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... cultivate and use themselves , to the white settlers ; to dissolve , by gradual steps , their tribal cohesion , and ... cultivated 168,340 ; they raised 408,812 bushels of wheat , 604,103 bushels of corn , 224,899 bushels of oats and ...
... cultivate and use themselves , to the white settlers ; to dissolve , by gradual steps , their tribal cohesion , and ... cultivated 168,340 ; they raised 408,812 bushels of wheat , 604,103 bushels of corn , 224,899 bushels of oats and ...
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... cultivate use themselves , to the white settlers ; to dissolve , by gradual steps , t tribal cohesion , and merge ... cultivated 168,340 ; they raised 408,812 bushels of wheat , 604,103 busl of corn , 224,899 bushels of oats and barley ...
... cultivate use themselves , to the white settlers ; to dissolve , by gradual steps , t tribal cohesion , and merge ... cultivated 168,340 ; they raised 408,812 bushels of wheat , 604,103 busl of corn , 224,899 bushels of oats and barley ...
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... cultivated this year 314,398 acres ; raised 336,424 bushels of wheat , 2,346,042 bushels of corn , 124,568 bushels of oats and barley , 595,000 bushels of vegetables , cut 124,000 tons of hay , and raised 16,800 bales of cotton . The ...
... cultivated this year 314,398 acres ; raised 336,424 bushels of wheat , 2,346,042 bushels of corn , 124,568 bushels of oats and barley , 595,000 bushels of vegetables , cut 124,000 tons of hay , and raised 16,800 bales of cotton . The ...
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... cultivate secured to them by the " white man's paper , " that is , a pat equal in legal force to that by which white men hold title to their la Bills have been submitted to Congress for two sessions providing the division of farm tracts ...
... cultivate secured to them by the " white man's paper , " that is , a pat equal in legal force to that by which white men hold title to their la Bills have been submitted to Congress for two sessions providing the division of farm tracts ...
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... cultivation and dotted with farm - houses . The population of the Territory is 145,000 , showing an increase of 60 per cent . over that of ten years ago . About one - half of this increase has been drawn by the mines of the Territory ...
... cultivation and dotted with farm - houses . The population of the Territory is 145,000 , showing an increase of 60 per cent . over that of ten years ago . About one - half of this increase has been drawn by the mines of the Territory ...
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Page 289 - No Indian nation or tribe, within the territory of the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power, with whom the United States may contract by treaty...
Page 532 - ... it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to a patent; upon the payment to the proper officer of five dollars per acre, and that no adverse claim exists; and thereafter no objection from third parties to the issuance of a patent shall be heard, except it be shown that the applicant has failed to comply with the terms of this chapter.
Page 475 - Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Secretary of the Interior for the year 1873. 8. Washington, 1874. Statement of the Public Debt of the United States, July 1, 1874.
Page 68 - An act to punish and prevent the practice of polygamy in the Territories of the United States and other places, and disapproving and annulling certain acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah...
Page 296 - To each head of a family, one-quarter of a section; To each single person over eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section; To each orphan child under eighteen years of age...
Page 534 - 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 87 - Columbia, and shall be punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion...
Page 446 - That any settler who has settled, or who shall hereafter settle, on any of the public lands of the United States, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, with the intention of claiming the same under the homestead laws, shall be allowed the same time to file his homestead application and perfect his original entry in the United States Land Office as is now allowed to settlers under the preemption laws...
Page 294 - An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to deposit certain funds in the United States Treasury in lieu of investment...
Page 70 - The jurisdiction of the several courts herein provided for, both appellate and original, and that of the Probate Courts and of justices of the peace, shall be as limited by law.