# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 124

Chap. CXXIV.—An Act making appropriations in conformity with the stipulations of certain treaties with the Creeks, Shawnees, Ottoways, Senecas, Wyandots, Cherokees, and Choctaws.
Appropriations.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 severally appropriated to the several objects hereinafter specifically enumerated, according to the stipulations of certain Indian treaties, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely:
Creek treaty. Debts.For the payment of debts due by the Creeks, and their relief, according to the ninth article of the treaty concluded with the Creek Indians, twenty-four March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, one hundred thousand dollars.
Delegation.For compensation to the delegation to the city of Washington, the payment of the expenses, and of claims against them, according to the tenth article of the same treaty, sixteen thousand dollars.
Payment of claims for ferries, &c.For the payment of certain claims for ferries, bridges, and causeways, for judgments against chiefs, for losses, for improvements, for annuities, for the expenses of Creeks who have emigrated without expense to the United States, at fifteen dollars for each, and for compensation to those who suffered in consequence of being prevented from emigrating, as severally provided for and stipulated in the eleventh article of the same treaty, twenty-five thousand and eighty dollars.
Rifles, &c.For the cost of rifles, ammunition, and blankets, according to the thirteenth article of the same treaty, thirteen hundred and twenty dollars.
Census, &c.For the expenses of taking the census, and making the selection of reservations according to the second article of the same treaty, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Persons to certify, &c.For the service of a person to be selected to certify the contracts for the sale of lands, according to the third article of the same treaty, one thousand dollars.
Removal of intruders.For the expense of removing and keeping off intruders from the Creek lands, according to the fifth article of the same treaty, two thousand dollars.
Education.For one year’s allowance for the purposes of education, according to the thirteenth article of the same treaty, three thousand dollars.
Shawnee treaty.For carring into effect the treaty with the Shawnee Indians of Ohio, according to the treaty concluded with them, eighth August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the following sums, namely:
Houses, &c.For enabling them to erect houses and open farms at their intended residence, according to the fifth article of the said treaty, thirteen thousand dollars.
Presents.For the payment for sundry articles, as presents, enumerated in the ninth, twelfth, and fourteenth article of the same treaty, two thousand four hundred and four dollars.
Ottoway treaty.For carrying into effect the treaty with the Ottoways, of Ohio, concluded the thirtieth August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the following sums, namely:
For the payment of certain articles as stipulated for in the tenth article of the said treaty, twelve hundred and fifty-four dollars.
For expenses attending the sale of Indian property, according to the sixth article, three hundred dollars.
Seneca and Shawnee treaty.For carrying into effect the treaty with the mixed bands of the Senecas and Shawnees, of Lewistown, Ohio, concluded the twentieth July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the following sums, namely:
For an advance to said Indians, in lieu of compensation for improvements, according to the fifth article of the said treaty, six thousand dollars.
For the payment for sundry articles stipulated for as presents in the tenth article of said treaty, thirteen hundred and fifteen dollars.
For the expense of selling the property of said Indians, according to the sixth article of the said treaty, three hundred dollars.
Wyandot treaty.For carrying into effect the treaty with the Wyandots, of Ohio, concluded nineteenth January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, the following sums, namely:
For payment for the reservation of sixteen thousand acres, as stipulated for in the second article of the treaty, twenty thousand dollars.
For payment for improvements on the ceded reservations, and expense of appraising the same, according to the third article of said treaty, four thousand dollars.
For transportation and contingencies under the provisions of the several treaties above mentioned, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Improvements in Georgia and Arkansas.For the payment of improvements within the limits of Georgia and Arkansas, abandoned by the Cherokee emigrants under the treaty of sixth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, as valued by appraisers, seventy thousand dollars.
Gratuities.For gratuities of fifty dollars for every five emigrants from within the chartered limits of Georgia, ten thousand dollars.
Choctaw treaty.For carrying into effect the treaty with the Choctaws, of fifteenth September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the following sums, namely:
For the blankets, rifles, axes, ploughs, hoes, wheels, cards, looms, iron, and steel, stipulated for in the twentieth article of the said treaty, thirty-five thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.
For fulfilling the stipulation of the sixteenth article in relation to cattle, in addition to former appropriations, ten thousand dollars.
For the payment of Choctaw Indians who have relinquished lands, according to the provisions of the nineteenth article of said treaty, the sum of thirty thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.
For expenses of transportation, and other incidental expenses, in relation to the treaties above named, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Approved, June 4, 1832.