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CHAP. 333.— 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 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven and for other purposes.May 15, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Indian appropriation for the year ending June 30, 1887. That the following sums be, and 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 for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, namely:
For pay of sixty agents of Indian affairs at the following-namedPay of agents at specified agencies. agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely: At the Warm Springs agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Klamath agency, at one thousand one hundred dollars; At the Grand Ronde agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Siletz agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Umatilla agency, atone thousand two hundred dollars; At the Neah Bay agency, at one thousand dollars;
At the Yakama agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Colville agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Nisqually and S’Kokomish agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Qui-naielt agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Tulalip agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Round Valley agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Tide River agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Mission agency, at one thousand three hundred dollars; At the Nevada agency, atone thousand five hundred dollars;
At the Western Shoshone agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Nez Perces agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Lemhi agency, at one thousand one hundred dollars; At the Fort Hall agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Flathead agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Blackfeet agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Crow agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Fort Peck agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Fort Belknap agency, at one thousand dollars;
At the Tongue River agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Yankton agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Crow Creek and Lower Brule agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Standing Rock agency, at one thousand seven hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne River agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Berthold agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sisseton agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Devil’s Lake agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;
At the Pine Ridge agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; 30 At the Rosebud agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Shoshone agency, at one thousand live hundred dollars; At the Uintah and Ouray agency (consolidated), at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pueblo agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Navajo agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Mescalero agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Southern Ute agency, at one thousand four hundred dollars;
At the Omaha and Winnebago agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Santee agency, at one. thousand two hundred dollars; At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha agency, at one thousand dollars; At the. Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox agency, Indian Territory, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Quapaw agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; and not more than one thousand two hundred dollars of any moneys appropriated by this act shall be expended for clerical labor at this agency;
At the Osage agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne and Arapaho agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Union agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the White Earth agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox agency, Iowa, at one thousand dollars; At the Green Day agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the La Pointe agency, at two thousand dollars;
At the Mackinac agency, at one thousand dollars; At the New York agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Colorado River agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Pima agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the San Carlos agency, at two thousand dollars; For the Eastern Cherokee Indians, eight, hundred dollars; in all, eighty-nine thousand three hundred dollars; and all provisions of law fixing compensation for Indian agents in excess of that herein provided are hereby repealed.
For the payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in theInterpreters. discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty-five thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. For pay of five Indian inspectors, at three thousand dollars per annumInspectors. each, fifteen thousand dollars. For necessary traveling expenses of five Indian inspectors, includingTraveling, etc., expenses of inspectors.
School superintendent. Traveling, etc., expenses of superintendent. *Proviso*. Allowance. incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, eight thousand dollars. Pay of one Indian school superintendent, three thousand dollars. Necessary traveling expenses of one Indian school superintendent, including incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, one thousand dollars: *Provided*, That he shall be allowed four dollars per day for traveling expenses when actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost, of transportation and sleeping-car fare.
For buildings and repair of buildings at agencies, and repairs of theAgency buildings and repairs. Contingent expenses. same, twenty-five thousand dollars. For contingencies of the Indian service, including traveling and incidental expenses of Indian agents, and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and of such person as may be detailed to Pay, etc., of five special agents.accompany him, also traveling and incidental expenses of five special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all 31 other expenses now authorized by law; for pay of employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of five special agents, at two thousand dollars per annum each, forty thousand dollars.
For the expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation,Expenses of citizen commissioners. Vol. 16, p. 40. appointed by the President under the provisions of the fourth section of the act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, three thousand dollars. FULFILLING TREATIES WITH INDIAN TRIBES.Fulfilling treaties with. apaches, kiowas, and comanches.Apaches,Kiowas, and Comanches. For nineteenth of thirty installments, as provided to be expended under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundredVol. 15, p. 584.
