University of Oklahoma College of Law University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899 1-25-1873 Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a protest of the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation against certain measures providing for the opening of the Indian Territory to white settlement Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/indianserialset Part of the Indian and Aboriginal Law Commons Recommended Citation H.R. Exec. Doc. No. 141, 42nd Congress, 3rd Sess. (1873) This House Executive Document is brought to you for free and open access by University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899 by an authorized administrator of University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 42n CoNGREss, } ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Ex. Doe. 3d Session. { No.141. P ROTEST OF OHIOKASA'l{ N ATIO~. LE':rTER FROM TI-ll!: ACTING SECRETARY OF TilE INTERIOR,, INCLOSING A protest of the governor of the Chickasaw Nation against certain meas ures pro'IJid'i,ng for the opening of the I ndian 'Territory to white settle ment. J ANUARY 25, 1873.-Referreu t o the Committee on I udiau Affairs :wd ordered to be printed. DEP AR'l'MENT OF THE lNTElUOR. lVashington, D. C., January 20, 1873. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a letter, dated the 16th instant, from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in dosing a communication addressed to the President of the United States by G.