New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-12

to the order of the President, made N0vem
Der fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seven
ty-one, six thousand dollars.
! For the purchase Of goods and supplies
for 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 twentv-third,
! eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the fol
| 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 mine, viz Taxes uniustly
| collected by the territorial government of
| Kansas in eighteen hundred and tiI'ty-nine
! and eighteen hundred and sixty. to be re-
| funded, eleven thousand seven hundred and
three dollars and tfty-six cents; to enable
| the Wyand0ttes 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,
| haskaskia, 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
in the tweDtyfourth article Of the treaty
| with these and other tribes of Indians Of
February twenty-third, eighteen hundred
and siXtY-seyen, twenty thousand dollars
SEC. .. That the Secretary of the 1nte-
riOr is hereby authorized and required to
prepare and submit to Congress plan for
equitabl7 extinguishlng, as far as possible,
the separate claims upon the government of
TO5% nl Gtn+p F,,,, Il al
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. 8. That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior be, and he hereby is, authorized to eN-
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
prOyements 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 ttty-seyen thousand and sew
enty-nine dollars and f0rty-fOur cents.
For this amount, or so much thereof as
J y
of the Interior to carry on. the work
of aiding and iDstructing the Indians
on the White Earth reservation, in
Minnesota, in the arts of civilization,
with a 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, i'll 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 can
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 opiDion, 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 |
SllI1 n NJ f1n no dom and 1IIilaora Of |
such additional delegates is hereby appro-
priated.
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, coded 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 Score
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 coded |
to them by the second article of the treaty |
OF October twenty eighth, eighteen hundred
and sixty seven, out of the cession made |
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 Tor 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-tirst 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
eonsin, from their present homes in
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
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, appropriated by the act
Of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty, for the removal of stray bands of
Pottawatomies 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-
atiOns as he may deem necessary or proper,
the manner of presenting claims
arising under existing laws or treaty etipu-
ations, for compensation for depredations
by the Indians, and the degree
and character of the evidence necessary to
such claims he shall carefully in
all such claims as may be pre-
3ented, subject to the rules and regulations
by him, and report to Congress,
at each session thereof, the nature, charac-
ter and amount of such claims, whether al