12/05/1887
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"There is no suggestion that the widow has died or remarried."
"If such proof is supplied, she would be entitled to a pension dating from July 14, 1890, which would be much more advantageous than the relief afforded by the bill herewith returned."
"I do not suppose it was intended that a double pension should be allowed."
"The rights and interests of the Indians are important in every view and should be scrupulously protected."