Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-25

Government given pay them certain stipulated sums
money All the information he had to give his colleague
relation to the present item to say that treaty Tequr
it. Did his colleague deny that the money due V
wanted know what the state of the controversy between
two Indian tribes let him, member OF the COMMITTEES p
Indian Affairs make the requisite investigation. This ca
tanly not the duty of the Committee of Ways aid
Means If 1t belonged TO any body it belonged to the Indn
Committee II for this that different standpg
committees had been appointed by the House, that cath
might take its appropriate share Of the public business
and each report the bills which belonged TO its depaf
meh II further legislation was demanded by the state Pr
these tribes, for the Indian Committee and not for R
Finance Committee Of the House to report that necessity a
prepare the proper bills to meet it.
Some further conversation followed between Mr.. THOMP-
SON, Of Mississippi, Mr.. VINToN, and Mr.. McKAY
relative to the duties Of their respective committees for which
make room. When this brought to cloe,
there being question pending
Mr.. HALL, of New York, moved to amend the bill BY
adding after the I'd item under the head Of Me SenecGy Of
Ne,o York, = the following:
For reundng the Senecas and the tribes united yith
hem the of all annuities moneys which wpng
fully withheld from them by former sub-agen of the USited
States appointed for said Indians stated the 4h sion
OF the act entitled An act making appropriations for the
rent and contingent expenses of the Indian department and for
fulfilling treaty spuaons with the various Indian trbs for
the year ending June 30 1877, approved June e. lS46,
and for paying expenses Of ascerang my be
the thereof the Of $4,000 much there
may be necessary for such purposes and the secrea OF
WAR shereby directed ascertan from the report Of the S0
appointed under said 4th section all other
in his power and early day practicable the amount
withheld and the interest thereon from the day when should
have been paid said Indians and such amount
and interest be paid said Indians in the
the annuity above appropriated for said Indians is by
regulation to be paid"
Some conversation and explanations passed between ss.
MCKAY, HALL, and yINTON; after which
Mr. HALL, upon suggestion made by Mr. Mckay,
withdrew his amendment under the expectation tina, would
be made in the Senate, where the Commissioners re-.
po that it should be made the subject Of bill in the
House. t
Mr. THOMPSON Of Mississippi, moved to amend the bin
by adding after the item under the head Of 50 The Chca-
sa,cs, the following:
For the Of the heirs of Hohlacha and his wife
becca James, Chckasaw Indians who entitled
yaon OF land under the Chckasaw treaty of SSH and which
sold and the money paid the hands Of the Chckasav
agent in pursuance of said treaty and
ST. 600"
After an explanation by Mr.. THOMPSON, the amend
ment agreed 10.
Mr. Mckay moved to add the following section to the bill
"Sec 2. ind be further enacted, That part Of thu
money appropriated by this for the purposes Of education
shall be expended for such object elsewhere than in the In
dian country Proied That this shall apply any
the aforesaid appropriations the expenditure OF which BY
treaty stpulatons under the direction Of the President Of m
United States Of the respective Indian tribes"
After explanation by Mr.. MCKAY, the committee
and reported progress,
And the House adjourned