Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-06-19

fully, so as t0 satisfy them on this question.
/ Mr.. MAYNARD. hope the gentleman
from Indiana will Withdraw that part OF the
resolution which relates 20 the Cherokee
Indians us sm satisfied il does injustice
to those Indians. .t
Mr.. wAsnBuaN, of Wisconsin. hope
the j"int resolution will pass. and / hope
the gentleman from Indiana will not with.
draw ,hs, part ofit which relates TO the
Cherokee neutral lands.
Now, ss I understand this question:
do not know that understand u correct.
ly-s uesiy was made auihorizing tho
Secretary of the Interior to dispose Of
these lands. and one clause Of IL author
ized the Secretary TO dispose Of them In
ono body, ii he saw a., for one dollar an
acre. The lands were 50 disposed OF by
Mr.. Harlan, but not In accordance with
the terms OF the treaty. be eisinga long
credit for the payment OF the entire sun,
with The exception oiavery small amount.
There wss a disturbance created about It..
aud Mr. Browning rescinded that contract
uud mude new contract with nm individ-
ual Mr.. Jumes Il. JOY. for the transfer OF
ihir entire body OF lpnd. the former con.
tract having been made with n pretended
emigrnnt company. Mr. James Il JOY.
perhaps not having sS00,U00 on hand,
aud hndinp he eau make good ihing OF
!, by entering into n compromise with
this cmigrant compsny, ap,ees TO have his
contract iescinded aud come In under
The contract With the emigrunt com.
psny by which he receives the eight hun
dred thousand acres. and has long time
Tor pay mcnt, aud ut very low rate Of in-
terest.
The proposition, therefore, is simply
whether james Il. Joy shall have this
land. some eight hundred thousand acres.
for The sum oi one dollar per acre, on very
long time for payment and very low rate
of interest. or whether the Government
shall buy ,hcse lands for that amount.
There The hammer fell.
Mr. VANlioRN. of Missouri. ] desire
to state that unuer this treaty Of sals set
tiers are protected IN their rights. Euch
settler upon the lund prior 20 the ra,i6ca-
tion Of the treaty wilt be allowed one hun.
drcd aud sixty acres Of land u, the ap-
praised value. l.
Mr. WAsupuRN. OF Wisconsin. Why
not let the Government buy this land2
Mr.. VAN uoHs. of Missouri. The In.
dians have been trying Tor thirty yeas 10
sell his land 10 the Government, aud the
Government would not buy II.
Mr. LAWRENCE, OF Ohio Will the
gentleman hom Indiana (Mr. Julian1
yield 10 NE for few minutes2
Mr.. JULIAN. Very we'll.
MIR. LAWRENCE, of Ohio. II seems to
me that The question Involved IN the bill
now before the House Is ono Of vastly
more importance than gentlemen are aware
OF think cpn state the matter in a
very fcw word, so that it can be understood.
Prior Ia the 10Th OF July, 1866, the Cher
okee Indians owned Tract Of land in
Kansas known ss the "Cherokee neutral
lands" the title TO which they held under
n paient from the United States. make
no question now about the validity Of the
title. By u treaty entered into on the 10Th
Of July 1866 ihe' herokee Indians ceded
these lsuds 10 The United States in trust
10 be sold aud the proceeds to be paid
over TO the Indians The seventeenth ar-
ticle Of that treaty is as follows:
ART. XVII. The Cherokee nation
hereby cedes, in trust TO the United States,
the tract Of land in the State Of Kansas
which was sold to the Cherokees by the
United States, under the provisions Of the
second article Of the treaty Of 1888; and
also that strip of the land ceded to the
nation by the fourth article Of said treaty
which is included in the State Of Kansas
aud the Cherokees consent that said lands
may be included in the limits aud juris.
dIciion Of the said State.
"The lands herein cedsd shall be sur
veyed as the public lands of the United
States are surveyed, under the direction Of
The Commissioner Of the General Land
Office, ano shall be appraised by two dis
interested persons, one TO be designated
By the Cherokee national council aud one
by the Secretary OF the Interior. aud, in
case Of disagreement, by third person,
to be mutually selected by the aforesaid
appraisers; the appraisement to be not less
than an average of 81 20 per acre, ex-
elusive Of improvements.
"And the Secretary Of the Interior
shall, from iimeto time, as such surveys
thu hppthreuithis hfc uppfONeu uy htus
after due advertisements for sealed bids.
sell such lapds TO the highest bidders for
cash in parcels not exceeding one hun.
dred aud sixty acres and not less than the
appraised value: Prorided. That whenev-
er there are Improvements Of the value of
fifty dollars made on the lands not being
mineral, and owned aud personally occu.
pied BY any person for agricultural pur-
poses at the date Of the signing hereof,
such persons so owning. and in person
residing onsuch improvements; shall, after
due proof. mado under such regulations
as the Secretary of the Interior may pre-
scribe. be entitled to buy, at the spprais.
ed value, the smallest quantity of land in
legal subdivisions which will include his
improvements, not exceeding in the sg-
gregato one hundred and sixty acres, the
expenses Of survey and appraisement to
be paid by the Secretary out Of the pro.
ceeds Of sale Of said land: Provided. That
nothing in this article shall prevent the
Secretary Of the Interior from selling the !
whole of said neural lands in body TO !
any responsible party. for cash, for sum
not less than sS00.00O."
Under this provision of :hc treaty the
Secretary Of the Interior undertook to sell
these lands. The objection which | now
make is not to the title of the Indians TO
these lands, but il is tha. tho treaty. n,ak- ]
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