Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903
Sir M. H. Herbert to Mr. Foster.
British
Embassy,
Washington, June 8, 1903.
Washington, June 8, 1903.
Dear Mr. Foster: With reference to my note to Mr. Hay of the 29th May, I received to-day from the British agent the inclosed detailed list of the documents the production of which he has already asked for.
Yours, very truly,
Michael H.
Herbert.
[Inclosure.]
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO THE TREATY OF 1825 BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
Originals of the following letters and documents:
| Date. | U. S. Appendix. | |||
| 1822. | Nov. | 2. | Tuyll to Nesselrode | 112 |
| Oct. | 21. | |||
| 1823. | Nov. | 3. | Poletica to Nesselrode | 132–7 |
| 1824. | May | 20. | Lieven to Nesselrode | 177–9 |
| June | 1. | |||
| 1824. | May | 21. | “ “ “ | 179 |
| June | 2. | |||
| 1824. | July | 13. | “ “ “ | 185–6 |
| July | 25. | |||
| Explanations with regard to contre projet | 205–6 | |||
| 1824. | Sept. | 19. | Lieven to Nesselrode | 207 |
| Oct. | 1. | |||
| 1825. | Feb. | 1. | Contre projet submitted by S. Canning | 213–17 |
| Feb. | 13. | |||
| S. Canning’s contre projet as altered and corrected by Matusevich | 218–23 | |||
| 1825. | Feb. | 20. | Nesselrode to Lieven | 225 |
| Mar. | 3. | |||
| 1825. | May | 8. | Lieven to Nesselrode | 229–31 |
| May | 20. | 152–3 | ||
| 1824. | Feb. | 20. | Admiral Mordvinof to Nesselrode | 152–3 |
| 1824. | Apr. | 11. | Nesselrode to Mordvinof | 166–9 |
| 1825. | Feb. | 17. | Middleton to Adams | 224–5 |
| Mar. | 1. | |||
The originals of the following papers relating to the Russian occupation up to the cession to the United States in 1867, and set out in the Appendix to the United States case, pp. 251–323.
| Date. | U. S. Appendix. | ||||
| 1829. | Mar. | 20. | Governor Simpson to the manager of the Russian-American Company | pp. | 259–260 |
| 1829. | Dec. | 16. | Hudsons Bay Company to Russian-American Company | “ | 260–261 |
| 1830. | Feb. | 27. | Director Severin to the minister of finance | “ | 161–2 |
| 1832. | May | 6. | Report of the governor to the board of directors of the Russian-American Company | “ | 264–5 |
| 1834. | Apr. | 28. | Report of the governor of the board of directors of the Russian-American Company | “ | 265–7 |
| 1835. | Mar. | 30. | The governor of the Russian-American Company to the commander of the schooner Chilkat, Second Lieutenant Kuznetsoff | “ | 273–4 |
| 1835. | Apr. | 30. | Baron Wrangell to board of directors of the Russian-American Company | “ | 274–278 |
| 1835. | Nov. | 14. | Report of the directors of the Russian-American Company on the Dryad affair | pp. | 282–5 |
| 1836. | Jan. | 3. | Board of directors of the Russian-American Company to the department of trade and manufactures | “ | 289–291 |
| 1836. | Mar. | 12. | The board of directors of the Russian-American Company to the governor of the Russian-American colonies, Ivan Antonovich Kupreyanoff | “ | 291–2 |
| 1837. | July | 13. | Mr. Milbanke to Count Nesselrode | “ | 296–7 |
| 1838. | Apr. | 28. | Count Nesselrode to Mr. Milbanke | “ | 297–302 |
| 1838. | Mar. | 23. | The governor of the Russian colonies in America to the commander of the brig Chichagoff, Lieutenant | “ | 302–3 |
| 1838. | May | 1. | Report of the governor of the Russian colonies in America to the board of directors | “ | 303 |
| 1838. | Oct. | 6. | Mr. Milbanke to Count Nesselrode | “ | 304–7 |
| 1838. | Dec. | 9. | Count Nesselrode to Count Kankreen | “ | 307–8 |
| 1838. | May | 1. | Report of the governor to the general board of the Russian-American Company | “ | 308–9 |
| 1839. | June | 23. | Journal of correspondence, 1839, No. 3, kept during the voyage in the Straits and the tour of inspection to Redoubt St. Dionysius, from June 6, 1839, to June 23, 1839 | “ | 309 |
| 1839. | Dec. | 20. | Report of the board of directors of the Russian-American Company | “ | 309–11 |
| 1839. | Jan. | 4. | Count Nesselrode to Count Kankreen | “ | 312 |
| Report of governor of Russian colonies in America to the board of directors of the Russian-American Company | “ | 312–13 | |||
| Translation of the Russian memorandum marked A. A. By S. N. Buynitsky | “ | 317–18 | |||
The originals of the following papers relating to United States occupation after the cession, copies of which or extracts from which, are set out in the Appendix to the United States case, pp. 345–510.
