Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-04-18
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RGssed the third sessop of the IAirtyfousM Cong,xs


toan and Wahpay -koo.tah Sioux, under the treaties
of eighteen hundred and thirty and eighteen hum
dred and thrtyseven for moneys heretofore carried
to the surplus fund.- to be paid to said Indians as
nuity, or applied, as the President may direct, in
whole or par, for the civilization and general i'm
provement of said Indians, forty two thousand eight
hundred and forty dollars and forty seven cents
For compensation of three special agents and three
interpreters for the Indian tribes of Texas and for
purchase of presents, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the expenses of colonizng, supporting and
furnishing agricultural implements and stock for the
Indians in Texas, seventy -one thousand seven hum
dred and seven dollars and fifty cents.
For the general incidental expenses of the Indian
service in California, including travelling expenses
of the superintendent agents, and sub-agents, Sc
venteen thousand dollars.
For defrayng the expenses of the removal and
subsistence Of Indians of California to the reserva
ton in that State and for pay of physicians Smiths
mechanics and laborers at the reservations, hum
drcd and sxty-two thousand dollars Provided,
That an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars
thcrefrom may be expended for the relief of the
temporary wants of Indians outside of said reserva-
tons.
For the general incidental expenses of the Indian
service in the Territory of Utah. ten thousand dol
lars Procided, That the amount appropriated by
the act of thirty first july thousand eight hun
dred and ftyfour, for negotiating treaties with In
dian tribes in said Territory, may be expended for
the general incidental expenses of the Indian service
therein.
For the general incidental expenses of the Indian
service in Oregon Territory, including insurance,
and transportation of annuities goods and presents,
and Office and travelling expenses of the superinten
dent, agents. and subagents, thirty nine thousand
five hundred dollars
For adjusting difficulties and preventing outbreaks
among the Indians in the Territory of Oregon, ten
thousand dollars.
For defraying the expenses of the removal and
subsistence of Indians IN Oregon Territory to the
reservations therein, aiding them in procuring their
subsistence purchase of provisions and presents
and compensation of laborers and other employees,
fifty thousand dollars
For restoring and maintaining peace with Indian
tribes iu Oregon Territory, so much thereof as
may be necessary for expenditure during the year
ending thirteth of June eighteen hundred and fifty
seven, two hundred and sixty four thousand dollars.
For the general incidental expenses of the Indian
service in Washington Territory, forty thousand
dollars
For restoring and maintaining peace with Indian
tribes in Washington Territory, or so much thereof
as may be necessary for expenditure during the year
ending thirteth of June eighteen hundred and fifty
seven, seventy nine thousand dollars.
For defraying the expenses of the removal and
subsistence of Indians of Washington Territory to
the reservation therein, aiding them in procuring
their own subsistence, purchase of provisions and
compensation of laborers and necessary employees,
sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That part of said
sum. not exceeding four thousand nine hundred and
seventeen dollars, may, by direction of the Secretary
of the Interior, be applied for the payment of the
just value Of lands, Improvements and presumption
claims, owned by whites located within Indian
servatons established the south side of the
mencement bay, in Washington Territory, for the
Puyalup and other bands of Indians, on the relin-
punishment Of said lands improvements and claims
to the United States
For the general incidental expenses of the Indian
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goods, agricultural implements, and other useful ar
tices, and in assisting them to locate in permanent
abodes and sustain themselves by the pursuits of
civilized life to be expended under the direction of
the Secretary Of the Interior forty seven thousand
five hundred dollars.
To carry into effect treaties with the Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, viz:
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay to
Kinuwas or David King, of Carp and Chocolate riv
ers, Michigan, the amount designed to have been Sc
cured to him in the tenth article the treaty ftwen
y-eighth March, eighteen hundred and thirty six,
with the Ottawas and Ch;ppewaslif he shall, on full
investigation, be satisfied the same has not been paid
one hundred dollars
For payment of this amount to William King, in
accordance with schedule &C. attached the treaty
with the Six Nations Of New York proclaimed April
fourth eighteen hundred and forty, in accordance
with the resolution of the Senate of March twenty
ffth eighteen hundrtd and forty, fifteen hundred
dollars.
For expenses of surveying and making the exter-
nal boundaries Of Indian pueblos in the Territory
of New Mexico, three thousand seven hundred and
fifty dollars.
TO complete the survey of the Creek boundary, as
required by the treaty, to be expended under the
proper authority, the sum of twenty-four thousand
five hundred dollars.
To pay the legal representatives of Arthur Size
more, fourteen hundred and twenty dollars, and to
the legal representative of John Semi Simmance, or
Semoce eleven hundred and sixty three dollars the
said claims being found in the supplementary alb
stract of additional claims accompanying General
Mtchells report, which arise under the Greek trea-
ty of eighteen hundred and fourteen the said sums
to be paid out oany money in the treasury not 9TH
I erwise appropriated.
For the payment of the claim of c. NJ Hitchcock,
executor of Colonel A. r. S. Hunter for supplies of
provisions to the Cherokees under the authority of
Brigadier General Wool, and of j. X. Schermortorn,
commissioner for negotiating the treaty with the
| Cherokees, from the twenty.sixth of March to the
sixteenth ofJuy eighteen hundred and thirty one
thousand two hundred and thirty-six dollars and
| twenty five cents.
For payment of the value of property of Baker
and Street. destroyed in eighteen hundred and fifty
five by the Kioway Indians to be deducted from the
annuites payable to the said Indians fifty dollars
| Sec And be it further enacted That hereafter
the agents for the Sioux and Seminole Indians for
the Omaha agency, for the Kickapoo agency, for the
Kansas agency, and for the Neosho agency shall re-
ceive each annual salary of one thousand five hum
dred dollars instead of the salary of one thousand
dollars allowed by law.
Sec And be 1t further enacted, That in lieu Of
the provisions for the exercise of duties of SUPER
ntendents of Indian affairs in the Territories of Ore.
gon, Washington, Utah, and New Mexico as now
provided by law, the President be, and he is hereby.
authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate one superintendent of Indians
for the Territories of Washington and Oregon at the