REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR...
Indian Affairs, iii; Public Lands, xv; Railways, xxiv; Patents, xxxvi; Pen-
sions, xxxviii; Education, xli; Geological and Geographical Survey of the
Territories, xliii; Rocky Mountain Locusts, xlvi; Hot Springs Commission,
xlvii; Pagosa Hot Springs of Colorado, xlviii; Asylum for the Deaf and
Dumb, xlviii; Freedmen's Hospital, xlix; Columbia Hospital for Women,
xlix; Government Hospital for the Insane, xlix; Yellowstone National
Park, li; Census Office, lii; Capitol Buildings and Grounds, lii; Recon-
struction of the Interior Department Building, liii.
Report of Commissioner, 1; Law Library, 3; Judicial Tribunal, 4; Repay-
ment of Money for Lands Erroneously Sold, 6; Decisions in Land Cases,
7; Supervision of Surveys, 9; Surveys of Islands and Beds of Meandered
Lakes, Sloughs, and Ponds, 11; Adjustment of Swamp Land Grants, 12;
Lapsed Railroad Grants, 12; Private Land Claims in Colorado, New Mex-
ico, and Arizona, 26; District Land Offices, 29; Review of Laws Govern-
ing Sale of Public Lands, 32; Homestead and Pre-emption Laws, 34; Papers
Accompanying Report of Commissioner, 37; Detroit Arsenal Grounds, 42;
Useless Military Reservations, 42; Sac and Fox and Otoe and Missouria
Indian Reservations in Kansas and Nebraska, 43; Decisions affecting
Homestead Rights, 44; Decisions under Timber Culture Laws, 47; South-
ern Public Lands, 49; Soldiers' Additional Homesteads, 50; Private Land
Claims, 51; Surveying, 54; Reservations of Public Lands, 68; Texas
Boundary, 74; Re-establishing Lost Corners, 76; Railroads, 77; Decisions
affecting Railroad Grants, 79; Pre-emptions, 93; Suspended Entries, 100;
Military Bounty Land Warrants, 104; Swamp and Overflowed Lands, 107;
Draughting, 107; Accounts, 108; Mineral Lands, 103; United States Min-
ing Laws and Regulations, 109; Decisions affecting Mining Rights, 127;
Coal Lands, 143; Abandonment and Relocation, 144; Operations under
Mining Laws during last fiscal year, 145; Mining Claims Approved and
Patented during fiscal year, 145; United States Surveyors-General, 154;
United States Land Offices, 154; Survey of Lands to June 30, 1877, 155;
Public Lands Sold, &c., for fiscal year ending June 30 1877, 156; Selection
of Swamp Lands for the several States under act of Congress, 186; Land
Concession by Congress to States and Corporations from 1850 to June 30,
1877, 188; Attachment of Railroad Rights, 197; Estimates of Appropria-
tions required for fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, 201; Historical Table
of States and Territories, 216; Report of Surveyor-General of Louisiana,
220; Unconfirmed Private Land-Claims in Louisiana, 221; Statement of
Surveying Contracts in Louisiana, 224; Report of Surveyor-General of
Florida, 2:29; Report of Surveyor-General of Minnesota, 232; Statement of
Surveying Contracts in Minnesota, 235; Report of Surveyor-General of
Dakota, 210; Report of Surveyor-General of Nebraska, 247; Report of
Surveyor-General of Wyoming, 253; Report of Surveyor-General of New
Mexico, 263; Report of Surveyor-General of Colorado, 274; Report of Sur-
veyor-General of Montana, 282; Report of Surveyor-General of Idaho, 205;
Report of Surveyor-General of Utah, 299; Report of Surveyor-General of
Nevada, 311; Report of Surveyor-General of Arizona, 321; Report of Sur-
veyor-General of Washington Territory, 332; Report of Surveyor-General
of Oregon, 342; Report of Surveyor-General of California, 354.
Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs...............
