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Show ) REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 75 I date) aa the definite laoation of the line of road from - to - , a distance of -miles (giving the termini and distanoe), and that the map has been prepsred to be filed for the approval of the Searetasy of the Interior, in order that thecompany may obtsin the benefita of the aot of Congress approved- (giving date). (3) Separate plats of ground for station purposes, in addition to right of way, shonld he filed, and such grounds should not be represented upon the maps of definite location, but should be marked by ststition numbers or otherwise, so that their exact location cam bedetermined upon the maps. Plats of station grounds should bear the ssnte affidavits and certifioates as map8 of definite loostion. All maps presented for approval should be drawn on tracing linen, the scale not leas than 2,000 feet to the inch, and should be filed in duplicate. I These requirements follow, as far as practicable, the published regu-lations governing the practice of the General Land Office with regard to railways over the public lands, and they are, of course, subject to modification by any special provisions in a right-of-way act. 1 NEEDED PUBLICATIONS ON INDIAN MATTERS. For many years there has been an increasing demand upon this office for a publication containing all ratified treaties and agreements made between the various Indian tribes and the United States. Such a work would be very valuable for reference by the Executive Depart-ments of the Government, by the Indian committees in Congress when considering legislation affeoting Indian tribes, and also by the several Indian tribes themselves, who are yearly becoming more intelligent and desirous of obtaining information as to what lands their forefathers occupied and claimed and how and when they were ceded to the Gov-ernment. A book of this charaoter, cont~ningal l treaties with "Indian tribes from 1778 to 1837, with a copions table of contents," and cover-ing 699 pages, was compiled and printed in 1837 by the direction and under the supervision of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Arepub-lication of this work and its continuance to date upon the same method and plan is a desideratum, and I respectfully urge that Congress be requested to make the necessary appropriation to pay the expense of compiling and iss'uing such a publication. I would also recommend that Congress be requestad to make an appropriation to pay for the repnblication of the books "Emcutive Orders Relating to Indian Reservations," and "Laws Relating to Indian Affairs." The supply of each is exhausted, and the constant call for these two works for public distribution justifies this office in making a recommendation for a new edition of each, which should, of course, be brought down to date. I ATTACK BY PAPAGOS OF ARIZONA ON EL PLOMO, MEXICO. The last annual report of this office gave an account of the attack made April 14,1898, by a band of Papago Indians from the United States upon the Mexican village of El Plomo. It was also stated that |
