"Treaties on the transfer of lands by Indian tribes to the United States: on the example of the agreements in the state of Indiana. First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1881. In this work, the author, Charles Royce, examines the land cession agreements of Indian tribes in the state of Indiana and their consequences. The book is an important source for studying the history of relations between the American government and local Indian groups in the 19th century."