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Abandoned military reservations

.140, 144, 203

all action for sale of several of, suspended for want of means.
appropriation for sale of and improvements on, on
sale of, and improvements

203

203

203

Abundant yield of Insane Hospital orchard

&c., of Pacific Railroad companies..

will put large sums in Treasury
Treasury, sale of, will put large sums in
Abbott, J. B., Los Pinos Agency, Colorado, Annual Report of.
Abiquiu Agency and Indians most unfortunately located

Indians return to agency after small-pox epidemic in May.
New Mexico, Annual Report of Indian Agent Russell..

Absentee Shawnees of Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, number and status of, &c.
Absentee Shawnee lands in Kansas

Abundance of all kinds of fruits in New Mexico.
Abundant agricultural lands in Montana.

vineyard

Academy of Science, paper in Proceedings of California, respecting inaccuracies of 8th census
in relation to metallic and mineral statistics of United States

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
Acquittals under special investigations of Pension Office

Acres of land in Montana under cultivation

of land, millions of, lost to government by neglect to provide for the speedy settlement
of private land claims

of public lands entered during year under the laws for the disposal thereof.
Act authorizing citizens of Colorado, Nevada, and Territories to fell and remove timber from
the public domain for mining and domestic purposes
creating Auditor of Railroad Accounts

railroads included in the
system of reports adopted under.
reports, system of, adopted under.

203

203

510

606

602

602

565

143, 144

276

1107

1074

1074

854

1072

906

113

1054

814, 832

1113

203

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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
the Territories

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.
Actual enumerators of census, appointment of..

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
Adjudication, board of equitable, confirmation by, of suspended cases of public lands.

of private land-claims, &c..

Adjustment of foreign land-grant claims within railroad grants
Advantage, &c., of making grants of land to the Territories for railroad and canal improve-
ments
Advantages of a home in Montana

of manufacturing in Wyoming.

the first present need of Wyoming is an advertisement of its great natural.
Advertisement of its great natural advantages the first present need of Wyoming
Advisory and consulting board of Columbia Hospital for Women, Annual Report of
Affairs, Indian, Annual Report of Commissioner of. (See Annual Report, &c.)
Agencies, Indian, assigned to religious bodies, list of..

changes among...

upper and lower," situation of Fort Berthold

pension, consolidation of

effected promptly and without confusion
little inconvenience experienced from
quarterly payments under, promptly made.
saving to government by...

.1157, 1158

1177
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

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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
number of, and the States in which located.

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
repair them

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.
only two at Southern Ute Agency, Colorado.

clerk at Santee Agency an Indian

for Moquis Pueblos discontinued October 1, 1876

great inconvenience arising from distance of Fort Berthold Indians from lower.
herd at Fort Hall Agency, Idaho, should be increased by 500 head of cows
location and population of Red Lake

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
location

Agent (Acting), Indian, Lieut. J. M. Lee, Ninth Infantry, U. S. A., relieved from charge of
Spotted Tail Agency, July 1, 1878.

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
Agricultural and grazing interests of Wyoming.

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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 .
All kinds of fruits in New Mexico in abundance

Allotments, additional, made to Chippewas of Lake Superior

in severalty, most of the land cultivated by Lower Brulés is in..
secured by patents should be made to Yanktons.
should be granted to Yanktons with inalienable title

to Chippewas of Michigan not properly secured to them
to Pimas and Maricopas urged.

with inalienable title, the Iowas should have

should be granted Indians as soon as practicable.
of eighty-acre tracts given to 204 Indians of Bad River reserve, Wisconsin

made by agent to 32 Indians of Red Cliff reserve, Wisconsin..
made to 160 Lac Court Oreilles, Wisconsin..

Oneidas appreciate keenly the neglect of government in regard to granting them..
owned by 100 individual S'Kokomish Indians, improvements made, &c.

Alterations and repairs of Capitol

American Association of Medical Superintendents of Institutions for the Insane, resolution of,
respecting Government Hospital for the Insane..

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.
Amount, total, of money received from all sources for public lands

Page.

844-848
.345, 1089

.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
sold to Indians of White River Agency by parties outside the reservation..
Anniversary, twenty-first, of incorporation of Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb
address of S. M. Freeman at..

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Annual Report of, Accounts, Auditor of Railroad

Affairs, Indian, Commissioner of.
Architect of United States Capitol.

Arizona, Governor of .

Surveyor-General of

Asylum, Freedmen's Hospital and

Lying-in, Columbia Hospital for Women and.

