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... tribes have already made appreciable progress in that re- spect , and others are likely to do so under favorable circumstances and judicious management . It will probably be found that many tribes are more adapted to pastoral pursuits ...
... tribes have already made appreciable progress in that re- spect , and others are likely to do so under favorable circumstances and judicious management . It will probably be found that many tribes are more adapted to pastoral pursuits ...
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... tribes of Alaska , and to the tribes of a part of Washington Territory and a part of Ore- gon , and is accompanied by maps of those districts , showing the locality of the tribes . A second volume relating to the tribes of California ...
... tribes of Alaska , and to the tribes of a part of Washington Territory and a part of Ore- gon , and is accompanied by maps of those districts , showing the locality of the tribes . A second volume relating to the tribes of California ...
Page 406
... tribe , or one blanket to six In- dians , and 4,393 yards of calico , which was less than two yards to each Indian . Giving a blanket to one Indian works no satisfaction to the other five , who receive none , and two yards of calico to ...
... tribe , or one blanket to six In- dians , and 4,393 yards of calico , which was less than two yards to each Indian . Giving a blanket to one Indian works no satisfaction to the other five , who receive none , and two yards of calico to ...
Page 415
... tribe , but the neces- sity was one that the President could not control . The provisions and supplies for the ensuing winter had been placed according to law on the Missouri , and , owing to the lateness of the season , it was ...
... tribe , but the neces- sity was one that the President could not control . The provisions and supplies for the ensuing winter had been placed according to law on the Missouri , and , owing to the lateness of the season , it was ...
Page 417
... tribe to the Indian Territory , in accordance with provis- ions contained in the last two Indian appropriation bills . As the initiative step , Inspector Kemble in January last visited the Poncas to obtain their consent to a settlement ...
... tribe to the Indian Territory , in accordance with provis- ions contained in the last two Indian appropriation bills . As the initiative step , Inspector Kemble in January last visited the Poncas to obtain their consent to a settlement ...
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Page 109 - No claim shall extend more than three hundred feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, nor shall any claim be limited by any mining regulation to less than twenty-five feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface, except where adverse rights existing on the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, render such limitation necessary.
Page 144 - ... the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim after failure and before such location.
Page 128 - That where an adverse claim is filed during the period of publication it shall be upon oath of the person or persons making the same, and shall show the nature, boundaries, and extent of such adverse claim...
Page 121 - It shall be the duty of the adverse claimant, within thirty days after filing his claim to commence proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, to determine the question of the right of possession, and prosecute the same with reasonable diligence to final judgment; and a failure so to do shall be a waiver of his adverse claim.
Page 114 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Page 111 - ... a patent shall issue thereon for the claim, or such portion thereof as the applicant shall appear, from the decision of the court, to rightly possess.
Page 115 - ... of penalties or forfeitures, embraced in said revision and covered by said repeal, shall not be affected thereby, but all suits, proceedings or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising, or acts done or committed prior to said repeal, may be commenced and prosecuted within the same time as if said repeal had not been made.
Page 86 - ... within two years thereafter, the person making such entry ; or if he be dead, his widow ; or in case of her death, his heirs or devisee ; or in case of a widow making such entry, her heirs or devisee, in case of her death, proves by two credible witnesses that he, she, or they have resided upon or cultivated the same for the term of five years immediately succeeding the time of filing the affidavit...
Page 636 - ... set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Indians herein named, and for such other friendly tribes or individual Indians as from time to time they may be willing, with the consent of the United States, to admit...
Page 110 - May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year. On all claims located prior to the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ten dollars...