| Bad River Reservation, Wis., allotments to Chippewa on | 713 |
 Executive orders establishing | 928 |
| Banking and trust companies in Indian Territory, provisions respecting | 111 |
| Bannock— | |
| agreement of May 14, 1880 | 314 |
| allotments on Fort Hall Reservation | 314 |
| area of | 314 |
| patents to restrict alienation, etc., for twenty-five years | 315 |
| annuities in consideration of cession | 314 |
| cession of part of Fort Hall Reservation | 314 |
| Lemhi Reservation | 314 |
| removal from Lemhi to Fort Hall Reservation | 314 |
| agreement of July 18, 1881, on Fort Hall Reservation | 199 |
| right of way across reservation ceded for railroad | 199 |
| agreement of May 27, 1887, on Fort Hall Reservation | 292 |
| cession of part of reservation | 292 |
| lands ceded to be surveyed and sold | 293 |
| proceeds of sales to be held in trust at 5 per cent interest | 293 |
| right of way ceded to Utah and Northern Railroad Company | 293 |
| agreement of February 5, 1898 | 704 |
| allotments to Indians residing on ceded lands | 705,706 |
| boundaries, survey and marking of | 706 |
| cession of lands | 704 |
| Indians to have use of ceded lands while remaining public lands | 706 |
| highways through reservation | 706 |
| irrigation, water reserved for | 706 |
| payments for cessions | 705 |
| depredation claims not to be deducted | 705 |
| Fort Hall Reservation, allotments on | 707 |
| funds, proceeds of lands ceded in Fort Hall Reservation to be held in trust at 5 per cent interest | 293 |
| railroad right of way ceded across Fort Hall Reservation | 201 |
| statistics | 1033 |
| Baptist Mission School, lands in Cherokee Nation reserved for | 724,790 |
| Barker, William B., lease of oil and gas wells from Seneca Nation ratified | 468 |
| release of part to Seneca confirmed | 623 |
| Beer, introduction into Indian country prohibited | 63 |
| Bell, R. S., widow of, lands reserved from allotment | 775 |
| Bible, instruction of Indian school children in | 38 |
| Bids, certified checks to accompany, when exceeding $5,000 | 25 |
| to be filed and preserved | 27 |
| Big Horn Southern Railroad Company, right of way through Crow Reservation, Mont | 309 |
| time for construction extended and route amended | 479 |
| Big Wind River, Shoshoni Reservation, Wyo., bridge across to be reconstructed | 523 |
| Billings, Clark's Fork and Cooke City Railroad Company, right of way across Crow Reservation, Mont | 277 |
| Bitter Root Valley, Montana, Flathead and confederated tribes in, removed to Jocko Reservation | 135,326 |
| Flathead lands in, reappraisement and sale | 667 |
| orders establishing reserve in | 854 |
| sale of allotments | 326 |
| survey and sale of lands in | 135 |
| homestead laws extended over | 149 |
| payment, time extended | 149 |
| Black Bob band of Shawnee, suit to quiet title to lands of, in Kansas | 324 |
| Black Hawk War, pensions to survivors of | 122 |
| Blackfeet— | |
| agreement of February 11, 1887 | 261,266 |
| allotments in severalty | 263 |
| area | 263 |
| descent by laws of Montana | 263 |
| patents, restrictions to be expressed in | 263 |
| title to be held in trust for twenty-five years | 263 |
| allottees not to lose tribal rights | 263 |
| annuities | 262 |
| not required, retention for benefit of tribe | 263 |
| preference to industrious Indians | 263 |
| boundaries of reservation | 265 |
| marking of | 264 |
| cattle, brand of Indian Department to be on | 262 |
| sale forbidden | 262 |
| cession of lands | 262 |
| employees at agency, Indians to be preferred | 262 |
| purpose of agreement | 262 |
| reservation, boundaries | 265 |
| marking of | 264 |
| rights of way through | 264 |
| to be separated from other tribes | 262 |
| rights of way through lands, how granted | 264 |
| agreement of September 26, 1895 | 604 |
| allotments not to be made | 606 |
| cattle to be distributed, sale forbidden | 606 |
| cession of lands | 605 |
| depredation claims not to be deducted from appropriations | 607 |
| “mixed bloods” included in term “Indian” | 607 |
| payments for cession | 605 |
| preference to Indians in employment | 606 |
| rights of way through reservation | 607 |
| survey of reservation | 606 |
| legislation relating to, note | 149 |
| reservation established in Montana | 149,150, 263 |
| boundaries defined | 265 |
| ceded lands opened to settlement | 266 |
| laws of Montana extended over part ceded | 286 |
| part annexed to counties of Choteau and Dawson | 286 |