| Date. | Military operations. | U. S. Appendix. | |||
| 1903. | Mar. | 31. | Report of Adjutant-General | pp. | 345–6 |
| 1867. | Sept. | 3. | Instructions to Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott | “ | 346–7 |
| 1867. | Nov. | 12. | Colonel Scott’s report on the Indians, 1867, with inclosures | “ | 347–353 |
| 1867. | Sept. | 6. | General Davis’s instructions | “ | 353–4 |
| 1868. | May | 27. | Reports from General Davis | “ | 354–8 |
| 1869. | Sept. | 27. | Report of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas | “ | 358–9 |
| 1875. | June | 30. | General Howard’s tour in Alaska | “ | 359–60 |
| Operations of the Navy. | |||||
| 1903. | Apr. | 6. | Acting Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of State | pp. | 361 |
| 1869. | Jan. | 7. | Richard W. Meade, jr., commanding U. S. S. Saginaw, to Rear-Admiral T. T. Craven, commanding North Pacific Squadron | “ | 362 |
| 1869. | Feb. | 1. | Richard W. Meade, jr., commanding U. S. S. Saginaw, to Rear-Admiral T. T. Craven, commanding North Pacific Squadron | “ | 362 |
| 1873. | July | 31. | A. M. Pennock, rear-admiral commanding U. S. Naval Force on North Pacific Station, to Hon. George M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy, and note A | “ | 363 |
| 1873. | Aug. | 31. | A. M. Pennock, rear-admiral commanding U. S. Naval Force on North Pacific Station, to Hon. George M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy, and note A | “ | 363 |
| 1881. | Apr. | 28. | Capt. L. A. Beardslee to the Secretary of the Navy and inclosures | “ | 373–77 |
| 1881. | Mar. | 3. | Mr. Woodworth to Commander Glass | “ | 377 |
| 1881. | Apr. | 6. | Commander Glass to the Secretary of the Navy, with inclosures | “ | 378 |
| 1881. | May | 6. | The Secretary of the Navy to Commander Glass | “ | 378 |
| 1881. | May | 9. | Commander Glass to the Secretary of the Navy | “ | 379 |
| 1881. | July | 9. | Commander Glass to the Secretary of the Navy, with report of G. C. Hanus | “ | 379–381 |
| 1881. | Sept. | 8. | Commander Lull to the Secretary of the Navy | pp. | 382 |
| 1884. | July | 11. | Commander Coghlan to the Secretary of the Navy | “ | 382–3 |
| 1884. | Sept. | 20. | Commander Nicholls to the Secretary of the Navy and a | “ | 383 |
| 1886. | June | 8. | Commander Nicholls to the officer of detail and note b | “ | 383 |
| 1886. | Dec. | 21. | Mr. Hahn and others to Governor Swineford | “ | 384 |
| 1887. | May | 18. | Lieutenant-Commander Newell to the Secretary of the Navy | “ | 384–7 |
| 1887. | May | 23. | Lieutenant-Commander Newell to Governor Swineford | “ | 387–8 |
| 1887. | May | 24. | Lieutenant-Commander Newell to the Secretary of the Navy | “ | 388 |
| 1887. | June | 1. | Governor Swineford to Lieutenant-Commander Newell | “ | 388 |
| 1887. | June | 1. | Governor Swineford to Lieutenant-Commander Newell | “ | 389 |
