jan 1, 1908 - Charles Bonaparte

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Charles Bonaparte, Secretary of the Interior in a letter to the Department of Justice: A cemetery may be either a public or a private one. The former is used by the general community or neighborhood or church; while the latter is used only by the family or a small part of the community (Lay V. U.S. 12 Ind App. 362). In my opinion the Wyandottes in this treaty intended that this "portion of their land now enclosed and used as a public burying ground should be reserved for that purpose, that is for their own burying purposes only." (WNK)

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