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Chapter CCXCVI. making Appropriations for the current and contingent Expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with various Indian Tribes for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other Purposes

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CHAP. CCXCVI.— An Act making Appropriations for the current and contingent Expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with various Indian Tribes for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other Purposes.July 15, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following sums be, andAppropriations for expenses of the Indian department and treaty stipulations. they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes.
For pay of clerk to superintendent for California, one thousand eightClerks. hundred dollars. For temporary clerks to superintendents, six thousand six hundred dollars. For pay of sixty-four interpreters, as follows: Twenty-one for theInterpreters. tribes in Oregon and the Territories of Washington, Utah, and New Mexico, at five hundred dollars each; thirty-six for the tribes elsewhere, at four hundred dollars each; three for the Indian service in Utah, at five hundred dollars each; one for the Shoshones and one for the Utahs, at one thousand dollars each; one for the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux, four hundred dollars; and one for the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, now in Tama county, Iowa, four hundred dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand two hundred dollars.
For buildings at agencies, and repairs of same, ten thousand dollars.Agency buildings. For vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, two thousand five hundredVaccination. dollars. For presents to and provisions for Indians, ten thousand dollars.Presents and provisions. For actual necessary expenses incurred, and that may hereafter be incurred,Rescue and return of prisoners from Indians.Arrest, &c. of persons charged with crimes against Indians. by officers of the Indian department in the rescue of prisoners from Indian tribes and returning them to their homes, and for expenses incident to the arrest and confinement within the territory of the United States, by order of such officers, of persons charged with crimes against the Indians, five thousand dollars.
For contingencies, including travelling, incidental, current, and contingentContingent expenses. expenses of superintendents and agents, and of their offices, thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For improvement of farms on which Apaches, Kiowas, and ComanchesApaches, Kiowas, and Comanches, farms, schools, &c. are located in the Indian country, and for the support of schools among them, and other beneficent purposes, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars.
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the subsistenceSubsistence of the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches upon reservations. of the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche Indians, who have been collected and located upon the reservations set apart for their use and occupation by the treaties made with them in eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. For this sum, as provided to be expended under the tenth article of theVol. xv. pp. 584, 590. treaty of October twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and under the third article of the treaty of same date with the Apaches, thirty thousand dollars.
For purchase of clothing, as provide[d] in the same treaties, twenty-six thousand dollars. For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, five thousand two hundred dollars. For pay of physician and teacher, two thousand five hundred dollars. For second payment, as provided in the same treaties, to be expended336FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 296. 1870. in presents to the ten persons of the said tribes who in the judgment of the agent may grow the most valuable crops for the period named, five hundred dollars.
For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, five thousand two hundred dollars. For transportation of goods, seven thousand dollars. *Arickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans.*—For this amount, to be expendedArickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans. in such goods, provisions, and other articles as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employe[e]s, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, forty thousand dollars. *Assinaboines.*—For this amount, to be expended in such goods, provisions,Assinaboines. and other articles as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employe[e]s, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their comfort, civilization, and improvement, thirty thousand dollars. *Blackfeet, Bloods, and Piegans.*—For this amount, to be expended inBlackfeet, Bloods, and Piegans. such goods, provisions, and other articles as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employe[e]s, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in every other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, fifty thousand dollars. *Calapooias, Molallas, and Clackamas of Willamette Valley.*—For firstCalapooias, Molallas, and Clackamas of Willamette valley. of five instalments of the fourth series of annuity for beneficial objects, five thousand five hundred dollars. *Cheyennes and Arapahoes.*—For third of thirty instalments provided toCheyennes and Arapahoes.Vol. xv. p. 596. be expended under tenth article, treaty October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, twenty thousand [dollars.] For purchase of clothing, as per same article, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For pay of physician and teacher, as per thirteenth article same treaty, two thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, as per same article, five thousand two hundred dollars. For second of three instalments to be expended in presents to the ten persons of said tribe who in the judgment of the agent may grow the most valuable crops for the respective year, as per fourteenth article same treaty, five hundred dollars. For transportation of goods, ten thousand dollars.
For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, five thousand two hundred dollars. *Chickasaws.*—For permanent annuity in goods, three thousand dollars.Chickasaws. *Bois Fort Band of Chippewas.*—For fifth of twenty instal*l*ments, forBois Fort Band of Chippewas.Vol. xiv. p. 765. the support of one blacksmith and assistant, and for tools, iron and steel, and other articles necessary for the blacksmith shop, as per third article treaty of April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For fifth of twenty instal*l*ments for the support of one school-teacher, and for necessary books and stationery, as per third article treaty of April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, eight hundred dollars. 337 For fifth of twenty instal*l*ments for the instruction of Indians in farming,Chippewas. and purchase of seeds, tools, and so forth, as per third article of treaty of April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, eight hundred dollars. For fifth of twenty instal*l*ments of annuity in money, to be paid per capita, as per third article treaty of April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For fifth of twenty instal*l*ments of annuity in provisions, ammunition, and tobacco, as per third article treaty of April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, one thousand dollars. For fifth of twenty instal*l*ments of annuity in goods and other articles, as per third article treaty of April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, six thousand five hundred dollars. For transportation and necessary cost of delivery of annuity goods and provisions, per sixth article treaty of April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars. *Chippewas of Lake Superior.*—For sixteenth of twenty instal*l*mentsChippewas of Lake Superior.Vol. x. p. 1109. in coin, per fourth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, five thousand dollars.
For sixteenth of twenty instal*l*ments in goods, household furniture, and cooking utensils; per fourth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, eight thousand dollars. For sixteenth of twenty instal*l*ments for agricultural implements and cattle, carpenters’ and other tools, and building materials, per fourth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, three thousand dollars. For sixteenth of twenty instal*l*ments for moral and educational purposes, three hundred dollars of which to be paid to the Grand Portage band yearly, to enable them to maintain a school at their village, per fourth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, three thousand dollars.
For sixteenth of twenty instal*l*ments for six smiths, and assistants, per second and fifth articles treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, five thousand and forty dollars. For sixteenth of twenty instal*l*ments for the support of six smiths’ shops, per second and fifth articles treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For fourteenth of twenty instal*l*ments for the seventh smith and assistant, and support of shops, per second and fifth articles treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand and sixty dollars.
For support of smith and shop, during the pleasure of the President,Vol. xiv. p. 765. as per seventh and twelfth articles of treaty of April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, six hundred dollars. For support of two farmers, during the pleasure of the President, as per twelfth article treaty of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and seventh article of treaty of April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, twelve hundred dollars. For insurance, transportation, and necessary cost of delivery of annuities and provisions for Chippewas of Lake Superior, five thousand dollars.
For this amount, to be paid in coin, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to fulfil treaty stipulations relative to the payment of annuities with the Chippewas of Lake Superior, the Chippewas of Saginaw, Swan Creek, and Black river, the Ottawas and Chippewas of Michigan, Indians of the Mackinaw agency, in the State of Michigan, thirty-six thousand seven hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty-seven cents; being the aggregate difference between the coin value of payments made in currency during the years eighteen hundred and sixty-three and eighteen338 hundred and sixty-four, at the dates of treasury warrants, and the amountsChippewas. due in coin by treaty stipulations, with interest at the rate of five per centum per annum from dates of said treasury warrants, to June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy.
For the erection of a dock for the use of Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior at L’Anse bay, one thousand six hundred dollars. For the relief of O-shou-wau-no, chief, on account of destruction of his buildings in the construction of the Sault Sainte Marie canal, eight hundred dollars. For repairing agency buildings at Mackinaw and Sault Sainte Marie, one thousand dollars. *Chippewas of the Mississippi.*—For fourth of ten instalments of theChippewas of the Mississippi.Vol. vii. p. 592.Vol. x. p. 1111.Vol. xiii. p. 694. second series in money, per fourth article treaty fourth October, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and eighth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and third article treaty seventh May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, four thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For fourth of ten instalments of the second series, for the pay of two carpenters, per fourth article treaty fourth October, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and eighth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and third article treaty seventh May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, four hundred dollars. For fourth of ten instalments of the second series in goods, per fourth article treaty fourth October, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and eighth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and third article treaty seventh May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For fourth of ten instalments of the second series, for the support of schools, per fourth article treaty fourth October, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and eighth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and third article treaty seventh May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents. For fourth of ten instalments of second series, for the purchase of provisions and tobacco, per fourth article treaty fourth October, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and eighth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and third article of treaty seventh May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, six hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For fourth of ten instalments of the second series, for the support of two smiths’ shops, including the pay of two smiths and assistants, and furnishing iron and steel, per fourth article treaty fourth October, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and eighth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and third article treaty of seventh May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, six hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents. For fourth of ten instalments of the second series, for pay of two farmers, per third article treaty May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.
For sixteenth of twenty instalments of annuity in money, per thirdVol. x. p. 1167. article treaty of twenty-second February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, twenty thousand dollars. For twenty-fourth of twenty-six instalments to be paid the ChippewasVol. ix. p. 904. of Mississippi, per third article treaty of August second, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, one thousand dollars. For third of ten instalments for the support of a school or schools upon said reservation, in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth,*Post*, p. 720. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars.
For third of ten instalments to be expended in promoting the progress339 of the people in agriculture and assisting them to become self-sustaining,Chippewas. in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, six thousand dollars. For third of ten instalments for the support of a physician, in accordance with third article treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand two hundred dollars. For third of ten instalments for the purchase of necessary medicines, in accordance with third article of treaty March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, three hundred dollars.
