New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-13

eighteen hundred and fitty-fve, aoeordin
to the order of the President, made Neven
} Der fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sever
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 transportatio
by water, and only to be used to the exten
OF such loss, twenty thousand dollars.
For fulfilling treaty obligations of tn
United States with Wyandotte Indians, a
provided In the thirteenth article of tn
treaty concluded February twentv-third
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the fol
lowing amounts ascertained to be due by
the board of commissioners appointed bI
the Secretary of the Interior, as per theiJ
report dated March second, eighteen hun
dTed and sixty-nine, viz: Taxes uniustly
collected by the territorial government q
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,
i've thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thou.
| sand seven hundred and three dollars and
htty-slx cents, to be paid under the direc-
uon OF the President of the United States.
For this amount, to assist the Peoria.
haskaskla, 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 twentY-fourth article of the treaty
with these and other tribes of Indians, of
February twenty-third, eighteen hundred
and slxty-seven, twenty thousand dollars.
SEC. 2; That the Secretary of the 1nte-
nor is hereby authorized and required to
prepare and submit to Congress plan for
equitably extinguishing, as far as possible,
the separate claims upon the government of
the United States for annHities and allow
ances of diminished Indian tribes, and also
for providing, on uniform basis, for all
Indians who are collected at the same
agency; provided, that no annuity, either
of money or goods, provided for III this act,
shall be paid TO tribes which are at war
with the United States.
SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Inte-
rlor 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 alter 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 tifty-seven thousand and sew
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
upon the assent of the Mississippi
band OF Chilppewas, first expressed in open
council III 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
3retion, to apply the balance on hand of the |
appropriation of one hundred thousand dol !
ars, made by the act of July fifteenth, |
eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled San |
act for the support of industrial and other
schools among the Indian tribes not other
wise provided for" and so forth, at such |
lines, In such sums, and for such tribes and
bands as, in his opinion, may be required.
For this amount, or SO much thereof as
nay be necessary, to pay the expenses of
holding general council of the Cherokee,
Creek, Seminole, and Choetaw and Chick
Lsaw Indians, in the Indian Territory, as |
provided by the treaties with said tribes in
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the
lscal year ending June thirueth, eighteen
hundred and seVenty-three, fourteen thou
and dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary; provided, that any other Indian
rlbe permanently located in said Indian
'erritory shall be, and is hereby authorized
o elect and send to said general council
ne delegate, and, in addition, one delegate
or each one thousand Indians, being mem
ers OF such tribe, on the same terms and
ondltions, and with the same rights and
including right to compensation, |
S is provided for delegates of the tribes
ereinbefore mentioned; and a sufficient
lm to pay the per diem and mileage of
lch additional delegates is hereby appro-
rated.
Sec. 5. That the President of the United
tates and the Secretary of the Interior are
ereby authorized to make an appraisement
the Cherokee lands lying west of the
lnety-sixth meridian of west longitude,
nd west of the land of the Usage Indians.
| the Indian Territory, and south Of the
)uthern line of the State of Kansas, coded to
le United States by the Cherokee Indians
nder their treaty of July nineteenth,
ghteen hundred and sixty-six, for the set
ement OF friendly Indians, and report the
lme to Congress; provided, that the Secre-
ry of the Interior be, and he hereby is, ]
to negotiate with the Southern
heyennes and Arapahoes for the relin-
of their claim to the land coded
them by the second article of the treaty
October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred
Id sixty-seven, out of the cessi0n made s
7 the CherOkees in the treaty Of July j
neteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six;
ch REIMBURSEMENT, if obtained, to be in
of a sufficient and permanent I
cation for the said Cheyennes and Ara {
lhOes, upon the lands coded to the United 6
ates by the Creeks and Seminoles in the
eaties Of March twenty-frst and June c
eighteen hundred and sixty-six; c
Id that the Secretary report the action q
ken by him under this provision to Con
ess at its next session. /
SEC 6. That the Secretary of the In c
rior be, and he hereby IS, au- t
orized to expend, for the removal a
the Winnebago Indians, in Wis t
nsin, from their present homes in i
at State to the Winnehago reser- f
.ti0n, in Nebraska, or to such other loca-
IN as may be selected for them, and for b
cir subsistence during such removal, and e
their new homes, the sum of thirty-six d
ousand dollars, or SO much thereof as
ay be necessary, appropriated by the act b
July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sew 8
ty, for the removal of stray bands of
and Winnebagoes from b
isconsin to the tribes to which they re- s
ectively belong.
SEC. 7. That 1t shall be the duty of the o
cretary of the Interior to prepare and G
use to be published such rules and regu- v
ions as he may deem necessary or proper, d
escribing the manner of presenting claims G.
sing under existing laws or treaty stipu- d
ions, for compensation for depredations h
mmitted by the Indians, and the degree n
d character of the evidence necessary to a
pport such claims; he shall carefully in q,
stigate all such claims may be pre- d
lted, subject to the rules and regulations s,
tpaFCQ DT MIN, and report to Con 0peEG | RI