Vol. 15, p. 590. and sixty-seven, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, in Kansas, with the Kiowas and Comanches, and under the third article of treaty of the same date with the Apaches, thirty thousand dollars; For purchase of clothing, as provided in the same treaties, twelve thousand dollars; For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, four thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of physician, and two teachers, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty-nine thousand dollars. cheyennes and aparahoes.Cheyennes and Arapahoes.
For nineteenth of thirty installments, as provided to be expended under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-eighth, eighteenVol. 15, p. 596. hundred and sixty-seven, twenty thousand dollars; For purchase of clothing, as per same article, twelve thousand dollars; For pay of physician and teacher, as per thirteenth article of sameVol. 15, p. 597. treaty, two thousand dollars; For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, as per same article, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. chickasaws.Chickasuws.
For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars.Vol. 1, p. 619. chippewas of the mississippi.Chippewas of the Mississippi. For fortieth of forty-six installments to be paid to Chief Hole-in-the-Day, or his heirs, per third article of treaty of August second, eighteenVol. 9, p. 904. Vol. 16, p. 720. hundred and forty-seven, and fifth article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand dollars; For the support of a school or schools upon said reservation, during the pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treatyVol. 16, p. 720. of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. chippewas, pillagers, and lake winnebagoshish bands.Chippewas, Pillagers, and Lake Winnebagoshish bands.
Vol. 10, p. 1160. Vol. 13, p. 694. For thirty-second of forty installments of annuity, in money, per third article of treaty of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and third article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, ten thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents; For thirty-second of forty installments of annuity, in goods, per same articles of same treaties, eight thousand dollars; For thirty-second of forty installments, for purposes of utility, per same articles of same treaties, four thousand dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. 32 choctaws.Choctaws.
For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of NovemberPermanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 99. Vol. 11, p. 614. sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and thirteenth article of treaty of dune twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars; For permanent annuity, for support of blacksmith, per sixth articleVol. 7, p. 212. Vol. 7, p. 236. Vol. 11, p. 614. of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;
For permanent annuity, for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars; For permanent annuity, for iron and steel, per ninth article of treatyVol. 7, p. 236. Vol. 11, p. 614. of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars; For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred andInterest. 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 conformityVol. 7, p. 236.
Vol. 11, p. 614. with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, twenty-nine thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. columbias and colvilles.Columbian and Colvilles. For annuity for Chief Moses, as per agreement of July seventh, eighteenVol. 23, p. 79.
Chief Moses. hundred and eighty-three, ratified by act approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand dollars; For annuity for Chief Tonasket, as per same agreement ratified byChief Tonasket. act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred dollars. For employees, as provided in said agreement ratified by act of JulyEmployees. fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, six thousand dollars;-in all, seven thousand one hundred dollars. creeks.Creeks.
For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty ofPermanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 36. Vol. 11, p. 700. August seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 69. Vol. 11, p. 700. June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, three thousand dollars;
For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of JanuaryVol. 7, p. 287. Vol. 11, p. 700. twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty thousand dollars; For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and assistant, and for shopVol. 7, p. 287. Vol. 11. p. 700. and tools, per eighth article of treaty of January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eight hundred and forty dollars;
For permanent annuity, for iron and steel for shop, per same articles and treaties, two hundred and seventy dollars; For permanent annuity, for the pay of a wheelwright, per same articles of same treaties, six hundred dollars; 33 For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, forInterest. Vol. 11, p. 701. purposes of education, per sixth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, ten thousand dollars; For interest on six hundred and seventy-five thousand one hundred 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 of treaty of June fourteenth, eighteen hundredVol. 14, p. 787. and sixty-six, thirty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and forty cents; in all, sixty-nine thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty cents. crows.Crows.