For insurance, transportation, and necessary cost of delivery of annuities and provisions for Chippewas of Mississippi, in accordance with sixth article of the treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand five hundred dollars. *Chippewas of the Mississippi, Pillager, and Lake Winnebagoshish BandsChippewas of the Mississippi, Pillager, and Lake Winnebagoshish bands of Chippewa Indians.Vol. xiii. p. 694. of Chippewa Indians.*—For seventh of ten instalments to furnish said Indians with ten yoke of good work oxen, twenty log-chains, two hundred grubbing hoes, ten plows, ten grindstones, one hundred axes (handled), twenty spades, and other farming implements, per fifth article treaty May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For the pay of two carpenters, one thousand eight hundred dollars, and two blacksmiths, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four farm laborers, two thousand four hundred dollars; one physician, one thousand two hundred dollars; and medicine for the sick, five hundred dollars, per fifth article treaty May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, seven thousand seven hundred dollars. For this amount, to be applied toward the support of a saw-mill, to be built for the common use of the Chippewas of the Mississippi and the Red Lake and Pembina bands of Chippewas, as per sixth article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, one thousand dollars.
For pay of services and travel[l]ing expenses of a board of visitors, toBoard of visitors. consist of not more than three persons, to attend the annuity payments to the Indians, and to inspect the fields, buildings, mills, and other improvements, as stipulated in the seventh article, treaty May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, not exceeding any one year more than twenty days’ service, at five dollars per day, or more than three hundred miles’ travel, at ten cents per mile, four hundred and eighty dollars.
For pay of female teachers employed on the reservations to instruct Indian girls in domestic economy, one thousand dollars. *Chippewas, Pillager, and Lake Winnebagoshish Bands.*—For sixteenthChippewas, Pillager, and Lake Winnebagoshish bands. of thirty instalments of annuity in money, per third article treaty twenty-second February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, ten thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. For sixteenth of thirty instalments of annuity in goods, per third articleVol. x. p. 1167. treaty twenty-second February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, eight thousand dollars.
For sixteenth of thirty instalments for purposes of utility, per third article treaty twenty-second February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, four thousand dollars. For sixteenth of twenty instalments for purposes of education, per third article treaty twenty-second February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars. *Chippewas of Red Lake and Pembina Tribe of Chippewas.*—ForChippewas of Red lake and Pembina tribe of Chippewas.Vol. xiii. pp. 668, 689. this amount as annuity to be paid per capita to the Red Lake band of Chippewas, during the pleasure of the President, per third article treaty second October, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and second article supplementary to treaty twelfth April, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, ten thousand dollars. 340 For this amount to the Pembina band of Chippewas, during the pleasureChippewas. of the President, per same treaty, five thousand dollars.
For seventh of fifteen instalments for the purpose of supplying the Red Lake band of Chippewas with gilling twine, cotton matter, calico, linsey, blankets, sheeting, flannels, provisions, farming-tools, and for such other useful articles, and for such other useful purposes as may be deemed for their best interests, per third article supplementary treaty of twelfth April, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, eight thousand dollars. For seventh of fifteen instalments for same objects for Pembina band of Chippewas, per same treaty, four thousand dollars.
For seventh of fifteen instalments for pay of one blacksmith, one physician, who shall furnish medicine for the sick, one miller, and one farmer, per fourth article of same treaty, three thousand nine hundred dollars. For seventh of fifteen instalments for the purchase of iron and steel, and other articles, for blacksmithing purposes, per same treaty as above, one thousand five hundred dollars. For seventh of fifteen instalments, to be expended for carpentering, and other purposes, per same treaty, one thousand dollars.
For seventh of fifteen instalments, to defray expenses of a board of visitors to consist of not more than three persons, to attend the annuity payments of the said Chippewa Indians; each member of the board to be paid not more than five dollars per day, for not more than twenty days’ service, and ten cents per mile for not more than three hundred miles travel, three hundred and ninety dollars. For insurance and transportation of annuity goods and provisions, and iron and steel for blacksmiths, for the Chippewas of Red Lake and Pembina tribe, three thousand dollars. *Choctaws.*—For permanent annuity, per second article treaty sixteenthChoctaws.Vol. vii. p. 99.Vol. xi. p. 614.
November, eighteen hundred and five, and thirteenth article treaty twenty-second June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars. For permanent annuity for support of light horsemen, six hundred dollars. For permanent annuity for support of blacksmith, per sixth articleVol. vii. p. 212.Vol. vii. p. 236. treaty eighteenth October, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article treaty January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article treaty twenty-second June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars.
For permanent annuity for education, per second article treaty twentieth January, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article treaty twenty-second June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six thousand dollars. For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article treaty twentieth January, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty twenty-second June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars. For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Choctaws, in conformity with the provisions contained in the tenth and thirteenth articles of the treaty of twenty-second June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents. *Confederated Tribes and Bands of Indians in Middle Oregon.*—ForConfederated tribes and bands of Indians in middle Oregon.Vol. xii. p. 965. first of five instal*l*ments, third series, for beneficial objects, per second article treaty twenty-fifth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, four thousand dollars.
For eleventh of fifteen instal*l*ments for pay and subsistence of one341 farmer, one blacksmith, and one wagon and plow maker, per fourth articleIndians in Middle Oregon. treaty twenty-fifth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand five hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for pay and subsistence of one physician, one sawyer, one miller, one superintendent of farming operations, and one school-teacher, per fourth article treaty twenty-fifth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five thousand six hundred dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for salary of the head chief of said confederated bands, per fourth article treaty twenty-fifth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five hundred dollars. *Creeks.*—For permanent annuity in money, per fourth article treatyCreeks.Vol. vii. p. 36.Vol. xi. p. 700. seventh August, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article treaty seventh August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars. For permanent annuity in money, per second article treaty sixteenthVol. vii. p. 69.
June, eighteen hundred and two, and fifth article treaty seventh August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, three thousand dollars. For permanent annuity in money, per fourth article treaty twenty-fourthVol. vii. p. 287. January, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article treaty seventh August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty thousand dollars. For permanent annuity for blacksmith and assistant, and for shop and tools, per eighth article treaty twenty-fourth January, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article treaty seventh August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eight hundred and forty dollars.
For permanent annuity for iron and steel for shop, per eighth article treaty twenty-fourth January, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article treaty seventh August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, two hundred and seventy dollars. For permanent annuity for the pay of a wheelwright, per eighth article treaty twenty-fourth January, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article treaty seventh August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, six hundred dollars. For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars for purposes of education, per sixth article treaty seventh August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, ten thousand dollars.
For blacksmith and assistant, shop and tools, eight hundred and forty dollars. For iron and steel of shop, three hundred and seventy dollars. For wagon-maker, six hundred dollars. For education, one thousand dollars. For assistance in agricultural operations, two thousand dollars. For interest on seven hundred and seventy-five thousand one hundredVol. xiv. p. 786. and sixty-eight dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under provisions of third article treaty June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and forty cents.
For this amount to be expended in the repair of the mission school building, near the Arkansas river, one thousand dollars. For the fulfillment of the provisions of the third and fourth articles of the treaty with the Creek nation, concluded June fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, from the proceeds of sales of lands to the Seminoles, to be applied pro rata on the several amounts awarded and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, one hundred thousand dollars, payment to be made to each claimant or to his or her heirs in person. *Crows.*—For second of thirty instal*l*ments to supply male persons, sixCrows.Vol. xv. p. 651. hundred in number, over fourteen years of age, with a suit of good substantial wool[l]en clothing, consisting of coat, hat, pantaloons, flannel shirt, and wool[l]en socks, as per ninth article treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, eight thousand four hundred dollars. 342 For second of thirty instal*l*ments to supply each female, seven hundredCrows.Vol. xv. p. 651. in number, over twelve years of age, with a flannel shirt, or the goods necessary to make the same, a pair of wool[l]en hose, twelve yards of calico, and twelve yards of cotton domestic, as per same article, eight thousand four hundred dollars.
For second of thirty instal*l*ments to supply three hundred boys and three hundred and fifty girls, under the ages named, such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make each a suit as aforesaid, together with a pair of wool[l]en hose for each, as per same article, five thousand five hundred dollars. For second of ten instal*l*ments, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in the purchase of such articles as from time to time the condition and necessities may indicate to be proper, the sum of ten dollars for each Indian roaming, one thousand souls, as per same article, ten thousand dollars.
For construction of an agency building, as per third article of the same treaty, one thousand dollars. For building a residence for physician, as per same article, one thousand dollars. For the construction of five buildings, for carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, as per same article, two thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of physician for two years ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as per tenth article same treaty, two thousand eight hundred dollars.
For first of twenty instal*l*ments for pay of teacher and furnishing necessary books and stationery, under seventh article same treaty, three thousand dollars. For purchase of seed and agricultural implements for those who have selected lands and intend in good faith to cultivate the soil, as per eighth article same treaty, five thousand dollars. For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, five thousand two hundred dollars, as per tenth article same treaty.
For first of ten instal*l*ments, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in the purchase of such articles as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may indicate to be proper, the sum of twenty dollars for each Indian engaged in agriculture, nine hundred and fifty-three souls, as per ninth article of the same treaty, nineteen thousand and sixty dollars. For first of four instal*l*ments to furnish said Indians with flour and meat, as per ninth article same treaty, one hundred and thirty-one thousand four hundred dollars.
