New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-10
GENERAL NATURE-No. 81

GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81.
En act making appropriations for the cur
rant and contingent expenses of the In
dian department. and for fulfilling treaty
stipuIatiOns with various Indian tribes,
for the year ending june thirty eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, and Tor other
purposes.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House OF
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled That the
following sums be, and they are hereby,
appropriated out of any money IN the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, LOT
the purpose of paying the current ana con-
fiugent expenses Of the Indian department,
and fulfilling treaty stipuIatlonS with the
various Indian tribes
For pay Of eight superintendent OF In
dian affairs, namely: Two superintendent
for the tribes east of the Rocky mountains;
one for Oregon; one for the Territory OF
Washington; one for the Territory OF New
Mexico; one for California; one for the
Territory Of Arizona; and one for the Ter
ritory Of Montana, nineteen thousand one
hundred dollars
For pay of siXty-elght agents OF Indlan
affairs, viz:
Five tor the tribes in Oregon, viz; Warm
Springs, klamath, Grand ROnde, Siletz and
Umatilla, agencies;
Three for the tribes in Washington Terri
tory, viz: Neah Bey, Yakima, and S. ko-
komish agencies;
Three Tor the tribes in California, viz:
HoOpa Valley, Round Valley, and Iule
River agencies;
Two for the tribes in Nevada, viz: Pi-Ute
and Walker River, and Pyramid Lake
agencies;
Two for the tribes in Idaho, viz: Nez
Perez and Fort Hall agencies;
Four for the tribes in Montana, viz: Flat
Heads, Black Feet, Grow, and Milk River
agencies;
Nine for the tribes in Dakota, viz: Whet-
stone, Yankton, Ponca, Upper Missouri,
Berthold, Sisseton, and Devils Lake agen-
cies;
Two for the tribes in Wyoming, viz: Red
Cloud ShOshOne, and BannOck agencies;
One for the tribes in Utah, viz: Uintah
Valley agency;
Albiquin, Navajo, Cimmeron, Mesealero
Apache, Southern Apache and Pueblo
agencies;
Two for the tribes in Colorado viz; Los
Piuos and White river agencies;
Six for the tribes in Nebraska, viz: Great
Nemaha, Omaha, WinneDago, PaWnee,
Otoe and Santee agencies;
Three for the tribes in Kansas, viz: Potta-
watomie, Kaw or Kansas and kickapoO
agencies;
Gen for the tribes in the Indian Territory,
viz: Sac and Fox, Quapaw, Neosho, Kiowa
Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw
and Seminole agencies;
One for the tribes in Minnesota, viz: Chip |
peWa agency;
One for the tribes in Iowa. viz: Sac and |
Fox of Iowa agency;
Two for the tribes in Wisconsin, viz: |
Green Bay and LaPOnte agencies;
One for the tribes in Michigan, viz Mack
mac agency;
One for tho New York Indians, viz: New |
York agency;
-Four for the tribes in Arizona, viz: Pap |
ago. Colorado River, Pima and MaricOpa, |
and Moguis Pueblo agencies, one hundred |
and two thousand dollars; provided that it |
shall be the duty Of the President to dis |
pense with the services of such Indian |
agents and superintendent herein men
toned as may be practicable; and where it |
is practicable he shall require the same |
person to perform the duties of two agen- |
cies or supcrintendencies for one salary.
For pay of special agent for the Goship |
Western and Northwestern bands of Sh0-
shones, in Western Utah and Eastern Ne
vada, one thousand five hundred dollars
Fo" three sub-agents, one for the tribes in
Oregon, viz: Alesea sub-agency; and two
for the tribes in Washington Territory, viz:
9ulalip and Quinaielt sub-agencies, three
thousand dollars.
For pay of clerk to superintendent for
California, one thousand eight hundred dol
Lars.
For temporary clerks to superintendent. |.
six thousand six hundred dollars.
For pay of ninety interpreters, as follows:
9wenty-oDe for the tribes in Oregon and
the Territories Of Washington, Utah, and
New Mexico, at five hundred dollars each;
thirty-six for the tribes elsewhere, at four
hundred dollars EACH seventeen extra for
the tribes elsewhere, at four hundred dollars
each; three for the Indian service in L tab,
at five hundred dollars each; one for the
Shoshones and one for the Utahs at one
thousand dollars each; one for the Sisseton
and WahpetOn bands of Sioux, four hun
dred dollars; one for the Sacs and Foxes of
the Mississippi now in Tama county, Iowa,
four hundred dollars; nine for the Indian
service in the Territories Of Arizona, Colo
RADIO, Idaho, Wyoming, and the State Of
Nevada, at five lIundred dollars each; in all,
forty thousand five hundred dollars.
For buildings at agencies and repairs of
same, ten thousand do lars.
For vaccine matter and vaccination of
Indians, five thousands dollars.
For presents TO and provisions for Indians,
ten thousand dollars.
For actual expenses incurred, and that
may hereafter be incurred, by officers of
the Indian department, in the rescue of
prisoners from Indian tribes, and returning
them to their homes and for expenses incl
dent to the arrest and confinement within
the territory of the United States, by order
Oh suCu ODlCeIS, oi persons charged Win |
crimes against Indians, five thousand dol
lars.
For contingencies, including travelling
incidental, current and contingent expen- |
,ses of superintendent and agents, and of
their offices, fifty thousand dollars,
APACHEs, KIowAs AND CoMASCHEs.
For fifth OF thirty installments, as pro-
vided to be expended under the tenth arti-
Gle treaty of October twenty-trst, eighteen |
hundred and siXty-seVen, concluded at Med q,
icine Lodge Creek, III Kansas, with the |
Liowas and Comanches and under the third
article treaty of same date with the ApaChcs,
thirty thousand dollars. {
For purchase of clothing, as provided in
same treaties, twenty-sX thousand dollars.
Eor pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, +
mlller and engineer five thousand two hun
dred dollars
For pay OF physician and teacher, two T
Thousand live hundred dollars
For transportation of goods five thou {
sand dollars. :
APACHEs
For this amount, to subsist and nronerlv G
care for the Apache Indians in Arizona and a
New Mexico, who have been or NAV he col \
Lected on reservations in New Mexico and | {
Arizona, two hundred and fifty thousand s
dollars; provided, that this appropriation
shall be expended only in behalf OF those T
Indians who go and remain Ipon said h
reservations and refrain from hostilities. f
CHEYENNEs, APACHEs, KIowAs =
CoMANCHES AND wICHTTAs. a
For subsistence of the Arapahoes Chey- {