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Permanent character of emigration to Oregon..

people of Montana...

Persons, qualifications of, to superintend the census-taking..

Petitions, forms of, to Hot Springs Commission, covering claims to land, &c

Physician at Crow Indian Agency, Montana, death of..

at Flathead Indian Agency in constant employment, but reports few fatal cases..
at Hoopa Valley Indian Agency, recommends compensation of Dr. Price, assistant
surgeon, United States Army, for services as temporary.

at Hoopa Valley Indian Agency, resignation of..

at Pima Indian Agency, salary too small to secure permanent

at Red Lake Indian Agency very faithful and popular with the Indians

at Standing Rock Indian Agency very skillful..

at Yakama Indian Agency very faithful and efficient.

for Flandreau Indian Agency, appointment of, recommended.

for Yankton Indian Agency, arrival of Dr. Z. T. Daniel, July 13, 1878, as resident..
more than one needed at Tulalip Indian Agency, Washington Territory.

needed at Otoe Indian Agency.

needed at Shoshone and Bannock Indian Agency, Wyoming, resident
needed at Uintah Valley Indian Agency

Physicians employed at Indian agencies should be well qualified.
temporarily appointed at Colorado River Indian Agency.
Picturesque grounds around Government Hospital for the Insane.

Piegan Indians a guard against sudden irruption of hostile Sioux under Sitting Bull.
Pima Agency, Arizona, Annual Report of Indian Agent Stout...
of Blackfeet Agency, Montana, disposition, friendly relations with whites, &c.
Maricopa, and Papago Indians, condition of, contemplated removal to Indian Territory,

&c..

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VII, VIII, 469

Maricopa Indians obliged to abandon their reservations on account of scarcity of
water

Maricopa, and Papagoe Indians embraced in Pima Agency.

Pine cut by trespassers on Green Bay Indian Agency.

sold by Oneida Indians of Wisconsin, suits for, carried over from term to term..
timber-belt of Louisiana..

Pistakee, or Grass, Lake, Illinois, survey of..

VII, 499

498

639

639

227

139

Pi-Ute Indians arrested and punished by the Mormons for murder of a Moquis Pueblo
Placer mining in Dakota

506

245

Idaho..

14 318

Montana..

299

Plains of Idaho, desert.

1101

1130

Wyoming..

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Plats, &c., exemplifications of land

Plow, ingenious device adopted by an Indian of Kiowa and Comanche Agency in learning to
Poland Credit Mobilier Committee of 1872

Police, Indian, efficient working of system, recommendations relative to, &c..

organized at Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, Indian Territory, 17 in the force..
at Fort Peck Agency, Montana

at Shoshone and Bannock Agency, Wyoming.

pursue and recapture of most of the Warm Spring Indians who left San Carlos
Agency

successful working of system at Rosebud Agency, Dakota.

system in force on Bad River reserve, Wisconsin..

just established at Uintah Valley Agency
recently introduced at Pima Agency

Policy, advancement made by Indians of Wichita Agency under the peace

change of, towards Indians deprecated...

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Pollock, William J., Rosebud Indian Agency, Dakota, Annual Report of..
Pollution of springs at Hot Springs Reservation.

Polygamy and other barbarous customs prevalent among Lower Brulé Indians
dying out among Indians of Devil's Lake Agency, Dakota..
in Utah.

prevails to some extent among Indians of Sisseton Agency, Dakota
prevalent among Indians of Crow Creek Agency, Dakota
Ponca Agency, Indian Territory, Annual Report of indian Agent Whiteman
Ponca Indians, departure of, has had pacifying effect upon Lower Brulé Indians..
excellent disposition of

final settlement of, duty of the government towards them, &c....
very much disheartened and anxious to return to their old home in Dakota..

Ponies, about 400 owned by Indians of Standing Rock Agency, Dakota

and colts of Cheyenne River Indians, $9,000 realized from sale of 1,936..
constitute principal wealth of Sacs and Foxes of Iowa.

for stoves and culinary utensils, many Pawnee Indians desire to exchange..
Popular method of surveys in Oregon, in time the deposit system will be the
Population of California, Mexican or Spanish....

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material status, present, of
occupations of

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1001

1102

1103

1105

1105

301, 1108
1108

301, 1108
301, 1108

1108

1108

1108

15, 257

.1115, 1116

..1122, 1123

353

.1172-1176
.1174-1176
1172, 1173
.1173, 1174

.1172, 1173
1173, 1174
1174-1176

present material status of..

social status of...

social status, present, of

status, present material, of
social, of..

Population schedule (census) under law of 1850..

Poor's Manual of Railroads for 1878, extracts from, showing capital, cost, revenue, &c., of reads,
by the unitary standard of 100 miles and by groups of States
"Porterfield warrants," military land warrants, &c..

no locations under.

