Report of the Secretary of the Interior Vol. II Hardcover 1885 Native Americans/Indian Affairs - Chinese Laborers - Union Pacific Railroad

Title: Report of the Secretary of the Interior; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the forty-ninth Congress. Volume II.

Description: Volume II only. Original dark cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Index. 1322 pp. 9.25 x 6.5 x 3 inches.

Volume II of the full five volume Report of the Secretary of the Interior To Congress in 1885. This volume is consists primarily of Indian Affairs (this report alone is 869 pages). Other reports included are from the Superintendents of Yellowstone National Park and Hot Springs Reservation (Arkansas) and those of the Governors of Arizona, Alaska, Dakota, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Washington Territory, and Wyoming. Also included are the Report of the Governor of Wyoming concerning Chinese labor troubles and the Report of Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railway Company. Includes a fold-out plat map of Hot Springs, Arkansas (detatched, but complete, showing and naming the bath houses along Central Avenue) and a fold-out "Diagram illustrating Progress of the Pacific Coast Coal Market and the Sources of Supply." The Indian Affairs report is extensive and comprehensive. It includes a six page report from the Standing Rock Agency (Dakota).

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: Government Printing Office
Place: Washington, DC
Year: 1885

Language: English

ISBN: n/a

Keywords: Indian Affairs, Native Americans, history, government report, Secretary of the Interior, Hot Springs, Arkansas, Union Pacific Railroad, Chinese laborers,