# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/24th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 31

Chap. XXXI.—An Act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.
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 they are hereby, appropriated, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, for the purpose of paying the current expenses of the Indian Department, and of fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; that is to say;
Pay of superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, &c.For the pay of the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian agents, as provided by the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, twelve thousand dollars;
Pay of sub-agents.For the pay of sub-agents, authorized by the same act, ten thousand dollars;
Pay of interpreters.For the pay of interpreters, as authorized by the same act, eight thousand seven hundred dollars;
Presents to Indians.For presents to Indians, authorized by the same act, five thousand dollars;
Provisions for Indians.For the purchase of provisions for Indians, at the distribution of annuities, while on visits of business with the superintendents and agents, and when assembled on public business, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars;
Buildings at the agencies.For the necessary buildings required at the several agencies, and repairs thereof, two thousand dollars;
Postages, rents, &c. of Indian Department.For postages, rents, stationery, fuel for offices, and other contingencies of the Indian Department, seven thousand dollars;
Salary of clerk in office of Gov. of Wisconsin.For the salary of one clerk in the office of the Governor of Wisconsin Territory, who is ex officio superintendent of Indian affairs, eight hundred dollars;
Clerk of acting sup’dt.For the salary of one clerk in the office of the acting superintendent of the Western Territory, one thousand dollars;
Senecas of N. York.For the Senecas of New York, six thousand dollars;
Ottawas.For the Ottawas, four thousand three hundred dollars;
Wyandots.For the Wyandots, six thousand eight hundred and forty dollars;
Wyandots, Munsees, and Delawares.For the Wyandots, Munsees, and Delawares, one thousand dollars;
Christian Indians.For the Christian Indians, four hundred dollars;
Miamies.For the Miamies, thirty thousand one hundred and ten dollars;
Eel Rivers.For the Eel Rivers, one thousand one hundred dollars;
Pottawatamies.For the Pottawatamies, twenty thousand eight hundred dollars;
Pottawatamies of Huron.For the Pottawatamies of Huron, four hundred dollars;
Pottawatamies of the Prairie.For the Pottawatamies of the Prairie, sixteen thousand dollars;
Pottawatamies of the Wabash.For the Pottawatamies of the Wabash, twenty thousand dollars;
Pottawatamies of Indiana.For the Pottawatamies of Indiana, seventeen thousand dollars;
Chippewas, Ottawas, and Pottawatamies.For the Chippewas, Ottawas, and Pottawatamies, thirty-four thousand two hundred and ninety dollars;
Winnebagoes.For the Winnebagoes, thirty-seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars;
Menomonies.For the Menomonies, thirteen thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars;
Chippewas.For the Chippewas, six thousand seven hundred and forty dollars;
Menomonies, Winnebagoes, &c.For the Chippewas, Menomonies, Winnebagoes, and New York Indians, fifteen hundred dollars;
Sioux of Mississippi.For the Sioux of Mississippi, three thousand six hundred and forty dollars;
Yancton and Santie bands of Sioux.For the Yancton and Santie band of Sioux, four thousand three hundred and forty dollars;
Omahas.For the Omahas, three thousand nine hundred and forty dollars;
Sacs of Missouri.For the Sacs of Missouri, one thousand six hundred and forty dollars;
Sacs.For the Sacs, three thousand dollars;
Foxes.For the Foxes, three thousand dollars;
Ioways.For the Ioways, five thousand one hundred and forty dollars;
Sacs and Foxes.For the Sacs and Foxes, twenty-three thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars;
Ioways.For the Sacs, Foxes, and Ioways, three thousand dollars;
Ottoes and Missourias.For the Ottoes and Missourias, five thousand six hundred and forty dollars;
Kanzas.For the Kanzas, six thousand and forty dollars;
Osages.For the Osages, eleven thousand and forty dollars;
Kickapoos.For the Kickapoos, six thousand five hundred dollars;
Kaskaskias and Peorias.For the Kaskaskias and Peorias, three thousand dollars;
Kaskaskias, Peorias, Weas, and Piankeshaws.For the Kaskaskias, Peorias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, nine hundred and forty dollars;
For the Piankeshaws, thirteen hundred dollars.
