Property rights:

Page

Insecurity under new rules and regulations..

18914

Mr. Duncan's ownership of industrial properties conceded by Gov-
ernment..

19086

Natives deprived of rights given by Congress_

19621

Rights of Metlakahtlans endangered by H. R. 4808-

19621

Prophecies fulfilled__

19135

Redfield, Hon. William C. (Secretary of Commerce), protested illegal

leasing of fisheries of Annette Islands Reserve.

18612

Religious assembly, followers of Mr. Duncan denied right of

Discussion of obligations due Metlakahtlaus by Government and sug-
gestions of remedies to be applied ___

19681

List of specific recommendations for restoring property and property
rights...

Restitution required by justice- -

Rights of self-government, Metlakahtlaus robbed of
Rivers and harbors, breakwater needed at Metlakahtla.

19683
18620, 19685
19620

Rowe, Rt. Rev. Peter T. (Bishop of Alaska), statement_-

18399, 18458
18591

Rules and regulations:

May 27, 1862; first set of rules for government of Metlakahtla, B. C..

August 7, 1887:

Accepted by Secretary of Interior as complying with act of
March 3, 1891_

18564, 18883

18557

"Declaration of Residents" adopted for government of Metla-
kahtla, Alaska...

Maladministration results in failure and demoralization. 18908, 19227

Rustgard, John (United States attorney at Juneau, Attorney General of
Alaska, attorney at law):

Instituted suit for injunction against Smiley and Jenkins_
Represented both plaintiff and defendant in Territorial tax case.
Sanitation, sanitary conditions at Mettakahtla misrepresented by John
W. Arctander.

Permitted to go to ruin following its seizure by Government_

18533

Petition of natives, March 1, 1915, requesting Mr. Duncan to
operate...

Used by Arctander and agents of Bureau of Education....

18755

Presbyterians in Alaska protest..

Harmful influences opposed by Mr. Duncan_

Sectarian interference with Metlakatla Christian Mission:

Deplored by a President of the United States..
Disapproved by Committee of 1886-87---
Natives protest against...

Sectarianism:

Evils of, in mission fields.

Seizures

Page

18607, 19322

18622

18597

18595

19321

19322, 19574

18820

Illegally seized property turned over to outside commercial interests. 18587,

18937

List of property illegally seized by Department of Interior... 18583, 18845
List of industrial improvements illegally seized..
List of mission buildings seized..

19377, 19386, 19397, 19419, 19423, 19430, 19435, 19437

Charges withheld from Mr. Duncan...
Discredited by opinions of highest courts.

19484

19451

Disproved by last will and testament of Mr. Duncan..
List of slanderous accusations against Mr. Duncan..
Motives behind.........

19450

19372

19453

Pratt's slanderous and misleading letters..

Refutation____

19363

19370, 19373, 19377,

19387, 19393, 19395, 19399, 19420, 19425, 19432, 19436, 19438

Slanderous petitions and writings concocted by Marsden and Bureau
agents.

19331

Star witnesses and their sponsors discredited.

19468

Untrue allegations of plotters refuted by their own statements..
Smiley and Jenkins, suit for injunction instituted_

Stackpole, Harvey M., statement rearrest of Mr. Duncan.......
Stone, E. R.:

Letter to A. A. Grorud, August 16, 1936__

Stores:

Benson's store destroyed by fire...

19161

19092

18408

18393

19210

Mr. Duncan's store closed through intrigues of Bureau plotters...

Strong, H. C., statement submitted to subcommittee, July 1936...
Tabulated statements:

18467

Diagram of politic-sectarian relations in Alaska..

19253

Fish trap locations...

19176

History of bills to abridge rights of Metlakahtlans to use of Annette
Islands Reserve__.

Tabulated statements-Continued.

Official data re fish traps.

Personnel of Bureau of Education....

Summary of laws violated and references to evidence_

Territory of Alaska v. Annette Island Packing Co., et al (6 Alaska 603)

Testimonials to William Duncan..

Appraisals by natives..

Chapter XII..........

Page

18993

19520

19654

18508

19595

18778, 19614

19549

Evidence from official sources showing success of Mr. Duncan's work. 19523
Trustees of Estate of William Duncan:

Hostility exhibited by Bureau of Education toward..
Medical treatment at Metlakahtla financed by.