For purchase of cows and oxen under same article, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For first of three instal*l*ments to be expended in presents to the ten persons of said tribe, who in the judgment of the agent may grow the most valuable crops, as per twelfth article same treaty, five hundred dollars. For pay of second blacksmith, iron and steel, as per eighth article same treaty, two thousand dollars. For insurance and transportation of goods, ten thousand dollars. *Delawares.*—For life annuity to chief, per private article to supplementalDelawares.Vol. vii. pp. 188, 327. treaty twenty-fourth September, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, to treaty of third October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, one hundred dollars: *Provided,* That satisfactory evidence shall be shown to the Secretary of the Interior that one of the chiefs provided for by said private article is still alive.
For interest on forty-six thousand and eighty dollars, at five per centum, being the value of thirty-six sections of land set apart by treaty of eighteen hundred and twenty-nine for education, per Senate resolution June343 thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and fifth article treaty of MayDelawares.Vol. x. p. 1049. sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-*six* [four], two thousand three hundred and four dollars. For this amount, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect the provisions of the ninth article of the treaty of July four, eighteenVol. xiv. p. 796. hundred and sixty-six, with the Delaware Indians, by a division of money and stocks held by the United States in trust for them, between the twenty Delawares who have elected to become citizens and the residue of said nation, twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty-five cents; of which eight thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars and sixty-nine cents shall be deducted from the money credits of said nation, and thirteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty-six cents, to be taken equitably from their several kinds of stock, shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury, and become the property of the United States. *D’Wamish and other Allied Tribes in Washington Territory.*—ForD’Wamish and other allied tribes in Washington Territory.Vol. xii. p. 928. eleventh installment on one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, under the direction of the President, per sixth article treaty twenty-second January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six thousand dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the establishment and support of an agricultural and industrial school, and to provide said school with a suitable instructor or instructors, per fourteenth article treaty twenty-second January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the support of a smith and carpenter shop, and furnishing it with necessary tools, five hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the employment of a blacksmith, carpenter, farmer, and physician, who shall furnish medicines for the sick, per fourteenth article treaty twenty-second January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, four thousand six hundred dollars. *Flatheads and other Confederated Tribes.*—For the second of fiveFlatheads and other confederated tribes.Vol. xii. p. 976. instal*l*ments on one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, being the third series, for beneficial objects, at the discretion of the President, per fourth article treaty sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, four thousand dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the support of an agricultural and industrial school, keeping in repair the buildings, and providing suitable furniture, books, and stationery, per fifth article treaty sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for providing suitable instructors therefor, per fifth article treaty sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for keeping in repair blacksmiths’, tin and gunsmiths’, carpenters’, and wagon and plow makers’ shops, and providing necessary tools therefor, per fifth article treaty sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five hundred dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the employment of two farmers, two millers, one blacksmith, one tinner, one gunsmith, one carpenter, and one wagon and plow maker, per fifth article treaty sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, seven thousand four hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for keeping in repair saw and flouring mills, and for furnishing the necessary tools and fixtures therefor, per fifth article treaty sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five hundred dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for keeping in repair the hospital and providing the necessary medicines and furniture therefor, per fifth article treaty sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for pay of a physician, per fifth article treaty sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, one thousand four hundred dollars. 344 For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for keeping in repair the buildingsFlatheads and other confederated tribes. required for the various employees and furnishing necessary furniture therefor, per fifth article treaty sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the pay of each of the head chiefs of the Flathead, Kootenay, and Upper Pend d’Oreilles tribes, per fifth article treaty sixteenth July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, fifteen hundred dollars. For insurance and transportation of annuity goods and provisions to said Indians, per fifth article treaty of July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and *sixty-five,* [fifty-five] four thousand dollars. For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary for purchasing and transporting a saw and grist mill for the use of the Flathead Indians at their agency at Montana Territory, and for constructing the necessary buildings therefor, to replace those destroyed by fire in August, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars. *Gros Ventres.*—For this amount, to be expended in such goods, provisions,Gros Ventres. and other articles as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, thirty thousand dollars. *Iowas.*—For interest in lieu of investment on fifty-seven thousandIowas.Vol. x. p. 1071. five hundred dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to the first of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, at five per centum per annum, for education or other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the President, per ninth article of treaty of May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. *Kansas.*—For interest in lieu of investment on two hundred thousandKansas.Vol. ix. p. 842. dollars, at five per centum per annum, per second article treaty of January fourteen, eighteen hundred and forty-six, ten thousand dollars. *Kickapoos.*—For seventeenth instal*l*ment of interest on one hundredKickapoos.Vol. x. p. 1079. thousand dollars, at five per centum per annum, for educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, five thousand dollars.
For seventeenth instal*l*ment on two hundred thousand dollars, to be paid in eighteen hundred and seventy-one, per second article treaty eighteenth May, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, five thousand dollars. *Klamath and Modoc Indians.*—For the last of five instal*l*ments, toKlamath and Modoc Indians.*Post*, p. 708. be applied under direction of the President, as per second article treaty of October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, eight thousand dollars. For fourth of twenty instal*l*ments for keeping in repair one saw-mill, one flouring-mill, buildings for the blacksmith, carpenter, and wagon and plow maker, the manual labor school, and hospital, as per fourth article treaty of October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, one thousand dollars.
For fifth of twenty instal*l*ments for the purchase of tools and material for saw and flour mills, carpenter, blacksmith, wagon and plow maker’s shops, and books and stationery for the manual labor school, as per fourth article treaty of October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, one thousand five hundred dollars. For fifth of fifteen instal*l*ments for pay and subsistence of one superintendent of farming, one farmer, one blacksmith, one sawyer, one carpenter, and one wagon and plow maker, as per fifth article treaty of345 October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, six thousand dollars.Klamath and Modoc Indians.
For fifth of twenty instal*l*ments to pay salary and subsistence of one physician, one miller, and two school-teachers, as per fifth article treaty of October fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, three thousand six hundred dollars. *Makah Tribe.*—For first of ten instal*l*ments of thirty thousand dollars,Makahs.Vol. xii. p. 940. (being the fifth series,) under direction of the President, as per fifth article of treaty of January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, one thousand dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for support of a smith and carpenter’s shop, and to provide the necessary tools therefor, per eleventh article treaty thirty-first January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the support of an agricultural and industrial school, and pay of teachers, two thousand five hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the employment of a blacksmith, carpenter, farmer, and physician, who shall furnish medicine for the sick, four thousand six hundred dollars. *Menomonees.*—For last of fifteen instal*l*ments for pay of miller, perMenomonees.Vol. x. p. 1065. third article treaty twelfth May, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, six hundred dollars.
For fifth of fifteen instal*l*ments of annuity upon two hundred and forty-two thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars, for cession of lands, per fourth article treaty May twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and Senate amendment thereto, sixteen thousand one hundred and seventy-nine dollars and six cents. *Miamies of Kansas.*—For permanent provision for blacksmith andMiamies of Kansas.Vol. vii. p. 191.Vol. x. p. 1095. assistant, and iron and steel for shop, per fifth article treaty sixth October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fourth article treaty June fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, nine hundred and forty dollars.
For permanent provision for miller, in lieu of gunsmith, per fifth articleVol. vii. p. 459. treaty sixth October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, fifth article treaty twenty-third October, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and fourth article treaty fifth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, six hundred dollars. For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at five per centum, for educational purposes, per third article treaty fifth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments upon two hundred thousand dollars, per third article treaty fifth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, seven thousand five hundred dollars. *Miamies of Indiana.*—For interest on two hundred and twenty-oneMiamies of Indiana.Vol. x. p. 1095. thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty-six cents uninvested, at five per centum, per Senate’s amendment to fourth article treaty fifth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, eleven thousand and sixty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. *Miamies—Eel River.*—For permanent annuity in goods or otherwise,Miamies, Eel river.Vol. vii. p. 51. per fourth article treaty third August, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, five hundred dollars.
For permanent annuity in goods or otherwise, per articles treatyVol. vii. p. 91. twenty-first August, eighteen hundred and five, two hundred and fifty dollars. For permanent annuity in goods or otherwise, per third and separateVol. vii. p. 116.Vol. vii. pp. 114, 115. articles of treaty of thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and nine, three hundred and fifty dollars. *Molels.*—For pay of teachers of manual labor schools, for all necessaryMolels. materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, two thousand dollars. 346 *Mixed Shoshones, Bannocks, and Sheep Eaters.*—For this amount toMixed Shoshones, Bannocks, and Sheep Eaters. be expended in such goods, provisions, and other articles, as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. *Navajoes.*—For second of ten instal*l*ments for such articles of clothingNavajoes.Vol. xv. p. 669. or raw material in lieu thereof for eight thousand Navajoe Indians, not exceeding five dollars per Indian, as per eighth article of treaty of June first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, forty thousand dollars.
For second of three instal*l*ments for seeds and agricultural implements for fourteen hundred families, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per family, as per seventh article same treaty, thirty-five thousand dollars. For first of ten instal*l*ments to be used by the commissioner of Indian affairs in the purchase of such articles as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may indicate to be proper, the sum of ten dollars to each person who engages in farming or mechanical pursuits, as per eighth article of the same treaty, fourteen thousand dollars.
