Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-05-11
The North Dakota Red Men
Are Well Taken Care Of
in Appro priations

$50 VI wv ~ cgkAC1l SysbIG OIL H
ill Appro pria lions.
Washington, d. C., May The SEN
ate Indian appropriation bill carries
the following items for Indians in
North Dakota: an
For pay Of Indian agent at the
Standing Rock agency, North Dakota,
one thousand eight hundred dollars.
ag For SUPP bort and civilization Of Sioux
I q Devils Lake. North Dakota, five
thousand dollars. 557ss1 S 3lsS
For Il support and civi lization sof IN
dams at Fort Berthold agency, In
i NORTH "a kota, including pay Of eIn-
ptoyees, twenty thousand dollars.
s Fsor support and civilization OF Tur-
fle Mountai Band Of Chippewas,
\ North Dakota, including seeds, thir-
teen thousand dOllaTS. IS III
Fort TOtten School.
- For support and education Of three
hundred ny and twenty five Indian pupils
at the Indian school. Fort Totten, AZ.
-. hfty-four thousand two hundred
and seventy five dollars. ~
:st For pay of superintendent at said
school one thousand seven hundred
and seyenty-five dollars.
Wahpet0n Indian School.
For the support and education If
one hundred Indian pupils at the IN
dian school at Wahpeton, N. 81. sly
teen thousand seven hundred dollars
For pay of superint endent Of said
school. one thousand FIVE hundred dol
lars. :. VII S35
For minor ements, Ave thou
sand dollars. S !$ pt Il
For purchasing live stock and eauip-
4 nent Of building, six thousand dol
lars, or SO much thereof as may be
necessary.
u all. twenty nine thousand two
hundred dollars.
For general Incidental expenses Of
the Indian service in North Dakota,
including travelling expenses Of agents
at three agencies, one thousand dol
d lars. s,s II
That the secretary of the interior is
hereby authorized to pay to the Devils
4 Lake Sioux Indians of North Dakota,
in addition to any one Of sinstaI lnnents
of thirty. thousand dollars provided
by article three of the Act approved
: April ~, 1904, the sum Of $57 ,874. S7,
or SO much as may be available from
the proceeds of the sales of their ceded
n lands, being the amount OF the deficit
4 Of the $145, 900 authorized by said Act
as the first payment, #
That a part Of the land reserved BY
general order numbered seventeen Of
the war department, dated August %.
1876, for military purposes, but now
abandoned, and subject to disposal
under, the act of congress approved
July 5, 1884 twenty third Statutes at
large, page one hundred and three),
ito wit: Part OF sections 80 and 81,
township 153 north, range 65 west.
and parton sections rs, 26, ~ \ 35 and
36, in township 1853 north, range Sc
west eknoWn as Graham's Island) in
the state of North Dakota, be, and the
same is hereby, restored to the public
domain and declared to be public lands
of the United States Provided, That
the lands Sc, restored shall !, in the dis
erection Of the secretary Of the Interior,
be held for a period Of twelve months.
subject to allotments to the Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians,
in accordance with the provisions Of
the amended agreement with said band
1 approved April 81, 1904 Thirty third
Statutes at large, page 1914.
For comp1e citing the surveys on the
Standing Rock Indian reservation In
North Dakota, Sc, 800
And for expenses in connection
Herewith in the Office of the surveyor
general sfor North Dakota and for the
examination of said surveys, So, 900.
In all, $500.
That until otherwise provided by
law, all water for the use Of the In
dian school located at Bismarck, M.
y: shall be furnished by the Bismarck
Water company at such price ais may
4 be agreed upon between said company
and the secretary of the interior, not
exceeding 30 cents per 900 gallons.
And there is hereby appropriated for
the purchase OF such water, for the
year ending June 80, 1907, the sum Of
$500, or so much thereof as may be
necessary. sSS4s. 4
That Michael Okinyanwastena,
d Devils Lake a1lottee numbered 207;
Johnnie Heikoya bmani, Devils Lake
allottee numbered 209, and Wasicuka,
numbered 526, to whom trust patents