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On the recordJuly 1, 1890
I very gravely doubt whether the remnant or band of this tribe now living in Iowa has any interest in these lands in the Indian Territory.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to Congress Transmitting an Agreement Between the Cherokee Commission and the Sac and Fox Indians

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