The daily union., 1852-08-13

is entitled may have failed to receive his share Bu, that
possibility win exist always aud the only way in which
tue government can be discharged at ALL IN my judgment.
by holding TO lis hrst payment declared to be haa as
hna and refusing to reopen the inv yestigaiion ln all
human affairs there must be an end. at some Time or
other TO accounts and uolqoidaied demands. think
hat me act OF Congress liked proper period and made
suitable arrangements and AUST appropriation u make II
no, only final by the declaration aud order OF Congress-
out fnal IN right and justice. Therefore think, with
The senator from Virginia. that we ought not to reopen IT,
II we do, as the senator from Michigan has said, why
may not 900 or 60O0 people here at the next
ground!
The question being taken upon the amendment to the
amendment, II was rejected
The question was then taken upon the amendment.
Mr.. COOPER move to amend the bill by striking
out irom line 1888 10 line 400, nclusive which reads
follows: e -
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth stcle
Of the Of the third Of August hundred and
.Fo. pen,ansnt annuity stipulated In the third article
Of the treaty OF the twenty first OF August eighteen hun
dred and five, $3.50. W
Of s Of e ss rS ass
and nine three hundred and fifty dollars Prcvidsd That
together With ho similar appsopr.sion. IN eighteen han
dred and y and eighteen hundred and fy-one. for tho
shall be paid said IL Rivers MamsJ only and TO no
Other band, nation individuals and that all annu
Mams and erloaeoass paid s the M.m
nation, shall be repaid the Eel Rivers. (Mams) Of
one and eighteen hundred and y-lwO, for payment Of
annues 70 said Miami nation; Il the Commissioner Of
indian Affairs deem II expedlent and just TO the In
dians shall paid and hereby Appropriated out Of the
s . %
such nstalmens as the COMMITTEES may deem expedient
And by inserting in lieu thereof the following:
For the redemption and final extinction Of the annues
due to the Eel Rivers lMams) under the provisions Of the
tember, 1909, 1000 paid per capita Provided
I'm hnaa bdiGs I ME- said sum- Or any part 70
form the Secretary Of Interior shall drsc ali claim
o1d %. a. s ss % A. Sn. n
duty Of the Secretary Of the Interior before paying the said
the said band whou, ssssd Ie TO
the place of their residence, and pay the said ndi
ydus SO asceraned per capita, the sum OF money here
inbefore appropriated"
will explain the amendment and suppose there
will be objection upon the part Of the chairman Of the
Committee on Finance to its adoption By the treaty Of
1895 an appropriation was made for the Eel River Mi
ams, then tribe numbering three four hundred
souls; and annuity provided OF $780, to be paid TO
them annually in CATTLE and tools, and presents In 1905
$3.50 provided 10 be paid to them. In 1909 there
was third treaty made, by which $3.50 more 10 be
paid TO them annually in perpelny. These sums,
amounting 10 $i.oo in all were paid 10 that tribe up to
1897, vixen it became extinct or nearly extinct Since
that time these sums have been paid to the Mams prop
eI, residents in Missouri There has been paid io the
Miamis, the sum Of $l3so0 of money which the Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs believes to be due to the Eel
River Mianis and he has requested the committee to
OF the sum which has been misapproprated and paid for
fifteen years past TO the Missouri Miamis.
Last year he directed investigation 10 be made into
the fact whether the tribe known the Eel River tribe
continued TO exist and gentleman member OF
the House Of Representatives was appointed Mr.. Fitch,
the person appointed for the purpose applied himself to
the duty, and discovered that there now living upon
the MssssDeway river, in the State of Indiana 10, in
GLIDING old squaws and young children, the sole remnant
Of ths, tribe and i Is to them that ne recommends that
proper that these should continue TO be paid TO that
tribe any longer The national existence of the tribe has
say The Whole o Soay Of Ss ~. ~.
word naton' in application TO 10 individuasreside
single quarter section OF land subject 10 the laws OF the
,ions OF tribe all The objects, too, for which The
annues were originally given, have ceased to exist.
The committee have therefore recommended that the
money due TO the be up to this time be paid to The l6
individuals; and the payment Of it, that the Eel River
Miamis be required 10 renqush forever the annuites
IL will be perceived that the amendment strikes out from
the bill the appropriation that is required 10 be made, and
inserts the appropriation OF nearly similar amount which
is 10 be paid TO this tribe in consideration OF the rein
qushment OF the annuites for all time TO come With
tnat understanding suppose there will be no objection to
making the appropriation II is in fact striking out
appropriation. and exnguishing for all time to come this
annuity
stands in the bill OF this state OF circumstances
II supposed that these Eel River MiamIs were
tine, The annuity was paid TO the original Mams II
afterwards discovered that portion OF this tribe
NAMED Mr.. Fitch member from Indiana in the House
of Representatives appointed nvestgaie the facts.
He asceained that there about sixteen OF them,
think, who s, living II was then provided in the
appropriation bill OF the last year that the Eel River Mi
amis be paid what had been withheld from them but
that il should be deducted from the annues given TO the
other Mismis IL suggested however, that this was
too large deduction TO be made at from the annui
ties OF the other Mamis and il was in the other bill
provided that should be paid to the Eel River Miamis
by Congress- The difference. understand Il. between
the provision OF the House and that proposed by the
Committee Indian Affairs is that the Committee on In
dian Affairs proposes that this which 10 10 be repaid
to the Eel River Mams shall be paid OF the treasury
OF the United States and out OF the annuity Of the
Mamis but they propose to compensate the United
States for this provision by extnguishing this annuity
hereafter.
MIR. COOPER. That is correct
Mr.. HUNTER. | do not know, sir, whether that can
be done though have objection TO IT, True, il will
cost the treasury little more but II seems to that
after tribe Is nearly ex,nguished II would be well to
set precedent Tor making provision TO terminate the
annuites desire. IL arrangement can be made with
the Eel River Mismis 10 sxngush their annuity, that
may not be required 10 pay ii any longer have
objection 10 paying them out OF the treasury. The diff
Guilty. my mnd in the amendment arises from the Ques
ton whether not. by releasing the other Mams
true the amount Is not much-encouragng frauds In
Missouri Msmis no, only their share but that be-
longing TO another tribe and you do not require them
TO refund IT, will II not be encouraging frauds upon the
part OF the tribes That IL the only question with
So far az am concerned, have no objection. beleve.
TO the amendment OF the Committee on Indian Aairs
Mr.. COOPER. Mr. President, IL seems to me that the
difficulty suggested by the senator from Virginia has no
existence in fact All tribal attributes on the part of
these people have ceased They do not pretend 70