Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Transmitted with the Message of the President
at the
Opening of the Second Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress
1844-1845
Rare and early collection of reports relating to the US Government and their treatment of Native Americans, just after the Cherokee removals of the 1830s and during the Trail of Tears. Contents include: "Negotiations with Indians," "Execution of Treaties," "Fiscal Affairs," "Indian Reservations," "Introduction of Ardent Spirits," "Eduction," "Condition of Indian Tribes," "Census," "Education and Schools," "Condition of the Indians," and "Mission West of the Rocky Mountains."
Washington, D.C.: C. Alexander, Printer, 1844/45. Original brown printed wraps; pp. 205 with numerous tables. Deaccessioned from the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Library, with a catalogue sticker to front wrap, stamp to title page and a inked out catalogue number to first page of text, else quite clean internally wrap. Front wrap detached, wraps show wear and chipping.