Excerpt from Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1904: Miscellaneous Reports, Part III We have held possession of Alaska for thirty-seven years. Article III Of the treaty is plain enough: The inhabitants of the ceded Territory, according to their choice, reserving their natural allegiance, may return to Russia within three years; but if they should pre fer to remain in the ceded Territory, they, with the exception of uncivilized native tribes, shall be admitted to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immuni ties Of citizens Of the United States, and shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion. The uncivilized tribes will be subject to such laws and regulations as the United States may from time to time adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.