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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



It is with pleasure that the author of this introduction acknowledges 

 the valued assistance rendered by the Eureau of Indian Afl'airs, and 

 especially by Mr. Kobert P. Thompson of that office, in correcting errors 

 in and obtaining data for the Schedule of Land Cessions which follows, 

 as well as for the Schedule of Allotments of Land in Severalty. With- 

 out his assistance the data relating to several treaties and cessions 

 could not have been given. Acknowledgments are due also to Mr. 

 Robert H. Morton, of the General Laud Office, for valuable and neces- 

 sary information in reference to several items of the Schedule. 



