852 THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



The total number of reservations includes the twenty Indian pueblos 

 in New Mexico, sixteen of which have been patented to the Indians ; 

 also the Moqui pueblos in Arizona. 



REFERENCES. 



See Report of Public Land Commission, 1880 ; Laws and Decisions ; Revised Stat- 

 utes of the United States, sees. 2039 to 2178; same, on performance of engagements 

 between the United States and Indians, sees. 2079 to 2110 ; same, on government and 

 protection of Indians, sees. 2111 to 2116 ; same, on government of Indian country, 

 sees. 2127 to 2156; 6 Cranch, 646; 8 Wheaton, 543; 7 Johnston, 246; Indian treaties, 

 U. S. Stats, at Large; act of Congress March 26, 1804, sec. 15, dividing Louisiana 

 into two Territories ; Bump's Notes of Constitutional Decisions, titles "Indians" and 

 "Territories." 



See U. S. Senate Report, by Hon. J. R. Doolittle, chairman of joint committee of 

 Congress to inquire into the condition of the Indian tribes. 



See also Report of the Indian Peace Commission, 1867-'68, General W. T. Sherman, 

 chairman. 



For a detailed sketch of the Indians of the United States, with a partial tribal his- 

 tory in some cases, see Report of the Commissioner of Indian AfFairs for 1872. 



As an indication of the condition of Indian affairs as late as in 1873, see House of 

 Representatives Report No. 98, Forty-second Congress, third session, March 3, 1873. 

 The report was made by Hon. J. P. C. Shanks, of Indiana, from the Committee on 

 Indian Affairs. Its title is, "Investigation of Indian Frauds. Report of the Com- 

 mittee on Indian Affairs concerning frauds and wrongs committed against the In- 

 dians, with many statistics of value in the management of Indian affairs. By this 

 investigation and report the committee hope to do something to rid the Indians and 

 the Indian service of those heartless scoundrels who infest it and who do so much 

 damage to the Indian, the settler, and the Government." 792 pages. This report also 

 contains a most valuable mass of information relating to the Indians. See also page 

 811 herein for Indian affairs in 1878. 



For much valuable testimony as to the Indians, see Senate Mis. Doc. No. 53, Forty- 

 fifth Congress, third session, 1878, 406 pages. This was taken and reported by the 

 joint committee appointed to take into consideration the expediency of transferring 

 the Indian Bureau to the War Department. See also Senate Report No. 693, Forty- 

 fifth Congress, third session, 1878. 



Allotment of lands in severalty to Indians. See page 815 herein. The passage of 

 the severalty allotment land act to the Indians, February 3, 1887, is probably the 

 most important law ever passed for the Indians. It is given in full on pages 815-817 

 herein. 



In 1880-1883 the writer of this, in the Public Domain, suggested the following : 



Indian reservations. — The settlement of the question as to whether lands are to be 

 given to the Indians in severalty for settlement. It is immaterial for this purpose 

 whether they are to be allotted to the individual or the tribe. The area is the ques- 

 tion. It is probable that almost two-thirds of the area at present embraced in Indian 

 reservations will be thrown into the public domain for settlement or disposition. The 

 remainder, above the wants of the Indians, should be taken by the nation, say at $1.25 

 I>er acre, and a trust fund created with the proceeds. The interest, payable four times 

 a year, will be ample, coupled with the results of their own labor, to maintain the In- 

 dians. An Army officer could disburse it, and the Indians be at once removed from 

 the need of annual legislation. (See page 1253.) 



