Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-24
Fort Pierre and Intermediate Points.
Title to acquiring the Black

Title to acquiring the Black
Hills.
WvsulNGroN, March l9.-Thc Sen.
ate Committee on Indian Affairs have
agreed on Black Hills bill, and
Senator Allison. who has the matter
in charge, will endcavor to secure its
passage to-day. Tie bill is as follows:
Bel se,taeteA Up tie .>e,,ute and
Horse ct Rc1resentatires Of Me.
Imto0 States of .lmrr1cu II Congress
assembled, That the PTcsldcn, is
Au,horsztdy,o appoint a commission
consisting OF five persons, one OF
whom shall hean s-llieer ef.he army
not Of lower rank that brigad,cr
geueral, who shall be detailed for this
service, one OF whom shall speak the
Sioux Iangnage, and one of whom
shall be learncdl IN the law, whose
duty il shall btto visit the various
tribes of the Sioux, and state to them
the changed condition. Of affairs with
reference 10 their reservation since the
,a,.ncatio,4 of the treaty OF lists,
gIoW1nS out Of the alleged discovery
OF gold in the Back Hills, and Tie
des,lcof the Umlch Stalcs To give
z,ltc'll a proper eqnrvaIcpl t5,r the us,.
aud Occupation, OF tue ii,'s hy tile
whites, and Tie Willingness OF the
with lhcn which will provide iol
their Subsistence aud support hy
appropriations from year To year for
"a period not exceeding ten years;
winch sun, shnll he os.pcnded irnm.
year to year for lIat purporc IN such
as c.ny1ess may by Law
provide, and wn,ch shlIlbc II, adj; :
,pu,r,o the >ums stipulated for, N
provisions made by the treaty o'leGS
winch have not already been rApel.-
ded. Aud the suns thus 10 bc
provided shall be in consideration for
the absolute rclinquishnent by said
tribes OF all their ,,,)e'to, aud ilteres,
in, the following district of country
that is, the tract OF country lying be
tween the north and south forks Of
the Cheyenne river and west of the
4 junction of said north aud south forks
10 the lG5,h meridian of longitude
west from Greenwich, and also the
right of the United States to secure
access to said last mentioned tract,
by means of wagons or other roads,
from convenient and accessivc points
! Al N1:,,<.,.S N ~,
way of Fort Laramie Wy,
territory in all not more than
/ four in number; and said
commission is hereby au
thorized to make with such tribes All
agreement embracing the foregoing
provisions, and the further provision
thar said tribes will thereafter receive
all their supplies under such agree
ment, and under, the treaty ,of'ls6s, al
snch points and places on said reserva
lion, and inthc vicinity ofthe Missouri
river, as the department ofthe interior
may establish and provide; and alst
that said tribes will acquiesce in sucl
methods as may be hereafter provided
& by law or adopted by the presideu,=t'
advance them in civilization an,
means Of self fsuppor,.
Sec. <. That all appropriation
hereafter made for the subsistence Q
The Sioux nation shall be upon condi-
ton that they will agree to the sever
al provisions Of the. first section Q
this act; and after July ], 1871, NJ
!. money shall be expended for the sub
sistence Of the Sioux nation unles
: upon said conditions.
e Sec. 3. That the homestead an .an,
pre- -emption laws Of the United State
. Shall not apply TO the country speci
7 ficaliy described in the first section {
this act untill further action of Con
! gress.
9 sec.4. That such commissioner
' shall each receive ten dollars per da
/ for their services while actually EN-
: ployed, and shall Immediately ent'
!, upon their duties, and shall be autho
g lied to employ secretary,, who sha
l. be stenographer and also an intel
prefer, at@a' compensation not exceet