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... January 11 , 1866 , disposi- tions for peace . 2 1 162 No. 57. Report of Governor Edmunds , February 15 , 1866 , suffering of Indians 20 1 162 No. 58. Report of Special Agent Day , March 5 , 1866 , suffering of Indians .. 2 1 164 No. 59 ...
... January 11 , 1866 , disposi- tions for peace . 2 1 162 No. 57. Report of Governor Edmunds , February 15 , 1866 , suffering of Indians 20 1 162 No. 58. Report of Special Agent Day , March 5 , 1866 , suffering of Indians .. 2 1 164 No. 59 ...
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... January 25 , 1866 , Fort Laramie Major General Pope to Secretary of Interior , February 12 , 1866 Major General Dodge to General Pope , March 12 , 1866 .... Colonel Maynadier's letter , burial of a daughter of a Sioux chief Report of ...
... January 25 , 1866 , Fort Laramie Major General Pope to Secretary of Interior , February 12 , 1866 Major General Dodge to General Pope , March 12 , 1866 .... Colonel Maynadier's letter , burial of a daughter of a Sioux chief Report of ...
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... January 29 , 1867 , relative to Indian massacre of United States troops near Fort Phil . Kearney . FEBRUARY 5 , 1867. - Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed . DEPARTMENT OF THE INTErior , Washington ...
... January 29 , 1867 , relative to Indian massacre of United States troops near Fort Phil . Kearney . FEBRUARY 5 , 1867. - Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed . DEPARTMENT OF THE INTErior , Washington ...
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... January of this year . of Now , I understand this was the fact : These Indians being in absolute want guns and ammunition to make their winter hunt , were on a friendly visit to the fort , desiring to communicate with the commanding ...
... January of this year . of Now , I understand this was the fact : These Indians being in absolute want guns and ammunition to make their winter hunt , were on a friendly visit to the fort , desiring to communicate with the commanding ...
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... January last , enclosing report of the 31st December , being document No. 9 . Permit me to call particular attention to these reports . The reading of them will satisfy any one of the cause of our present difficulties . All can be ...
... January last , enclosing report of the 31st December , being document No. 9 . Permit me to call particular attention to these reports . The reading of them will satisfy any one of the cause of our present difficulties . All can be ...
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15 per cent agent amount appointed August 28 appointed November appointed October appointed September 19 April 11 April 30 assistant quartermaster August 20 bales Upland cotton Brevet Brevet Brigadier canal Captain cents per pound channel clerks Colonel Columbia cubic yards December 31 Dist Erroneously seized failure to bond feet fired Governor Bradford Governor Brownlow Governor Hamilton Governor Governor Murphy governor of Florida Hamilton Governor Hamilton Henry herewith honor Indians Indicted for treason January July June 30 Lake Left a loyal Major Stanhope miles navigation negroes Number of bales obedient servant October 29 Pennsylvania political reasons provisional governor Quartermaster railroad Rebel postmaster Rebel tax removed for political respectfully river rock Samuel Secretary Sept September 19 September 28 STEWART VAN VLIET Thomas Treasury Department Upland cotton vice James vice John vice William Washington Whitehurst William Marvin witness here closed Worth York
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Page 23 - In planning an improvement for the rapids of the Mississippi river one point must not be lost sight of, viz., the improvement must not of itself become an obstruction; and no plan should be adopted for the improvement of navigation in low water that would be prejudicial to its present state ^in high water. On this point I am not alone, and respectfully call your attention to the report of the board of engineers, convened at my request and in obedience to your orders, a copy of which is herewith appended....
Page 15 - An Act to provide for the collection of abandoned property and for the prevention of frauds in insurrectionary districts within the United States...
Page 1 - Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House, of...
Page 29 - ... right to the possession, control, or direction thereof; and he shall make such order, indorsement, or writing as he has power to make to enable such agent to take possession of such property or the proceeds thereof. Arms, munitions of war. forage, horses, mules, wagons, beef cattle, and supplies which are necessary in military operations, shall be turned over to the proper officers of the ordnance or of the quartermaster or of the commissary departments, respectively, for the use of the Army....
Page 5 - ... country, and representing themselves as agents of this department, went about robbing under such pretended authority, and thus added to the difficulties of the situation by causing unjust opprobrium and suspicion to rest upon officers engaged in the faithful discharge of their duties. Agents, . . . frequently received or collected property, and sent it forward which the law did not authorize them to take.
Page 11 - Scotia consist of some ten or twelve districts of quite limited area in themselves, but lying scattered along the southeastern coast of the province. The whole of this coast, from Cape Sable on the west to Cape Canso on the east, a distance of about two hundred and fifty miles, is bordered by a fringe of hard, slaty rocks, slate and sandstone in irregular alternations, sometimes argillaceous and occasionally granitic. These rocks are always, when stratified, found standing in a high angle, sometimes...
Page 30 - ... forces, as aforesaid, and also, separately, the property turned over to said agent or which may have been sold or otherwise disposed of. And in case a sale of any such property shall be made under his authority, or under the authority of any one subject to his order, he will so state, and will describe the property so sold, and will state when and where and by and to whom sold, and the amount received therefor, and what disposition was made of the proceeds. And all officers of the...
Page 5 - ... indicated. Prior to any contract being entered into, each party proposing must submit,, in writing, a statement, as near as may be, giving the kind and amount of property proposed to be collected, the location whence to be obtained, and all the facts and circumstances connected with it...