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On the recordFebruary 9, 1890
The Indians were further assured by the commissioners that the amount appropriated for the expenses of the commission could not under the law be made a charge upon the proceeds of their lands.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to Congress Reporting on the Great Sioux Reservation

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