New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-07

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Der fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seye
ty-one, six thousand dollars
For the purchase of goods and supple
tor the Indian service in lieu OF such {
may be lost or destroyed in transportatio
by water, and only to be used to the exteI
of such loss, twenty thousand dollars.
For fulfilling treaty obligations of th
United States with Wyandotte Indians, a
provided in the thirteenth article of tn
treaty concluded February twenty-thirG
eighteen hundred and sixty-seyen, the TO
lowing amounts ascertained to be due b.
the board of commissioners appointed b
the Secretary Of the Interior, as per thei
| report dated March second, eighteen hun
| dred and sixty-nine, viz: Taxes uniustl,
collected by the territorial government O
Kansas in eighteen hundred and ffty-nn
| and eighteen hundred and sixty, to be re
| funded, eleven thousand seven hundred ant
| three dollars and ffty-six cents; to enabl
! the WYandottes to establish themselves il
! their new homes in the Indian Territory
| five thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thou
! sand seven hundred and three dollars ant
| 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
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 distinguishing, 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 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 10 tribes which are at war
with the United States.
SEC. B. That the Secretary Of the Inte-
riOr 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 after their removal, and for i'm
DroYements on the said reservation, the IN
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 ffty-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
with view to their self-supp0rt, 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, in his dis
cretion to apply the balance on hand OF the
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 opinion, may 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 JhirtIeth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, fourteen thou
sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be I
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
1ne delegate and, in addition, one delegate
'or each one thousand Indians, being mem
1ers of such tribe, on the same terms and |
and with the same rights and |
privileges, including right to compensation,
rs is provided for delegates OF the tribes
lereinbefore mentioned; and a sufficient /
um to pay the per diem and mileage of |
uch additional delegates is hereby appro-
oriated
SEC. 5. That the President of the United |
states and the Secretary of the Interior are
hereby authorized to make an appraisement
II the Cherokee lands lying west of the |
linety-sixth meridian Of west longitude,
md west of the land Of the Usage Indians,
u the Indian Territory, and south of the
outhern line of the State of Kansas, ceded to |
he United States by the Cherokee Indians
Inder their treaty of July nineteenth, /
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the set
lement of friendly Indians, and report the |
anne to Congress; provided, that the Secre-
airy of the Interior be, and he hereby is,
to negotiate with the Southern
2heyennes and Arapahoes for the relin-
Iuishment of their claim to the land coded |
0 them by the second article of the treaty |
f October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred |
nd sixty seven, out of the Cession made |
~ the Cherokees in the treaty of July |
Nineteenth eighteen hundred and sixty-siX: |
UGH REIMBURSEMENT, it obtained, to be in
consideration of a sufficient and permanent |
ocation TOR the said Cheyennes and Ara
ahOes, upon the lands coded to the United
,tates by the Creeks and Seminoles in the |
reaties of March twenty-frst and June
eighteen hundred and sixty-six; |
nd that the Secretary report the action
aiken by him under this provision to Con
ress at its next session.
SEC. g. That the Secretary of the In
erior be, and he hereby IS, au-
horized to expend, for the removal
f the Winnebago Indians, in Wis
Onsin, from their present homes in
hat State to the Winnebago reser-
alton, in Nebraska, or to such other l0ca-
ion as may be selected for them, and for
heir subsistence during such removal, and
t their new homes, the sum of thirty-six
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
nay be necessary, appropriated by the act
f July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sew
nty, for the removal of stray, bands of
and Winnebagoes from
Wisconsin to the tribes to which they re-
pectively belong.
SEC. Z. That it shall be the duty of the
ecretary Of the Interior to prepare and
ause to be published such rules and regu-
atoms as he may deem necessary or proper,
rescribing the manner OF presenting claims
rising under existing laws or treaty stipu-
atoms. for compensation tor depredations
ommitted by the Indians, and the degree
nd character Of the evidence necessary to
Import such claims; he shall carefully in
estigate all such claims as may be pre-
ented, subject 70 the rules and regulations
repaired by him, and report to Congress.
t each session thereof, the nature, charac-
er and amount of such claims, whether al