New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-10

may be lost or destroyed in transportation
| by water, and only to be used to the eXten
Of such loss, twenty thousand dollars.
For fulfilling treaty obligations of thu
United States with Wyandotte Indians, a
provided in the thirteenth article of tn
treaty concluded February twenty-third
eighteen hundred and siXty-seven, the tol
lowing amounts ascertained to be due by
the board Of commissioners appointed by
the Secretary of the Interior, as per theil
report dated March second, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-nine, viz Taxes uniustlJ
| collected by the territorial government OF
Kansas in eighteen hundred and ffty-nint
and eighteen hundred and sixty, to be re
| funded, eleven thousand seven hundred anG
three dollars and tifty-six cents; to enable
the WyandOttes to establish themselves IL
their new homes in the Indian Territory
five thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thou
sand seven hundred and three dollars and
/ HiJy-siX cents. TO be paid under the dlrec-
ton of the President of the United States.
| For this amount, to assist the Peoria,
| kaskaskia, Wea, and Piankeshaw Indians
to establish themselves in their new homes,
| the said amount to be taken from the in
vested fund of said cOnfederated tribe in
| accordance with the stipulations contained
in the tweDty-fourth article Of the treaty
| with these and other tribes Of Indians of
| February tWenty-third, eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven, twenty thousand dollars.
| SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior is hereby authorized and required to
prepare and submit to Congress a plan for
equitablY extinguishlng, as far as possible,
the separate claims upon the government OF
the United States for aHnHities and allow
ances of diminished Indian tribes, and also
for providing, on uniform basis, for all
Indians who are collected at the same
agency; provided, that no annuity, either
Of yroyi1nA fOyr i1o+ ar
shall be paid 10 tribes which are at war
with the United States.
SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Int
rior be, and he hereby is. authorized to ex-
pend, for the removal of the Chippewa In
dams to the White Earth Lake reservation
in Minnesota, for their subsistence for six
months after their removal, and for i'm
prOvements on the said reservation, the I'M
expended balance Of appropriations hereto
fore made for such removal, subsistence,
and so forth, and now on the books of the
Treasury Department, amounting, in the
aggregate, to ffty-seven thousand and sew
enty-nine dollars and forty-fOur cents.
For this amount, or SO much thereof as
may be necessary, to enable the Secretary
of the Interior to carry on the work
Of aiding and instructing the. Indians
on the White Earth reservation, in
Minnesota, in the arts of civilization,
with a view to their self-support, con
ditioned upon the assent of the Mississippi
band of Chippewas, fret expressed in open
council in the usual manner to the settle
ment of the Otter Tail band of Pillagers
upon the White Earth reservation, with
equal rights in respect to the lands within
its boundaries, twenty-five thousand dollars.
SEC 4. That the Secretary of the Interior
be and he is hereby authorized, in his dis
erection, to apply the balance on hand OF the
appropriation Of one hundred thousand dol
lars, made by the act Of July fifteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled IAN
act for the support of industrial and other
schools among the Indian tribes not other
wise provided for" and SO forth, at such
times, in such sums, and for such tribes and
bands as, III his opinion, may be required.
For this amount, or SO much thereof as
may be necessary, to pay the expenses of
holding a general council of the Cherokee,
Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw and Chick
asaw Indians, in the Indian Territory, as
provided by the treaties with SAID tribes in
eighteen hundred and siXty-siX, for the
fiscal year ending June thirtIeth, eighteen
hundred and seYenty-three, fourteen thou
sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary; provided, that any other Indian
tribe permanently located in said Indian
Territory shall be, and is hereby authorized
to elect and send to said general council
one delegate, and, in addition, one delegate
for each one thousand Indians, being mem
bers of such tribe, on the same terms and
conditions, and with the same rights and
privileges, including right to compensation,
as is provided for delegates of the tribes
hereinbefore mentioned; and sufficient
sum to pay the per diem and mileage of
such additional delegates is hereby appro-
priated.
SEC. s. That the President of the United
States and the Secretary OF the Interior are
hereby authorized to make an appraisement
Of the Cherokee lands lying west of the
ninety-sixth meridian of west longitude,
and west of the land of the Usage Indians,
in the Indian Territory, and south of the
southern line of the State of Kansas, coded to
the United States by the Cherokee Indians
under their treaty of July nineteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the set
tlement of friendly Indians, and report the
same to Congress; provided, that the Secre-
tary of the Interior be, and he hereby is,
authorized to negotiate with the Southern
Cheyennes and Arapahoes for the relin-
quishment of their claim to the land coded
to them by the second article OF the treaty
of October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred
and sixty seven, out Of the Gession made
by the Cherokees in the treaty of July
nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six;
such REIMBURSEMENT, il obtained, to be in
consideration of a sufficient and permanent
lOSdJlOu lOE TIC saul SuGJ 6luGS duNl Ara
pahOes, upon the lands coded to the United
States by the Greeks and Seminoles in the
treaties of March tweGty-tirst and June
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and siXty-siX;
and that the Secretary report the action
taken by him under this provision to Con
gress at its next session.
SEC G. That the Secretary of the In
terror be, and he hereby IS, au-
thorized to eXpendJ for the removal
~. T. Nig
consin, from their present homes IN
that State to the WinnebagO reser-
walton. in Nebraska, or to such other lOca-
ton as may be selected for them, and for
their subsistence during such removal, and
at their new homes, the sum of thirty-six
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, appropriated by the act
of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty, for the removal of stray" bands of
Pottawatomies and Winnebagoes from
Wisconsin to the tribes to which they re-
spectiyely belong.
SEC 7. That 1T shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Interior to prepare and
cause to be published such rules and regu-
lations as he may deem necessary or proper,
prescribing the manner OF presenting claims
arising under existing laws or treaty stipu-
lations, for compensation for depredatlOns
committed by the Indians, and the degree
and character of the evidence necessary to
support such claims; he shall carefully in
vestigate all such claims as may be pre-
sented, subject to the rules and regulations
prepaFed by him, and report to Congress,
at each session thereof, the nature, charac-
ter and amount of such Claims whether al
lowed by him or not, and the evidence upon
which his action was based; provided, that
no payment on account of said claim shall
be made without a specific appropriation
therefor by Congress.
SEC. g. That with the consent and con-