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XVII-XXV, 859-949
III-X, 439-811

XXXVIII-XL, 1081-1086
XLVI-XLVII, 1087-1095

344-352
XLI, 1047-1060
XLII, 1053-106
XVII-XXV, 859, 949
377-438

XXXVIII-XL, 1081-1086
XXX-XXXI, 839-857

287-295
XLII, 1053-1060
XLI, 1029-1046

XXXV-XXXVII, 997-1000

XXXV

XXVIII-XXX
X-XVI, 1-438
.III-X, 439-811
X-XVI, 1-438

XXV-XXVII, 813-837
XLVII, 1097-1099

243-256

XLI, 1027-1046
XXV, 1003-1026
XLI, 1027-1046
..XXVIII-XXX

Field Work of Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories..

Florida, Surveyor-General of

Freedmen's Hospital and Asylum

XXXV
XXXI-

XXXIII, 951-977

233-235
XLI, 1047-1060

Geographical and Geological Surveys of the Territories, Field Work of XXXI-

XXXIII, 951-977
Rocky Mountain Region.......XXXIII-

XXXV
XXXI-
XXXIII, 951-977
Rocky Mountain Region... .XXXIII-

Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Field Work of

Government Directors of Union Pacific Railroad.
Hospital for the Insane, Visitors of the

XXXV

XXV, 1003-1026

.XL, XLI, 1061-1079

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XXV, 1003-1026

XXV-XXVII. 813-837
XLI, 1027-1046
XVII-XXV, 859-949

Rocky Mountain Region, Geographical and Geological Survey of the, XXXIII-XXXV
Secretary of the Interior.

Superintendent of the Census.

Surveyor-General of Arizona

Hot Springs Reservation.

California

Colorado

.I-XLVIII, 1-1185
XXX, XXXI, 839–857
XXXV-XXXVII, 1001, 1002

Dakota..

Florida.

Idaho

Louisiana

Minnesota

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Mexico

Oregon

Utah

Washington Territory
Wyoming..

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

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Anti-Mormons of Utah conduct its mining enterprises.

Annuities, cash, of Red Lake Indians withheld by Congress this year..

XXV, 1003-1026
XXXVIII-XL, 1081-1086
XLII, XLIII, 1115-1117

319-333

XL, XLI, 1061-1079
XLV, XLVI, 1119-1125

352-363
XLII, 1053-1060
XLII-XLIV, 1127-1185
265-273
XXXVII, 979-996

of Iowas of Great Nemaha Agency permanent, and should be used for educational
purposes.

of Lower Brulés, recommends use of bonus from, for purchase of farming imple-
ments, cattle, &c., for them

1115
575

589

530

received at Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency before departure of Indians on winter
hunt for first time in seven years.

553

Sacs and Foxes of Iowa and Kansas obliged to come to agency in Indian Territory for.
Annuity fund, New York Indians ask for an appropriation of $1,000 of, for support of agency
schools..

goods issued only in exchange for labor at Tulalip Agency.

goods to Indians of Blackfeet Agency, satisfactory distribution of.
non-acceptance of, by Sacs and Foxes of Iowa..

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.
Covotero, conditions on which they were induced to remove to Gila River.
Mescalero, frightened away from their agency

502

502

603

of Cimarron Agency, New Mexico, sent to Mescalero Agency, but stop at Abiquiu
Agency

of Mescalero Agency kept in continual alarm by attacks of Americans or Mexicans..
still at Abiquiu Agency.

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.
Apprentices at Tulalip Agency, funds at last provided for Indian

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.
six employed at Pawnee Agency, Indian Territory.

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.
bill, unfortunate results of delay in passage of Indian

for Malheur Agency very inadequate

for Round Valley Agency needed, farger

for school and teachers at San Carlos recommended by Inspector Watkins.
for school supplies needed for Klamath Agency, much larger..

none made for Hoopa Valley Reservation this year..

of $3,000 made to relieve sick and starving Colorado River Agency Indians
of $5,000 asked for clearing lands, building houses, &c., for Indians of La Pointe
Agency

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
made for Indian apprentices at Tulalip Agency.

508

634

506

497

644

1082

540

for Indians of La Pointe Agency should be increased to $20,000, annual.
for Lac du Flambeau Indians not large enough to supply employés..

644

642

for net-twine, hooks, &c., urged for Indians living near lakes and subsisting by
fishing

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for Sioux of Cheyenne River (not specific) should be used to purchase stock-
cattle for them.

for support of Freedmen's Hospital and Asylum.
for surveys, apportionment of, for Arizona.

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Arapahoes and Shoshones of Wyoming identified.

Northern, number, condition, needs, prospects, &c.

of Shoshone and Bannack Agency complain of "cash system" of trading.
Architect of the Capitol, Annual Report of
Botanical Garden.

644
650, 651
649

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