Portion, greater, of Idaho, impossible of cultivation...
Port Neuf and Kansas prairie countries, Idaho..
Post-office and telegraphic address of Indian agents
Pottawatomie, Black Bob Indians, &c., at Quapaw Agency, do not compare favorably with

other Indians of agency..

of Huron subsist themselves by laboring for farmers
of Kansas Agency, Kansas, encouraging general progress of.

Potosi Lode, application of Hope Mining Company for

.1174-1176

.1173, 1174

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844-848

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Kiowa and Comanche, all returned to agency except Santanta, Little Bull, and
Esa-to-it
555
IPrivate land-claims
...XVI, 124-132, 203, 209
f, lost to government by neglect to speedily settle.. 203

Pre-emptions

Pre-emption contested cases, circular instructions in regard to appeals from decisions of district

rights, decisions having a important bearing on. (See Decisions, &c.)
Presentation day at Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb, exercises of..

Present law affecting mining claims, evils under..

material status of Wyoming population.
social status of W voming population..

President accepts sections of subsidized railroads

of Columbia Instit, tion for Deaf and Dumb, Annual Report of
Prevented the publication of the claims of Wyoming, causes which have
Primordial sandstone of the Roky Mountains, in Northwestern Territories..
Principal resources of Washington Territory, coal and lumber...
***Prior schedules," so-called, in cen sus-taking

Prisoner, one Arapaho, at Moundsy, lle, West Virginia
Prisoners, Cheyenne and Arapako, r、
1878.

.XLI, 1029-1046

turned to agency, from Saint Augustine, Fla., 27th April,

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1174

964-969

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Private land-claims, department decisions in reference to

division of General Land Office in charge of....

work of

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126-132

125

125

engenders strife between claimants and settlers, conflict of land systems, &c. XVI, 203
examinations to decide, long and tedious.
125

failure of Congress to enact laws for more speedy settlement of...

Gadsden's purchase, under

Guadalupe-Hidalgo, under treaty of
Hidalgo, Guadalupe, under treaty of

nas cost acres, millions of
large sums of money.

many lives

millions of acres..

much lawlessness

XVI, 125, 203

203

203

203

203

203

203

XVI

.XVI, 203

XVI, 203

XVI, 203

XVI, 203

125, 345

very large sums of money

retards sale of public lands

imperative need of legislation for speedy settlement of..

in Arizona

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384-388
125, 288, 295
.XVI, 125, 203, 282, 283

282,283
124-126

land systems of United States and foreign governments, conflict of, in....XVI, 203
large sums of money sacrificed by neglect of Congress to legislate for speedy
settlement of.

203

lawlessness consequent upon failure of Congress to legislate for the speedy
settlement of..

XVI, 203

laws for more speedy settlement of

..XVI, 203

legislation imperatively needed for speedy settlement of

XVI, 203

lives lost in consequence of Congress's neglect to provide for speedy set-
tlement of

XVI, 203

long and tedious examinations necessary in deciding

125

many lives lost in consequence of failure of Congress to provide for speedy
settlement of

XVI, 203

millions of acres lost through neglect of Congress to legislate for
speedy settlement of

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speedy settlement of

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neglect of Congress to provide for..

XVI, 125, 203

203

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XVI, 203

XVI, 203

Hidalgo, Guadalupe, treaty.

unpatented cases of.

.XVI, 203

125

United States and foreign land systems, conflict of, in..

XVI, 203

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work in division of General Land Office in settlement of .
Proceedings of California Academy of Science, paper in, on inaccuracies of eighth census in re-
lation to metallic and mineral statistics of United States
Product, agricultural, of Montana

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Profit and loss account of Central Pacific Railroad
Profitable mining in Utah no longer an experiment
Prof. Joseph Henry, tribute to the memory of
Progress, &c., of Wyoming

slow in settlement of private land-claims

Property, agency, very little belonging to Flandreau Indian Agency

and stores at Malheur Indian Agency, agent and employés take inventory of..
assessable, of Washington Territory.

belonging to Moquis Pueblo Indian Agency disposed of at public auction
destroyed by hostile Bannock Indians, large amount of.

in Wyoming, increased security for

lost during war of rebellion. Absentee Shawnee Indians have never been remuner-
ated for

of Indians destroyed at Umatilla Agency by hostiles

of Sac and Fox Indians of Iowa estimated at $15,000, principally ponies
taxable, of Montana, value of

Propriety and public advantage of making grants of land to the Territories for railroad and
canal improvements

