38-1Indian AffairsReport : Memorial of M. Stevens. [1206] flathead, Blackfeet, and Nez Perce treaties in Washington Territory,
other Indian treaties and land cessions.1864-

House of Represenatives Report No. 11, 38th Congress, 1st Session (1864)

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38TH CoNGREss, } 1st Session. HOUSE OF REPRESENrrATIVES. MARGARET L. STEVENS. (To acqompany bill H . R. No. 195.] FEBRUARY 1, 1864.-0rdered to be printed. {REPORT No. 11. Mr. WINDOM, from the Committee · on Indian Affairs, made the following REPORT.' The Committee on Indian Affa£rs, to whom u·as r~ferred the memorial qf Mar-garette L. Stevens, nidow qf Geneml Isaac I. Stevens, make the following report: That said Isaac I. Stevens was, on the 9th of May, 18!53,•appointed governor of Washington Territory, and ex officio superintendent of Indian affairs, in which capacity he served until the 31st day of May, A. D.1857; that during that time, under instructions of the proper officers of the government, he negotiated many important treaties with ·various Indian tribes; that, by the treaty with tlw Flatheads and other Indians, the government obtained a title to 14,720,000 acres of land, and by the treaty with the Nez Perces 15,400,000 acres were acquired; that by the treaties with the Quinaielt and Quillehute~Makah, Dwamish, Walia-Walla, Nisqually, and other Indians, immense quantities of land were acquired by the government; and that in 1855 he was party to making the treaty with the Blackfeet and other Indians east of the Rocky mountains. His labors were varied, extensive, important, difficult, and dangerous, and were always ·performed with ability anq fidelity to the government. He received as governor a salary of $1,500 per annum, and as superintendent of Indian affairs a salary of $1,500. ·By the act of Congress approved June 5, 1850, the superintendent of Indian affairs for the Territory of Oregon received a salary of $2,500 per annum. Your committee believe that the duties performed by Geueral Stevens were far more arduous and important than those performed by the superintendent of Indian affairs in Oregon, and as much of General Stevens's labor was, under instructions of the government, performed outside of the limits of his superintendency, your committee are of opinion that he is justly entitled to receive the additional sum of one thousand dollars per annum for said services. General Stevens was kille·d at the battle of Chantilly, on the 1st day of Sep-tember, A. D. 1862, at the head of the division which he was commanding, and while in the act of bearing the colors, and successfully rallying the regiment in advance. Your committee therefore report a bill for the relief of the petitioner, and respectfully ask its passage by the House. 

Margaret L. Stevens. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 195.).

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Margaret L. Stevens. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 195.).

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