| Mackinac Agency, Mich., statistics | 1036 |
| Madison Indians, statistics | 1044 |
| Mails, transportation of, by railroads granted land through Indian reservations | 104,116 |
| Makah, statistics | 1037 |
| Makah Reserve, Wash., Executive orders establishing | 917 |
| Malheur Reserve, Oreg., Executive orders establishing | 887 |
| Mandan, Fort Berthold Reservation— | |
 agreement of December 14, 1886 | 425 |
| allotment of diminished reservation | 425,426 |
| restrictions for twenty-five years | 426 |
| annuity of $80,000 annually for ten years | 425 |
| how to be expended | 427 |
| cession of lands | 425 |
| laws of Dakota extended over reservation | 426 |
| subsistence not to be furnished adult males not working or children not attending school | 427 |
| unallotted lands held in trust twenty-five years | 426 |
| statistics | 1033 |
| Mansfield’s Digest. (See Arkansas laws.) | |
| Manslaughter, Indian committing against an Indian or other person, laws of State or Territory to govern | 32 |
| Manual training schools— | |
| purchase of articles manufactured at | 28 |
| accounts to be kept separate | 28 |
| Manufacture of supplies by Indians | 69,113 |
| Maricopa, statistics | 1038 |
| Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad Company, right of way through Gila River Reservation | 243 |
| Marinette and Western Railway Company, right of way through Menominee Reservation, Wis. | 443 |
| Marriages, according to tribal customs declared valid | 52 |
| Cœur d’Alene Reservation, white men to satisfy agent of moral character | 422 |
| in Indian Territory | 52 |
| certificates to be issued by clerks and deputy clerks of United States court | 52 |
| clerk or deputy clerk of United States court may solemnize | 52 |
| commissioners of United States may solemnize | 53 |
| licenses to be issued by clerk and deputy clerk of United States courts | 52 |
| return of, after execution | 52 |
| of Indians, to be according to tribal laws | 52 |
| proof of, in pension cases | 21 |
| Stockbridge and Munsee tribes, females marrying out of tribe to forfeit rights | 131 |
| white men marrying Indian women | 38 |
| children to have rights of mother | 89 |
| proof of marriage | 38 |
| women to become citizens of United States | 38 |
| tribal rights not forfeited | 38 |
| whites not to acquire tribal rights | 38 |
| Marshals, may employ posse comitatus in executing process in Indian country | 19 |
| of cities and towns in Indian Territory | 95 |
| court of appeals in Indian Territory | 75 |
| United States courts in Indian Territory | 71 |
| appointment, duties, and removal | 40 |
| for western and northern judicial districts | 121 |
| bond | 40,83 |
| crimes and offenses against, United States laws to be enforced | 36 |
| deputies | 40,71,73 |
| accounts to be approved by Attorney-General | 83 |
| appointments confirmed | 83 |
| fees allowed | 122 |
| field deputies | 86 |
| jurors to be summoned by | 42 |
| mileage to be allowed | 26 |
| oath required of | 40 |
| salary of | 85 |
| Marys River Indians, statistics | 1033 |
| Matrons, Indian girls to be employed as assistants | 87 |
| Mayors of towns and cities in Indian Territory | 95 |
| Mdewakanton Sioux— | |
| payment for services as scouts in certain wars | 485,559 |
| sale of lands in Redwood County, Minn., and purchase of lien lands | 714 |
| statistics | 1036 |
| Mechanics, employment for benefit of Indians | 7 |
| Mendocino Reservation, Cal., Executive orders establishing | 817 |
| Menominee— | |
| funds, proceeds of timber | 354 |
| legislation relating to, note | 353 |
| logging on reservation in Wisconsin | 153,163,194,353 |
| statistics | 1034 |
| Menominee Reservation, Wis.— | |
| logging— | |
| regulations for cutting timber | 194 |
| sale of timber | 353 |
| Marinette and Western Railroad Company granted right of way through | 443 |
| Northwestern Improvement Company to improve Oconto River for logging purposes | 163 |
| Wolf River, Keshena Improvement Company to improve for logging purposes | 153 |
| Merchandise, for fulfilling treaties, purchase by the Secretary of Interior | 8 |
| proceedings against when on Indian lands in violation of law to be as under revenue laws | 15 |
| Mescalero Apache Agency, N. Mex., statistics | 1036 |
| Mescalero Apache Reservation, N. Mex., Executive orders establishing | 870 |
| Meshingomesia’s band of Miami— | |
| members to become citizens after January 1, 1881 | 134 |
| reservation to be divided among members | 134 |
| Messages disturbing peace with tribes, penalty for sending | 13 |
| Methodist Episcopal Church— | |
| granted certain land by Chippewa of Saginaw | 157 |
| may buy certain Cherokee lands | 726 |
| Mexican Kickapoo, statistics | 1042 |
| Miami— | |
| allotments in Indian Territory | 344,345 |
| general act of 1887 not applicable | 35 |
| lease of | 345 |
| Quapaw Agency, sale of 100 acres by adult allottees holding over 200 acres | 620 |
| sale by heirs of deceased allottees | 702 |
