[454] Same commissioner, Report of the Indian Commissioner, p. xlv, 1886; decision quoted by same commissioner, Report of Indian Commissioner, p. lxxvii, 1887. [↑]
[455] Same commissioner, Report of the Indian Commissioner, p. li, 1886; reiterated by him in Report for 1887, p. lxxvii. [↑]
[456] See act in full, Report of Indian Commissioner, vol. I, pp. 680–681, 1891. [↑]
[457] From author’s personal acquaintance; see also Zeigler and Grosscup, Heart of the Alleghanies, pp. 38–39, 1883; Agent J. L. Holmes, in Report of Indian Commissioner, p. 160, 1885; Commissioner T. J. Morgan, Report of Indian Commissioner, p. 142, 1892; Moore, Roster of the North Carolina Troops, IV, 1882. [↑]
[458] Commissioner D. M. Browning, Report of Indian Commissioner for 1894, pp. 81–82, 1895; also Agent T. W. Potter, ibid., p. 398. [↑]
[459] Agent T. W. Potter, Report of Indian Commissioner for 1895, p. 387, 1896. [↑]
[460] Agent J. C. Hart, Report of Indian Commissioner, p. 208, 1897. [↑]
[461] Agent J. C. Hart, Report of Indian Commissioner, pp. 218–219, 1898. [↑]
[462] At the recent election in November, 1900, they were debarred by the local polling officers from either registering or voting, and the matter is now being contested. [↑]