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Arizona, Annual Report of Surveyor-General of

apportionment for, of appropriations for surveys
appropriations for surveys, apportionment for, of.

area of, equal to that of New York and all New England States..
artesian and other means proposed to increase water supply of
boundaries of Indian reservation in, imperfect.

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commerce and travel, natural gateway of, east of the Mississippi, &c
condition, &c., of Indians in..

contracts for surveys in

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expenses under.

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work under

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fraudulent or imperfect mining titles in, greatly retard mining progress of.
gateway, natural, of commerce and travel east of the Mississippi, &c

General of, Surveyor, Annual Report of.

gold or silver farms of

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mining progress in, fraudulent or imperfect titles retard.

titles in. fraudulent or imperfect, greatly retard mining progress of
mountains, fertile..

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natural gateway of commerce and travel east of the Mississippi, &c.
New England, New York and all, area of, equal to..

New York and all New England, area of, equal to..

Park, Mineral, district of.

private land-claims in..

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vacant public lands in

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15, 300

Assessable property of Washington Territory.

Assets and liabilities of railroad companies

Assistant marshals of 8th and 9th census, unpaid claims of

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936-937
XXXI

Arkansas and Indian Territory boundary, resurvey of

Missouri, resurvey of line between
public lands in, offered for sale.

Armed gangs of outlaws infest Wyoming

Arrangements at Hot Springs Reservation to resist the spread of yellow fever.

Artesian and other means proposed to increase water supply of Arizona.

Art of collecting statistical data, in rude and imperfect state when census law of 1850 passed..
Assay office in Montana, gold and silver handled at, during year.

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

Asylum, Freedmen's Hospital and, Annual Report of. (See Annual Report, &c.)
Lying-in, Columbia Institution for Women and, Annual Report of. (See Annual Re-
port of, &c.)

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad, statistics, &c., relating to

suit by government against..

Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, statistics, &c., relating to.....
Atlantic yard, ship-building in Washington Territory cheaper than at any.
Atlas of Colorado

accuracy and beauty of

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analysis of, in London Nature, by Prof. Geikie, of Scotland.
Attach to public lands, when railroad rights
Attention of government called to ship-building in Washington Territory
Attorneys, pension, act of Congress, respecting

hostility to, by certain agents

principal features of, recommended by Hon. A.
V. Rice, chairman House Committee on Inva-
lid Pensions

charges against

debarred.

views of Commissioner of Pensions on..

823
824-826

814
814, 832

814, 832

disbarred

dropped

fees of, reduction in
restored

suspended

Auditor of Railroad Accounts, act creating

A vast expanse of undulating plains, Wyoming is...

814, 832

823

814, 832
814, 832

..XVII, 859, 867, 888, 889

Annual Report of. (See Annual Report, &c.)
recommendations of, in regard to legislation for railroads.

883-886
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Bands of white desperadoes along certain lines of travel in Wyoming.
Bannock troubles at Fort Hall Agency, Idaho

war, attitude of Indians of Warm Springs Agency misrepresented in regard to.
causes some excitement and much anxiety at Flathead Agency, Montana..
causes which led to commencement of .

outbreak of...

1182

545
620, 621

585

VIII, 545, 546
.VIII, 601, 615

Bannocks and Piutes, 44 citizens and 4 soldiers killed by hostile

and Shoshones included in Fort Hall Agency, Idaho..

make unsuccessful attempt to shake the loyalty of Shoshones of Nevada Agency
outbreak of, caused by late and scant appropriations

threatened outbreak reported to Commissioner of Indian Affairs..

Barge built to transport farming implements, supplies, &c., at Leech Lake Agency.

Snakes, and Piutes make raid upon Umatilla reserve, hostile..........
supplies of, given to Shoshones by the government

Barnes, A. J., Nevada Agency, Nevada, Annual Report of.

Barracks, &c., hospital, at Hot Springs Reservation

Beds of cement in Dakota richer in gold than quartz.

Beef for a year, Santees ask to have work-oxen given them instead of..

in small quantities should be issued to Indians of Devil's Lake Agency every fifteen days
as a sanitary measure..

never used by the Crows when they can get buffalo

Belknap, C. G., Tule River Agency, California, Annual.Report of.

Beneficial character of emigration to Oregon

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VIII, 446-455, 1103

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12, 244, 1097, 1098

Benevolent and other institutions of Montana

Beautiful and magnificent scenery of Wyoming

well-watered valleys of Dakota

Beauty, &c., of grounds surrounding Government Hospital for the Insane.
Biennial examinations of invalid pensioners

Bird, W., Fort Peck Agency, Annual Report of

Black Bobs, Pottawatomies, &c., at Quapaw agency, number and status of.
Blackfoot River, bands along

Blackfeet Agency, Montana, Annual Report of Agent Young

Bloods and Piegans included in Blackfeet Agency, and are really one people
Indians, with their chief, John Grass "Peji," live 15 miles south of Standing Rock
Agency, Dakota..

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Blacksmith, additional, to be employed at Fort Colville Agency..
Bloodshed, &c., in Idaho, between Indians and settlers

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resulting from failure of Congress to provide for the settlement of private land-
claims

Board of Directors of Columbia Hospital for Women, Annual Report of. (See Annual Report, &c.)
equitable adjudication, confirmation by, of suspended cases of public lands

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Visitors of Government Hospital for the Insane, Annual Report of. (See Annual Re-
port, &c.)

Bois, Fort, Indians, number, condition, occupations, needs, &c...