| 1887. | June | 21. | Governor Swineford to Lieutenant-Commander Newell, inclosing letter of Max Pracht | “ | 389–390 |
| 1887. | June | 23. | Lieutenant-Commander Newell to Governor Swineford | “ | 390 |
| 1887. | June | 16. | Lieutenant-Commander Newell to the Secretary of the Navy | “ | 391–2 |
| 1887. | June | 16. | Lieutenant-Commander Newell to the Secretary of the Navy, inclosing report of Lieutenant McCrackin’s trip over Chilcoot trail, with Exhibits A and B | “ | 392–5 |
| 1887. | June | 20. | Lieutenant-Commander Newell to Governor Swineford | “ | 395–6 |
| 1888. | Mar. | 1. | Mr. Grant to Lieutenant-Commander Newell | “ | 395–6 |
The original logs of United States naval vessels on duty in Alaskan waters, from which the following extracts have been taken:
| 1873. | July | 31. | Log of the United States flagship Saranac, second rate, 13 guns, under the command of Capt. Thomas S. Phelps, U. S. Navy | pp. | 396 |
| 1881. | Aug. | 23. | Log of the U. S. S. Wachusetts, third rate, 7 guns, under the command of Edward P. Lull, U. S. Navy | “ | 397 |
| “ | Aug. | 25. | |||
| “ | Aug. | 29. | |||
| “ | Aug. | 30. | |||
| 1884. | Apr. | 22. | Log of the U. S. S. Adams, third rate, 6 guns, under the command of Commander J. B. Coghlan, U. S. Navy | “ | 397 |
| 1884. | June | 7. | |||
| 1885. | May | 20. | Logs of the U. S. S. Pinta, fourth rate, 2 guns, under the command of Lieutenant-Commander H. E. Nichols, U. S. Navy | pp. | 397–8 |
| 1885. | Dec. | 24. | |||
| 1886. | Apr. | 25. | |||
| 1886. | Apr. | 26. | |||
| 1886. | Apr. | 27. | |||
| 1886. | May | 3. | |||
| 1886. | May | 7. | |||
| 1886. | May | 16. | |||
| 1886. | May | 18. | |||
| 1886. | May | 31. | |||
| 1886. | June | 4. | |||
| 1886. | June | 18. | |||
| 1887. | May | 31. | Logs of the U. S. S. Pinta, fourth rate, 2 guns, under command of Lieutenant J. S. Newell, U. S. Navy | p. | 399 |
| 1888. | July | 4. | |||
| 1890. | Apr. | 28. | Log of the U. S. S. Pinta, fourth rate, under the command of Lieutenant-Commander O. W. Farenholt, U. S. Navy | ||
| 1890. | Apr. | 30. | |||
| 1891. | July | 18. | “ | 399 |
The originals of the following letters from naval officers:
| Date. | U. S. Appendix. | ||||
| 1903. | Mar. | 13. | H. M. Dombaugh, lieutenant-commander, U. S. Navy, to the Chief of Bureau of Navigation | pp. | 399–400 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 14. | John W. Stewart, lieutenant, U. S. Navy, to Chief of Bureau of Navigation | p. | 401 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 16. | Admiral J. B. Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy | pp. | 401–2 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 28. | G. T. Emmons, lieutenant, U. S. Navy, retired, to the Secretary of the Navy | pp. | 402–6 |
| 1903. | Apr. | 6. | H. C. Taylor, rear-admiral, U. S. Navy, to the Secretary of the Navy | p. | 407 |
Exercise of Jurisdiction in Alaska by Judicial Authorities.
