# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 16

Chap. XVI.—An Act making further appropriations for the military service for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.
Further appropriations for the military service.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit:
Superintendent of Indian affairs, &c.For pay of the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian agents, as allowed by law, twenty-eight thousand dollars.
Sub-agents, &c.For pay of the sub-agents, including the two on the Missouri, as allowed by law, thirteen thousand dollars.
Presents to Indians, &c.For presents to Indians, as authorized by act of one thousand eight hundred and two, fifteen thousand dollars.
Annuity due to the Cherokee nations, &c.For payment of the amount of the annuity due to the Cherokee nations, under the treaty of the twenty-fourth October, one thousand eight hundred and four, which was ratified during the last session of Congress, and for which no payment or appropriation has heretofore been made, twenty thousand dollars.
Payment of said annuity for 1825.For payment of said annuity for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, according to the stipulations of said treaty, one thousand dollars.
Compensation due to the citizens of Georgia by Creek nation.For carrying into effect so much of the fourth article of the treaty of the eighth January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, between the United States and the Creek nation, as relates to the compensation due to the citizens of Georgia by the Creek nation, it being for the payment of the fourth instalment, which will be due on said claims in one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, according to the stipulations of said treaty, twenty-three thousand dollars.
For defraying the expenses of holding treaties with the Sioux, Chippeways, &c.For defraying the expenses of holding treaties with the Sioux, Chippeways, Menomenees, Sauks, Foxes, &c. as per estimate of General Clark, for the purpose of establishing boundaries and promoting peace, &c. between said tribes, ten thousand four hundred dollars.
Arrearages prior to July 15, 1818.For arrearages prior to the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, twenty thousand dollars.
For the same, from July 1, 1815, to Jan. 1, 1818.For arrearages from first July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, to first January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, four thousand dollars.
Claims against the Osages, &c.For the payment of claims against the Osages by citizens of the United States, three thousand five hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents, being the balance of a former appropriation, which has passed to the surplus fund.
Annuity to the Sauk and Fox tribes of Indians.For payment of the annuity to the Sauk and Fox tribes, as provided for by the third article of the treaty with those tribes, dated fourth August, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, one thousand dollars.
Annuity to the Ioway Indians.For payment of the annuity to the Ioway tribe of Indians, as provided for by the second article of the treaty with that tribe, dated fourth August, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, five hundred dollars.
500 dollars to each of the four heads of the Quapaw tribe.For payment of five hundred dollars to each of the four head chiefs of the Quapaw tribe, agreeably to the second article of the treaty with said tribe, dated the fifteenth November, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, two thousand dollars.
For payment of an annuity.For payment of the annuity provided for by the same article of the said treaty, one thousand dollars.
For the purchase of provisions.For the purchase of provisions for six months, as provided for by the fifth article of said treaty, fifteen thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars.
For transporting Indians.For furnishing facilities for the transportation of said Indians as provided for by the aforesaid fifth article of said treaty, one thousand dollars.
For pay of a sub-agent and interpreter, &c.For the pay of a sub-agent, or interpreter, to reside among said Indians, as is provided for by the same article of said treaty, five hundred dollars.
For payment of annuities to the Choctaw nation, &c.For the payment of the annuities provided for by the second and third articles of the treaty of the twentieth of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, with the Choctaw nation of Indians; and, also, of an annuity to Robert Cole, provided for by the tenth article, twelve thousand and one hundred and fifty dollars.
Claims of said nation for services on the Pensacola campaign, &c.For the payment of the claims of the Choctaw nation, for services on the Pensacola campaign, and other claims of the Choctaw Indians, as provided for by the sixth and eighth articles of said treaty, sixteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents.
For the salary of an agent.For the salary of the agent, provided for by the ninth article of said treaty, fifteen hundred dollars.
For carrying into effect the provisions of the ninth article of said ​For carrying into effect the provisions of art. 9, of the treaty with the Choctaws.treaty, the provisions of the third article for the survey and sale of the fifty-four sections of land therein referred to; and for running the line defined in the first article; and any other expenses arising out of the execution of the said treaty, ten thousand dollars.
Towards the execution of any treaty ratified by the United States.Towards the execution of any treaty that may be ratified by the United States, prior to the next session of Congress with the Creek Indians for the extinguishment of their title to lands in Georgia and Alabama, and for the removal of said Indians west of the Mississippi, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Approved, March 3, 1825.