For fifth of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreement with the Crows dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to be usedVol. 22, p. 43. by the Secretary of the Interior in such manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars; For eighteenth of thirty installments, to supply male persons, six hundred in number, over fourteen years of age, with a suit of good substantial woolen clothing, consisting of a coat, hat, pantaloons, flannel shirt, and woolen socks, as per ninth article of treaty of May seventh,Vol. 15, p. 651. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand dollars;
For eighteenth of thirty installments, to supply each female, seven hundred in number, over twelve years of age, with a flannel skirt, or the goods necessary to make the same, a pair of woolen hose, twelve yards of calico, and twelve yards of cotton domestic, as per same article, four thousand dollars; For eighteenth of thirty installments, to supply three hundred and fifty 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 woolen hose for each, per same article, five thousand dollars;
For pay of a physician, per tenth article of same treaty, one thousandVol. 15, p. 652. two hundred dollars; For seventeenth of twenty installments, for pay of teacher and furnishingVol. 15, p. 651. necessary books and stationery, under seventh article of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, underVol. 15, p. 652. tenth article of same treaty, three thousand three hundred dollars; For pay of second blacksmith, and iron and steel, as per eighth articleVol. 15, p. 651. of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars;
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to furnish such articles of food as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may require, sixty thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars. iowas.Iowas. For interest, in lieu of investment, on fifty-seven thousand five hundredInterest. dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, 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,Vol. 10, p. 1071. eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. kansas.Kansas.
For interest, in lieu of investment, on two hundred thousand dollars,Interest. Vol. 9, p. 842. at five per centum per annum, per second article of treaty of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, ten thousand dollars. 34 kickapoos.Kickapoos. For interest on eighty-eight thousand one hundred and seventy-fiveInterest. dollars and sixty-eight cents, at five per centum per annum, for Vol. 10, p. 1079.educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty four, four thousand four hundred and eight dollars and seventy-eight cents;
This amount, to enable the President of the United States to carry Vol. 13, p. 624.out the provisions of the third article of the treaty made with the Kickapoo Indians dated June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to be paid as provided in said treaty, and under such rules as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to five Kickapoo Indians who Payment to five Kickapoo Indians who have become citizens, their proportion of tribal funds, etc.have become citizens of the United States, such sum as may be their proportion of the one hundred thousand dollars provided for said tribe for education and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, not exceeding one thousand six hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty cents; and the Secretary of the Interior is directed to pay also to the said five Kickapoos their proportion of the tribal funds held in trust by the United States and on deposit in the United States Treasury; in aft, six thousand and ninety-seven dollars and ninety-eight cents. klamaths and modocs.Klamaths and Modocs.
For last of twenty installments, for keeping in repair one sawmill, one flouring-mil], buildings for the blacksmith, carpenter, wagon and Vol. 16, p. 708.plow maker, the manual-labor school, and hospital, as per fourth article of treaty of October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, one thousand dollars. miamies of kansas.Miamies of Kansas. For permanent provision for blacksmith and assistant, and iron and steelVol. 7, p. 191. Vol. 10, p. 1095. for shop, per fifth article of treaty of October sixth, eighteen hundred and eighteen and fourth article of treaty of June fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, four hundred and eleven dollars and forty-three cents;
For permanent provision for miller, in lieu of gunsmith, per same articlesVol. 7, p. 464. and treaties, and per fifth article of treaty of October twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, two hundred and sixty-two dollars and sixty-two cents; For interest on twenty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty-fourInterest. dollars and eighty-one cents, at five per centum, for educational Vol. 10, p. 1094.purposes, per third article of treaty of Juno fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand and ninety-four dollars and twenty-four cents; in all, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars and twenty-nine cents. miamies of eel river.Miamies of Eel River.
For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per fourth article ofPermanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 51. treaty of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per articles of treatyVol. 7, p. 91. of August twenty-first, eighteen hundred and five, two hundred and fifty dollars; For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third and separate articlesVol. 7, p. 114. of treaty of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, three hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one thousand one hundred dollars. 35 models.Molds.
For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessarySchools, etc. materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per second article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,Vol. 12, p. 931. three thousand dollars. nez perces.Nez Perces. For salaries of two matrons, to take charge of the boarding-schools,Schools, etc. and two assistant teachers, one farmer, one carpenter, and two millers, per fifth article of treaty of June ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,Vol. 14, p. 650. three thousand five hundred dollars. northern cheyennes and arapahoes.Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.