For insurance and transportation of goods, twenty thousand dollars. For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for subsistence of the Navajoe Indians in New Mexico, for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, to be expended under the direction[Amended, 1871, ch. *Post*, p. 569.] of the Secretary of the Interior, seventy-five thousand dollars. *Nez Perces Indians.*—For first of five instal*l*ments of third series forNez Perces Indians.Vol. xii. p. 958. beneficial objects, at the discretion of the President, per fourth article treaty of June eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six thousand dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the support of two schools, one of which to be an agricultural and industrial school, keeping in repair school-buildings, and for providing suitable furniture, books, and stationery, per fifth article treaty eleventh June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the employment of one superintendent of teaching and two teachers, per fifth article treaty eleventh June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand two hundred dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the employment of one superintendent of farming, and two farmers, two millers, two blacksmiths, one tinner, one gunsmith, one carpenter, and one wagon and plow maker, per fifth article treaty eleventh of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, ten thousand dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for pay of a physician, per fifth article treaty eleventh June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, one thousand four hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for keeping in repair the buildings for the various employees, and for providing the necessary furniture therefor, per fifth article treaty eleventh June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the salary of such person as the tribe may select to be their head chief, per fifth article treaty eleventh June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five hundred dollars. For fifth of the sixteen instal*l*ments for boarding and clothing the children who shall attend the schools, providing the schools and boarding-houses with necessary furniture, the purchase of necessary wagons, teams, agricultural implements, tools, and so forth, and for fencing of such lands as may be needed for gardening and farming purposes for the schools, three thousand dollars.
For salary of two subordinate chiefs, as per fifth article treaty of June nine, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, one thousand dollars.Vol. xiv. p. 650. 347 For salary of two matrons to take charge of the boarding-schools, two assistant teachers, one farmer, one carpenter, and two millers, six thousand seven hundred dollars. For repairs of houses, mills, and tools, and necessary materials, three thousand five hundred dollars. *Nisqually, Puyallup, and other Tribes and Bands of Indians.*—ForNisqually, Puyallup, and other tribes and bands of Indians.Vol. x. p. 1133. sixteenth installment, in part payment for relinquishment of title to lands, to be applied to beneficial objects, per fourth article treaty twenty-sixth December, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand dollars.
For sixteenth of twenty instal*l*ments for pay of instructor, smith, physician, who shall furnish medicine to the sick, carpenter, and farmer, per tenth article treaty twenty-sixth December, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, six thousand seven hundred dollars. For sixteenth of twenty instal*l*ments for the support of an agricultural and industrial school, and support of smith and carpenter shop, and providing the necessary tools therefor, in conformity with tenth article of the treaty of December twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand five hundred dollars. *Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.*—For second of thirty instal*l*mentsNorthern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.Vol. xv. p. 655. for purchase of clothing, as per sixth article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars.
For second of ten instal*l*ments, to be expended by the Secretary of the Interior, ten dollars for each Indian roaming, eighteen hundred souls, in the purchase of such articles as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may indicate to be proper, as per same treaty, eighteen thousand dollars. For second of four instal*l*ments, as per same treaty, to furnish said Indians flour and meat, sixty-six thousand five hundred and seventy-six dollars. For pay of physicians, teacher, carpenter, miller, farmer, blacksmith, and engineer, seven thousand seven hundred dollars.
For second of three instal*l*ments, to be expended in presents to the ten persons of said tribe who in the judgment of the agent may grow the most valuable crops for the respective year, five hundred dollars. For insurance and transportation of goods, six thousand dollars. *Omahas.*—For the third of fifteen instal*l*ments of this amount, beingOmahas.Vol. x. p. 1044. third series, in money or otherwise, per fourth article treaty sixteenth March, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, twenty thousand dollars.
For fifth of ten instal*l*ments for keeping in repair a grist and saw mill, and support of blacksmith shop, per eighth article treaty March sixteenth,Vol. xiv. p. 668. eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and third article treaty March sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, three hundred dollars. For fifth of ten instal*l*ments for pay of one engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars. For fifth of ten instal*l*ments for pay of one miller, per same treaties, nine hundred dollars.
For fifth of ten instal*l*ments for pay of one farmer, per same treaties, nine hundred dollars. For fifth of ten instal*l*ments for pay of blacksmith, per same treaties, nine hundred dollars. For third of ten instal*l*ments for support of blacksmith shop, and supplying tools for the same, three hundred dollars. For insurance, transportation, and cost of delivery of annuities to the Omahas, five hundred dollars. *Osages.*—For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twentyOsages.Vol. vii. p. 240. dollars, at five per centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of land set apart by treaty of June second, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, for educational purposes, three thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars. 348 For interest on three hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum perOsages. annum, to be paid semiannually, in money or such articles as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, as per first article treaty of SeptemberVol. xiv. p. 687. twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, fifteen thousand dollars.
For transportation of goods, provisions, and so forth, purchased for the Great and Little Osage Indians, or so much thereof as may be necessary, one thousand five hundred dollars. *Ottawas and Chippewas of Michigan.*—For third of four equal annualOttawas and Chippewas of Michigan.Vol. xi. p. 623. instal*l*ments in coin of the sum of two hundred and six thousand dollars, being the unpaid part of the principal sum of three hundred and six thousand dollars, to be distributed per capita, in the usual manner of paying annuities, per *third* [second] article of the treaty of thirty-first July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars.
For interest on fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars, at five per centum, being the balance of two hundred and six thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, two thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars. *Ottoes and Missourias.*—For third of fifteen instal*l*ments, being theOttoes and Missourias.Vol. x. p. 1039. third series, in money or otherwise, per fourth article treaty fifteenth March, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, nine thousand dollars. *Pawnees.*—For perpetual annuity, at least one half of which to be inPawnees.Vol. xi. p. 729. goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per second article treaty twenty-fourth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars.
For support of manual labor schools, per third article treaty September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, five thousand dollars. For transportation and insurance, and necessary cost of delivery of annuities for the Pawnees, two thousand dollars. For pay of one farmer, two blacksmiths and two apprentices, one miller and apprentice, one engineer, and two teachers, five thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. For the purchase of iron and steel and other necessaries for the shops, five hundred dollars.
For the purchase of farming utensils and stock, twelve hundred dollars. For repair of grist and saw mills, three hundred dollars. *Poncas.*—For this amount, to be expended in such goods, provisions,Poncas.Vol. xii. p. 997. and other articles as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their comfort, civilization, and improvement, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. *Pottawatomies.*—For permanent annuity in silver, per fourth articlePottawatomies.Vol. vii. p. 51. treaty third August seventeen hundred and ninety-five, seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents.
For permanent annuity in silver, per third article treaty thirtieth September,Vol. vii. p. 114. eighteen hundred and nine, three hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty-nine cents. For permanent annuity in silver, per third article treaty second October,Vol. vii. p. 185. eighteen hundred and eighteen, one thousand eight hundred and eleven dollars and ninety-three cents. For permanent annuity in money, per second article treaty twentiethVol. vii. p. 317. September, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, one thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty-four cents.
For permanent annuity in specie, per second article treaty twenty-ninthVol. vii. p. 320. July, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, eleven thousand five hundred and ninety-six dollars and thirty-three cents. 349 For life annuity to chiefs, per third article treaty twenty-sixth September,Pottawatomies.Vol. vii. p. 433.Proviso. eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one hundred dollars: *Provided,* That satisfactory evidence shall be shown to the Secretary of the Interior that the chief or chiefs provided for by said articles are still living.
For educational purposes, five thousand dollars. For permanent provision for payment of money, in lieu of tobacco, iron, and steel, per second article treaty twentieth September, eighteenVol. vii. p. 401. hundred and twenty-eight, and tenth article of the treaty of the fifth and seventeenth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, two hundred and seventeenVol. ix. p. 855. dollars and forty-three cents. For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and for iron and steel for shops, per third article treaty sixteenth October, eighteenVol. vii. p. 296. hundred and twenty-six, second article treaty twentieth September, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second article treaty twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, two thousand and forty-two dollars and ninety-four cents.
For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second article of treaty twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, three hundred and seventeen dollars and nine cents. For interest on four hundred and sixty-six thousand and twenty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents, at five per centum, in conformity with seventh article treaty of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, twenty-three thousand three hundred and one dollars and thirty-seven cents. *Pottawatomies of Huron.*—For permanent annuity, in money or otherwise,Pottawatomies of Huron.Vol. vii. p. 105. per second article treaty of seventeenth November, eighteen hundred and seven, four hundred dollars. *Quapaws.*—For this amount to be expended in such goods, provisions,Quapaws.Vol. vii. p. 425. and other articles as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their comfort, civilization, and improvement, two thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. *Qui-nai-elt and Quil-leh-ute Indians.*—For the first of five instal*l*mentsQui-nai-elt and Quil-leh-ute Indians.Vol. xii. p. 972. on twenty-five thousand dollars (being the first series) for beneficial objects, under the direction of the President, per fourth article treaty first of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, one thousand dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the support of an agricultural and industrial school, and for pay of suitable instructors, per tenth article treaty first July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, two thousand five hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for support of smith and carpenter shop, and to provide the necessary tools therefor, per tenth article treaty first July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the employment of a blacksmith, carpenter, and farmer, and a physician, who shall furnish medicines for the sick, per tenth article treaty first July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, four thousand one hundred dollars. *River Crows.*—For this amount, to be expended for such goods, provisions,River Crows. and other articles as the President from time to time may determine, including insurance and transportation thereof; in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, thirty thousand dollars. *Rogue Rivers.*—For first of five instal*l*ments in blankets, clothing,Rogue Rivers.350 farming utensils, and stock, per third article treaty tenth September,Vol. x. p. 1018. eighteen hundred and fifty-three, three thousand dollars. *Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.*—For permanent annuity in goodsSacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.Vol. vii. p. 85. or otherwise, per third article treaty third November, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars.
For interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article treaty twenty-first October, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,Vol. vii. p. 541. ten thousand dollars. For interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article treaty eleventh October, eighteen hundred and forty-two,Vol. vii. p. 596. forty thousand dollars. For second of five instal*l*ments for support of a physician and purchase of medicines, one thousand four hundred dollars.
For second of five instal*l*ments for supplying said tribes with tobacco and salt, three hundred and fifty dollars. For survey of the reservation of the Sac and Fox Indians of Mississippi, three thousand dollars. *Sacs and Foxes of Missouri.*—For interest on one hundred and fifty-sevenSacs and Foxes of Missouri.Vol. vii. p. 540. thousand four hundred dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per second article treaty twenty-first October, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars. *Seminoles.*—For five per centum interest on two hundred and fiftySeminoles.Vol. xi. p. 702. thousand dollars, to be paid as annuity, per eighth article treaty seventh August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
For interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, at five per centum, to be paid as annuity, (they having joined their brethren west,) per eighth article treaty seventh August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centumVol. xiv. p. 756. per annum, “to be paid annually for the support of schools,” as per third article treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For interest on twenty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, “to be paid annually,” for the support of the Seminole government, as per third article treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, one thousand dollars. *Senecas.*—For permanent annuity in specie, per fourth article treatySenecas.Vol. vii. p. 161. twenty-ninth September, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars. For permanent annuity in specie, per fourth article treaty seventeenthVol. vii. p. 179.
September, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred dollars. For blacksmith and assistant, shop and tools, iron and steel, to be appliedVol. xv. p. 515. as stipulated in seventh article treaty of February twenty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand and sixty dollars. For miller, during the pleasure of the President, six hundred dollars.Vol. vii. p. 349. *Senecas of New York.*—For permanent annuity, in lieu of interestSenecas of New York.1831, ch. 26.Vol. iv. p. 442. on stock, per act of nineteenth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars.
For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars,1846, ch. 34.Vol. ix. p. 35. at five per centum, per act of twenty-seventh June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For interest, at five per centum, on forty three thousand and fifty dollars, transferred from Ontario Bank to the United States treasury, per act of twenty-seventh June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents. *Senecas and Shawnees.*—For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourthSenecas and Shawnees.Vol. vii. p. 179. article treaty seventeenth September, eighteen hundred and eighteen, one thousand dollars. 351 For blacksmith and assistant, shop and tools, iron and steel, one thousand and sixty dollars. *Senecas, Mixed Senecas, and Shawnees, Quapaws, Confederated Peorias,Senecas, Mixed Senecas, and Shawnees, Quapaws, confederated Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, Ottawas of Blanchard’s Fork, and Roche de Bœuf, and certain Wyandottes.
Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, Ottawas of Blanchard’s Fork, and Roche de Bœuf and certain Wyandottes:*—For this amount to be expended in such goods, provisions, or other articles as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, in providing employe[e]s, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, two thousand dollars.
For the amount required to defray the expenses of the examination and report of sales of land assigned and patented to incompetent Wyandottes,Vol. xv. p. 517.Vol. x. p. 1159. under the treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-five, as required by the fifteenth article, one thousand five hundred dollars. For this amount to enable the Secretary of the Interior to fulfil*l* theVol. xv. p. 516. provisions of the twelfth article of the treaty with the Senecas, Mixed Senecas, Shawnees, and Quapaws, ninety thousand dollars, to be paid personally to each claimant, or his heir, according to tribal usage, pro rata on the awards, as set forth in report of commissioners dated April twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, excluding therefrom the claim (number one hundred and sixty-four) of Meskarte for twelve thousand five hundred and thirty-one dollars and seventy-five cents, which is hereby rejected.
For this amount to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect the provisions of the treaty concluded with the confederated bandsVol. xv. pp. 518–520. of Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, on the twenty-third day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, which contemplates the withdrawal from said confederation of such of its members as may elect to become citizens of the United States, and the payment to such withdrawing members their proportion of the common fund of said *of said* confederation, thirty thousand five hundred and twenty-two dollars and six cents, for the purpose of paying fifty-five members who have signified their intention and taken the necessary steps required for such withdrawal, which sum shall be deducted from the money credits of such confederated bands.
And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make an equitable and just division of all stocks held by the United States in trust for said confederated bands between those who have elected to become citizens and those who retain their tribal relation, and sell the portion awarded to the citizen part of said bands; and both which sums shall be applied by said Secretary in satisfying the claims of such members of said confederate bands as have thus signified their desire to become citizens, as stipulated and provided in said treaty. *Shawnees.*—For permanent annuity for educational purposes, perShawnees. fourth article treaty third August, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, andVol. vii. p. 51.Vol. x. p. 1056. third article treaty tenth May, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand dollars.
For permanent annuity, in specie, for educational purposes, per fourthVol. vii. p. 161. article treaty twenty-ninth September, eighteen hundred and seventeen and third article treaty tenth May, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand dollars. For interest, at five per centum, on forty thousand dollars, for educational purposes, per third article treaty tenth May, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand dollars. Shoshones.—*Western Bands.*—For seventh of twenty instal*l*ments,Shoshones.Western bands. to be expended, under the direction of the President, in the purchase of such articles as he may deem suitable to their wants, either as hunters or352 herdsmen, per seventh article treaty October first, eighteen hundred andShoshonees. sixty-three, five thousand dollars. *Eastern Bands.*—For seventh of twenty instal*l*ments, to be expended,Eastern bands. under the direction of the President, in the purchase of such articles as he may deem suitable to their wants, either as hunters or herdsmen, per fifth article treaty July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, ten thousand dollars. *Northwestern Bands.*—For seventh of twenty instal*l*ments, to be expended,Northwestern bands. under the direction of the President, in the purchase of such articles as he may deem suitable to their wants, either as hunters or herdsmen, per third article treaty July thirtieth, eighteen hundred andVol. xiii. p. 663. sixty-three, five thousand dollars. *Goship Band.*—For seventh of twenty instal*l*ments, to be expended,Goship band.Vol. xiii. p. 682. under direction of the President, in the purchase of such articles, including cattle for herding or other purposes, as he shall deem suitable to their wants and condition as hunters or herdsmen, one thousand dollars. *Shoshones and Bannocks.*—For surveying or running the externalShoshones and Bannocks. lines of the reservation to be set apart for the Shoshones, as per second article of the treaty of July three, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, threeVol. xv. p. 674. thousand six hundred dollars.
For erection of warehouse for storing goods, residence for physician, agency building, five buildings for carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, (to cost not exceeding two thousand dollars each,) schoolhouse or mission building, erection of steam circular saw-mill, with gristmill and shingle-machine attached, per same treaty, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For surveying the reservation selected by Indians for farming purposes, two thousand one hundred dollars.
For purchase of seed to be furnished heads of families who desire to commence farming, as per eighth article same treaty, ten thousand dollars. For first of thirty instal*l*ments to purchase eight hundred and thirty-three suits of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico, and domestics, for eight hundred and thirty-three females over the age of twelve years, and such goods as may be needed to make suits for eight hundred and thirty-four boys and girls, as per ninth article same treaty, twenty-two thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine dollars. *Bannocks.*—For first of thirty instal*l*ments to purchase five hundredBannocks. suits of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, the flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for three hundred females over the age of twelve years, and such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for three hundred boys and girls, ten thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For first of ten instal*l*ments for the purchase of such articles as may be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior for eighteen hundred persons roaming, and six hundred persons engaged in agriculture, thirty thousand dollars. For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, six thousand eight hundred dollars. For first of three instal*l*ments, to be expended in presents for the ten persons who grow the most valuable crops, five hundred dollars.
For insurance and transportation of goods that may be purchased for said Indians, fifteen thousand dollars. *Shoshones and Bannocks and other Bands in Idaho and SoutheasternShoshones and Bannocks and other bands in Idaho and southeastern Oregon. Oregon.*—For this amount to be expended in such goods, provisions, or other articles, as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof, in instructing in agricultural pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicines and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and in-353firm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians; and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, forty thousand dollars. *Sisseton, Wahpeton, Medawakanton, and Wapakoota Sioux.*—For thisSisseton, Wahpeton, Medawakanton, and Wapakoota Sioux. amount to be expended in such goods, provisions, and other articles, as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof; in instructing in agricultural pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicines and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, infirm, and sick, for the helpless orphans of said Indians; and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, fifty thousand dollars. *Six Nations of New York.*—For permanent annuity in clothing andSix Nations of New York.Vol. vii. p. 46. other useful articles, per sixth article treaty *seventeenth* [eleventh] November, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. *Sioux of different Tribes, including Santee Sioux in the State of Nebraska.Sioux of different tribes, including Santee Sioux in the State of Nebraska.Vol. xv. p. 636.*—For erection of warehouse or store-room, as per fourth article treaty of the twenty-ninth of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For erection of an agency building for residence of the agent, three thousand dollars. For erection of a residence for a physician, three thousand dollars. For erection of five buildings for a carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, each to cost two thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars. For erection of a school-house or mission building, five thousand dollars. For purchase of seeds and agricultural implements to be furnished the heads of families in lodges, six hundred, who desire to commence farming, as per eighth article treaty April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, sixty thousand dollars.
