New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-14


Der fourteenth. eighteen hundred and seven
ty-one, six thousand dollars,
For the purchase of goods and supplies
| Tor the Indian service in lieu of such as
may be lost or destroyed in transportation
by water, and only to- be used to the extent
of such loss, twenty thousand dollars.
For fulfilling treaty obligations of the
United States with Wyandotte Indians, as
provided in the thirteenth article of the
treaty concluded February twenty-third,
| eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the toll
| lowing amounts aseertained 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 tifty-nine
and eighteen hundred and sixty, to be re-
| funded, eleven thousand seven hundred and
! three dollars and tfty-six cents; to enable
| the Wyandottes to establish themselves in
| their new homes in the Indian Territory,
| five thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thou
| sand seven hundred 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 Piankesbaw 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 twenty-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. =. 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 annuities and allow
=; T,,1 IL.
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 Inte-
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 tifty-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 view to their self-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 supporter 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 general council OF the Cherokee,
Greek, 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 thirheth, eighteen
hundred and s6venty-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, ard 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
Oers 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
lereinbefore mentioned; and a sufficient
,um to pay the per diem and mileage of
uch additional delegates is hereby appro-
)riated.
SEC. 5. 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
meridian Of west longitude,
ind west of the land of the Usage Indians.
n the Indian Territory, and south of the
Outhern line of the State of Kansas, ceded to
he United States by the Cherokee Indians
lnder their treaty of July nineteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the set
lement of friendly Indians, and report the
anne to Congress; provided, that the Secre-
airy of the Interior be, and he hereby is,
to negotiate with the Southern
Jheyennes and ArapahOes for the relin-
of their claim to the land coded
o them by the second article of the treaty
# October tWenty-eighth, eighteen hundred
nd sixty-seven, out Of the cession made
nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six;
uch REIMBURSEMENT, if obtained, to- be in
consideration of sufficient and permanent
OcatiOn tor the said Cheyennes and Ara
'ahOes, upon the lands coded to the United
states by the Creeks and SeminoIes in the
reaties of March tweDty-frst and June
eighteen hundred and sixty-six;
nd that the Secretary report the action
aiken by him under this provision to Con-
ress at its next session.
SEC. 6. That the Secretary of the In
erior be, and he hereby IS, au-
horzed to expend, for the removal
f the Winnebago Indians, in Wis
onsin, from their present homes in
hat State to the Winnebago reser-
alton, in Nebraska, or to such other l0ca-
ion as may be selected for them, and for
heir subsistence during such removal, and {
t their new homes, the sum of thirty-six
hoQsand dollars, or so much thereof as
lay be necessary, appropriated by the act
t 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-
pectively belong
SEC. 7. That 1t shall be the duty of the
ecretary of the Interior to prepare and
ause to be published such rules and regu-
atoms as he may deem necessary or proper,
the manner of presenting claims {
rising under existing laws or treaty stipu-
atoms, for compensation for depredations |
by the Indians, and the degree !
nd character of the evidence necessary to {
IppOrt such claims; he shall carefully in +
estigate all such claims as NAV be pre- {
snted, subject to the rules and regulations s
repaired by him, and report to Congress,
each session thereof, the nature, charac-