For eighth of ten installments, to be expended by the Secretary of the Interior, for each Indian engaged in agriculture, in the purchase ofAgriculture. such articles as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may indicate to be proper, as per sixth article of treaty of MayVol. 15, p. 657. tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for subsistence, as per agreement with the Sioux Indians approved February twenty-eighthVol. 19, p. 254., eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, thirty thousand dollars;
For eighteenth of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing, as perClothing. sixth article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,Vol. 15, p. 657. twelve thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the amount in *Proviso*.this and the preceding paragraph shall be expended pro rata, as near as may be, for the NorthernExpenditures to be pro rata. Cheyennes and Arapahocs in Wyoming, and on the Tongue River, in Montana; For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of same treaty,Vol. 15, p. 659. nine thousand dollars; in all, fifty-one thousand dollars. omahas.Omahas.
For fourth of twelve installments, being last series, in money or otherwise, per fourth article of treaty of March sixteenth, eighteen hundredVol. 10, p. 1044. and fifty-four, ten thousand dollars. osages.Osages. For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars,Interest. 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,Vol. 7, p. 242. for educational purposes, per Senate resolution of January ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, three thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars. otoes and missourias.Otoes and Missourias.
For fourth of twelve installments, being the last series, in money or otherwise, per fourth article of treaty of March fifteenth, eighteen hundredVol. 10, p. 1039. and fifty-four, five thousand dollars. pawnees.Pawnees. For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid inPerpetual annuity. Vol. 11, p. 729. goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars;
For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of sameSchools. Vol. 11, p. 730. treaty, ten thousand dollars; For pay of two farmers, two blacksmiths and two apprentices, oneFarmers, etc. miller and apprentice, and two teachers, one shoemaker, and one carpenter, five thousand four hundred dollars; 36 For pay of physician and purchase of medicines, one thousand twoPhysician, etc. hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel, and other necessaries for the shops,Iron, steel, etc.
Vol. 11, p. 730. as per fourth article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, five hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand one hundred dollars. poncas.Poncas. For thirteenth of fifteen installments, last series, to be paid to themVol. 12, p, 997. or expended for their benefit, per second article of treaty of March twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, eight thousand dollars; For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be usedCivilization,etc. at the discretion of the President, to carry on the work of aiding and instructing the Poncas in the arts of civilization, with a view to their self-support, for clothing, and for pay of employees, five thousand dollars;
For this amount, to be expended under the direction of the SecretarySubsistence. of the Interior, for subsistence of the Poncas, fifteen thousand dollars; *Proviso*. Distribution to be pro rata.in all, twenty eight thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the foregoing sums shall be divided pro rata among all the members of said tribe in the Indian Territory and in Dakota Territory. pottawatomies.Pottawatomies. For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of AugustPermanent annuities.
Vol. 7, p. 51. third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of SeptemberVol. 7, p. 114. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of October Vol. 7, p. 185.second, eighteen hundred and eighteen, eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty-cents; For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of SeptemberVol. 7, p. 317. twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, seven hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents;
For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article of treaty of JulyVol. 7, p. 320. Vol. 7, p. 317. twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, five thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents; For permanent provision for payment of money, in lieu of tobacco,Money in lieu tobacco, etc. Vol. 7, p. 318. Vol. 9, p. 855. iron, and steel per second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and tenth articles of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents;
For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and forBlacksmiths, etc. Vol. 7, p. 290. Vol. 7, p. 318. Vol. 7, p. 320. iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand and eight dollars and ninety-nine cents; For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second articleSalt.
Vol. 7, p. 320. of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-four cents; For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four dollarsInterest. and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with provisions Vol. 9, p.854.of article seven of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eleven thousand five hundred and three dollars and twenty-one cents; in all, twenty thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-five cents. 37 pottawatomies of huron.Pottawatomies of Huron.
