The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1919-04-24

States absolutely, but in trust. 1t was
cession of all Of the unattotted
lands"
Thus all of the lands of the Chip"
pewa Indians not allotted passed to
the United States in trust to be sold
and disposed of as the act of January
IA, 1889, directed. This is important
in view of the fact that the commits
sioners reserved about one million
acres for allotment purposes on the
Red Lake Reservation, although there
were only 1,16$ Indians residing on
that reservation, and these one MIL
lion acres were subsequently treated
by the Department as the absolute
property Of the Red Lake Band to the
exclusion of all the other Chippewas.
The reason for the reservation Of
about one million acres for allotments
| to the 1,16s Indians Residing on the
Red Lake Reservation is set out In the
report of the commission EEK. Doc.
247, 51st Cong, LIST Ses., 15), as fol.
lows: -..~ IT,. ..
"The Red Lake Reservation, which
they cede to the United States, con.
tains 3,26O,000 acres. The number
of Indians occupying the same is
f1,168. - 49,.
"The boundaries of, the diminished
reservation, from which allotments to
the Red Lake Chippewas are to be
made, are as follows: = Z.
= - - '" 80 .-
This is larger than they will even
tually require, but as there are swamps
and other untillable lands therein, it
can not be reduced until after survey
and allotment shall be made
6. The Specific Matters Presented for
Adjustment. ,...'~
Having pointed out the rights Of the
petitioners under the law, the various
acts against which complaint is made,
resulting In loss to petitioners, and the
remedy suggested are hereinafter re-
viewed in alphabetical order. (
(a) The Claims Agreed to Be Paid
Which Was One of the Inducements
Held Out to the Indians as An Evi-
dence of the Intended Good Faith Of
the United States in Carrying Out the
Agreement of 1889. 80.
The moneys due under prior trea.
ties which the commission found re.
NAMED unpaid and which the com.
mission assured the Indians would be
paid are referred to in President Har.
rison's message to Congress eek. Doc.
247, 51st Cong, list Ses., PIP. and p
| as follows:
"The commissioners did not escape
the embarrassment which unfortunate
ly too often attends our negotiations
with the Indians, VIZ: An indisposi-
ton to treat with the government for
further concessions WHILE its obliga-
lions incurred under former agree
ments are unkept. am sure it will be
the disposition of Congress to CON-
slider promptly, and in a just and
friendly spirit, the claims presented by
these Indians through our commission.
ers, which have been formulated in a
draught of a bill prepared by the Sec
rotary of the Interior and submitted
herewith"
The bill referred to as accompanying
the message appears in part on page
IL of the same document. II
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as.
sembled, That the following sums, or
so much thereof as may be necessary.
be, and the same are hereby, appro-
priated, out Of any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
to be Immediately available, to enable
the Secretary of the Interior to carry
out an act entitled An act for the re.
lief and civilization of the Chippewa
Indians in the State Of Minnesota, ap-
proved January fourteenth, eighteen
hundred and eighty-nine, and for other
purposes; ILL.,
"For amount due the Chippewa In
dams of Lake Superior and Missis-
sippi, arising from balances of appro-
priations under treaties with said In
dams, and covered into the Treasury
between the years eighteen hundred
and forty-three and eighteen hundred
and seventy.eight, inclusive; also, the
aggregate difference between the coin
value of payments made in currency
during the years eighteen hundred
and sixty-three and eighteen hundred
and sixty-four at the dates Of Treas
ury warrants, and the amounts due in
coin by treaty stipulations, with inter-
est at the rate of five per centum per
annum, from the date of said Treasury
warrants to June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and ninety, the sum of ono
hundred and ninety thousand dollars,
or so much thereof as may be required
to be expended by the Secretary of the
Interior in the purchase of such arti-
cles as he may deem best, or in the
payment Of cash, to be apportioned in
accordance with article eight of the
treaty proclaimed January twenty
ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,
one hundred and ninety thousand dol
lars. T
For compensation for losses and
damage sustained by the Chippewa In
dams ON account of the building of
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