| rights of way across, how granted | 264 |
| St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company granted right of way over | 246 |
| statistics | 1029,1030,1043 |
| Blackfeet Agency, Mont., statistics of | 1029 |
| Blackfeet Reserve, Mont., Executive orders establishing | 855 |
| Blacksmiths, tribes to direct employment of, when | 7 |
| upper and middle bands of Spokane, provisions for | 454 |
| Bloods— | |
| agreement of February 11, 1887 | 261 |
| allotments in severalty | 263 |
| area | 263 |
| descent by laws of Montana | 263 |
| patents, restrictions to be expressed in | 263 |
| title to be held in trust for twenty-five years | 263 |
| allottees not to lose tribal rights | 263 |
| annuities | 262 |
| not required, retention for future distribution | 263 |
| preference to industrious Indians | 263 |
| boundaries of reservation | 266 |
| marking of | 264 |
| cattle, brand of Indian Department to be on | 262 |
| sale forbidden | 262 |
| cession of lands | 262 |
| employees at agency, Indians to be preferred | 262 |
| purpose of agreement | 262 |
| reservation, boundaries | 266 |
| marking of | 264 |
| rights of way through | 264 |
| to be separate from other tribes | 262 |
| rights of way through lands, how granted | 264 |
| legislation relating to, note | 149 |
| reservation established in Montana | 149,150, 262 |
| boundaries defined | 265 |
| ceded lands opened to settlement | 266 |
| laws of Montana extended over ceded part | 286 |
| part annexed to counties of Choteau and Dawson | 286 |
| rights of way across, how granted | 264 |
| statistics | 1029 |
| Bloomfield Academy, lands reserved from allotment | 775 |
| Blue Mountain Irrigation and Improvement Company, right of way for canals and reservoirs on Umatilla Reservation, Oreg | 457 |
| Boise Fort Reservation, Minn., Duluth, Rainy Lake River and Southwestern Railway Company granted right of way through | 260 |
| Bonds, abstracted, value of, to be held in Treasury for benefit of Indians at 5 per cent interest | 69 |
| additional security may be required of persons intrusted with property | 7 |
| Bonds, agents | 5 |
| liability for funds received from any source | 101 |
| sureties to file statement of property | 25 |
| cities in Indian Territory may issue, for public improvements | 118,119 |
| clerk of United States court in Indian Territory | 40,72 |
| constables in Indian Territory | 53,73 |
| delivery to Choctaw of certain, suspended | 141 |
| marshal of United States court in Indian Territory | 40,83 |
| subagents | 6 |
| traders with the Indian tribes | 16 |
| Bosque Redondo Reserve, N. Mex., Executive orders establishing | 870 |
| Boundaries of agencies to be established by the Secretary of the Interior | 6 |
| Boundary monuments of surveys in Indian Territory | 82 |
| cost limited | 82 |
| penalty for defacing | 82 |
| Bounty lands, laws relating to, extended over Indians | 20 |
| Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company, right of way through Chippewa and Leech Lake reservations in Minnesota | 514,571 |
| Brand of stock, alteration of, in Indian Territory, penalty for | 44 |
| Bribery, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Arkansas laws applicable | 653 |
| Bridges, Arkansas River, Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway Company may construct | 347 |
| at Webbers Falls, Indian Territory, the Campbell-Lynch Bridge Company may construct | 640 |
| Big Wind River, Shoshoni Reservation, Wyo., construction authorized | 523 |
| Niobrara River, constructions authorized for access to Ponca and Yankton Sioux reservations | 510 |
| Poteau River, in Choctaw Nation, Fort Smith and Choctaw Bridge Company may construction bridge | 279 |
| courts to have jurisdiction of controversies | 328 |
| Brothertown Indians, lands in Wisconsin conveyed to trustees to be sold for benefit of | 174 |
| Brule Sioux, agreement of September 26, 1876 | 169,171 |
| statistics | 1041 |
| Buildings, on ceded lands, belonging to the United States, sale of | 15 |
| Burden of proof, actions between whites and Indians respecting property rights,to be on white person | 15 |
| Burglary, Indians committing, upon property of another Indian or other person, State law to apply | 32 |
| in Indian Territory, penalty for | 37 |
| Burial grounds (see also Cemetery lands), lands reserved for, in Five Civilized Tribes | 93 |
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