The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-25
SATURDAY. MARCH 25, 1876.
Senator Allison's bill for the require
ment Of the Black Hills.

otuNtuI hiitbOm . ml " tut ItVulIt-
ment Of the Black Hills.
The following is the bill as intro
duced by Senator Allison /:
BE Il enacted, etc, That the Pres
is authorized to appoint a commits
sion consisting of five persons, one
of whom shall be an officer of the
army not of lower rank than briga-
der general, who shall be detailed
for this service; one of whom shall
speak the Sioux language, and one
of whom shall be learned in the law,
whose duty it shall be to visit the
various tribes of the Sioux, and state
to them the changed condition of af-
fairs with reference to their reserva-
ton since the ratification of the treaty
of 1868, growing out of the alleged
discovery of gold in the Black Hills,
and the desire of the United States
to give them a proper equivalent for
the use and occupation Of the hills
by the whites, and the willingness Of
the United States to make an agree
ment with them which will provide
for their subsistence and support by
appropriations from year to year for
a period not exceeding ten years,
which sum shall be expended from
year to year for that purpose in such
a manner as Congress may by law
provide, and which shall be in addi-
ton to sums stipulated for, and pro-
visions made by the treaty of 1868,
which have not already been expcnd-
ed. And the sums thus to be pro-
vided shall be in the consideration
for the absolute REIMBURSEMENT by
said tribes of all their title to and in
terest in, the following district of
country, that is, the tract of country
lying between the north and south
forks of the Cheyenne River and
west of the junction of said north
and south forks to the 105th merid-
ian of longitude west from Green
witch, and also the right of the United
States to secure Gee to said last
named tract, by means of wagon or
other roads, from convenient and
accessible points on the Missouri
River, and by way of Fort Laramie,
w. T., in all not more than four in
number ; and said commission is
hereby authorized to make with said
tribes an agreement embracing the
foregoing provisions, and the further
provision that said tribes will here
receive all their supplies under
such agreement, and under the treaty
OF 1868, at such points and places
said reservation, and in the vicin-
of the Missouri River, as the De-
.artmcnt of the Interior may estab-
lish and provide; and also that said
tribes will acquiesee in such methods
may be hereafter provided by law
Or adopted by the President to adj
vance them in civilization and means
self-support.
Sec. 2. That all appropriations
hereafter made for the subsistence of
The Sioux nation shall be upon con-
iition that they will agree to the sew
,ral provisions of the first section of
his act ; and after July I, 1877, no
money shall be expended for the
subsistence of the Sioux nation un-
less upon said conditions.
SEC. 8. That the homestead and
presumption laws of the United
States shall not apply to the coun-
try specifically described in the first
section of this act until further action
Of Congress.
SEC. 4. That such commissioners
shall each receive ten dollars per day
for their services while actually en-
and shall Immediately enter
upon their duties, and shall be au-
thorized to employ a secretary, who
Shall be a stenographer and also an
interpreter, at a compensation not
exceeding seven dollars per day each,
and shall mike full report to the
President at as early u day as prac-
ticabie, which report, together with
any agreement made with said Indi.
an nation, should be submitted to
Congress for its approval, and such
agreement, when SO approved, and
not before, shnll be binding upon the
United States and the Sioux nation.
SEC. s. That the secretary o.
War be required to furnish transpor
tation, subsistence, and protection
to the said commissioners durin,
the discharge Of their duties, and til