New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-04

eighteen hundred and titty-five aecordin!
to the order OF the President. made Novem
Der fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seven
ty-one, six thousand dollars.
For the purchase of goods and supplies
Tor the Indian service IN lieu Of such al
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 III the thirteenth article of the
treaty concluded February twentv-third
eighteen hundred and sixty -seyen, The toI,
| loving 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-nine, viz Taxes uniustly
collected by the territorial government of
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
| five thousand dollars: in all, sixteen thou
! sand seven hundred and three dollars and
ttty-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 Pianke8haw Indians
| to establish themselves in their new homes
vested fund of said confederated tribe in
accordance with the stipuIaQons contained
in the twentYfOurth article Of the treaSy
with these and other tribes of Indians of
February Uwenty-third, eighteen hundred
and sixty seven, twenty thousand dollars.
SEC. :. That the Secretary Of the Inte-
rior is hereby authorized and required to
prepare and submit TO Congress a plan for
eQuitablY eXtinguishIng, as far as possible
the separate claims upon the government of
the United States for annuties 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 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, 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
pr0yements 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 fifty 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
Minnesota, in the arts of civilization,
with view to their .selfsupport, con-
diti0ned 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 Pnlagers
upon the White Earth reservation, with
equal rights in respect to the lands within
its boundaries, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Sec. +. That the Secretary of the Interior
be and he is hereby authorized, in 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 An
act for the support of industrial and other
schools among the Indian tribes not other
wise provided fol" 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 sand tribes in
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for the |
fiscal year ending June thirheth, eighteen |
hundred and s6Yenty-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 |
horaiT hnfC yoan+iOraH. cuff mir
sum to pay the per diem and mileage of |
such additional delegates is hereby appro- |
priated.
SEC. ). 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 |
ninety-sixth 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, ceded 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 Secre- |
tary of the Interior be- and he hereby is, |
authorized to negotiate with the Southern |
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-seyen, 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 sufficient and permanent |
location TOR the said Cheyennes and Ara
pahoes, upon the lands coded to the United |
States by the Creeks and SeminoIes in the.
treaties of March twenty first 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
consin, from their present homes in
that State to the Winnebago reser-
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
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 I
Pottawatomies and Winnebagoes from
Wisconsin to the tribes to which they re-
spectively belong.
SEC. 7. That it shall be the duty of the
Secretary Of thu Interior to prepare and
cause to be published such rules and regu-
lations as he may deem necessary or proper,
thesmanner of presenting claims
arising under existing laws or treaty Btipu-
latiOns, for compensation for depredations
by the Indians, and the degree
and character of the evidence necessary to
support such claims; he shall carefully in
all such claims as may be pre-
sented, subject tG the rules and regulations
prepared by him, and report to Congress,
Al pac h spEGipn thppa0f tfa 11atJIrn CHI |