The information found below is relevant to the specific card/case number used to identify each Dawes Packet. This is an index of the census card, and not a complete index of the Dawes Packet. But it should give you an idea of the people who may be mentioned inside the packet.
Margaret Ferrill Examination by the Commission
Candis Allen Examination by the Commission
Candis Allen Decision of the Commission
Candis Allen Census Card
Closing of the Case
Indiana Coleman Examination by the Commission
Tobias Brock Decision by the Commission
Tobias Brock Examination by the Commission
Julia Turner Decision by the Commission
Julia Turner Examination by the Commission
Willoughby Thompson Examination by the Commission
Allen Banistor Examination by the Commission
Emma Hayes Examination by the Commission
32 Stat. L. 500 AN ACT To ratify and confirm a supplemental agreement with the Creek tribe of Indians, and for other purposes.a Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following supplemental agreement, submitted by certain commissioners of the Creek tribe of Indians, as herein amended, is hereby ratified and confirmed on the part of the United States, and the same shall be of full force and effect if ratified by the Creek tribal council on or before the first day of September, nineteen hundred and … Read more
An Act To ratify the agreement between the Dawes Commission and the Seminole Nation of Indians. Whereas an agreement was made by Henry L. Dawes, Tarns Bixby, Frank C. Armstrong, Archibald S. McKennon, Thomas B. Needles, the Commission of the United States to the Five Civilized Tribes, and Allison L. Aylesworth, secretary, John F. Brown, Okchan Harjo, William Cully, K. N. Kinkehee, Thomas West, Thomas Factor, Seminole Commission, A. J. Brown, secretary, on the part of the Seminole Nation of Indians, on December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, as follows: Agreement between the United States Commissioners to negotiate with the … Read more
October 7, 1899 31 Stat. L., 250 This agreement by and between the Government of the United States, of the first part, entered into in its behalf by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, Henry L. Dawes, Tarns Bixby, Archibald S. McKennon, and Thomas B. Needles, duly appointed and authorized thereunto, and the Seminole tribe of Indians in Indian Territory, of the second part, entered into in behalf of said tribe by John F. Brown and K. N. Kinkehee, commissioners duly appointed and authorized thereunto, Witnesseth: First. That the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, in making the rolls … Read more
Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes Muscogee, Ind. T., March 30, 1901. The following regulations governing the recognition of agents and attorneys before the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes and land offices established by said Commission, approved by the Secretary of the Interior March 20, 1901, are promulgated for the information and guidance of all concerned. By order of the Commission: Tams Bixby, Acting Chairman Regulations 1. Any attorney at law who desires to represent claimants before the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes or any land office established by said Commission shall file a certificate of the clerk … Read more
31 Stat. L. 1073 For salaries of four commissioners, appointed under acts of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to negotiate with the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, twenty thousand dollars : Provided, That the number of said commissioners is hereby fixed at four. For expenses of commissioners and necessary expenses of employees, and three dollars per diem for expenses of a clerk detailed as special disbursing agent by Interior Department, while on duty with the Commission, shall be paid there from; for clerical help, including secretary of the … Read more
Judicial Notice 1. Of Department records. (See RECORDS, par. 4.) Judgment 1. Of United States court, effect of. Although judgments of the United States court in Indian Territory are not binding upon the Commission, the fact that a judgment was rendered in such a court by agreement of the parties is confirmatory evidence of the facts upon which the judgment was predicated. (Cherokee No. 26, Barlow v. Brown.) 2. Same. Judgment of United States court not binding on contestant where contestant was not made a party to the suit in said court. (Creek No. 131, Beams v. Taylor.) 3. When … Read more