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enffaered in duties not connected with the Bureau of Ethnology, 

 resumed his former relations therewith on the 1st of January, 

 1883, since which time he has been occupied in the continua- 

 tion of an historical Atlas of Indian Affairs, an outline sketch 

 of the plan of which was given in the first annual report of 

 this Bureau. Notwithstanding- many difficulties encountered 

 in procuring detailed and accurate information, occasioned by 

 the confusion or the careless destruction of many of the earlier 

 official records of the Government, Mr. Royce has made sat- 

 isfactory progress toward the completion of the work. This, 

 when finished, will afford a complete and valuable history of 

 the official relations that have existed between the Government 

 of the United States and the various Indian tribes from the 

 beginning of the Federal period clown to the present day. 



A prominent feature of the work will be a series of maps 

 of the different States, about 27x34 inches in size, upon which 

 will be delineated the boundaries of the various cessions ot 

 land that have been made to the United States, from time to 

 time, by the different Indian tribes by treaty or other agree- 

 ment, Upon these maps will also be designated the location 

 of all points or places of historical interest in connection with 

 Indian wars and diplomacy, as well as the former and present 

 location of all known Indian villages. Accompanying this 

 series of maps will be an historical text, giving a brief recital of 

 the location, character, and condition of each tribe in its earliest 

 relations with the whites; its migrations, wars, and diplo- 

 macy from that date to the formation of the Federal Govern- 

 ment, and from thence a more detailed and particular account 

 of the various treaties entered into with the United States, 

 the causes that led to the negotiation of such treaties, and the 

 results emanating therefrom. The work in its present con- 

 dition shows the completion of the maps and the delineation 

 thereon of the various cessions, primary and secondary, of the 

 States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, 

 Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, and Kansas, and Indian 

 Territory. The maps of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Da- 

 kota, and Colorado are not entirely completed. For the his- 



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