For first of thirty instal*l*ments to purchase five thousand suits of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, the flannel, hose, calico, and domestics required for five thousand females over twelve years of age, and for such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for five thousand boys and girls, as per tenth article of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and thirty-six thousand seven hundred dollars. For first of thirty instal*l*ments to purchase such articles as may be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior, for eleven thousand four hundred persons roaming, and three thousand six hundred engaged in agriculture, per same article, one hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars.
For purchase of five million four hundred and seventy pounds of beef and the same quantity of flour, per same article, nine hundred and eighty-five thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of one American cow and one pair of American oxen for each lodge or family that commence[s] farming, six hundred lodges, per same article, one hundred and twenty-six thousand dollars. For pay of one physician, five teachers, one carpenter, one miller, one engineer, one farmer, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars.
For first of three instal*l*ments to be expended in presents for the ten persons who grow the most valuable crops, as per fourteenth article same treaty, five hundred dollars. For insurance, transportation, and the necessary expenses of delivering goods to be purchased for the different bands of Sioux Indians, under treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, forty thousand dollars. For payment of outstanding indebtedness on account of Indian service354 in the Sioux Indian district in eighteen hundred and sixty-eight and eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, under the supervision of General W.
S. Harney, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. *Sisseton, and Wahpeton, and Santee Sioux of Lake Traverse andSisseton, and Wahpeton, and Santee Sioux of Lake Traverse and Devil’s lake. Devil’s Lake.*—For this amount to be expended in such goods, provisions, or other articles as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof, in instructing in agriculture and mechanical pursuits, in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, fifty thousand dollars. *S’Klallams.*—For first of five instal*l*ments on sixty thousand dollars,S’Klallams.Vol. xii. p. 934.
(being the fifth series,) under the direction of the President, per fifth article treaty twenty-sixth January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, two thousand four hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the support of an agricultural and industrial school, and for pay for suitable teachers, per eleventh article treaty twenty-sixth *October* [January], eighteen hundred and fifty-five, one thousand five hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the employment of a blacksmith, carpenter, farmer, and a physician, who shall furnish medicine for the sick, per treaty *June* [January] twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, four thousand six hundred dollars. *Tabeguache Band of Utah Indians.*—For the seventh of ten instal*l*mentsTabeguache band of Utah Indians.Vol. xiii. p. 675. for the purchase of goods, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, per eighth article treaty of October seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and Senate amendment of March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, ten thousand dollars.
For the seventh of ten instal*l*ments, per eighth article of said treaty, for the purchase of provisions, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, ten thousand dollars. For the purchase of iron, steel, and tools necessary for blacksmith’s shop, as per tenth article of said treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars. For pay of blacksmith and assistant, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand one hundred dollars. For insurance, transportation, and general incidental expenses of the delivery of goods, provisions, and stock, as per same article of same treaty, three thousand dollars. *Tabeguache, Muache, Capote, Weeminuche, Yampa, Grand River, andTabeguache, Muache, Capote, Weeminuche, Yampa, Grand River, and Uintah band of Utes.Vol. xv. p. 622.
Uintah Band of Utes.*—For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and one blacksmith, as per fifteenth article treaty of March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, nine thousand dollars. For pay of two teachers, per same article, two thousand dollars. For the purchase of iron and steel, and the necessary tools for blacksmith’s shop, two hundred and twenty dollars. For second of thirty instal*l*ments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for clothing, blankets, and such other articles as he may think proper and necessary, under eleventh article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars.
For annual amount, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in supplying said Indians with beef, mutton, wheat, flour, beans, and potatoes, as per twelfth article same treaty, thirty thousand dollars. For insurance and transportation of goods as may be purchased for said Indians, ten thousand five hundred dollars. *Umpquas* (*Cow Creek Band*).—For seventeenth of twenty instal*l*mentsUmpquas (Cow Creek band).Vol. x. p. 1027. in blankets, clothing, provisions, and stock, per third article treaty355 nineteenth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, five hundred and fifty dollars. *Umpquas and Calapooias of Umpqua Valley, Oregon.*—For first ofUmpquas and Calapooias of Umpqua valley, Oregon.Vol. x. p. 1126. five instal*l*ments of the fourth series of annuity for beneficial objects, to be expended as directed by the President, per third article treaty twenty-ninth November, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand dollars.
For sixteenth of twenty instal*l*ments for the pay of a teacher and purchase of books and stationery, per sixth article treaty twenty-ninth November, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. *Wichitas, and other Affiliated Bands; and Indians in Country leasedWichitas, and other affiliated bands; and Indians in country leased from Choctaws. from Choctaws.*—For this amount to be expended in such goods, provisions, and other articles as the President may from time to time determine, including insurance and transportation thereof; in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits; in providing employees, educating children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, care for and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, for the helpless orphans of said Indians; and in any other respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, forty thousand dollars. *Walla-Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla Tribes.*—For first of five instal*l*mentsWalla-Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla tribes.Vol. xii. p. 947. of third series, to be expended under the direction of the President, per second article treaty ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, four thousand dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the purchase of all necessary mill fixtures and mechanical tools, medicines, and hospital stores, books and stationery for schools, repairs of school building, and furniture, and for employees, three thousand dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the pay and subsistence of one superintendent of farming operations, one farmer, one blacksmith, one wagon and plow maker, one carpenter and joiner, one physician, and two teachers, per fourth article treaty ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, eleven thousand two hundred dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the pay of each of the head chiefs of the Walla-Walla, Cayuse, [and] Umatilla bands, the sum of five hundred dollars per annum, per fifth article treaty ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, one thousand five hundred dollars, and the amount of six hundred dollars, balance of appropriation for salary of the son of Pio-pio-mox-mox, is hereby covered into the treasury. *Winnebagoes.*—For interest on one million dollars, at five per centum,Winnebagoes.Vol. vii. p. 545. per fourth article treaty first November, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and joint resolution July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,Vol. xii. p. 628. fifty thousand dollars.
For twenty-fourth of thirty instal*l*ments of interest on eighty-five thousand dollars, at five per centum, per fourth article treaty thirteenth October, eighteen hundred and forty-six, four thousand two hundred andVol. ix. p. 878. fifty dollars. For insurance and transportation of goods that may be purchased for said Indians, one thousand dollars. For the purpose of refunding to the Winnebago Indians the amount taken from their tribal funds to pay the expenses of their removal from Minnesota, the sum of two hundred and thirty-two thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars and ninety-nine cents, of which two hundred thousand dollars shall be placed to the credit of these Indians upon the books of the treasury, on which shall be allowed five per cent. per annum, the income therefrom to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the erection of houses, the improvement of their allotments of land, the purchase of stock, agricultural implements, seeds, and other beneficial purposes. 356 *Wall-pah-pe Tribe of Snake Indians.*—For fourth of five instal*l*ments,Wall-pah-pe tribe of Snake Indians.Vol. xiv. p. 683. to be expended under the direction of the President, as per seventh article treaty of August twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, two thousand dollars. *Yakama Nation.*—For first of five instal*l*ments of third series forYakama nation. beneficial objects, under the direction of the President, per fourth article treaty ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six thousand dollars.Vol. xii. p. 953.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the support of two schools, one of which is to be an agricultural and industrial school; keeping in repair school buildings, and for providing suitable furniture, books, and stationery, per fifth article treaty ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the employment of one superintendent of teaching and two teachers, per fifth article treaty ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand two hundred dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the employment of one superintendent of farming and two farmers, two millers, two blacksmiths, one tinner, one gunsmith, one carpenter, and one wagon and plow maker, per fifth article of treaty of June ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, eleven thousand four hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for keeping in repair saw and flouring mills, and for furnishing the necessary tools and fixtures, per fifth article treaty ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five hundred dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for keeping in repair the hospital, and providing the necessary medicines and fixtures therefor, per fifth article treaty ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for keeping in repair blacksmiths’, tinsmiths’, gunsmiths,’ carpenters’, and wagon and plow makers’ shops, and for providing necessary tools therefor, per fifth article treaty June ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five hundred dollars.
For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the pay of a physician, per fifth article treaty ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, one thousand two hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for keeping in repair the buildings required for the various employees, and for providing the necessary furniture therefor, per fifth article treaty ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred dollars. For eleventh of twenty instal*l*ments for the salary of such person as the said confederated tribes and bands of Indians may select to be their head chief, per fifth article treaty ninth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, five hundred dollars. *Yancton Tribe of Sioux.*—For second of ten instal*l*ments (secondYancton tribe of Sioux. series) to be paid to them or expended for their benefit, commencing with the year in which they shall remove to and settle and reside upon their reservation, per fourth article treaty nineteenth April, eighteenVol. xi. p. 744. hundred and fifty-eight, forty thousand dollars.
For rebuilding grist and saw mill, ten thousand dollars; also, For beneficent purposes, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of any tribe of Indians, may use such portion of their annuities, appropriated by this act for the purchase of provisions, as in his judgment the necessities of said tribe may require. 357 GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.General incidental expenses of the Indian service. *Arizona.*—For the general incidental expenses of the Indian serviceArizona. in the Territory of Arizona, presents of goods, agricultural implements, and other useful articles, and to assist them to locate in permanent abodes, and sustain themselves by the pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, seventy thousand dollars. *California.*—For the general incidental expenses of the Indian serviceCalifornia. in California, pay of employees, presents of goods, agricultural implements, and other useful articles, and to assist them to locate in permanent abodes, and sustain themselves by the pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, seventy-five thousand dollars. *Colorado Territory.*—For the general incidental expenses of theColorado Territory.