For permanent annuity, in money or otherwise, per second article ofPermanent annuity. Vol. 7, p. 106 treaty of November seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seven, four hundred dollars. quapaws.Quapaws. For education, during the pleasure of the President, per third articleEducation. Vol. 7, p. 425. of treaty of Slay thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand dollars; For blacksmith and assistants, and tools, iron, and steel for blacksmithBlacksmith, etc. shop, per same article and treaty, five hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars. sacs and foxes of the mississippi.Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.
For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article ofPermanent, annuity. Vol. 7, p. 85. treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars; For interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five perInterest. Vol. 7, p. 541. centum, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars; For interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred andVol. 7, p 546. *Proviso*.
Physician, etc. forty-two, forty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars of this amount shall be used for the pay of a physician and for purchase of medicine; in all, fifty-one thousand dollars. sacs and foxes of the missouri.Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri, For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four hundredInterest. Vol. 7, p. 543. dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars;
For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth,School. Vol. 12, p. 1173. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars. seminoles.Seminoles. For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,Interest. Vol. 11, p. 702. to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid as annuity (they having joined their brethren west), per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars;
For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centumVol. 14, p. 757. per annum, to be paid annually, for the support of schools, as per third article of 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 same article of same treaty, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. senecas.Senecas.
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of SeptemberPermanent annuity. Vol. 7. p. 161. twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars; 38 For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of SeptemberVol. 7, p. 179. seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and miller, per fourth articleBlacksmith, etc. Vol. 7, p. 349. of treaty of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, to be annually paid to them as a national fund, to be expended by them for such articles and wants and improvements in agriculture as their chiefs (with the consent of their agent) may designate, as stipulated in Vol. 15, p. 515.the seventh article of the treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars;
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of SeptemberVol. 7, p. 179. seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article of Vol. 15, p. 515.treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars; For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, perBlacksmith, etc. Vol. 7, p, 352. Vol. 15, p. 514. fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred and ninety dollars. senecas of new york.Senecas of New York.
Permanent annuity. Vol. 4, p. 442. Interest. Vol. 9, p. 35. For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, per act of FebruaryShawnees. nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars; For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars, at five per centum, per act of June twenty-seventh, 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 the Ontario Bank to the United States Treasury, per act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and two dollars and fifty cents. shawnees.Permanent annuities.
Vol. 7, p. 51. Vol. 10, p. 1056. For permanent annuity, for educational purposes, per fourth articleVol, 7, p. 161. of treaty of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and third article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand dollars; For permanent annuity, in specie, for educational purposes, per fourthVol. 10, p. 1056. article of treaty of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, and third article of treaty of May tenth, Interest.
Vol. 10, p. 1056.eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand dollars; For interest, at five per centum, on forty thousand dollars, for educationalEastern Shawnees. purposes, per third article of last-named treaty, two thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. eastern shawnees.Permanent annuity. Vol. 7, p. 179. Vol. 15, p. 515. For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of SeptemberBlacksmith, etc. Vol. 7, p. 352. seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars;
For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, perVol. 15, p. 515. fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and Shoshones and Bannocks.thirty-one, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, one thousand and thirty dollars. shoshones and bannocks.Shoshones. Supplies. Shoshones: For seventeenth of thirty installments, to purchase suits of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico. 39 and domestics for females over the age of twelve years, and such goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages named, as per ninth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundredVol. 15, p. 676. and sixty-eight, ten thousand dollars;
For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and Physician, etc. Vol. 15, p. 670.blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, five thousand dollars; For pay of second blacksmith, and such iron and steel and other materials as may be required, per article of the same treaty, one thousand dollars; Bannocks: For seventeenth of thirty installments, to purchase suitsBannocks. Supplies. of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over twelve years of age, and such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages named, as per ninth article of the same treaty, five thousandVol, 15, p. 676. dollars;
For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, andPhysician, etc. Vol. 15, p. 676. blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars. six nations of new yorkSix Nations of New York. For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles, perPermanent annuity. Vol. 7, p. 46. sixth article of treaty of November seventeenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.Sioux of different tribes, including Santee Sioux of Nebraska.
