New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-11

: to the order of the President, made NoYem
9 Der fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seven
7 tyone, six thousand dollars.
l For the purchase of goods and supplies
+ Tor the Indian service in lieu of such a!
, my be lost or destroyed in transportation
l by water and only to be used to the e&ten
or 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 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 fiftv-nfne
and eighteen hundred and sixty. to be re-
Handed, eleven thousand seven hundred and
three dollars and tifty-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
ttty-slx cents, to be paid under the direc-
| ton of the President of the United States.
For TINS 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
III the tweDty-fourth article Of the treaty.
with these and other tribes of Indians, of
February tWenty-thiPd, eighteen hundred
and slXty-seven, twenty thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the lutte
rlor Is hereby authorized and required to
prepare and submit to Congress a plan for
eqmtablY distinguishing as far as possible
the separate claims upon the government of
the United States for annuities and allow
on pf NI,,;c J,oI T,,lS
tor 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
dams to the White Earth Lake reservation
III Minnesota, for their subsistence for six
months after their removal, and for i'm
proVements on the said reservation, the UNI
expended balance of appropriations hereto /
tore made for such removal, subsistence |
and so forth, and now on the books Of the
treasury Department. amounting, in the I
aggregate, to titty-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
in the arts of civilization,
with a view to their selfsupport, CON
ditioned upon the assent of the Mississippi
band of Chippewass 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
It's boundaries, twenty-five thousand dollars.
SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior
be and he is hereby authorized, in his dis
eretion, to apply the balance on hand of the
OF one hundred thousand dol
ars, made by the act Of July fifteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy entitled IAN l
tct for the support of industrial and other |
schools among the Indian tribes not other
wise provided for" and so forth, at such S
lines, in such sums and for such tribes and a
bands as, in his opinion, may be required.
For this amount or so much thereof as a
nay be necessary, to pay the expenses of 4
folding a general council Of the Cherokee
jreek, Seminole, and Choctaw and Chick /
saw Indians, in the Indian Territory, as Ii
provided by the treaties with SAID tribes in
ighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the
scal year ending June thirtleth, eighteen u
hundred and seVenty-three, fourteen thou
and dollars, or so much thereof as may be '
eceSsary; provided, that any other Indian ii
Ilbe permanently located in said Indian
'erritOry shall be, and is hereby authorized G.
0 elect and send to said general council t
ne delegate, and, in addition, one delegate
IL each one thousand Indians, being mem d
ers of such tribe on the same terms and b
OndltlOns, and with the same rights and
including right to compensation, b
5 is provided for delegates of the tribes
ereinbefOre mentioned; and sufficient tt
I'M to pay the per diem and mileage of fl
ich additional delegates is hereby appro-
rated. b
SEC. ). That the President of the United
rates and the Secretary of the Interior are
areby authorized to make appraisement
the Cherokee lands lying west of the LII
meridian of west longitude, aI
nd west of the land of the Usage Indians. u
the Indian Territory, and south of the u
uthern line of the State of Kansas. ceded to
lie United States by the Cherokee Indians IL
lder their treaty of July nineteenth, IL
ghteen hundred and sixty-six, for the set al
ement of friendly Indians, and report the 10
inc to Congress; provided, that the Secre- ~
ry Of the Interior be, and he hereby is, IL
to negotiate with the Southern &c
leyennes and Arapahoes for the relin- u
llshment of their claim to the land coded az
them by the second article OF the treaty Id
October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred
I'd siXty-seven, out of the cession made 81
! the Cherokees in the treaty of July in
neteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; TO
oh REIMBURSEMENT, if obtained, to be in
nsideratiOn of sufficient and permanent IN
cation for the said Cheyennes and Ara OF
hoes, upon the lands coded to the United Sc
8tes by the Creeks and Seminoles in the TT
eaties of March twenty-frst and June on
eighteen hundred and sixty-six; Gil
d that the Secretary report the action at
ken by him under this provision to Con
ess at its next session. Ii
SEC. 6. That the Secretary of the In clt
rior be, and he hereby IS, au- to-
the Winnebago Indians, in Wis tn
at State to the Winnebago reser- fol
ton, in Nebraska, or to such other loca- g..
n as may be selected for them, and for DO
cir subsistence during such removal, and er,
their new homes, the sum Of thirty-six 90
Jusand dollars, or so much thereof as
~ be necessary, appropriated by the act DO
July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sew str
ty, for the removal of stray bands of
and Winnebagoes from boz
isconsin to the tribes to which they re- str
actively belong,
SEC. l. That it shall be the duty Of the og
cretary of the Interior to prepare and CHI
use to be published such rules and regu- wa
ions as he may deem necessary or proper, DIRE
escribing the manner of presenting claims cal
sing under existing laws or treaty stipu- drt
ions, for compensation for depredations ho]
nmitted by the Indians, and the degree rno
d character OF the evidence necessary to alo
)pOrt such claims; he shall carefully in seJ
,tgate all such claims as may be pre- diff
tied, subject to the rules and regulations sec
pared by him, and report to Congress. do
each session thereof the nature, charac- fv
and amount of such claims whether a mo