Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-09-26

the delivery Of annuities and provisions 10 .ue
Indian tribes in Minnesota and Michigan lwen
ty thousand three hundred and fifty dollars an"
sixty two cents.
For expenses Of transportation aud deh'ery
of annuity goods to the Blackfoot Indians LOT 'he
year, seventeen thousand dollars
For transportation, aud necessary expenses ol
the delivery of annuities and provisions to 'he
Chippewas of Lake superior, five THOUSAND
seven hundred and sixty two dollars and Sky
three cents.
For transportation, and necessary expenses oi
the delivery of annuities and provisions TO Tue
Chippewas of the Mississippi, three thousauu
eight hundred and eighty six dollars and seven
| " five cents.
For compensation of five extra clerks employed
in the Indian office, under the act of hiIh august
eighteen hundred and fifty four, and third March,
eighteen hundred and fifty i've, and under ap-
preparations made from year to year seSe"
thousand dollars
For compensation of one clerk in the Indian
office, to enable the Secretary of the Interior TO
carry out the regulations prescribed to gWe
effect to the seventh section Of the act OF Matoh
third, eighteen hundred and fifty 1--WE, graht'hE
bounty lands to Indians, fourteen hundred
dollars.
For compensation of two extra clerks in the
Indian office, employed to carry out tue treaty
with the Chckasaws in the adjustment OF their
claims, two thousand eight hundred dollars
For expenses attending the vaccination oi
Indians, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For the payment to the Shawnees OF tue
residue OF seven hundred thousand dollars to he
paid after the termination of the seven years
stipulated for in tho third article of the treaty oil
tenth May, eighteen hundred and fifty tour,
eighty nine thousand dollars.
UMrouAs AND cALAPoos OF UMPouA VALLEY
For the first and second instalments of the second
series Of annuties of two thousand three hun
dred dollars each, not heretofore asked lior,J
for beneficial objects, to be expended as directed
by the President, four thousand six hundred
dollars.
For medallious of the President OF the United
States for distribution to Indian tribes, five
thousand dollars.
For the general incidental expenses Of the
Indian service in Oregon and Washington Terri
tory, including insurance aud transportation of
annuity goods and presents (wheTe no special
provision therefor is made by treaties,) and
office and travelling expenses of the superinteu-
dent and sub agents, thirty five thousand dollars.
For defraying the expenses Of The removal and
subsistence of Indians in Oregon and Washington
Territory mot parties to any treaty. and for pay
of necessary EMPLOYEES, fifty thousand dollars
Irooidsi, That all appropriations heretofore or
hereafter made to carry into effect treaty sup-
tribes of Indians, all or any portion Of whom
shall be in state of actual hostility to the
Government Of the United States, including tho
Cherokees, Greeks. Choctaws, Chickasaws,
Seminoles Wichtas, and other affiliated tribes,
may aud shall be suspended and postponed
wholly or in part at aud during the discretion
aud pleasure of the President PrOVided
further That the President is authorized to
expend such part of the amount heretofore
appropriated and not expended aud hereinbetore
appropriated for the benefit Of the tribes named
in the proceeding proviso as he may de m
necessary for the relief and support of such
individual members Of said tribes as have been
/ driven from their homes and reduced to want oil
account of their friendship to the Government
/ And au account shall be kept Of the sums so paid
for the benefit of such tribe, which account shall
be rendered to Congress at the commencement
of the next session thereof. And all purchases
of articles for the purposes above set forth shall
| be made on advertisement, rs provided in other
cases. and an account shall be rendered Of all
| such purchases, with statement Of the prices
paid therefor And provided further, That in
cases where the triba, organization Of any Indian
tribe shall be in actual hostility to the United
States, the President is hereby authorized by
proclamation, to declare all treaties with such
tribe to be abrogated by such tribe, il in his
opinion, the same can be done consistently with
good faith and legal and national obligations.
| To carry into effect the treaty Of February
eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty Que. with
Arnpahoes aud Cheyenne Indians of the Upper
/ Arkansas river, VIZ;
For surveying the exterior Of the reservation,
and dividing the same between the two tribes,
estimated 10 be three hundred and fifty miles,
at an expense of ten dollars per mile for survey
ing, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For the first of fifteen instalments of annuity
Of thirty thousand dollars, TO be expended for
their benefit, that is to say, fifteen thousand
dollars par annum for each tribe, commencing
with the year in which they shall remove To and
settle upon their reservations for the fiscal year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty
two, thirty thousand dollars.
Also for the same object for the fiscal year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty
three, thirty thousand dollars.
For transportation and necessary expenses Of
delivering of anuuities, goods aud provisions to
| the Arapahoes aud Chey enue Indians Of the Up
per Arkansas river for the fiscal year ending
June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty two,
eve 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 the
extiaguiehing of their title to the lands in that
| vicinity, or 30 much thereof as may be needed
for that purpose, to he expended under the di-
rection OF the Secretary of the Interior, fifteen
thousand dollars
Fer defraying the expenses Of negotiating a
treaty with the Shoshonees or Snake Indians, or
no much thereof as may be needed, TO be expend-
ed under the direction of the Secretary Of the
Interior, twenty thousand dollars.
For amount in the hands of late agent W. W.
Deunison, unaccounted Tor, belonging 10 the
Ottoes and Missouras, eighteen thousand nine
hundred and seventy dollars and seven cents.
For deficiency in the contingent fund Of tho
lalian Department for the balance Of the half
year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and
sixty two, ten thousand dollars.
Sec ., And BE- .tarther 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 oil Cali
tornia shall be three thousand dollars.
Sec 3. Ind be further eRdcied, That tue
sum of forty thousand dollars, or SO much there
of as may be necessary, be and the same is
hereby appropriated to enable the President to
negotiate a treaty with the Nez Perce Indians Of
Oregon and Washington Territory, for the re-
linquishment Of portion or all OF their present
reservation, its exchange for other lands.
, Sec. 4. And be Il further enacted, That
under any OF the appropriations contained in
t this act for the purpose of negotiating treaties,
5 there shall be no new engagements entered into
= to pay moneys to any Indian tribe. That all
paymens to be made under such treaties shall
he made in specific articles of clothing and agri-
s cultural implements.
s Sec, 8. And be further enacted, That
hereafter no goods shall be purchased by the lu-
, dian department, or its agents, for any tribe,
except rpon the written requisiliou Of the super
intendent in charge of the tribe, and only upon
= nublie hids in the mode prescribed by law for