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On the recordJuly 14, 1890
Letters from the Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the Assistant Attorney-General for the Department of the Interior relating to the same matter are also submitted.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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