The original of the following letter:
| 1903. | Apr. | 13. | The Attorney-General to the Secretary of State | p. | 407 |
The original court record and other original papers or books referring to the following cases alleged to have been tried before U. S. tribunals in Alaska:
| Date. | U. S. Appendix. | ||
| 1887. | United States v. John (an Indian) | p. | 407 |
| 1888. | United States v. Charles (an Indian) | “ | 408 |
| 1889. | United States v. Frank Gudmamen | “ | 408 |
| United States v. Robert Obman | “ | 408 | |
| 1890. | United States v. John Bjerkland | “ | 408 |
| 1891. | United States v. George Chartrich | pp. | 408–9 |
| 1892. | United States v. Tom (an Indian) | p. | 409 |
| 1892. | United States v. John Wade. | “ | 409 |
| 1892. | United States v. John Sharp | “ | 409 |
| 1893. | United States v. Robert Dalton | “ | 409 |
| 1894. | United States v. Jack McGlotchlin | “ | 409 |
| 1894. | United States v. An-ta-Yache | “ | 409 |
| 1894. | United States v. Go-na-Kah. | “ | 409 |
| 1894. | United States v. Soun-Doo | “ | 409 |
The originals of the following letters and depositions:
| Date. | U. S. Appendix. | ||||
| 1892. | July | 25. | Examiner Dougall to the Attorney-General | pp. | 410–13 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 23. | Deposition of William Moore | “ | 413–17 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 23. | Deposition of J. Bernard Moore, and notice | “ | 417–22 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 24. | Deposition of Robert Wright | “ | 422–5 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 25. | Deposition of Joseph Carr | “ | 425–7 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 27. | Deposition of Don-a-wak | “ | 427–8 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 27. | Letters, memorandum, and appointment certified to by W. J. Hills, by J. J. Clarke | “ | 429–30 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 27. | Deposition of John Don-a-wak | p. | 431 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 27. | Deposition of Edward Armstrong | pp. | 432–4 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 27. | Deposition of E. B. Clark | “ | 434–6 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 26. | Deposition of S. Hall Young | “ | 436–7 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 26. | Deposition of Lewis L. Williams, and attached papers marked A, B, C, D, and E | “ | 438–441 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 26. | Deposition of In-da-Yonk | “ | 441–2 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 27. | Deposition of George Kostrometinoff | p. | 443 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 27. | Deposition of George Shortridge | pp. | 444–5 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 27. | Deposition of Klanot | p. | 445 |
| 1903. | Mar. | 27. | Deposition of Stephen E. York | “ | 446 |
Enforcement of Revenue Laws and Exercise of Authority by Treasury Officials.
The originals of the following letters, reports, and documents:
| Date. | U. S. Appendix. | ||||
| 1903. | Apr. | 10. | The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of State | p. | 447 |
| 1898. | Sept. | 15. | The Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of State | “ | 447 |
| Memorandum relating to the establishment and maintenance of the United States customs service in southeastern Alaska, as shown by the records of the Treasury Department | pp. | 447–448 | |||
| 1868. | Apr. | 8. | Report from Acting Collector Dodge, and accompanying documents | pp. | 448–452 |
| 1868. | Dec. | 15. | Extract from letter of Collector Ketchum to the Secretary of the Treasury | “ | 452–3 |
| 1880. | Mar. | 12. | Report of Special Agent W. G. Morris, of March 12, 1880, and of the collector at Sitka, March 27, 1880, and the Department’s letter of April 2, 1880 | pp. | 453–5 |
| Mar. | 27. | ||||
| Apr. | 2. | ||||
| 1880. | Apr. | 7. | Letter, H. F. French to collector of customs, Sitka | p. | 455 |
| 1881. | Jan. | 1. | Letters of January 1 and February 19, 1881, to the collector at Sitka, and the latter’s reports of November 5, 1881, and August 9, 1882 | “ | 456 |
| Feb. | 19. | ||||
| Nov. | 5. | ||||
| 1882 | Aug. | 9 | |||