Weas.For the Weas, three thousand dollars;
Delawares.For the Delawares, ten thousand two hundred and forty dollars;
Shawnees.For the Shawnees, six thousand nine hundred and forty dollars;
Shawnees and Delawares.For the Shawnees and Delawares, five hundred dollars;
For the Shawnees and Senecas of Lewistown, one thousand nine hundred and forty dollars;
Senecas of Lewistown.For the Senecas of Lewistown, two thousand five hundred and forty dollars;
Choctaws.For the Choctaws, fifty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars;
Chickasaws.For the Chickasaws, six thousand dollars;
Creeks.For the Creeks, forty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars;
Quapaws.For the Quapaws, four thousand five hundred and forty dollars;
Florida Indians.For the Florida Indians, nine thousand six hundred and ten dollars;
Pawnees.For the Pawnees, twelve thousand dollars;
Ottawas and Chippewas.For the Ottawas and Chippewas, sixty thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars;
Caddoes.For the Caddoes, ten thousand dollars;
Transportation, &c.For transportation, and incidental expenses, twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars;
Removal and subsistence of Creeks, &c.For removal and subsistence of the Creeks, and purchase of articles according to the treaty of the twenty-fourth March, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, for the subsistence of the families of the warriors in the service of the United States, and for the expenses attending the sales of Creek reservations, and investigating the frauds committed on these Indians, and the causes of their hostility, seven hundred and one thousand six hundred and seventy-six dollars;
Removal, &c. of Seminoles.For the removal and subsistence of the Seminoles, one hundred and forty thousand dollars;
Removal, &c. of Ottawas of Maumee.For the removal and subsistence of the Ottawas of the Maumee, thirteen thousand dollars;
Removal and subsistence of Pottawatamies of Indiana.For the removal and subsistence of the Pottawatamies of Indiana, and for locating reservations and incidental expenses, under the treaty with the Pottawatamies of St. Joseph, of the twentieth September, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, ninety thousand five hundred dollars;
Removal and subsistence of Chippewas, Ottawas, and Pottawatamies.For the removal and subsistence of the Chippewas, Ottawas, and Pottawatamies, under the treaty of the twenty-sixth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, and for locating reservations, and incidental expenses under the treaty with the same, of the twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and thirty-two thousand dollars;
Winnebagoes.For locating reservations and incidental expenses under the treaty with the Winnebagoes of the first of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand dollars;
Sioux.For carrying into effect the treaty with the Sioux and other tribes of the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty, so far as it relates to the Sioux half-breeds, and for compensation to a blacksmith under the act of the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars;
Omahas, Ioways, Ottoes, and Yancton and Santie Sioux.For the Omahas, Ioways, Ottoes, and Yancton and Santie Sioux, under the tenth article of the treaty of the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty, in relation to half-breeds of these tribes, one thousand dollars;
Choctaw reservations, &c.For the various expenses growing out of the location and sale of Choctaw reservations, and perfecting titles to the same, and for additional compensation to blacksmiths, as provided for by the ninth section of the act of June thirty, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, eight thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars;
Osages.For carrying into effect the fifth and sixth sections of the treaty with the Osages of June second, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, relative to reservations for half-breeds and for schools, two thousand dollars;
Kanzas.For carrying into effect the sixth article of the treaty with the Kanzas of the third of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, in relation to reservations for half-breeds, five hundred dollars;
Delawares.For carrying into effect the supplementary article of the treaty with the Delawares of the third of December, eighteen hundred and eighteen, in relation to reservations for schools, five hundred dollars;
Horse-mill for Missourias and Ottoes.For the erection of a horse-mill as stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty with the Ottoes and Missourias of the twenty-first of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, in addition to a former appropriation, nine hundred dollars;
Blacksmith for Menomonies. 1834, ch. 162.For additional compensation to a blacksmith for the Menomonies, as provided for by the ninth section of the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, one hundred and twenty dollars;
Blacksmith for Senecas and Shawnees. 1834, ch. 162.For additional compensation to blacksmiths for the Senecas and Shawnees, as provided for by the ninth section of the act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, two hundred and forty dollars;
Agricultural assistance for Sacs and Foxes.For agricultural assistance for the Sacs and Foxes, in addition to the amount heretofore allowed, and to which they are entitled by an equitable construction of the treaties of the fourth of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty, seven hundred and forty dollars;
Deficiency in sum applicable to payment of annuities.For the purpose of supplying a deficiency in the sum applicable to the payment of annuities for eighteen hundred and thirty-six, caused by the retention, as commissions on disbursement, by Lieutenant N. J. Eaton, United States army, of this amount, two thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine dollars;Proviso. Provided always, That this appropriation shall not be so construed as to give any sanction to any disbursing officer, in retaining commissions on any sum of money paid by him in pursuance of treaty stipulation; but on the contrary it is still considered the duty of the proper officers to use all legal means to compel the payment of said sum of two thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine dollars, retained by Lieutenant N. J. Eaton;
Payment of Andrew S. Hughes and Jonathan L. Bean.For payment of balance due Andrew S. Hughes and Jonathan L. Bean, in compliance with an arrangement made with them, February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, by the Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, in pursuance to instructions from the War Department, sixteen hundred dollars;
