Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-02-14
TERIlIToRl u FRIDAY 1878
Ceua zscEsea 1els for Ind an Esepre-
cations.

S'e era zscEsea 1eIs for Ind an Depre-
cations.
WASHINGTON. January 10, 1868. Il
/ 7u the Editor Of the Heautd s. sa
have received many inquiries astto what
1 has been done iii fclatiani to the Act of lust
] winter concerning Indian lepredatious. AS
4 have not time foteply to aH oil these inaliil-
1 les. enclose circular oi the Interior Depart
/ nIents showing Wias must be done to secure
lpayment f.' such slepresIations. Please pub,
Iljsh the same ior beneiitoi those Who need
intorniatie,l. Truly yours 81
Issss .s WM. Ii. CLAGErT. {
Tie circular referred Il, by Mr. Claestt,
|entitleda'. Rules and regulations adopted By
the department uf tile Interior relative to the
prcsen.ationai.' examination of claims on
account of depretla!ions committed hs Lili-
ans, reads lis follows:4 a454
\ BY the esenth section OF the Act of Con
grcss. making appropriations Tor the Indian
/ Department, approved May 30 1872, lit Is
enacted: ''That it shall be the duty of the
Secretary ofihd InterorIo prepare and cause
| to be published, such rules and regulations ms
! ne may deem necessary or proper. preserib-
ing the manner of presenting claims arising
under existing Laws orr treaty stipulatiols, for
compensation for depredations committerl by
/ the Indians, and the degree and character OF
the eyidenceiecessary to support such claim;
shall carefully investigate all such claims as
| H,ay represented, subject to the rules aud
regulations prrparedby him. aiid report to
Congress at each session thereof the nature,
character and amount of such claims, wheth-
ei allowed by him or not. and the evId .nce
upon winch Ills actionw based; prouided,
that no payment on account Of said claim
shall be made withouta specific appropriation
by Congress" Dbl s IL sa
In compliance with the requirement OF the
law us quoted above, the following Rules. and
Regulations are prescribed:
l. Application for indemnify or satisfac-
tion for the loss or injury sustained must be
made by the claimant, his attorney or duly
authorized agent. within three u ears after the
commission OF the depreciation or the injury,
to the United perlntendent OF Indian At
fairs, or Indian agent or stlb-agent within
whose iurisdictiono or charge the nation, tgii'le
or band is to wliici the Offenders Or Aepr,l.l-
tors belong. as. s.a tos
9b 3. The iiecssary documents nnd proofs
must iecoanpaHgtha al lpfication of the ei.a-
stiff, his attorney on ageit,ana sioiild be i'm
legal iilr.n ard con ii IT, .i6 "a
First. OF the ,rn declaration of t.sea
claimant, sclliii. f.rs!l VIXEN and Where tile
Depreciation was eotiiistted. and Gy' What
llt.iti,~. t.e;r :rih; or tat.oa Icing nssmeds.
describing fully the property stolen or tlc--
3troyct. and gisirg tie 4nantltF tf cacli srf-
icle or insnbcr qualify ef coalition thereof.
and the jtet value ct each article CT pitce ot
property 1T tletisslc the same was Il; teH and
t!,:s,rt yel Should Tie depreciation have been
committed While the claimant WIS in the III
dian country, lie nihststate Whether ne Was
liwfGlly there. either having ii license to
trade with the Indians, a passport or permit
from tic proper. irtti;in authorities, or WAS
en- route through said. country placesoi
ultimate tesdestination at some point within the
limits OF any State or TeIritory,not included
within tile limits Of the reservation Tor any
nation or tribe OF Intiial set apart by treaty
provision, OF by Executive order: and he in
such declaration must further state whether
any of the property so stolen or DESTROYED
has subsequently, been recovered by or for
him, the claimant and whether the claimant
has at any timesreceived part compensation
therefor, and if so, how much. when and
from what source and further, that claim
ant has in no way endeayored to obtain pri7,
vate satisfaction or revenge. f'1'iYi '1.. l58,
Second. OF idepositions two or more
persons having crsonal cognizance Of the
facts or any of them. as embraced in the
declaration Of the lainant, Which idoposi-
itions must set forth the means Of knowledge
which dtponents have as to the fact of the
depreciation, when, where, or by what lndl-
ans, and under what circumstances tile dep
laton was committed, what the property
consisted of thai was so taken or destroyed
by the Indians, describing it as fully as prae!;..
ticabe, and stating the Yal1n 5 t,,o tina -
.,.4 II 4.f tsein wefeae NY s.s ~.
the ueDfcuatlOil III liiC eiH1'io3 fieAe " t.Aio
! claimant it must be SO stated, and il what
capacity - In addition to the foregoing the
| claimant must show, by his own evidence OF
that OF other persons, that at the time the
depreciation was committed the property
then stolen or destroyed was being pro:
perly guarded and cared for, and that THE
/ loss Thereon. was not ..occasianed by the
negligence or earelessness OF himself or EN-
ployes.
8. The testimony alluced by the claimant
must be be taken before some officer author
lied by law to administer oaths. it may be
taken before the proper superintendent o
i lIndian Affairs, Indian agent, or sub-agent.-
tIf taken before Justice. Of the Peace. the OF
i ticial characterot That person should be Ger
titled By some proper officer empowered
thcreunto. All interlineations or change
i that it may be necessary TO make in tie test
/ mony Of any person testifying in behalf o
tile claimant, either before or ut the signin.
of the same, must be duly attested BY the Of
1 ficer before whom the testimony is sworn Il
and subscribed.
i d. When The application, documents, an
y 1proofs shallhaye been received BY the Super
intendent of Indian Af1;airs. Indian agent, 9