Special Message
01/31/1887
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The purpose of allotment is in danger of being defeated.
I am convinced of the growing necessity, in this period of change in our relations with the Indians, of caution and certainty in the grants ...
If the beneficiary can justly claim a pension dating from her application to the Pension Bureau in 1890, the benefits accruing to her theref...
I do not suppose it was intended that a double pension should be allowed.