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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, December 1837

Because the US Constitution gives the power of relating to (and control over) Indian tribes, Congress requires updates every year, and those reports are available to the public. In 1837, the Office of Indian Affairs was still under the War Department and did not publish the Commissioner's report as a separate document. In this era of removal and the apparent growth of the Office of Indian Affairs, the focus is on reports from the agents regarding specific topics, along with instructions to the agents, laws and regulations, and numerous blank forms to be completed (lest we fall into the folly of thinking that bureaucracy generated less paperwork in the nineteenth century). The agents reported on the overall situation in their areas (including information about geography and climate), schools and education, and thoughts about what additional laws needed to be passed. Most of the authors of the individual sections are not recorded. Only a single section purports to be written by a Native tribe--a petition from the Shawnees. Keep in mind that these reports were written as argumentative or persuasive pieces. The reader should be alert to determine the problems about which they are arguing and their proposed solutions. The New York Public Library extracted these documents into a separate volume. The bibliographic information can be heard in Section 00. - Summary by stepheather

Year of Publication: 1837Genres: Modern (19th C)

Running Time: 09 hours 00 minute 43 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Bibliographic Information stepheather	1:30
2	Report from the Office of Indian Affairs by C.A. Harris Jonathan Pruett	16:07
3	List of the Documents Accompanying the Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Lawrence	4:40
4	Document Number 1 Report of the Acting Superintendent of Michigan ksleeper	17:47
5	Document Number 2 Report of the Superintendent of Wisconsin Territory ksleeper	15:19
6	Document Number 3 Report of the Acting Superintendent of the Western Territory ksleeper	24:14
7	Document Number 4 Report of the Principal Disbursing Agent of the Western Territory ksleeper	11:56
8	Document Number 5 Report from the Agent of Council Bluffs ksleeper	8:18
9	Document Number 5 1/2 Report of the Sub-Agent at Council Bluffs ksleeper	12:46
10	Document Number 6 Report of the Sub-agent on the Osage River ksleeper	4:24
11	Document Number 7 Report of the Sub-agent on the Great Nemahaw River David Lawrence	3:00
12	Document Number 8 Report of the Agent on the Upper Missouri River redrun	6:04
13	Document Number 9 Report of the Sub-agent on the Upper Missouri River Cbteddy	10:22
14	Document Number 10 Instructions to the Special Agent to the Camanches and Others Cbteddy	6:10
15	Document Number 11 Statement Showing the Number of Indian Schools, Their Location, and the Number of Teachers and Pupils, December 1, 1837 stepheather	19:25
16	Document Number 12 Statement Showing the Amount and Disposition of the Funds Provided by Treaties for the Purposes of Education, December 1, 1837 Cbteddy	6:25
17	Document Number 13 Statement Showing the Condition of the Civilization Fund, December 1, 1837 Cbteddy	1:41
18	Document Number 14 Report of the Acting Superintendent of the Western Territory regarding Schools Claudia Caldi	15:12
19	Document Number 15 Report of the Teacher at Prairie du Chien Claudia Caldi	4:31
20	Document Number 16 Report of the Sub-agent on the Osage River regarding Schools Agnes Robert Behr	3:23
21	Document Number 17 New System of Teaching. Extract of a Letter of Robert Simerwell, Teacher, to the Sub-agent on the Osage River Cbteddy	4:32
22	Document Number 18 Report of the Teacher for the Kickapoos by P.J. Verhaegen Cbteddy	3:30
23	Document Number 19 Extract from a Letter to the Superintendents Cbteddy	1:22
24	Document Number 20 Reply of Mr. Schoolcraft to the Preceding Cbteddy	5:26
25	Document Number 21 Report of the Acting Superintendent of Michigan regarding Laws Cbteddy	3:58
26	Document Number 22 Report of the Superintendent of Wisconsin Territory regarding Laws Cbteddy	3:54
27	Document Number 23 Report of the Principal Military Disbursing Agent for the Western Territory Cbteddy	6:59
28	Document Number 24 Report of Mr. McCoy, Relative to a Government for the Western Territory Cbteddy	17:47
29	Document Number 25 Letter of the Agent at Council Bluffs ksleeper	1:55
30	Document Number 26 Petition of the Shawnees ksleeper	3:35
31	Document Number 27 Statement Showing the Amount of Requisitions Drawn for Disbursements in the Indian Department, between the 1st Day of January and the 30th of September, 1837 Cbteddy	51:36