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land claims in California, how fixed under old Spanish and Mexican grants.
White Mountain Indian Reservation, Arizona, necessity of establishing, to pre-
vent difficulties between settlers and Indians

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Boundary between Indian Territory and Pan Handle of Texas surveyed by military in April..
lines of Fort Hall Reservation should be settled.
line, geographical, of subsidized railroads.

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Bricks made by Indians at Standing Rock Agency, Dakota

Bridgeman, J. C., Green Bay Indian Agency, Wisconsin, Annual Report of
British authorities protect Indians in their robberies, &c..
"Bruno John's" ride-an Indian "Paul Revere'

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Buffalo and other game plentiful on Shoshone and Bannock Reservation, Wyoming.

hides tanned for traders by Indians of Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, Indian Territory
hunt, annual, of Cheyennes and Arapahoes very unsuccessful..

hunting during spring and summer months, Congress urged to make a law prohibiting.
Building for boarding-school at Fort Hall Agency, funds intended for erection of, had to be used
for subsistence of Indians

government school, on Papago Reserve, Arizona, claimed and held by Romanists
manual-labor school, completed at Pawnee Agency in May

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511

Building, school, none at Los Pinos Agency, Colorado.
ship, in Washington Territory..

cheaper than at any Atlantic yard.
prospects of

stone in Colorado, large quantities of..

Buildings, additional, needed for Columbia Hospital for Women, &c
agency, at Colorado River, Arizona, very dilapidated

cost of erecting suitable, for Moquis Pueblos, would not exceed $5,000
in process of erection at Standing Rock Agency, very substantial
much needed at New Ponca Agency, Indian Territory.
only two at Southern Ute Agency, Colorado

satisfactory progress made at Rosebud Agency in erection of.
twenty-seven at Crow Creek, Dakota, very old and dilapidated.

at Lemhi Agency, Idaho, located at extreme southern end of reserve....
at Mescalero Agency, unfit for use..

at Shoshone and Bannock Agency, most of them in great need of repair

at Siletz Agency, repaired, &c

at Sisseton Agency, with exception of two, very old and dilapidated

new, much needed at Colville Agency, Washington Territory

occupied as warehouse and farmer's residence at Fort Hall Agency, very miserable

of Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb, completion of..

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on or near Duck Valley Reserve, Nevada, recommends erection of agency

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Built by national government, military wagon-roads in Wyoming, should be..
Bulletin of Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories

1181

956

Bulls, two, donated to Cheyenne and Arapaho agency during year by residents of Indian Ter-
ritory...

552

Bureau of Railroad Accounts, act creating...

XVII, 859, 867, 888, 889

Burial among Puyallup Indians, Christian mode of

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mode of, among Warm Spring Indians..
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, awaiting action of directors as to reports XXIII, 880
statístics, &c., relating to.... .890, 892, 910, 920, 922, 928-937

620

Butter, 1,200 pounds made by Indians of Bad River Reserve, Wisconsin..

642

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Cairo and Fulton Railroad, statistics, &c., relating to
California...

Academy of Science, proceedings of, paper in, respecting inaccuracies of Eighth Cen-
sus in relation to metallic and mineral statistics of United States
agricultural purposes, unsurveyed lands in, most valuable for

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boundaries of land-claims of, how fixed under old Spanish and Mexican governments of.
claims of, under swamp grant.

condition and difficulties of the surveys in..

Commissioners of Transportation, extract from annual report of, for 1877,
consolidation of surveying districts, surveyor-general of, opposes the..
contracts for surveys in

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development of the agricultural resources of

difficulties, &c., of the surveys in.

early residents of, mostly engaged in raising stock and mining

General of, Surveyor, opposes consolidation of surveying districts of.

Annual Report of

infancy, agriculture of, still in its.

in production, Washington Territory will rival

list of private land-claims in
Mexican governments of.

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special deposits for

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stock-raising, &c., early residents of, mostly engaged in
unsurveyed lands in, most valuable for agricultural purposes..
Calipooias belonging to Grande Ronde Indian Agency, number of
Camas prairie country (Idaho)

the garden of Idaho Indians.

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root

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danger of bloodshed from destruction of
destruction of products of, by herds of cattle, &c.
consequent discontent of Indians

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resentment, &c., of Indians

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Canal from Wind River to bed of Trout Creek, agent for Shoshone and Bannock Indians pro-
poses to dig.

improvements, &c., advantages of making grants of land to the Territories for..
projects in Nevada for purposes of irrigation

purposes, concessions of public lands to States, &c., for..

Canals and water ditches, &c., necessary for the irrigation of the agricultural lands of Wyo-
ming

Capacity and character of surface of Arizona..

Capital, &c., of railroad companies.

resentment of Indians

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Capoche and Weeminuche Utes try to avoid giving names and numbers for census
Carpenter the only mechanic employed at Quinaielt Agency, Washington Territory
Carter, M. A., special agent, courage of, in the performance of duty.

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receipts for public lands during fiscal year

"Catlin-Frank " decision.

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of Ottawas and Chippewas shot and crops destroyed by whites.
on Fort Peck Reservation unsurpassed, pasturage for

Otoes learning to take good care of their

owned by Indians of Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado..
by Indians of Wichita Agency, 3,000 head of.

raising by Sioux of Cheyenne River Agency very successful
stock, Indians at San Carlos Agency very anxious to obtain
Causes which have prevented the publication of the claims of Wyoming
Cavalry, recommends organization and equipment of Indian auxiliary
Cayuse Indians at Umatilla Agency, number of.

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own most of the stock belonging to Indians of Umatilla Agency
Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad Company vs. Gurdon Colton, decision in case of .
statistics, &c., relating to..
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Cement beds of Dakota

Census, Confederated Republic of Switzerland in taking, combines the de facto and de jure
methods.

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