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1 Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, Accompanying a Copy of a Memorial of the Indians of Cattaragus and Alleghany Reservations in the State of New York, Protesting against the Passage of the House Bill 1053, Entitled an Act to Authorize the Cattaraugus and Allegany Indians in the State of New York to Lease Lands, Confirm Leases, and Quiet Titles to Their Lands 1 (1874)

handle is hein.amindian/letsec0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 43D CONGRESS,              SENATE.                      MIs. Doc.
18t Sesion.                                           No. 71.
LETTER
FROM THE
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR,
TO THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS,
ACCOMPANYING
A copy of a memorial of the Indians of Cattaraugus and Allegany reser-
vation8, in the State of New York, protesting against the passage of the
House bill 1053, entitled  An act to authorize the Cattaraugus and Alle-
gany Indians in the State of New York to lease lands, confirm leases,
and quiet titles to their lands.
FEBRUARY 24, 1874.-Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be
printed.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Washin9ton, D. 0., February 20, 1874.
SIR: I have the honor herewith to present, for the consideration and
action of Congress, a copy of a memorial of the Indians of the Cat-
taraugus and Allegany reservations in New York, remonstrating against
the passage of any law authorizing the sale of any part of such reser-
vations without the consent of said Indians, owning the same, being
first had and obtained, &c.
A copy of the letter, dated the 5th instant of D. Sherman, agent for
the New York Indians, forwarding said memorial, and a copy of a let-
ter dated the 18th instant, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
inclosing the papers to this Department, are also herewith transmitted.
Very respectfully,
C. DELANO,
Secretary.
Hon. WM. A. BUCKINGHAM,
Chairman Committee 1ndian Affairs, United States Senate.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
Washington, D. C., February 18, 1874.
SIm: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, two copies of a memo-
rial of the Indians of Cattaraugus and Allegany reservations in New
Reproduction by Permission of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Buffalo, NY

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