OF THE

35-880

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

ON THE

OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT

FOR

THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1880,

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOLUME I.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page.

Annual Report Of The Secretary Of The Interior. 3-81

Indian Affairs, 3-30; Agriculture and Herding, 4; Other than Agricultural

pursuits, 6; Education, 7; Indian Police, 10; Laud titles in Severalty, 11;

Railroads throughlndi an Reservations, 13; General Remarks, 13-20; The

Utes, 20; The Poncas, 22; Victoria's Band of Apaches, 25; The Lemhi

and Fort Hall Indians, 26; The Pi-Utes, 26; The Crows, 27; The Sioux,

28; The Invasion of the Indian Territory, 30. Public Lands, 30-38; Pub-

lic Lands Commission, 31; Private Land Claims, 32; Redwood and Big

Trees, 33; Timber Lands, 33. Bureau Of Railroad Accounts, 33-47;

Union Pacific Railway Company, 40; Central Pacific Railroad Company,

41; CentralJBranch Union Pacific Railroad, 43; Kansas Pacific Railway,

43; Sioux City and Pacific Railroad, 44; Texas and Pacific Railway, 44;

.Southern Pacific Railroad, 45; The Northern Pacific Railroad Company,

45; The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company and Saint Louis and San

Francisco Railway Company, 46; Oregon and California Railroad, 46:

Western Oregon Railroad, 46; The)Mit>sonri, Kansas, and Texas Railway,

47; The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, 47; Appendix, Tables,

&c, 47. United States Geological Survey, 47. Pensions, 52. Pat-

Ents, 56. Education, 57. Tenth Census, 58. Entomological Com-

Mission, 61. Hot Springs Reservation, 62. The Yellowstone Na-

Tional Park, 64. Gas Companies, 66. Public Buildings And

Grounds, 67. New Public Buildings, 68. Reconstruction Of The

Interior Department Building, 70. Hospital For The Insane, 71.

Columbia Institution For The Deaf And Dumb, 72. Freedman's

Hospital, 72. Territories, 73-80; Utah, 73; Wyoming, 74; Dakota,

76; Idaho, 77. Official Salaries, 80.

Report of the Commisaioner'mof Indian Affairs 83-404

Population, 84; Indian Education, 85; Indian Police, 88; Transportation

by Indians, 90; Wagons for Farming and Freighting, 91; Stock Cattle, 92;

Legislation needed, 92; Indian Lands, 94; Railroads through Indian Res-

ervations, 96; Surveys of Reservations and Indian Lands, 97; Invasion of

the Indian Territory, 97 ;"San Carlos Agency, 98; Mission Indians, 99; Utes,

101; The Sioux, 103; Maga-Bob-Du, or Drifting Goose's Band of Sioux In-

dians, 105; Fort Hall and Lemhi Reservations, Idaho, 105; Fort Hall

Agency, 106; Agencies in the Indian Territory, 107; Poncas, 110; Qua-

paws, 111; Sac and Fox Indians of Iowa, 113; Mo-ko-ho-ko Band of Sac

and Fox Indians, 113; Chippewas of Minnesota, 113; Crow Reserva-

tion, Montana, 115; Great Nemaha Agency, Nebraska, 116; Otoes and

Missourias, 117; Mescalero Agency, 118; Malheur Agency, 119; Yakama

Agency, 120; Hostile Indians under Sitting Bull, 120; Reports of Agents,

120.

Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office 405-1126

Letter of Commissioner to Secretary, transmitting his Annual Report, 403;

Report of Commissioner, 418; Surveys, 419; Disposal of Public Lands,

464; Homesteads, 477; Timber Culture Entries, 487; Desert Land Entries,

489; Grants for Railroads, Wagon-Roads, and Canals, 511; Timber Lands,

Timber Depredations, 574; Private Land Claims, 582; Southern Public

Lauds, 608; Reports of Surveyors General, 679-1126.