Law for Indians, 398; Education and Civilization, 399; Indian Labor, 400 ;
Food for Indians, 400; Removals to Indian Territory, 401; Trade with In-
dians, 404; Nez Percé War, 405; Sioux War, 410; Sioux Commission, 413;
Removals of various Tribes, 414; Klamath Indian Reservation, 419; Special
Commissions, 421; Alaska Indians, 422; Reports of Superintendents and
Agents, 427; Colorado River Agency, Arizona, 427; Pima Agency, Arizona,
427; San Carlos Agency, Arizona, 430; Hoopa Valley Agency, California, 431;
Mission Indians Agency, California, 431 ; Round Valley Agency, California,
435; Tule River Agency, California, 437 ; Los Pinos Agency, Colorado, 439 ;
Southern Ute Agency, Colorado, 441; White River Agency, Colorado, 442 ;
Dakota Superintendency, 444; Cheyenne River Agency, Dakota, 447; Crow
Creek Agency, Dakota, 450; Devil's Lake Agency, Dakota, 451; Flandreau
Special Agency, Dakota, 454; Fort Berthold Agency, Dakota, 455; Lower
Brulé Agency, Dakota, 457; Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska, 458; Sisseton
Agency, Dakota, 459; Spotted Tail Agency, Nebraska, 461; Standing Rock
Agency, Dakota, 467; Nez Percé Agency, Idaho, 476; Cheyenne and Arap-
ahoe Agency, Indian Territory, 477; Kiowa and Comanche Agency, Indian
Territory, 483; Osage Agency, Indian Territory, 486; Pawnee Agency, In-
dian Territory, 491; Ponca Agency, Indian Territory, 492; Quapaw Agency,
Indian Territory, 498; Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, 501; Union
Agency, Indian Territory, 503; Wichita Agency, Indian Territory, 508;
Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, 509; Report Central Superintendent, Law-
rence, Kansas, 511; Kansas Agency, 515; Mackinaw Agency, Michigan,
517; Leech Lake Agency, Minnesota, 520; Red Lake Agency, Minnesota,
523; Chippewa Agency, Minnesota, 525; Blackfeet Agency, Montana, 527;
Crow Agency, Montana, 528; Flathead Agency, Montana, 530; Fort Peck
Agency, Montana, 533; Great Nemaha Agency, Nebraska, 537; Omaha
Agency, Nebraska, 539; Otoe Agency, Nebraska, 541; Santee Agency, Ne-
braska, 543; Winnebago Agency, Nebraska, 545; Nevada Agency, 546;
Abiquiu Agency, New Mexico, 549; Mescalero Apache Agency, New Mexico,
550; Navajo Agency, Arizona, 554; Pueblo Agency, New Mexico, 557;
Southern Apache Agency, New Mexico, 558; New York Agency, New York,
558; Grande Ronde Agency, Oregon, 565; Klamath Agency, Oregon, 567;
Malheur Agency, Oregon, 568; Siletz Agency, Oregon, 573; Umatilla
Agency, Oregon, 574; Warm Springs Agency, Oregon, 575; Uintah Valley
Agency, Utah, 577; Colville Agency, Washington Territory, 582; Neah
Bay Reservation, Washington Territory, 583; Puyallup, Nisqually, &c.,
Reservation, Washington Territory, 585; Quinaielt Agency, Washington
Territory, 590; S'Kokomish Agency, Washington Territory, 592; Tulalip
Agency, Washington Territory, 593; Yakama Agency, Washington Terri-
tory, 596; Oneida, Stockbridge, and Menomonee Agency, Washington Terri-
tory, 598; Red Cliff Agency, Wisconsin, 600; Shoshone and Bannock
Agency, Wyoming Territory, 603; Report of Commission to Nez Percé,
&c., 607; Indian Legislation by Forty-fourth Congress, 614; Acts of Con-
gress affecting Indians, 614; Schedule Indian Trust Lands, Kansas and
Nebraska, 630; Unoccupied Miami Lands, Kansas, 631; Executive Orders
relative to Reservations, 632; Schedule of Indian Reservations, 642; Lia-
bilities of United States to Indians, 652; Trust Fund and Trust Lands, 663;
Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs-Continued.
Appropriations for fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, 677; Investments,
681; Statistics of Population, Education, &c., 684; Table of Agricultural
Improvements, &c., 702; Indian Agencies assigned to various Denomina-
tions, 714; Location of Indian Agencies, 715.
Report of Sitting Bull Indian Commission
Report of Commissioner of Pensions.....
Amendment of Statutes, 733; Reorganization, 734; Pension Agencies, 735;
Number of Claims received, &c., 739; Number of Claims allowed, &c., 742;
Rates per Month, &c., of Army and Navy Invalids, 743; Number of Widows,
Minors, &c., 845; Claims filed and allowed since 1862, 745; Pensioners on
roll at end of fiscal years since 1861, 746; Operations of Special Service
division for fiscal year ended June 30, 1877, 747; Location of Pension
Agencies, &c., 748; Number of Pensioners examined September, 1877, 751;
Number of Vouchers received and paid daily during September, 1877, 752.
Report of Geological and Geographical Survey of Territories
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