The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-31

/ SHAWNEE INDIANS.
/ MIR. HOUSTON. move 10 amend the appropriation
for the payment Of the Ohio Shawnees which has beer
retained BY vote of the Senate by adding 10 1.-THE fol
| lowing a.Af
Provided. That the sum aforesaid shall be paid TO The
said ube capita and II any agent or other person o
felony, aud shall be liable Indictment ia the State "A
which The Indians reside and be punishable by nnss sna
$500 and be imprisoned than ton nor less hai
five years.
Provisos OF this have frequently been made IN The
laws One made last year, which had been read bS
the from Wisconsin, and supposed that they
would certainly have had tendency 10 restrain the ot
from violation of them; but they have not had tina
effect have been assured upon good authority that no
single instance has occurred under direction OF the Sec
retary OF The Interior since the enactment OF The law Of
the last session, in which compliance has been had
with IT, Therefore il becomes necessary 10 attach some
penalty TO the violation OF law Heretofore y has been
supposed that conscience would have some effect but
ia ascertalned that conscience IS dead letter win
that officer and il is necessary to give living letter to
guide him and TO make the offence felony, and see tha
the felon should escape is necessary TO do 50
Wind the national honor and 10 punish deDq uenis
Ii this amendment be adopted shall vote 10 retain The
proviso otherwise shall be in favor OF striking II out
Tor am well satisfied that unless something OF this so
be adopted every cent OF the money appropriated Will be
obtained by greedy attorneys. and not cent Will 20 10
| the Indians.
This is 30 in regard 10 the Indian annues The
drunken and worthless Indians involve the annuity OF
the nation, while the discreet and temperate and
properly behaved avoid these machInaons and de-
upon their anDutes and they are rendered respon
sble TO satisfy these who continually striving to
rob them Of the ptance which our government gives
them. II is the duty OF the government 10 vndlca'e ts
honor, and punish denquents who deserve 10 be whip
ped through creation with scorpion ashes, and unless
you apply The lash, you will every law that
here evaded by who are acuated by avarce and
pidy, and who will stop at no crime 10 accomplish Their
internal ends Sir my remarks apply to WI ho is
exempt from the mputatoD. No honest man can object
TO them. am not abusing my privilege here, for such
will enter into con,rivances OF this kind 10 SWIM
die and deiIaud the Indians entitled consders-
ton here and what will be hereafter know not.
feel that provision like that which have proposed
should be made in order protect the Indians carry
out the views OF the government and yindicate lis
honor
would merely suggest to the senator from Texas that
The amendment reads provides that parties guilty OF
this felony shall be indicted in The Stale ia which the
Indians reside. Now, | understand that the Indians
reside outside of any State, and therefore il would be
Mr. WALKER. l would suggest 10 the senator from
Texas in order 10 carry the object OF the amendment
in which cordially concur with him. that be should
strike Estate" and insert 'jurisdicon," TO pro-
vide that the person should be indicted in the jurisdiction
! in which the Indians reside.
Mr.. HOUSTON. accept that modification.
The amendment as modified was agreed TO.
MrsoMoNEE INDIANS.
! Mr. WALKER | am directed by the Committee on
Indian Affairs 10 offer The following amendment;
And bsu iarthr enacted That there be, and hereby IS
Appropriated, Of any unappropnared money in the
treasury, for the benefit OF the M-nomonce ube Of n.
dtauS OF the said being the consd
eraon in full the of eighteen aud nine tenth cents
per acre. million hundred and thirty thousand
hundred and forty ofand in Wisconsin ceded
by said Indians under October Is, ls.s. ai de-
ductng the Of $3.50 900 allowed by said and
$4,000 since appropriated said ndians The said
remain custody OF the Secretary the
Treasury Tor the time being subject to the disposition fol
First So much thereof may be necessary the pay
OF such deb and demands OF and upon such Indians
expressly admit and sanction just and
due, IN council 10 be called for that purpose alter the
OF the hereby Appropriated for ther benefit true
and correct list Of whicn debts and demands with sste-
Of the general character Of EACH properly ceuhed
by sach supenuienden shall be iO~a ded to tue
President Of the United States, who shall order the same
paid of this appropriation, IL he shall be satisfied
that the same were freely aod voluntarily admiued and
suns ard a. such lines as may BE eg.eed 1Pon and p
States ard the chiefs Of the said tribe
i Mr.. PEARCE. THIS was considered a bad claim las,
year. when about half is present size Whether
the Senate will consider IL good now, when II is
double IN magnitude. do not know. IL will be recol.
ected that this claim was discussed pretty fully al the
last session OF Congress IL put on the Indian ap
preparation bill by the House. II came 10 the Senate A
motion 10 strike It made by The Committee on
Finance and the Senate pretty full consideration did
strike il out; and think it was done very much 10 the
satisfaction OF the House, Tor they Immediately concured
in IL. do not think there s time for 10 20 into the
consideration oil all The facts which this claim is based
believe the senator from Wisconsin has drawn very
long report, which mas come IN not very long SINCE and
which have not had 40 oppoTunlfy 10 examine Thor
oughly | was quite well slsfed last year that il was
not incumbent make the appropriation then ask ed
for these Indians and 1t - now proposed TO give them
twice as much upon what ground have yet learned.
shall be obliged 10 vote against the motion until shall
have had, al all events opportunity OF examining the
subject more fully. will hslen however, TO what may
| be said IN its iavor.
i Mr. WALKER As the senator from Maryland has
remark ed, written report submitted upon this
upon the l4Ih OF February last On the day when sub
med that report there was great deal Of hurry and
confusion during the morning hour and Intended then
-, nt,A .ha a,lI B.
laid on their tables, make matter OF special
inafion desired u 10 undergo the fullest scrutiny and
had for II than one These Indians reside
in the State OF Wisconsin At the last session Of Con-
gess upon the report OF the Commissioner OF Indian At
fairs, IL proposed 10 appropriate 10 them S2il 900.
Al that time the situation OF the case not known,
and il could not be known Tor the that the survey
OF the country which is now Acknowledged 10 have
been ceded by them was in progress but had not gone
so far TO give US the requisite information.
in the report made AT this session by the Committee on
Indian Affairs ~ taken o all the treaties which
concerned in any way the made by the Menomo
nees and the mmee came 10 The conclusion that the
Committee on Indian Affairs was IA error, and that tie
eoysrnfnen has all along been m IN under esma
ting the lands eeded by the Menomonees IN the treaty Of
Is4q The committee refer 10 map which accompanies
the last annual report OF The Commissioner ol the General
Land Once which laid down the tract constituting
the e.ssion now IN controversy, aod which Is marked IN
red on the map which hold IN my hand and which ac
companies report OF the committee, BY actual sur
yey s demonstrated thai the country so laid down on
the map, and lodged on all hands 10 be the ces
SION Of Is4s embraces 322 ,240 acres. The maximum
fixed by the Attorney General and the President IN tbe
instructions commissioner who negotiated the uea
~ was 3,013,S00 aces
Without reading the whole Of this report, wish to