| 1890. | July | 12. | Reports of July 12, 1890, from collector at Sitka, and Department’s letter of August 19, 1890, to that officer | pp. | 457–8 |
| Aug. | 19. | ||||
| 1891. | Oct. | 23. | Letter, John J. Healy to the governor of Alaska | “ | 458–9 |
| 1894. | Feb. | 23. | Collector at Sitka to Secretary of Treasury | p. | 460 |
| 1894. | Mar. | 8. | Acting Secretary to collector at Sitka | “ | 460 |
| 1895. | Mar. | 29. | Collector at Sitka to Secretary of Treasury | pp. | 460–1 |
| 1895. | Apr. | 12. | Acting Secretary to collector | p. | 461 |
| 1895. | Apr. | 13. | Newspaper clipping | “ | 461 |
| 1881. | Dec. | 7. | Extracts from report of William Gouverneur Morris, special Treasury agent, Alaska, to the Secretary of the Treasury | pp. | 461–70 |
| 1877. | Aug. | 12. | |||
| 1869. | Jan. | 5. | Reports of officers of the United States Revenue Marine | “ | 470–4 |
| 1877. | Nov. | 12. | |||
| 1879. | Sept. | 11. | Letters from officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service | “ | 474–9 |
The originals of the following reports, relating to schools, census, and control of the Indians, and mining locations on the mainland:
| Date. | U. S. Appendix. | ||||
| 1903. | Apr. | 13. | The Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of State | p. | 479 |
| 1898. | Sept. | 16. | The Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of State | pp. | 479–80 |
| 1898. | Sept. | 15. | The Commissioner of Education to the Secretary of the Interior | “ | 480–1 |
| 1898. | Sept. | 15. | Rev. Sheldon Jackson to the Secretary of State | “ | 481–2 |
| 1884. | Oct. | 1. | Extracts from reports of the governors of Alaska | “ | 482–7 |
| 1886. | Oct. | 1. | |||
| 1888. | Oct. | 1. | |||
| 1890. | Oct. | 1. | |||
| 1892. | Oct. | 1. | |||
| Report of the Rev. Sheldon Jackson, D. D., upon the condition of education in Alaska, 1881 | “ | 288–9 | |||
| Census of Alaska Indians, 1880. Census of Alaska | “ | 489–90 | |||
| Indians, 1890. Statement from the Commissioner of the General Land Office | “ | 492–90 | |||
| The originals of the entries referred to in abstract of mineral locations in the vicinity of Lynn Canal, 1885 to 1895 | “ | 494–5 | |||
| Deposition of Rev. Sheldon Jackson | “ | 495–6 | |||
List of post-offices in Alaska:
| 1903. | April | 8. | Letter, Postmaster-General to the Secretary of State with inclosed list of post-offices | p. | 496 |
Originals of the following miscellaneous letters and documents:
| 1867. | Oct. | 14. | Letter of General Aide-de-Camp Crabb | pp. | 522–3 |
| 1903. | April | 16. | Mr. Titmann to the Secretary of State | “ | 529–30 |
| 1903. | April | 17. | Depositions of Herbert G. Ogden | “ | 530–2 |
| 1903. | April | 16. | Deposition of W. C. Hodgkins | “ | 532–4 |
| 1903. | April | 16. | Deposition of A. L. Baldwin | “ | 535–7 |
| 1903. | April | 17. | Deposition of John Adolph Flemer | “ | 537–8 |
| 1900. | June | 21. | Mr. Titmann to the Secretary of State, and inclosed petition | “ | 539–40 |
| 1903. | April | 13. | Mr. Titmann to the Secretary of State, inclosing affidavit of Lindenkole, and letters exchanged in 1867 with Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, and the assistant in charge of the Coast Survey, respecting the map of Northwestern America, compiled for Department of State at the Coast Survey Office in 1867 | “ | 540–2 |
Testimony Secured in the Year 1899 among the Chilkat Indians.
Originals of the following:
| Date. | U. S. Appendix. | |||||
| 1899. | July | 24. | Letter of John Tweedale, major, U. S. Army, etc., to Secretary of State | pp. | 543–4 | |
| “ | June | 29. | Testimony of | Koo-Too-At | “ | 544–5 |
| “ | “ | 29 | “ | George Sha-Trage | p. | 545 |
| “ | “ | 29. | “ | Koo-Too-At | “ | 545 |
| “ | July | 4. | “ | “ “ “ | “ | 546 |
| “ | June | 29. | “ | Jack Kitchk | “ | 546 |
| “ | July | 4. | “ | Da-na-Wak | pp. | 546–7 |
| “ | “ | 4. | “ | Skin-Ya | p. | 547 |
| “ | “ | 4 | “ | George Kah-oosh-Tey | “ | 548 |
| “ | “ | 4. | “ | Yel-Hak | pp. | 548–9 |
| “ | “ | 4. | “ | Koow-Tey-Na-Ah | p. | 549 |
| “ | “ | 4. | “ | David Ye-Ka-She | pp. | 549–50 |
| “ | “ | 4. | “ | Yen-Sheesh Johnson | p. | 550 |
| “ | “ | 4. | Affidavit of George Kostrometinof | “ | 550 | |