32	Document Number 28 Statement Showing the Number of Indians Now East of the Mississippi, of Those That Have Emigrated from the East to the West of That River, and of Those within Striking Distance of the Western Frontier SandraClare	6:47
33	Document Number 29 Statement Showing the Quantity of Lands Ceded by the Indian Tribes to the United States, and the Amount Stipulated to be Paid to Them therefor, since the 4th of March, 1829 by C.A. Harris redrun	17:01
34	Document Number 30 Statement Showing the Quantity of Lands Ceded by the Indian Tribes to the United States, and the Amount Stipulated to Be Paid to Them therefor, since the 9th of May, 1836, in Treaties That Have Been Ratified redrun	6:45
35	Document Number 31 Statement Showing the Quantity of Land Ceded by Indian Tribes, and the Amount Stipulated to Be Paid therefor, in Treaties Made Since the 9th of May, 1836, That Will Be Submitted to the President and Senate the Present Session, and Recapitulation of the Three Preceding Tables redrun	4:21
36	Document Number 32 Statement Exhibiting the Names of the Tribes South and West of the Missouri, and between the Puncah and Red Rivers Cbteddy	8:13
37	Document Number 33 Laws--An Act to Regulate Trade and Intercourse with Indian Tribes, and to Preserve Peace on the Frontiers TotalEcho	26:24
38	An Act to Provide for the Organization of the Department of Indian Affairs Cbteddy	13:16
39	Document Number 34 Regulations--Prescribing the Mode in which the Act of the 9th of July, 1832, Providing for the Appointment of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Shall Be Executed by Andrew Jackson Rapunzelina	1:39
40	Revised Regulations--Number 1. Concerning the Execution of the Act of the 9th July, 1832, Providing for the Appointment of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs by B.F. Butler John D. Parker	3:58
41	Revised Regulations--Number 2. Concerning Superintendencies, Agencies, and Sub-agencies by J.R. Poinsett John D. Parker	15:27
42	Revised Regulations--Number 3. For Carrying into Effect the Act of June 30, 1834, Organizing the Department of Indian Affairs by J.R. Poinsett John D. Parker	38:36
43	List of Forms Referred to in the Preceding Regulations by C.A. Harris Stacey Malcolm	2:19
44	Form Number 1. Voucher stepheather	1:22
45	Form Number 2. Abstract for Disbursements for Current Expenses stepheather	1:48
46	Form Number 3. Abstract for Disbursements for Treaty Stipulations stepheather	1:36
47	Form Number 4. Account Current stepheather	1:37
48	Form Number 5. Receipt-Roll for Paying Indian Annuities to Heads of Families stepheather	2:11
49	Form Number 6. Abstract of Articles Purchased for Indians stepheather	1:29
50	Form Number 7. Abstract of Articles Delivered to Indians stepheather	1:27
51	Form Number 8. Return of Property Received and Issued to Indians czandra	1:58
52	Form Number 9. Return of Property in Charge of Agents czandra	1:36
53	Form Number 10. General Annual Abstract of Disbursements czandra	0:59
54	Form Number 11. Statement of Persons Employed czandra	1:06
55	Form Number 12. Monthly Statement of Letters Received czandra	0:59
56	Revised Regulations--Number 4, Concerning Trade and Intercourse with Indian Tribes by J.R. Poinsett Elsie Selwyn	13:50
57	Revised Regulations--Number 5. Concerning the Emigration of Indians by J.R. Poinsett Elsie Selwyn	35:08
58	List of Forms Referred to in the Preceding Regulations Elsie Selwyn	1:53
59	Form Number 1. The United States in Account Current Elsie Selwyn	1:15
60	Form Number 2. Abstract of Disbursements on Account of Subsistence Elsie Selwyn	2:09
61	Form Number 3. Abstract of Disbursements for Transportation Elsie Selwyn	1:18
62	Form Number 4. Abstract of Disbursements for Contingencies Sophia Kaushik	1:16
63	Form Number 5. Return of Provisions and Forage Sophia Kaushik	1:35
64	Form Number 6. Abstract of Provisions Issued Sophia Kaushik	1:40
65	Form Number 7. Abstract of Forage Issued Sophia Kaushik	1:31
66	Form Number 8. Return of Property Received and Issued stepheather	1:54
67	Form Number 9. Statement of Articles Due the [Blank] Indians Cbteddy	1:23
68	Form Number 10. Provision or Forage Return Cbteddy	1:10
69	Form Number 11. The United States to [Blank] Cbteddy	1:05
70	Form Number 12. A Roll of Wagons and Teams Employed in the Removal of the [Blank] Indians Cbteddy	1:53
71	Form Number 13. [Pay and Expenses Chit] David Lawrence	2:25
72	Form Number 14. Quarterly Statement of Agents, and Others, Employed in the Removal and Subsistence fo the [Blank] Indians David Lawrence	1:27
73	Form Number 15. Estimate of Funds Required in the Removal and Subsistence of the [Blank] Indians David Lawrence	1:20
74	Form Number 16. Monthly Abstract of Disbursement for the Subsistence of the Indians David Lawrence	2:03
75	Form Number 17. Baggage Certificate David Lawrence	1:20
76	Form Number 18. Muster Roll of a Company of [Blank] Indians about to Emigrate West of the Mississippi River David Lawrence	2:26