530 544 544 571 501 590 564 642 641 642 638 633 1081, 1082 1077 952 288 .1082, 1085 814, 832 910, 911 XI, 6 587 524 515 1031 1032 1032 853 Ammunition and Indian hostility for hunting purposes, Indians of Devil's Lake Agency should be allowed to purchase Annual Report of, Accounts, Auditor of Railroad Affairs, Indian, Commissioner of. Arizona, Governor of . Surveyor-General of Asylum, Freedmen's Hospital and Lying-in, Columbia Hospital for Women and. XVII-XXV, 859-949 XXXVIII-XL, 1081-1086 344-352 XXXVIII-XL, 1081-1086 287-295 XXXV-XXXVII, 997-1000 XXXV XXVIII-XXX XXV-XXVII, 813-837 243-256 XLI, 1027-1046 Field Work of Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories.. Florida, Surveyor-General of Freedmen's Hospital and Asylum XXXV XXXIII, 951-977 233-235 Geographical and Geological Surveys of the Territories, Field Work of XXXI- XXXIII, 951-977 XXXV Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Field Work of Government Directors of Union Pacific Railroad. XXXV XXV, 1003-1026 .XL, XLI, 1061-1079 XXV, 1003-1026 XXV-XXVII. 813-837 Rocky Mountain Region, Geographical and Geological Survey of the, XXXIII-XXXV Superintendent of the Census. Surveyor-General of Arizona Hot Springs Reservation. California Colorado .I-XLVIII, 1-1185 Dakota.. Florida. Idaho Louisiana Minnesota Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington Territory 344-352 377-438 287-295 243-256 233-235 313-319 227-232 236-242 295-313 257-265 334-344 273-287 363-377 319-333 352-363 265-273 Union Pacific Railroad, Government Directors of the. United States Capitol, Architect of. Utah, Governor of Anti-Mormons of Utah conduct its mining enterprises. Annuities, cash, of Red Lake Indians withheld by Congress this year.. XXV, 1003-1026 319-333 XL, XLI, 1061-1079 352-363 of Iowas of Great Nemaha Agency permanent, and should be used for educational of Lower Brulés, recommends use of bonus from, for purchase of farming imple- 1115 589 530 received at Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency before departure of Indians on winter 553 Sacs and Foxes of Iowa and Kansas obliged to come to agency in Indian Territory for. goods issued only in exchange for labor at Tulalip Agency. goods to Indians of Blackfeet Agency, satisfactory distribution of. of Kansas Kickapoos about $26 per capita supplies issued to Indians of Neah Bay Agency only in return for labor. 564 607 635 579 567 568 627 Apaches, Chiricahua, and Warm Spring, conditions on which they consented to removal. 502 502 603 of Cimarron Agency, New Mexico, sent to Mescalero Agency, but stop at Abiquiu of Mescalero Agency kept in continual alarm by attacks of Americans or Mexicans.. 606 603 602 Page. 841 for Red Lake Indians, Congress urged to make usual. Appointment of actual enumerators of census. Appointments in Government Hospital for the Insane during year. Indian, attempt made at Uintah Valley Agency to appoint. more than 100 in shops at Yakama Agency two at Crow Agency, Montana three carpenters and one blacksmith at Devil's Lake Agency, Dakota. many Pawnees desirous of being employed as.. Approved and patented mining claims during year. to the several States, public lands. Appropriation asked for speedy settlement of private land claims. for Malheur Agency very inadequate for Round Valley Agency needed, farger for school and teachers at San Carlos recommended by Inspector Watkins. none made for Hoopa Valley Reservation this year.. of $3,000 made to relieve sick and starving Colorado River Agency Indians Appropriations for Capitol grounds for fiscal year. for Indian boarding-schools, Congress should make liberal 1079 634 624 637 582 523, 524 559 559 87-96 .X, 2, 6, 166, 167 203 533 613 575 509 for Seneca manual-labor school, New York, Congress asked to make. 607 503 611 for suitable agency buildings at Round Valley, California, much needed 508 634 506 497 644 1082 540 for Indians of La Pointe Agency should be increased to $20,000, annual. 644 642 for net-twine, hooks, &c., urged for Indians living near lakes and subsisting by for Sioux of Cheyenne River (not specific) should be used to purchase stock- for support of Freedmen's Hospital and Asylum. Arapahoes and Shoshones of Wyoming identified. Northern, number, condition, needs, prospects, &c. of Shoshone and Bannack Agency complain of "cash system" of trading. 644 |