New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-17

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eighteen hundred and tifty-fve, aceordin!
to the order of the President, made Novem
, Der fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seven
ty-one, six thousand dollars
For the purchase of goods and supple
tor the Indian service in lieu of such a
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 the
United States with Wyandotte Indians, al
provided in the thirteenth article of the
treaty concluded February tWent7-third
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the fol
lowing amounts ascertained to be due bv
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 ffty-nine
and eighteen hundred and sixty, to be re-
funded, eleven thousand seven hundred and
three dollars and ffty-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-
tlOn 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
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. 2. That the Secretary of the Inte-
| riOr is hereby authorized and required to
prepare and submit to Congress plan for
! equitablY eXtnguishlng, as far as possible,
the separate claims upon the government of
| the United States for annuities 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 Iute-
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 tfty-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 d view to their seIf-support, CON
ditiOned upon the assent of the Mississippi
band of ChippewaR, 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 f. 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 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, |
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- !.
priateds
SEC. 5. 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
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, ceded to
the United States by the Cherokee Indians
under their treaty 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-
Quishment of their claim to the land ceded
to them by the second article of the treaty
of October twenty eighth, eighteen hundred
by the Cherokees in the treaty of July
eighteen hundred and sixty-six;
such REIMBURSEMENT, if obtained, to be in
of a 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
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. 6. That the Secretary Of the In
terror be, and he hereby IS, au-
thorized to expend, for the removal
Of the Winnebago Indians, in Wis
consln, from their present homes in
that State to the Winnebago reser-
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
anty, for the removal of stray bands of
POttawatomies and Winnebagoes from
Wisconsin to the tribes to which they re-
spechvely belong.
SEC Z, That 1t shall be the duty of the
of the Interior to prepare and
cause to be published such rules and regu-
lations as he may deem necessary or proper,
the manner of presenting claims
arising under existing laws or treaty stipu-
atiOns, for compensation for depredati0ns
committed by the Indians, and the degree
and character Of the evidence necessary to
support such claims; he shall carefully in
all such claims as may be pre-
;ented, subject to the rules and regulations
prepared by him, and report to Congress, |