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another reservation, 51; dissatisfied with location chosen in Indian Territory, chiefs come to Washington, 54; allowed to choose a different location, 57; Indian Territory invaded by whites, 58; to remove the Poncas would make other tribes dissatisfied and strengthen the whites in their position, 59; Schurz's statement in annual reports, 60; bill submitted not acted upon by Congress, 62; petition of leading Poncas, 65; interview between Schurz and Standing Buffalo, 67; letter from Standing Buffalo; Poncas reconciled to new home, 68; solution reached by Schurz, the best for Poncas and the Indian Territory, 70; arrest of Tibbles, 71; statutes under which he was arrested, 72; Schurz favors legal protection for Indians the same as for white men, 74; what the Government is doing for the Indians, 77; also letter to Henry L. Dawes, February 7, 1881; progress made by Poncas, 131; pleasure expressed at settlement of their difficulties, 147

Poor, Rear-Admiral, II., 202, 210, 211

Popular sovereignty, I., 39, 139

Porter, Noah, III., President of Yale, 232

Porto Rico, II., 76, 77, 97, 98; V., independence of, 472, 476; if annexed, 483; if left independent, would not interfere with industrial and commercial enterprises of United States, 489; VI., looking for speedy admission to the Union, 11; importance of refusing the annexation of, 14, 24; joining a confederacy of the Antilles, 34, 182; compulsory benefits would probably be met with sullen disfavor 65; United States extending sway, 216, 217; a dependency, 219; President McKinley and, 275; freed from Spanish rule, 434; see San Domingo, Annexation of

Postal telegraph, II., 448

Post-Office, General, V., “removals,” 136, 138, 139, 140, 143

Potter, I., Mississippi expected her taxes to be remitted because of emancipation of slaves, 305

Potter, Clarkson, III., 270

Potter, J. F., I., to, 38; to, 77; letter to, from J. R. Doolittle, 79 n.; to, 107; to, 111; challenged by R. A. Pryor, 114 and n.; to, 115; campaign work to be done for, 163; to, 165; to, 168; to, 172

Pratt, Captain, IV., 134

Pratt, Consul-General at Singapore, VI., 82, 84

Pratt, Daniel D., III., suggested for Cabinet position, 380

Preetorius, Dr. Emil, II., 450; III., 73; VI., intimate and firm friendship between Schurz and, 442

Prentice, George D., I., open letter to, 223

“Press-gag” law, III., 77

Preston, General, I., 438, 463

Price, Bonamy, II., 526

Prim, General, I., commands Spanish expedition to Mexico, 200; Schurz's estimate of his character and views, 204

Primaud, Peter, IV., 108

Prince, Mayor, IV., 60

Prohibition, IV., 199

Pro-slavery, I., 43, 155, 232; reaction, IV., 371

Protectionists, IV., 224

Prussia, King of, I., grants amnesty to political offenders, 183

Pryor, I., 115

Pryor, James W., VI., open letter to, 359

Pryor, Roger A., challenges J. F. Potter, I., 114 n. Publication, Sub-Committee on, The Carl Schurz Memorial Committee, I., iv

Pulitzer, Joseph, VI., 305

Purvis, George E., II., with over 200 ex-Confederate soldiers, signs letter to Schurz, 307

Quapaw reservation, IV., 53, 57, 60

Quay, Matthew S., V., campaign funds, 78, 79, 90, 95; resigns from chairmanship of Republican National Committee, 100; VI., 132; condemned by Roosevelt, 380

Quinn, John A., III., 118