Indian service in Colorado Territory, presents of goods, agricultural implements, and other useful articles, and to assist them to locate in permanent abodes, and sustain themselves by the pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars. *Dakota Territory.*—For the general incidental expenses of the IndianDakota Territory. service in Dakota Territory, presents of goods, agricultural implements, and other useful articles, and to assist them to locate in permanent abodes, and sustain themselves by the pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars. *Idaho Territory.*—For the general incidental expenses of the IndianIdaho Territory. service in Idaho Territory, presents of goods, agricultural implements, and other useful articles, and to assist them to locate in permanent abodes, and sustain themselves by the pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars. *Montana Territory.*—For the general incidental expenses of theMontana Territory.
Indian service in Montana Territory, presents of goods, agricultural implements, and other useful articles, and to assist them to locate in permanent abodes, and to sustain themselves by the pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, fifteen thousand dollars. *Nevada.*—For the general incidental expenses of the Indian serviceNevada. in Nevada, presents of goods, agricultural implements, and other useful articles, and to assist them to locate in permanent abodes, and sustain themselves by the pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, fifteen thousand dollars. *New Mexico.*—For the general incidental expenses of the IndianNew Mexico. service in New Mexico, presents of goods, agricultural implements, and other useful articles, and to assist them to locate in permanent abodes, and sustain themselves by the pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, fifty thousand dollars, including five thousand dollars to be expended in establishing schools among the Pueblo Indians. *Oregon.*—For the general incidental expenses of the Indian serviceOregon. in Oregon, including insurance and transportation of annuity goods and presents, (where no special provision therefor is made by treaties,) and for defraying the expenses of the removal and subsistence of Indians in Oregon, (not parties to any treaty,) and for pay of necessary employees, forty thousand dollars. *Washington Territory.*—For the general incidental expenses of theWashington Territory.
Indian service in Washington Territory, including insurance and trans-358portation of annuity goods and presents, (where no special provisionGeneral incidental expenses of the Indian service. therefor is made by treaties,) and for defraying the expenses of removal and subsistence of Indians, (not parties to any treaty,) and for pay of necessary employees, twenty-four thousand four hundred dollars. *Utah Territory.*—For the general incidental expenses of the IndianUtah Territory. service in Utah Territory, presents of good[s], agricultural implements, and other useful articles, and to assist them to locate in permanent abodes, and sustain themselves by the pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the transportation and necessary expenses of delivery of provisions to the Indians within the Utah superintendency, ten thousand dollars. For this amount, to carry out the action contemplated by act of Congress approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled “An1864, ch. 77.Vol. xiii. p. 63. act to vacate and sell the present Indian reservations in Utah Territory, and to settle said Indians in Uintah Valley,” ten thousand dollars. *Wyoming Territory.*—For the general incidental expenses of theWyoming Territory.
Indian service in Wyoming Territory, presents of goods, agricultural implements, and other articles, and to assist them to locate in permanent abodes, and sustain themselves by [the] pursuits of civilized life, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand dollars. For insurance, transportation, and necessary expenses of the deliveryDelivery of annuities, &c. in Minnesota and Michigan. of annuities and provisions to the Indian tribes in Minnesota and Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For surveys of exterior boundaries of Indian reservations, and subdividingSurveys and subdivisions of reservations. portions of the same, and for survey of diminished reserve of the Osage Indians, four hundred and forty-four thousand four hundred and eighty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided,* ThatProviso. none of this appropriation shall be expended for surveys of Choctaw or Chickasaw lands, unless the same shall be requested by the Choctaw or Chickasaw people, through their respective legislative councils, in accordance with article eleven of the treaty with said nations, concluded AprilVol. xiv. p. 774. twenty-eight, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
For this amount to carry on the work of instructing and aiding the Indians of the central superintendency in the arts of civilization with a view to their self-support, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as he may deem necessary. *Interest on Trust Fund Stocks.*—For payment of interest on certainInterest on trust fund stocks. abstracted and non-paying State stocks belonging to various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and deficiencies for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, on certain Virginia State stocks, as follows:— For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the CherokeeInterest on stocks, &c. belonging to the Cherokees; national fund, eighteen thousand six hundred and two dollars and eighty-six cents.
For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the Cherokee school fund, three thousand two hundred and fifteen dollars and seventy-one cents. For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the ChickasawChickasaws; national fund, fifteen thousand one hundred and forty dollars. For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the Chickasaw incompetents, one hundred dollars. For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the Choctaw generalChoctaws; fund, thirty-four thousand seven hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty-nine cents.
For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the Creek orphans,Creeks. six thousand four hundred and twenty-three dollars and fourteen cents. 359 For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the DelawareInterest on stocks, &c. belonging to the Delawares; general fund, eleven thousand six hundred and thirty dollars. For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the Iowas, threeIowas; thousand three hundred and forty dollars. For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the Kaskaskias,Kaskaskias, Peorias, Weas, and Piankeshaws;
Peorias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, six thousand and seventy dollars. For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the Menomonees,Menomonees; nine hundred and fifty dollars. For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the Ottawas andOttawas and Chippewas; Chippewas, two hundred and eighty-one dollars and forty-three cents. For interest on certain stocks and bonds belonging to the PottawatomiesPottawatomies. education fund, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
For this amount or so much thereof as may be necessary to enableCollection and subsisting of Kickapoos and other roving Indians in Indian Territory. the Secretary of the Interior to collect bands of Kickapoo or other Indians roving on the borders of Texas and Mexico, and to locate and subsist them in the Indian Territory, twenty-five thousand dollars. For this amount or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay theExpenses of general council of Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws, and Chickasaws.
Vol. xiv. pp. 802, 788, 758, 772.Certain other Indian tribes may be represented in the council. expenses of holding a “general council” of the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, in the Indian Territory, as provided by the treaties with said tribes in eighteen hundred and sixty-six, ten thousand dollars: *Provided,* That any other Indian tribe permanently located in said Indian Territory shall be, and is hereby, authorized to elect and send to said “general council,” one delegate, and in addition one delegate for each one thousand Indians or fraction of a thousand greater than five hundred, being members of such tribe, on the same terms and conditions and with the same rights and privileges, including right to compensation, as is provided for delegates of the tribes hereinbefore mentioned, and a sufficient sum to pay the per diem and mileage of such additional delegates is hereby appropriated: *AndCouncil not to be called if, &c. provided further,* That the Secretary of the Interior shall not call any such council if objected to by said Indians, nor until after the adjournment of the present session of Congress.
For the purchase of wagons, teams, tools, agricultural implements,Indians in northern superintendency. live stock, seeds, and so forth, and for the erection of houses for the Indians in the northern superintendency, to be distributed among the different tribes at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of thirty thousand dollars. For the support of industrial and other schools among the IndianIndustrial and other schools. tribes not otherwise provided for, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, one hundred thousand dollars.
For this amount, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay forPayment for goods issued by S. E. Ward; goods issued by S. E. Ward to Indians at Fort Laramie by order of the Indian peace commissioners in May and June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, eight thousand dollars. For payment for goods issued as presents by John E. Tappan, byby John E. Tappan. direction of General Alfred Sully, to the Kiowa Indians at Fort Larned, Kansas, in July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, at the time of the delivery of two white captives held by them, the sum of one thousand one hundred and one dollars and sixty-five cents.
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay theRemoval of Pottawatomies, Winnebagoes, &c. from Wisconsin to Nebraska and Kansas. expenses of the removal of stray bands of Pottawatomie and Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin from their present homes in that State to the tribes to which they respectively belong, as follows:— For transportation and subsistence of one thousand Winnebagoes from Wisconsin to Nebraska, at fifteen dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars.
For transportation of five hundred Pottawatomies and two hundred Chippewas, intermarried with them, from Wisconsin to the Indian country south of Kansas, at thirty dollars each, twenty-one thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay that amount found due360 by the Interior Department, June nine, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine,R. H. Taylor for herding cattle. to R. H. Taylor, for herding cattle, three hundred and thirty-one dollars and ninety-seven cents.
For this amount, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay forThomas P. Fenlon and James S. Emery for legal services. legal services rendered by Messrs. Thomas P. Fenlon and James S. Emery, attorneys-at-law, in eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and subsequently, in defending suits instituted against the United States officers in Kansas, relating to the rights and property of Indians, by direction of the Interior Department, two thousand dollars: *Provided,* That thisProviso.No tax upon annuities and interest under treaties. amount shall be received in full satisfaction for said indebtedness: *Provided,* That upon annuities and interest of trust funds provided by treaties no taxes shall in any case be assessed or collected.
Sec. [2.] *And be it further enacted,* That in every case whereAnnuities to be expended to promote the comfort, &c. of the tribes entitled thereto.Proviso.Supplies purchased without authority not to be paid, &c. annuities are provided to be paid to any Indian tribe, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to expend the same for such objects as will best promote the comfort, civilization, and improvement of the tribe entitled to the same: *Provided,* That the consent of such tribe to such expenditures can be obtained; and no claims for supplies for Indians purchased without authority of law shall be paid out of any appropriation for expenses of the Indian department or for Indians.
Sec. [3.] *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the InteriorIndians to be encouraged in habits of industry and peace.Commission of citizens to continue so long as, &c.*Ante*, p. 40.Duty of commissioners.1871, ch. 120.*Post*, p. 568. shall so exercise the discretion vested in him by this act as to encourage able-bodied Indians in habits of industry and peace, and the commission of citizens, serving without pay, appointed by the President under the provisions of the fourth section of the act of April ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, is hereby continued so long as the appropriation heretofore made for their expenses shall last.