Payment to Chas. Rodgers.For the payment to Charles Rodgers the appraised value of a distillery built by him prior to the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and afterwards destroyed by order of the Indian agents, and for which he was promised indemnity, the sum of sixteen hundred and ninety-two dollars;
Visit of two Fox chiefs to Washington.For the purpose of paying the expenses of two Fox chiefs and their attendants, in coming to the city of Washington, on necessary business, and returning to their nation, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars;
Fifty copies of History of Indian Tribes.For the purpose of enabling the Secretary of War, to pay a subscription made in eighteen hundred and thirty, for the Indian department, of fifty copies of the History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with biographical sketches, to be composed of, say twenty numbers each, the sum of three thousand dollars;
Education of Choc’w youthsFor the purpose of fulfilling the stipulations in the twentieth article of the treaty with the Choctaws of the twenty-seventh September eighteen hundred and thirty, providing for the education of forty Choctaw youths, in addition to the sum heretofore provided, the sum of two thousand dollars;
Holding treaties with the tribes east of the Mississippi.For holding treaties with the various tribes of Indians east of the Mississippi river, for the cession of lands held by them respectively, and for their removal west of the Mississippi, ten thousand dollars;
Expenses of Eleazer Williams.For the purpose of defraying the expenses of Eleazer Williams, in coming from Green Bay, and returning home, on business relative to the Oneida Indians, the sum of five hundred dollars;
Menomonies.For carrying into effect the treaty with the Menomonies of the third September, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, two hundred and eighty-eight thousand five hundred and forty dollars;
Ioways.For carrying into effect the treaty with the Ioways of the seventeenth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, sixty-five thousand five hundred and ninety dollars;
Sacs and Foxes.For carrying into effect the treaties with the Sacs and Foxes of the seventeenth, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, one hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred and forty dollars;
Ottoes and Missourias.For carrying into effect the treaty with the Ottoes and Missourias of the fifteenth of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, three thousand dollars;
Omahas.For carrying into effect the treaty with the Omahas of the fifteenth October, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, two thousand four hundred and seventy dollars;
Sioux.For carrying into effect the treaties with the Sioux of the tenth September, fifteenth October, and thirtieth November, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars;
Additional sub-agents.For pay of four additional sub-agents, three thousand dollars;
Examination of vacant Indian lands.For defraying the expenses of a more particular examination of the vacant Indian country, southwest of the Missouri river, with a view to ascertain its adaptation, in quality and extent, to the accommodation of the tribes yet to be removed, three thousand dollars;
Sioux.For holding treaties with the Sioux Indians to extinguish their title to that part of their lands lying east of the Mississippi river, five thousand dollars;
Deputation of New York Indians.For the expenses of a deputation of the New York Indians to visit the country west of the Mississippi, with a view to the selection of a permanent residence, eight thousand dollars;
Deputation of Chippewas of Saginaw.For the expenses of a deputation of the Chippewas of Saganaw for the same object, two thousand dollars;
Visit of Hendrick and two Ioway chiefs to the seat of Government.For defraying the expenses of Hendrick, a Stockbridge Indian, and two Ioway chiefs, and their attendants, who have visited the seat of Government on business during the present winter, one thousand dollars;
Wyandot Indians.For defraying the expenses of a treaty with the Wyandot Indians of Upper Sandusky, in the State of Ohio, one thousand dollars;
Holding treaties with tribes east of the Mississippi, &c.For holding treaties with the various tribes east of the Mississippi river, for the cession of lands held by them respectively, and for their removal west of said river; and with the Sioux for the cession of their country lying east of the same river, and for defraying the expenses of a more particular examination of the vacant lands, west of the Mississippi, with a view to ascertain, whether it be sufficient to accommodate the tribes remaining east of said river, seventeen thousand dollars.
To enable the President, by suitable agents, to inquire what depredations were committed by the Seminole and Creek Indians, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President of the United States by suitable agents to inquire what depredations were committed by the Seminole and Creek Indians on the property of citizens of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, immediately before the commencement of actual hostilities on the part of said respective tribes of Indians; what amount of depredations were committed during the pendency of said hostilities; what portion of the Creek tribe were engaged in such hostilities; and what depredations have been committed by a remnant of said tribe supposed to be friendly and a part of whom were actually employed against the Seminoles, since the removal of the main body of them west of the Mississippi, and that the President report the information so acquired to Congress at its next session;Proviso. Provided, Nothing hereinbefore contained, shall be so construed, as to subject the United States to pay for depredations not provided for, by the act of April ninth eighteen hundred and sixteen, and the acts amendatory ​thereto, nor by acts regulating the intercourse between the Indian tribes and the United States.
The President authorized to appoint three additional Indian agents.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President may, and he is hereby authorized, to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, three additional Indian agents, one for the Creek, one for the Cherokee tribe of Indians, and one for the tribes on the upper Missouri, who shall execute the same duties, possess the same powers, and receive the same pay and emoluments as those now authorized by law, execute, possess and receive, and that the salaries of said agents be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1837.