Date

Citation – Primary Source

Event / Description

01/20/1866

“Indians and the Reservation System.” Weekly Trinity Journal, January 20, 1866, p. 3, col. 1.

Fort Humboldt, Mendocino Reservation, Round Valley Reservation

March 1866

Charles Maltby to D.N. Cooley, March 1866, document no. 23 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 39 Cong., 2 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 103-104 (1284).

Provides estimates of cost for establishing schools on reservations.

05/25/1866

Charles Maltby to D.N. Cooley, May 25, 1866, document no. 21 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 39 Cong., 2 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 99-102 (1284).

Discusses Smith River Reservation and encloses correspondence correspondence from April and May 1866.

06/26/1866

D.N. Cooley to James Harlan, June 26, 1866, document no. 24 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 39 Cong., 2 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 105-108 (1284).

Recounts California Indian reservation affairs from 1853 to 1866.

08/03/1866

D.N. Cooley to Robt. J. Stevens, August 3, 1866, document no. 31 of “Annual Report on Indian Affairs by the Acting Commissioner,” H. Exec. Docs., 40 Cong., 2 Sess., Vol. 3, Doc. 1, pp. 115-116 (1326).

Discusses appointment of special commissioner to investigate and report on Indian affairs in California.

08/05/1866

J.Q. Stanley to Charles Maltby, August 5, 1866, document no. 22 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 39 Cong., 2 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 102-103 (1284).

Discusses conditions of Mission Indians in Southern California

08/10/1866

B.L. Fairfield to D.N. Cooley, August 10, 1866, Unnumbered document of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 39 Cong., 2 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 96-97 (1284). [Note: the appendix of the Commissioner’s report lists this document as document number 18.]

Provides annual report of Round Valley Reservation. Note: the appendix of the Commissioner’s report lists this document as document number 18.

08/17/1866

Geo. J. Hoffman to D.N. Cooley, August 17, 1866, document no. 19 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 39 Cong., 2 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, p. 98 (1284).

Discusses Indian labor for farm work and road-building, advises against expenditures for Indian education.

08/20/1866

Robert L. Stockton to Charles Maltby, August 20, 1866, document no.17 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 39 Cong., 2 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 95-96 (1284).

Discusses conditions at Hoopa Valley Reservation and notes lack of education for Indians. Encloses reservation census.

09/09/1866

G. Kingsbury to C. Maltby, September 9, 1866, document no. 20 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 39 Cong., 2 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 98-99 (1284).

Reports on conditions at Smith River Reserve and notes Indian frustration that reservation has not been made permanent

09/15/1866

Charles Maltby to D.N. Cooley, September 15, 1866, document no.16 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 39 Cong., 2 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 91-95 (1284).

Announces closing of Mendocino Reserve and prisoners at Humboldt moved to Round Valley. Discusses Bidwell’s legislation and general conditions on all California reservations.

10/22/1866

D.N. Cooley, Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, October 22, 1866, H. Exec. Docs., 39 Cong., 2 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 1-66 (1284).