Proposed new railroad lines, &c., for Wyoming

importance, &c., of.
necessity, &c., of

Pro rate question respecting subsidized railroads
Prosecutions for depredations on timber lands
Prospects of ship-building in Washington Territory
Prosperity and growth of Washington Territory
Protection of timber, &c., rules and regulations by Secretary Schurz for the
to the forests of Wyoming

Prussian mining statistics quite perfect
Publication of the claims of Wyoming, causes which have prevented the.
Public advantage, &c., of making grants of land to the Territories for railroad and canal im-
provements

905

1115

1078

1172-1177

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326

616

1123

504

616

1182-1185

565

618

567

1113

1178

1180, 1181

1180, 1181

1180, 1181

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122-124

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Public generally, the relations of the Union Pacific Railroad with the.
Public lands, abandoned military reservations, sale of

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140, 141

acres of, entered under the laws for the disposal of..

.X, 1, 5, 27, 28, 43, 45

adjusting, &c., accounts of

adjustment of foreign grant claims, within railroad grants reserved for
agricultural college scrip locations of

113
56

.X, 1, 5, 85, 115, 116

amount, total, of moneys received from, &c

Annual Report of Commissioner of General Land Office in charge of. (See Annual
Report, &c.)

appropriation for surveys of

approved and patented mining-claims on, &c.

XI, 6

6, 7, 202-216
87-96

to the several States, as swamp, &c

area of, surveyed during fiscal year...

singe beginning of public surveys..

arsenal grounds, Detroit, sale of, of

in States and Territories unsurveyed..
unsurveyed, &c..

attach to, when railroad rights

beds, &c., of meandered lakes, &c., surveys of.

board of equitable adjudication, confirmation by, of suspended cases of

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.1, 5, 20, 146

.1, 5, 146, 221

1, 5, 146, 221
.1, 5, 146, 221

51

179

138-140

186-199

200, 201

X, 1, 5, 83, 86, 115, 168

168

84

85

86

changes of rulings and decisions of department affecting railroad grants of
Cherokee strip of, &c...

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200, 201
186-199

X, 1, 5, 28, 115
.XI, 2, 6, 115
X, 2, 6, 55, 178
X, 2, 6, 55, 169

Commissioner of General Land Office in charge of, Annual Report of. (See Annual
Report, &c.)

concessions of, to States, &c., for canal purposes .

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55,56

52, 53

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cost, &c., of surveys of, during eleven years ending June 30, 1878

decision of United States Supreme Court respecting railroad grants of, within
foreign grant claims, &c

decisions and rulings of department affecting railroad grants of, changes of

of department affecting homestead rights to.

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having an important bearing on pre-emption rights to..

reference to private land-claims

Public lands, decisions of department in cases of, arising under the laws granting swamp and
overflowed lands to the States

deposits, &c., for surveys of. (See Deposits, special, &c.)
depredations on timber of.

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104-113

. XI-XV, 117–124
118-120

circular of department respecting

...

regulations, &c., of department for suppressing. XIII, XIV, 119, 120

desert land entries

total during year

.X, 1, 5, 51
X, 51

Detroit Arsenal grounds, sale of, of

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entered and sold under homestead and timber-culture acts during fiscal year...X, 1, 5, 43,

entries, homestead, during year

of mineral, during fiscal year
Osage Indian ceded

timber culture

examining, &c., accounts of

foreign grant claims, railroad grants of, within

115, 147-165

.X, 1, 5, 43, 115, 147

53

.87, 102, 116

.X, 1, 5, 43, 115, 147

reserved for adjustment under de-
cision

decision of United States Supreme
Court respecting.

113
56, 57

56, 57

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homestead and timber-culture acts, sold and entered under, during fiscal year.

homesteads, &c..

adjustment of, under decision of
United States Supreme Court...

Fort Kearney Military Reservation, sale of, of.
grant claims, foreign, railroad grants of, within.

adjustment of, under decision of the
United States Supreme Court
decision of United States Supreme
Court respecting.

reserved for adjustment under decision
of United States Supreme Court

56, 57

56, 57

51

56, 57

56, 57

56, 57

56, 57

.X, 2, 6, 55, 178

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mining claims on

approved, &c., during fiscal year

87-96

87-96

area of..

circular of department respecting, of September 13, 1878
decisions of department affecting..
patented, &c., during fiscal year.

Mississippi and Missouri Railroad, restoration of, in Iowa, withdrawn for.
Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad, restoration of
moneys, total amount of, from all sources relating to.
operations of surveyors-general of, in surveying districts.
Osage Indian ceded

declaratory statements of.

entries of.

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receipts from

53

overflowed and swamp

Otoe Indian Reservation.

patented and approved to the several States..

52

.X, 2, 6, 103, 116, 166, 167

decisions of department under laws granting

104-112

.X, 2, 6, 103, 166, 167

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