Tsimshean Indians, characteristics and conditions of

Turner, Hon. J. H., testimony of ___.

Vandalism and frightfulness_

Animosities of Bureau agents extend beyond the grave_
Arrest of Mr. Duncan on false charges.

Wrecking of school and mission libraries...

Verney, Edmund (Metlakahtla native), fictitious claims of...

18480, 18497

19146

18603

19385

19561

19347

19085

19151

19085

19101

19413

Vest, George Graham (United States Senator from Missouri), testimony-- 19346
Vicious misrule continues___

Bureau of Education delays repairing its own damage to..

18873

Metlakahtlans not dependent on..

18870

Not a public utility...

18867

Secretary of Interior deceived into ordering restoration of "water
service".

Wellcome, Henry S., Kt., LL. D. (Edinburgh), F. R. S. (England):

Upon death of Mr. Duncan, Dr. Wellcome dedicated himself to cause
of truth and justice in the Metlakahtla case-

19594

West, Preston C. (Assistant Attorney General for Department of Interior),
opinion

Witten, James W. (former chief law officer, General Land Office):

Report submitted to Secretary of Interior and published in 1904 by
direction of the President of the United States...

19415

Young, Mrs. J. W. (formerly Bureau of Education teacher at Saxman,

Alaska), statement.

18653

ACTS OF CONGRESS REFERRED TO

Act of May 10, 1800, section 16, recognizing buildings erected on public
domain for business purposes as belonging to the settler...
Act of March 25, 1816, limiting right of settlers after proof to that of
tenants at will_

Act of July 9, 1832, providing for appointment of a Commissioner of Indian
Affairs

Act of March 2, 1867, establishing Office of Education....
Act of July 20, 1868, creating Office of Education_-_-
Act of May 17,1884:

Page
18493

18492

18602, 19491
18602, 19491

Establishing a civil government for and providing for education of
children in Alaska__

Protecting possession of land occupied as mission stations among
Indian tribes with improvements thereon erected___

19491

18602

18503, 19652

Act of March 2, 1889, providing for appointment of a superintendent of
Indian schools.

Act of March 3, 1891:

Administered contrary to true intent and policy of Congress.
Annette Island set aside as a reservation for Metlakahtlans-

19492

18542

18489,

18636

18549, 18553, 19643, 19670
History of legislation creating Annette Islands Reserve shows that the
act of March 3, 1891, after passage by House of Representatives,
was amended by Senate for purpose of including as beneficiaries
William Duncan and his white missionary assistants. 18498, 18530, 18550
Misquotation of, in opinion of May 19, 1914, prepared in Department
of Justice, establishing a false premise as to Father Duncan's rights
on Annette Islands Reserve-_.
18528, 18855, 19061
Act of March 3, 1899, prescribing penalty for making false census returns.
Act of June 6, 1900, protecting possession of lands in use or occupation by
Indians or persons conducting schools or missions, in Alaska.
Act of January 27, 1905, continuing education of Eskimos and Indians in
Alaska under direction and control of Secretary of Interior.............
Acts of June 14 and 26, 1906, and amendatory statutes, giving to Secretary
of Commerce supreme authority with respect to all matters affecting
fishing operations in waters of Alaska..
18976, 18994, 19004, 19655
Act of March 4, 1907, conferred upon Metlakahtlans right to qualify for
positions of master, pilot, and engineer of steamboats and other craft.

18503, 19653

Act of August 24, 1912, extending to Alaska the laws of United States as to
Indian tribes and lands..

18602

18519,
18552

18862

Act of February 14, 1917, section 287, charging employees of Bureau of
Education and all Federal and Territorial executive officers with duty
of enforcing liquor laws in Alaska..
... 19627, 19635

... 19014

Act of June 18, 1926, placing control of fisheries in Alaska solely within
jurisdiction of Secretary of Commerce--
Summary of laws violated by Government agents, and references to evi-
dence, with respect to property rights of Father Duncan and the Metla-
kahtla Christian Mission on Annette Islands Reserve, Alaska.........
Usurpation of power to set aside an act of Congress exercised by Bureau of
Education.___.

19654

18603, 18608