New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-05

Der fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seven
ty-one, six thousand dollars.
For the purchase of goods ard supplies
for the Indian service in lieu OF such a;
may be lost or destroyed in transportation
by wafer, and only to be used TO the extent
OF such loss, twenty thousand dollars.
For fulfilling treaty obligations OF the
United States with Wyand0tte Indians, as
| provided in the thirteenth article of the
treaty concluded February twentvsthird
eighteen hundred and sixty-seyen, the fol.
! lowing amounts ascertained TO be due BY
| the board of commissioners appointed by
| the Secretary of the Interior, as per their
| report dated March second, eighteen hun
| dred and siXty-nine, viz: Taxes uniustly
| collected by the territorial government of
| Kansas in eighteen hundred and tfty-nine
| and eighteen hundred and sixty, to be re
| funded, eleven thousand seven hundred and
| three dollars and IIty-siX cents; to enable
| the WyanQottes to establishsthemselyes in
| their new homes in the Indian Territory,
| five thousand dollars; in ali, sixteen thou
sand seven hundn@l and three dollars and
| tifty-siX cents, to be paid under the direc
ton of the President of the United States
For this amount, to assist the Peoria
Kaskaskia, Wea, and PiankeshaW Indians
to esta blish themselves in their new homes,
the said amount to be taken from the in
vested fund of said cOnfederated tribe in
ftCCOI OcsuOS Will t1lC Sll Pl41tLLOLS CUutaIuBC
in the tweDtyfourth 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 extinguish1ng, as far as possible
the separate claims upon the government of
the United States for annBities and allow
ances of diminished Indian tribes, and also
for providing, on a uniform basis, for all
Indians who are collected at the same
agency; provided, that no annuity, either
of money or goods, provided for in this act
shall be paid TO 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, Tor the removal of the Chippewa In
dians 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 IN
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 ftty-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 sef-support, con-
ditioned upon the assent Of the Mississippi
band of Chippewas, first 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 'An
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, in 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, il the Indian Territory, as
provided by the treaties WI SAID tribes in |
eighteen hundred and si4Sy-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
and with the same rights and
privileges, including right to compensation,
as is provided for delegates of the tribes
hereinbefore mentioned; and a 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
IF the Cherokee lands lying west OF the
linety-sixth meridian Of west longitude,
and west of the land Of the Usage Indians,
n the Indian Territory, and south Of the
southern line of the State of Kansas, ceded to
the United States by the Cherokee Indians
lnder their treaty Of July nineteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-siX, for the set
element of friendly Indians, and report the
came tC Congress-; provided, that the Secre-
AIRY of the Interior be, and he hereby is,
authorized to negotiate with the Southern
Ileyennes and ArapahOes for the .relin-
Iuishment of their claim TO the land ceded
% them by the second article OF the treaty !
If October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred
and siXty-seven, out OF the Cession made
~ the Cherokees in the treaty of July
nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six;
such REIMBURSEMENT, if obtained, to be in
OF sufficient and permanent
ocation for the said Cheyennes and Ara
lak0es, upon the lands ceded to the United
States by the Creeks and Seminoles in the
reaties of March tweGty-irst and June
Ourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty.six;
md that the Secretary report the action
AIKEN by him under this provision to Con
,ress at its next session.
SEC. G. That the Secretary Of the In
horned to expend, for the removal
# the Winnebago Indians, in Wis
onsin, from their. present homes in
hat State to the Winnebago reser-
alton, in Nebraska, or to such other loca-
ion as may be selected for them, and for
heir subsistence during such removal, and
It their new homes, the sum of thirty-six
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
nay be necessary, appropriated by the act
f July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sew
nty, for the removal of stray bands of
and Winnebagoes from
Wisconsin to the tribes TO which they re-
pectiyely belong.
SEC Z. That it shall be the duty Of the
secretary of the Interior to prepare and
ause to be published such rules and regu-
atoms as he may deem necessary or proper,
rescribing the manner of presenting claims
rising under existing laws er treaty stipu-
atoms, for compensation for depredations
ommitted by the Indians, and the degree
nd character of the evidence necessary to
upport such claims; he shall carefully in
estigate all such claims as may be pre-
ented, subject to the rules and regulations
repaired by him, and report to Congress,
t each session thereof, the nature, charac-
ar and amount Of such claims whether al
owed by him or not, and the evidence upon