Instructions to John K. Rankin, Esq. to "proceed to the Yakama Agency" to make allotments of land in serveralty.

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YIA-116-05-002.pdf (4.52 MB)

Date

1892-04-14

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UNPUBLISHED

Abstract

Enclosure: "It has been understood that the Indians of the Yakama Reservation have been opposed to the apportionment of their lands in severalty many of the leading Indians having urged that the allotting of their lands meant a severance of the paternal ties which bind them to the government, and that they would be thrown upon their own resources at a time when they were unprepared to become self-sustaining citizens."

Description

Single 8 x 10.5 inch letterhead. Typed and inscribed. Annotation on verso. Open tear at fold. Staining obscures context. Enclosure: 8 sheets 8 x 10.5 inch letterhead. Typed. 'Copy' at top of first sheet. Date edited. Alt date: April 12 1892. Annotation on verso of final sheet.

Keywords

Fort Simcoe, WA, Government documents, Indians of North America--Government relations

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/3538

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Yakama Indian Agency Records (1848 -1904)