| of surplus lands unallotted | 752 |
| annuities, purchase of right to participate in those of Peoria, Wea, etc | 147 |
| census | 146 |
| list of those becoming citizens of United States | 147 |
| uniting with Peoria, Wea, etc | 147 |
| of those entitled to share in tribal funds | 191 |
| citizenship accorded members of Meshingomesia’s band | 135 |
| accorded on application to United States circuit court | 146 |
| oath of allegiance | 146 |
| claims of individuals, Attorney-General to report on | 197 |
| deeds and conveyances in Quapaw Agency to be recorded at Miami | 121,597 |
| funds, agent to make per capita distribution | 192 |
| census of tribe entitled to participate | 191 |
| proceeds of Kansas lands, distribution | 147 |
| lands in Kansas, alienation and taxation forbidden | 146 |
| restrictions removed when title is not in Indians | 140 |
| disposal of lands | 145,146,197,198 |
| leases of lands in Indian Territory | 345 |
| legislation relative to, note | 133 |
| Meshingomesia’s band, citizenship conferred on members | 135 |
| reservation to be partitioned | 133 |
| application of chiefs | 134 |
| descent by Indian laws | 134 |
| intermarried persons entitled to share | 134 |
| members to share alike | 134 |
| payments per capita to | 192 |
| statistics | 1040 |
| surplus lands unallotted, disposal of | 752 |
| tribal relations abolished | 146 |
| union with “United Peoria and Miami” | 147 |
| Western band, census | 146 |
| town of— | |
| deeds and conveyances in Quapaw Agency to be recorded at | 597 |
| mortgages of chattels to be recorded at | 700 |
| terms of court at | 70 |
| Miami Town Company, cemetery lands may be purchased from Peoria or Ottawa allottee | 600 |
| land may be bought from Ottawa in Indian Territory | 407 |
| Miami Town Site, included in northern judicial district of Indian Territory | 70 |
| Michigan, Executive orders relating to reservations in | 846 |
| Military force, employment of, to apprehend criminals | 19 |
| destroy distilleries | 19 |
| prevent introductions of persons and property into Indian country | 19 |
| seize goods, etc | 19 |
| intruders may be removed by | 14,18 |
| in Indian Territory, field officers to be appointed by the President | 90 |
| officers, intoxicants given Indians by, penalty | 31 |
| passports may be issued by | 17 |
| searches for intoxicants by | 17 |
| Mille Lac Reservation, Minn.— | |
| ceded lands to be disposed of as public lands | 696 |
| Chippewa of, removal to other reservations | 755 |
| entries irregularly made on, confirmed | 552 |
| Little Falls, Mille Lacs and Lake Superior Railway Company granted right of way through | 362 |
| Mills, erection on Coeur d’Alene Reservation | 423 |
| Lapwai Reservation, Idaho | 539 |
| Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway Company right of way through Lac de Flambeau Reservation | 278 |
| Mineral lands— | |
| Blackfeet Reservation, Mont., ceded lands may be entered as | 609 |
| Cherokee Nation, provisions relating to leases | 727 |
| Colville Reservation, Wash., laws extended over | 570,667 |
| allotments and government lands excepted | 667 |
| Confederated Wea, Peoria, Kaskaskia, and Piankashaw lands, leases of | 407 |
| Creek Nation, leases | 739 |
| Crow Reservation in Montana, claims not to be selected in allotments | 447 |
| disabled allottees may lease mining lands on allotments | 82 |
| Five Civilized Tribes, leases, royalties to be paid into United States Treasury | 97 |
| of coal lands | 41 |
| reserved from allotment | 93 |
| Fort Belknap Reservation ceded lands | 604 |
| Indian Territory, leases by Secretary of Interior | 93 |
| area not to exceed 640 acres | 93 |
| damages to owner of allotment | 94 |
| persons in possession preferred | 94 |
| payments to lessee | 94 |
| royalties | 94 |
| terms not to exceed fifteen years | 93 |
| United States court to have jurisdiction over | 41 |
| reserved from allotment | 93 |
| Klamath River Reservation, entry of lands | 439 |
| Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache lands, laws applicable to | 712 |
| leases of, when property of individual Indians | 57 |
| Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, and Wea lands, leases valid | 477 |
| San Carlos Reservation, ceded lands, laws applicable to | 609,611 |
| Seminole Nation, leases | 663 |
| Spokan Reservation, Wash., laws applicable to | 754,799 |
| Uintah and White River Ute Reservation, sale of leased lands | 753 |
| White Mountain Apache Reservation, Ariz., sale of lands | 740 |
| Miniconjou Sioux, statistics | 1030 |
| Minnesota— | |
| Executive orders relating to reservations in | 850 |
| timber cutting by Indians in | 89 |
| White Earth Reservation, lands granted for church and school purposes | 150 |
| Winnebago in— | |
| allotments to | 133 |
| claims to allotments to be settled | 127 |
| removal of | 125 |
| Minnesota and Manitoba Railway Company, right of way through Red Lake Reservation, Minn | 698 |
