Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-10-02

behalf of any tribe or tribes of Indians, all or
any portion of whom shall be in state of ac- |
tu,,l hostility TO the Government of the United
States including the Cherokees, Greeks, Choc- |
taws, Chickasaws, Scminolcs, Wichitas, and
other affiliated tribes, may and shall be sns
pended and postponed wholly or In part at
at and uring the discretion and pleasure of
the President: PROVIDED, further, That the
President Is authorized to cxpend such part Of
the amount heretofore appropriated and not
expended and hereinbefore appropriated for the
benefit of the tribes named in the preceding
proviso as he may deem necessary, for the re-
lief and support Of such individual members |
of said tribes us have been driven from their |
home and reduced to want on account of their |
friendship to the Government. And an &C |
count shall be kept of the sums SO paid for
the benefit of such tribe which account shall
be rendered to Congress ut the commence
ment of the next session thereof And all
purchases of articles for the purposes above
set forth shall be made on advertisement, as
provided in other cases, and an account shall
be rendered Of all such purchases, with q
statement of the prices paid therefor A,ad
frorided further, That in cases where the tri-
bal organization of any Indian tribe shall be
in actual hostility to the United States, the
President is hereby authorized, by proclama-
ton, to declare all treaties with such tribe to
be abrogated by such tribe, If, in his opinion,
faith and legal and national obligations.
To carry into effect the treaty of February,
eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-One,
with Arapahoes and Cheyenne Indians Of the
| Upper Arkansas river, viz
For surveying the exterior of the reserva-
ton, and dividing the same between the two
| tribes, estimated to be three hun .red and fiji
| ty miles, at an expense of ten dollars per mile
| for surveying, three thousand five hundred
| dollars.
| For the first of fifteen instalments of annu-
| ity of thirty thousand dollars, to be expended
for their bcneht, that is to say, fifteen thou
| sand dollars per annum for each tribe CON-
mencing with the year in which they shall
remove to and settle upon their reservations,
for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eight
cen hundred and sixty-two, thirty thousand
dollars.
Also for the same object for the fiscal year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and six
ty.three, thirty thousand dollars.
For transportation and necessary expenses
of delivering of annuities, goods and proyi-
sions to the Aapahoes and Cheyenne Indians
of the Upper Arkansas river for the fiscal year
| ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and six
ty-two, five thousand dollars.
Also for the same object for the fiscal year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and
sixty three, five thousand dollars.
For the purpose of negotiating treaty
with the Chippewas of Northern Minnesota,
and extinguishing Of their title to the lands
in that vicinity, or SO much thereof as may
be needed for that purpose, to be expended
under the direction Of the Secretary Of the
Interior, fifteen thousand dollars
, For defraying the expenses of negotiating a
treaty with the Shoshones or Snake Indians,
or so much thereof as may be needed, to be
expended under the direction of the Secretary
of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars.
1 For amount in the hands of late agent w i,
w. Dennison, unaccounted for, belonging to
the Offices and Missourias, eighteen thousand
nine hundred and seventy dollars and seven
cents. &.
For deficiency in the contingent fund of the
Indian department for the balance of the half
year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, ten thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. And be further enacted That after
the end Of the present fiscal year the salary of
the superintendent of Indian affairs for the
northern and for the southern districts of Cal
| ifornia shall be three thousand dollars.
SEC. g. A,sd be Il further enacted, That the
sum of forty thousand dollars, or 80 much there
of rs may be necessary, be, and the same is
hereby, appropriated TO enable the President
| to negotiate treaty with the Nez Perez Indi-
ans of Oregon and Washington Territory, for
the REIMBURSEMENT of portion or all Of their
present reservation, or its exchange for other
lands.
SEC. 4. And BE- IL further enacted, That un-
der any OF the appropriations contained i'm this
act, for the purpose Of negotiating treaties,
| there shall be no new engagements entered
| into to pay moneys to any Indian tribe that
| all payments to be made under such treaties
shall be made in specific articles Of clothing
and agricultural implements.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted, That here
after no goods shall be purchased by the Indi-
| n m nana mn ar ifS for friha
except upon the written requisition Ut the SUI
perintendent in charge Of the tribe, and only
upon the public bids in the mode prescribed
by law for the purchase of other supplies.
SEC. 6. And be IL further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby
directed to cause settlements to be made
with all persons appointed by Indian councils
to receive moneys due to incompetent or Or
phan Indians, and to require all moneys found
to be due to said incompetent or orphan Indi-
ans to be returned to the treasury of the Uni
ted States and all moneys SO returned shall
bear interest at the rate OF six per centum per
annum, until paid by order of the Secretary of
the Interior to those entitled to the same /; and
no money shall hereafter be paid to any per.
son or persons appointed by any Indian coun-
Gil to receive moneys due to incompetent or
orphan Indians, but the same shall remain in
the treasury of the United States until ORDER
ed to be paid by the said Secretary to those
| entitled to receive the same, and shall bear
| six per ccntum interest until SO paid.
| SIC. z. And be IL further enacted, That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby.
in like manner appropriated, out Of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, |
for the Indian service in California -
For salaries of clerks to superintendent Of |
Indian Affairs, for the Northern and Southern
Districts of California, for three-quarters of
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-tw at eighteen hundred
dollars per annum, twenty-sevcn hundred
dollars.
For the same service for the fiscal year end |
ing june thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty |
three, at one thousand five hundred dollars |
per annum, three Thousand dollars.
For compensation OF five supervisors for the |
reservations in California, to instruct the Indi-
ans in husbandry, for fiscal year ending June
thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty three, au-
thorized by act of June nineteen, eighteen
hundred and sixty, nine thousand dollars.
For the purchase of cattle for beef and milk,
together with clothing and food teams and
farming tools for Indians, for the fiscal year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and
sixty-threc, for the Northern District of Cali
forna, twenty five Thousand dollars.
For the same for the Southern District of
California, for the fiscal year ending June
thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-thrcc, fif- |
teen thousand dollars PROVIDED, That the |
Secretary OF the Interior is hereby authorized |
and directed to inquire into the expectancy of
| reducing the Indian reservations in California |
to two in number the proper places for the |
same; the probable expense thereof the pro- |
priety of disposing of any Of the reservations, |
and the value thereof, and of the property |
thereon of the manner and terms of such |
disposal and in what manner, in his judg- |
ment, the expense Of the Indian Department |
in that State en- be reduced and its system |
simpliied without injury to the same, and re-
port thereon to the next regular session Of
Congress
Approved, July 8, 1862.