OCR Text |
Show AKNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. DEPARTMENOTF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE COMMISSIONEORF INDIAANFF AIRB, December 8, 191 3. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the Eighty-second Annual Report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, covering the period from July 1, 1912, to June 30,1913. GENERAL STATEMENT. During the last hcal year the Bureau of Indian Affair* was under the direction of Hon. R. G. Valentine, Commiss;oner of Indian Affairs, up to the time of his resignation, September 12, 1912. There-after, Hon. F. H. Abbott, Assistant Commissioner, was in charge M Acting Commissioner until June 4, 1913, on which date I took the the oath of o5ce as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Before giving a r63um6 of the activities of the Indian Bureau for the 1 s t hcal year, I deem it appropriate to invite attention to a few of the larger questions which now confront this office for solution in the adminiitration of the affairs of the Indians. It may be interesting to note that the Indian country, under the jurisdiction of this office, covers an area almoat as large as that of all the New England States and the Stat? of New York combined. There are about 6,000 employees in the Indian Service, who supervise the affairs of about 300,000 Indians, whose combined property is estimated to be worth nearly $900,000,000. There have been appropriated by Congress for the Indian Service and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes aince the hcal year 1881 the following amounts: Appropriohna since 1881. 1881 to 1890. ..................................................... $53,797,649.09 1891 to 1900 ...................................................... 78,883,746.47 1901 to 1910 ...................................................... 93,337,617.42 1911 ............................................................ 10,129,857.29 1912.. .......................................................... :. 8,957,199.64 1913.. .......................................................... 9,055,614.43 1914.. .......................................................... 9,461,819.67 Total.. .................................................... 263,623,004.01 2171614-1 1 |