Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-02-01
"H eelena, M4oentana, A. Thursday, February =, 1S72
REMOVAL OF, THE FLATHEAD IN.
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Removal OF ,.Es TIE FItAsTHEAD A ntlE 'Dll, ~, N,
The provisions of the bin recently intro
duced in Congress by Mr. Clagett, for the re:
moval of the Flathead and other indians
from the Bitter Root Valley read as follows:
Bef enacted BY the Sena,e and House f Representa-
rs rs n e O"'ea stqtes @ Amer'oa IN Congress 4sse
That gon or before August first, eighteen
hundred and seyenty-two, 1t shall be the duty
OF the President to remove the Flathead IN
dians, (whether of full or mixed blood, y and
all other Indians! connected with said tribes
and recognized as members thereof, from the
Bitter Root Valley, in the Territory of Mon
tana, to the general reservation Id said Terri
tory, Commonly known as the aJocko Reser-
yation,) which by o treaty concluded at He'll
Gate, in the Bitter Root Valley, July six
teenth, eighteen, hundred and fifty-five, and
ratified by the Senate March eight, eighteen
hundred and fifty-nine, between the United
States and the confederate tribes of Flatheads,
kootenai, and Pen diOreille Indians, was set
apart and reserved for the use and occupation
OF SAID confederate tribes; and to defray the
expenses OF said removal; and to aid III the
subsistence of said Indians during the first
year, there is hereby appropriated out of the
, Treasury, out of any money not otherwise
appropriated, TO be expended under the direc-
ton of the Secretary of the Interior, the sun,
OF live thousand dollars, the same to- be reim-
pgrsed to the United States ash hereinafter pre-
81" t4Tbap 2fheS lands 2tho Bitter Root!
Valley above the iLodEo F0fla are hereby ide-a
claredIoPen to settlement {hKEept the six..
teenth and thirty yosiKth. .sectio ions, which areret
serves Tor school purposes in themanner pro
yided by law,) and shan be soid to actual sefIe
tiers only, said settlers being heads of fami-;
lies or pyDr twentysene, years of, age In ouan-
pqtsllert sllerstnot exceeding one hundred and esixty
acres to each settler, at the price of one dol
lar and twenty-five cents Der acre, 1pa BAY yfhen1t
to ibe made In cash switIiA eighteen f16tiths
trom!the date of settlement or bh the. passaIred
of this act. Ian lands located after Decem,
per tlrst, eighteen hundred and seventy y-one,
snail be sod In SQUARE form, and towl-sites
shall he pfe4enpted aS in! ordinary eases.d AnsI
accurate ACCOUNT hall be kept bgttiie nSecpe7d
tary of the Interior of the money received as,
tle proceeds of sale of an lands in SAID valley
above-the Lo-Lo Fork, which n1o1fiey Stall BE-
invested under his direction fin such United /
states SECURITIES as shall yield the greatest re-
turn, + Interest on such Investment to be |
paid g. All annually and expended by the Pres
ldent the benefit OF said Indians, In such 1
mannu4"as he may deem proper, ut least.
twenty pc centunass however, of fesaid an. |
nual interest to be- DEVOTED to. educational Dur.
poses: In order that the provisions Of tfffiis |
act may be carried into effect, tfleFe ID lierebV
appropriated out of the Treasury cut nf,,S ~
money not otherwise appropriated. the sum
OF ten thousand dollars, to be expended under I
the direction Of the Secretary of the Interior
IN the survey of said lands; the said sum of
Ten thousand dollars, as well as the sum of
ave thousand dollars appropriated by the first
sectlloq 81 thlS act, TO be reimbursed to the
United states out of the proceeds Of sale of
said Hands, Any OF said Indians being the
leadt OF families or twenty Ione years lof apR u
mai pc allowed TO pre- empt without cost one
hundred anq sixty acres of land, ON the same
erms as other citizens, who Shall, prior to
August first, eighteen hundred and seventyaf
Wo, be admitted to citizenship by soiiie oun,- 1
,etent court, upon proof of sufficient civiliza-
ion, tanire eoRplisnea with the. lsty, dor tho
of aliens.
SEQ g. AS al recognition Of tfe services
nd sacrifices of the Iflissionares, who fortheI
ast twenty nine years have lab0gel ITO eiyilize Al
nd GhristianiZe the Indians in the Bitter Root
lalley, the Reyerened Father lfavalfa Orlih1.!
ase he Shall fan 10 aet theft the priest
hg chargs of St:fMaryiS Mission In kaid vals
fy, isheEeby authorized TO flggate and pre,d
mpti without cost, in one body and in square j.,
ofn, SIX hundred and forty ac4fes of iafid III
aid valley, embracing the she IF said mission
hurch and huiltlingss Frotiddd, That ntth- 4
ng in this section shall be so construed asto
nthorlze said grant to ,be laid upon any Land II
which any other PERSON has d tpSrfotr br Y
uperior right under the laws ofstAe Unitei 4 4
tatesa And q'rociGdd furthcr,, That said loca-
on shall be e made within six months after the
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