DCHP-3

Indian Commissioner

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an officer of the Indian Commission.

Quotations

1871
When the news reached the people of the settlement that the Indian Commissioner had arrived, every one breathed more freely, more especially since the Indian tribes for the last few months have been evidently restless.
1893
In 1793, three great councils were held at Newark, in the presence of the Governor, the Indian Commissioners and the officers of the garrison, 50 chiefs coming via Fort Erie to attend it.
1916
. . . he had been checked and rebuked before his tribe by the Indian Commissioner for being drunk.