And it shall be the duty of said commissioners to supervise all expenditures of money appropriated for the benefit of Indians in the United States, and to inspect all goods purchased for said Indians in connection with the commissioner of Indian affairs, whose duty it shall be to consult said commission in making purchases of such goods; and provided that the said commission shall haveSecretary and his pay. power to appoint one of its number as secretary, with such reasonable compensation as they may designate; and the sum of one hundred andSalaries of superintendents and agents. twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the payment of salaries of superintendents and agents authorized by law.
Sec. [4.] *And be it further enacted,* That no part of the moneys appropriatedNo part of appropriation for any tribe to be used to pay claims for depredations by such tribe, &c. by this act, or which may hereafter be appropriated in any general act or deficiency bill making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, to pay annuities due to or to be used and expended for the care and benefit of any tribe or tribes of Indians named herein, shall be applied to the payment of any claim for depredations that may have been or may be committed by such tribe or tribes, or any member or members thereof; and no claims for IndianClaims for Indian depredations not to be paid until, &c. depredations shall hereafter be paid until Congress shall make special appropriation therefor; and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec. [5.] *And be it further enacted,* That so much of an act entitledRepeal of proviso as to not paying money due minor children of the Pottawatomies until, &c.*Ante*, p. 29. “An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy,” approved April ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, relating to Pottawattamie Indians, as provides that no part of the money due or belonging to minor children shall be paid to them, or to any person for them, until such children shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, being in conflict with the third article of the treaty with said Indians of November fifteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,Vol. xii. p. 1192. as modified by subsequent treaties, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. [6.] *And be it further enacted,* That the President be, and he is361 hereby, authorized to discontinue any one or more of the Indian superintendencies,Indian superintendencies may be discontinued. and to require the Indian agents of such superintendencies to report directly to the commissioner of Indian affairs. Sec. [7.] *And be it further enacted,* That the act approved MarchIndian agents to report.Proceeds of sales of reservations of the Sisseton, &c. bands of Sioux Indians, how to be applied.1863, ch. 119, § 4.Vol. xii. p. 819. three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled “An act for the removal of the Sisseton, Wahpeton, Medawakanton, and Wapakoota bands of Sioux or Dakota Indians, and for the disposition of their lands in Minnesota and Dakota,” be so amended as to make the proceeds of the sale of the reservations in said act ordered to be sold applicable alike to all the reservations upon which Medawakanton, and Wakapoota and Sisseton and Wahpeton have been or may hereafter be located.
Sec. [8.] *And be it further enacted,* That said proceeds shall be distributedSame subject and paid equitably to the said Indians in proportion to their numbers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and in accordance with existing laws: *Provided,* That this provision shall apply only to the funds to be hereafter distributed. Sec. [9.] *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the InteriorClaims of certain Winnebagoes in Minnesota to be investigated, &c.;patents to issue, &c.Vol. xii. p. 1101.1863, ch. 53.Vol. xii. p. 658. be, and hereby is, directed to cause to be investigated and to determine the claims of certain Indians of the Winnebago tribe now lawfully residing in the State of Minnesota; to issue patents without the right of alienation to those of them whom he shall find to be entitled thereto for the lands heretofore alloted to them in severalty, or which may have been designated by them for allotment, under the provisions of the treaty ratified March sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or of an act entitled “An act for the removal of the Winnebago Indians, and for the sale of their reservation in Minnesota for their benefit,” approved February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and which may not have been sold or disposed of by the United States; and in case of such sale, then such landProviso if lands have been sold. as may be hereafter designated by them for allotment as aforesaid out of any unsold lands within the limits of said Winnebago reservation in Minnesota, and should it be impracticable to make such allotments within the limits of said reservation on good agricultural lands, then they may be made on any public lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry within the State of Minnesota.
And the said Winnebago Indians,Winnebagoes in Minnesota entitled to their proportion of annuities. and all others being members of said tribe lawfully residing in the State of Minnesota, shall hereafter be entitled to receive their pro rata distributive proportion of all annuities in goods, money, or property, and any other moneys to which said tribe is or may be entitled under any law or treaty now in force, at their homes in Minnesota, the same as though they had removed west and settled with the western Winnebagoes.
Sec. [10.] *And be it further enacted,* That if at any time hereafter anySuch Indians desiring to become citizens of the United States to do what; of the said Indians shall desire to become citizens of the United States they shall make application to the judge of the district court of the United States for the district of Minnesota, and in open court make the same proof and take the same oath of allegiance as is provided by law for the naturalization of aliens, and shall also make proof to the satisfaction of said court that they are sufficiently intelligent and prudent to control their affairs and interests; that the[y] have adopted the habits of civilized life, and have for at least five years previous thereto been able to support themselves and families; whereupon they shall be declared by said courtmay be declared to be citizens. to be citizens of the United States, which declaration shall be entered of record, and a certificate thereof given to said party.
On the presentation of the said certificate to the Secretary of the Interior, with satisfactoryLands may be conveyed to them in fee simple, and portion of money paid. proof of identity, he may at the request of such person or persons cause the land severally held by them to be conveyed to them by patent in fee simple, with power of alienation, and may at the same time cause to be paid to them their proportion of all the moneys and effects of said tribe held in trust by or under the provision of any treaty or law of the United States.
And on such patents being issued, and such payments ordered362 to be made, such persons shall cease to be members of said tribe, andSuch persons to cease to be members of the tribe, &c. upon, &c. thereafter the lands so patented to them shall be subject to levy, taxation, and sale, in like manner with the property of other citizens. Sec. [11.] *And be it further enacted,* That the eastern band of theEastern band of Cherokee Indians may institute suits against Indian agents of said band.
Cherokee Indians, by that name and style be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to institute and carry on a suit or suits in law or equity in the district or circuit courts of the United States against the present or former Indian agent or agents of said band, their administrators, executors, and heirs, and against the securities of such agent or agents, their administrators, executors, curators or trustees for all claims, causes of suit or rights in law or equity that said band may have against them or either of them; and the law of limitation shall apply to such claims,Law of limitation when and how to apply.District attorneys to prosecute suits. causes of action, and rights from and after the day this act takes effect.
It shall be the duty of the district attorneys and the Attorney-General of the United States to institute and prosecute all suits, cause for which may arise under this section. Sec. [12.] *And be it further enacted,* That whenever the Great andGreat and Little Osage Indians may be removed from Kansas with their consent.Permanent home in Indian Territory to be provided for them. Little Osage Indians shall agree thereto, in such manner as the President shall prescribe, it shall be the duty of the President to remove said Indians from the State of Kansas to lands provided or to be provided for them for a permanent home in the Indian Territory, to consist of a tract of land in compact form equal in quantity to one hundred and sixty acres for each member of said tribe, or such part thereof as said Indians may desire, to be paid for out of the proceeds of the sales of their lands in the State of Kansas, the price per acre for such lands to be procured in the Indian Territory not to exceed the price paid or to be paid by the United States for the same.
And to defray the expenses of said removal, and to aid inAppropriation for expenses of their removal and subsistence during the first year;how to be expended and reimbursed.Sale, &c. of the lands of said Indians in Kansas. the subsistence of the said Indians during the first year, there is hereby appropriated out of the treasury, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be reimbursed to the United States from the proceeds of the sale of the lands of the said Indians in Kansas, including the trust lands north of their present diminished reservation, which lands shall be open to settlement after survey, excepting the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, which shall be reserved to the State of Kansas for school purposes, and shall be sold to actual settlers only, said settlers being heads of families, or over twenty-one years of age, in quantities not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, in square form, to each settler, at the price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; payment to be made in cash within one year from date of settlement or of the passage of this act; and the United States, in consideration of the relinquishmentInterest upon proceeds of sale to be paid to the Indians. by said Indians of their lands in Kansas, shall pay annually interest on the amount of money received as proceeds of sale of said lands, at the rate of five per centum, to be expended by the President for the benefit of said Indians, in such manner as he may deem proper.
And for this purposeAccount to be kept, &c. an accurate account shall be kept by the Secretary of the Interior of the money received as proceeds of sale, and the aggregate amount received prior to the first day of November of each year shall be the amount upon which the payment of interest shall be based. The proceeds of sale of said land shall be carried to the credit of said Indians on the books of the treasury, and shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum: *Provided,* That the diminished reserve of said Indians in Kansas shall beDiminished reserve of said Indians in Kansas to be surveyed. surveyed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior as other public lands are surveyed, as soon as the consent of said Indians is obtained as above provided, the expense of said survey to be paid from the proceeds of sale of said land.
Sec. [13.] *And be it further enacted,* That there be, and is hereby,Pay to Osages for stock and farming utensils and grist mills agreed to be furnished them by treaty;Vol. vii. p. 576. appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, as compensation to Osages for the stock and farming utensils which the363FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 296, 297, 298, 299. 1870. United States agreed to furnish them by the second article of the treaty of January eleven, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and which were only in part furnished, twenty thousand dollars; and as compensation for the saw and grist mill[s] which the United States agreed by said treaty to maintain for them fifteen years, and which were only maintained five years, ten thousand dollars; which sums shall be expended, under thehow to be expended.[For additional section, see 1871, ch. 120, § 2.*Post*, p. 570. direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the following manner: twelve thousand dollars in erecting agency buildings, a warehouse, and blacksmith’s dwellings, and a blacksmith shop, and the remaining eighteen thousand dollars in the erection of a school-house and church, and a saw and grist mill at their new home in the Indian Territory.
Approved, July 15, 1870.
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