| Minor children— | |
| allotments, heads of families to select | 33 |
| Cherokee Nation, enrollment | 792 |
| selection of allotments | 797 |
| Chickasaw Nation, allotments | 786 |
| Choctaw Nation, allotments | 786 |
| Creek Nation, parents to act as guardians | 738 |
| Eastern Shawnee, allotments | 752 |
| Peoria, parents to act as guardians | 54 |
| Seneca, allotments | 752 |
| Mission Indians— | |
| allotments in severalty | 384 |
| on lands purchased for use of | 750 |
| exchange of lands with private owners | 440 |
| Executive orders establishing reserves in California | 819 |
| modified | 1008,1018 |
| irrigationg ditches, etc., across reservations | 385 |
| lands for use of, to be selected by Commission | 750 |
| reservation for | 383 |
| removal from private claims | 383 |
| settled on private land claims, Attorney-General to defend suits for possession | 384 |
| statistics | 1036 |
| Mission-Tule River Agency, Cal., statistics | 1036 |
| Mississippi Choctaw— | |
| allotments to be made | 106 |
| incumbrance or sale to be void | 106 |
| proof of identity | 106 |
| settlement in Choctaw-Chickasaw country | 106 |
| citizenship to be settled by Commission to Five Civilized Tribes | 87,780 |
| enrollment of members | 87,780 |
| rights not to be prejudiced | 99 |
| Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company, right of way through Ponca, Oto, and Missouri reservations, Okla | 676 |
| Missoula and Northern Railroad Company, right of way through Flathead Reservation, Mont | 437 |
| Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company— | |
| lands on Osage Reservation, in Kansas, may be purchased by | 164,165 |
| old channel of Canadian River may be restored by | 645 |
| Mixed bloods, term “Indian” includes, in Blackfeet agreement of September 26, 1895 | 607 |
| agreement with Fort Belknap Reservation Indians of October 9, 1895 | 603 |
| Moache band of Ute, agency in Colorado to be established | 157 |
| agreement of September 13, 1873, ratified | 151 |
| statistics | 1043 |
| Moapa River Reserve, Nev., Executive orders establishing | 866 |
| reduced to 1,000 acres | 157 |
| Modoc, lands in Indian Territory, payment to Eastern Shawnee for | 158 |
| statistics | 1035,1040 |
| Mohave— | |
| agreement of February 25, 1896 | 609 |
| boundaries of reservation to be marked | 610 |
| cession of lands | 609 |
| proceeds of coal and mineral lands | 609 |
| statistics | 1030,1041 |
| Molel, statistics | 1033 |
| Money, payment to Indians— | |
| mode of distribution | 9 |
| payment in goods | 8 |
| Secretary of Interior to apply for best interests of tribe | 9 |
| to be withheld from tribes holding captives | 11,23 |
| Montana, Executive orders relating to reservations in | 854 |
| reservations in, for Grosventres, Piegan, Bloods, Blackfeet, River Crows, and others established | 150 |
| Moorhead, Leech Lake and Northern Railway Company, right of way through White Earth Reservation, Minn | 306 |
| Moqui Reserve, Ariz., Executive orders establishing | 805 |
| Moravian Church, lands in Chippewa and Christian reservations, Kans., conveyed to | 623 |
| Mortgages, in Indian Territory, recording of | 84 |
| in Quapaw Agency, of chattels, recording at Miami | 700 |
| of railroads in Indian Territory and Oklahoma to be recorded in Interior Department | 117 |
| Moses Reserve, Wash., Executive orders establishing | 904 |
| Moses’ band of Columbia, agreement of July 7, 1883, ratified | 224 |
| statistics | 1030 |
| Mounds, Indian Territory, survey and platting of | 734 |
| Muckleshoot, statistics | 1044 |
| Muckleshoot Reserve, Wash., Executive orders establishing | 918 |
| Municipal corporations (see also Incorporations, cities and towns)— | |
| Cherokee Nation, powers of | 725 |
| Choctaw and Chicasaw nations, bonds for improvements | 783 |
| Creek Nation, bonds for improvements | 736 |
| Munsee (see also Stockbridge and Munsee)— | |
| membership in tribe and rights to lands | 500 |
| on Chippewa and Christian reservations, Kans., census to be taken | 623 |
| lands of allottees abandoning allotment or dying without heirs to be sold | 624 |
| patents for allotments | 623 |
| sale of unallotted lands | 622,624 |
| proceeds to be distributed per capita | 624 |
| trust funds to be distributed per capita | 624 |
| statistics | 1034,1039 |
| Murder, Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, change of venue in trials for | 654 |
| Indian committing, against Indian or other persons, laws of State or Territory to govern | 32 |
| killing of person by shooting, etc., at trains in Indian Territory | 78 |
| Murrow, J. S., lands reserved from allotment | 775 |
| Muscogee, term of court at | 70,120 |
| Muscogee Coal and Railway Company, right of way through Indian Territory and Oklahoma | 627 |
| Muscogee, Oklahoma and Western Railroad Company, right of way through Indian Territory | 612 |
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