New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-18

eighteen hundred and tifty-fve, according
to the order of the President, made Noyem
Der fourteenth ,seighteen hundredan 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 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 fifty whine
| and eighteen hundred and sixty to be re-
funded, eleven thousand seven hundred and
| three dollars and tifty-siX cents; to enable
| the Wyand0ttes to establish themselves in
| their new homes in the Indian Territory,
| i've 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 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
i'll 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 2. That the Secretary of the Inte-
riOr is hereby authorized and required to
prepare and submit to Congress plan for
equitablY distinguishing, as tar as possible,
the separate claims upon the government of
the United States for annuites 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. ,. That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior be- and he hereby is. authorized to ex--
pend, for 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 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
entynine 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 tile work
At aiding and instructing the Indians
On the White Earth reservation, in
Minnesota, in the arts of civilization,
with a view to their self-support cen
diti0ned 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, NAV 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 thirheth, eighteen
hundred and sevcnty-three, fourteen thou
sand dollars, OF 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 she tribes
hereinbetore mentioned; and % sufficient
sum 50 pay the per diem and mileage of .
such additional delegates is hereby appre-
priatedo
See. 5. Thae the President of The Emitted
States and the Secretary Of the Interior are
hereby authorized to make an appraisement
of the Cherokee lands lying west of the
meridian of west longitude,
and west Of %he land Of the Usage Indians.
in the Indian Territory, and south of the
southern line of the State of Kansas, ceded to
the United States by the Cherokee Indians
under their Greatly Of July nineteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the set
Element 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-
punishment of their claim to the land coded
TOP them by the second article of the treaty
of October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred
by the Cher0kees in the treaty of July
eighteen bundled and sixty-six;
such REIMBURSEMENT, if obtained, to be in
of sufficient and permanent
location for the said Cheyennes and Ara
pahoes, upon the lands coded to the United
States by the Creeks and Seminoles in the
treaties of March twenty-frst 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.
terror be, and he hereby IS, au,,
of the Winnebago Indians, in Wis
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
dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, appropriated by the act
of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred aud sew
enty, for the removal of stray bands of
P0ttawatomies and Winnebagoes from
Wisconsin to the tribes to which they re-
spectively belong.
SEC. Z. 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 TOR depredations
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 |
by him, and report to Congress,