US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations
Committee
Committee on Indian Affairs
Congress
34th Congress, 1st Session
Files
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Description
This Executive Document, dated March 24, 1856, also known as United States (US) House of Representatives Executive Document No. 65, consists of a message from US President Franklin Pierce, in which Pierce transmits, "in obedience to [the US House of Representatives'] resolution of the 17th instant, a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by a copy of the report of Superintendent [Alfred] Cumming, in regard to his late expedition among the tribes of the Indians on the Upper Missouri."
In his report, Cummings reports on his trip up the Missouri for the purpose of distributing "annuities" to local tribes, describing his impressions of the tribes, their customs, temperament, relations with neighbors, etc., as well as the landscape, flora and fauna he encounters along the way.
Publication Date
3-24-1856
Keywords
Aricara, Arikara, Arikaree, Belantse-Etoa, Hidatsa, Hundi, Mandan, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, MHA Nation, Minnitaree, Nueta, Ree, Sahnish, Sanish, Three Affiliated Tribes, Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation
Organizations Referenced
US Congress, US House of Representatives, US Department of the Interior, Mandan Tribe, Hidatsa Tribe, Arikara Tribe, Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation, MHA Nation, Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation
People Referenced
Franklin Pierce, Nathaniel P. Banks, Robert McLelland, Alfred Cumming, George W. Manypenny, Whitfield, Twiss, Vaughn, Hatch, Smutty Bear, The Man Struck by the Ree, Henry Leavenworth, I. I. Stevens, Alexander Culbertson
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Disciplines
American Politics | Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Indigenous Studies | Law and Politics | Native American Studies | United States History
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