Supplies, etc. For seventeenth of thirty installments, to purchase clothing for males over fourteen years of age, for flannel, hose, and calico, and domestics required for females over twelve years of age, and for such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls, per tenth article of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred andVol. 15, p. 633. sixty-eight, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars; For seventeenth of thirty installments, to purchase such articles as may be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior for persons roaming, one hundred thousand dollars;
For seventeenth of thirty installments, to purchase such articles as may be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior, at twenty dollars per head, for persons engaged in agriculture, fifty thousand dollars; For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter, one miller, oneTeachers, etc. Vol. 15, p. 640. engineer, two farmers, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars; For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the SiouxAdditional employees. in Nebraska and Dakota, twenty thousand dollars;
For industrial schools at the Santee Sioux and Crow Greek agencies,Schools. six thousand dollars; For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization, asSubsistence, etc. Vol. 19, p. 254. *Proviso*. Transportation included; Indians to be employed. per agreement ratified by act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one million two hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That this sum shall include transportation of supplies from the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation; and in this service Indians shall be employed wherever practicable;
For pay of matron at Santee agency, five hundred dollars;Matron, Santee Agency. Second blacksmith, etc. Vol. 15, p. 638. Medwakanton band of Sioux in Minnesota. Vol. 23, p. 87. For pay of second blacksmith and furnishing iron, steel, and other material, per eighth article of same treaty, two thousand dollars; For the support of the full-blood Indians in Minnesota belonging to the Medwakanton band of Sioux Indians, to be expended by the Secretary of the Interior in the purchase of such agricultural implements, 40 cattle, lands, and in making improvements thereon, as in his judgment may seem best for said Indians, ten thousand dollars; and of this amount, if the Secretary shall deem it to be for the best interests of said Indians, seven hundred and twenty dollars may be expended to pay a practical farmer for instructing said Indians in agriculture; in all, one million five hundred and twenty-eight thousand nine hundred dollars. sioux, yankton tribe.Sioux, Yankton tribe.
For eight of ten installments, third series, to be paid to them or Vol. 11, p. 744.expended for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, twenty-five thousand dollars; For subsistence and civilization of two thousand Yankton Sioux,Subsistence and civilization. Vol. 19, p. 287. heretofore provided for in appropriations under “Fulfilling treaty with Sioux of different tribes,” thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, sixty thousand dollars. confederated bands of utes.Confederated bands of Utes.
For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two blacksmiths,Carpenters, etc. Vol. 13, p. 675. Vol. 15, p. 622. as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and fifteenth article of treaty of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars; For pay of two teachers, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel, and the necessary tools for blacksmith Vol. 15, p. 621.shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars;
For eighteenth of thirty installments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for clothing, blankets, and such Vol. 15, p. 622.other articles as he may deem proper and necessary, under eleventh article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars; For annual amount, for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour,Food. Vol. 15, p. 622. beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfth article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars;
For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, five thousand dollars;Employees at agencies. in all, seventy-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. winnebagoes.Winnebagoes. For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred and nine dollars andInterest. seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per Vol. 7, p. 545.fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,Vol. 12, p. 628. and joint resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to expend said interest for the support, education, and civilization of said Indians, forty thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-five cents;
For interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollarsVol. 16, p. 355. and forty-one cents, at five per centum per annum, to be expended, under the, direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the erection of houses, improvement of their allotments of land, purchase of stock, agricultural implements, seeds, and other beneficial objects, three thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and two cents; in all, forty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-seven cents. utes.Utes.
For sixth of ten installments, to be distributed, at the discretion ofRewards for good citizenship. the President, to such Ute Indians as distinguish themselves by good sense, energy, and perseverance in the pursuits of civilized life and in the promotion of a good understanding between the Indians and the Government and people of the United States, four thousand dollars. 41 MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS.Miscellaneous supports. Forsubsistenceand civilization of the Arapahoes,Cheyennes, Apaches,Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, and Wichitas.
Kiowas, Comanches, and Wichitas, who have been collected upon the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For subsistence and civilization of Arickarees, Gros Ventres, andArickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans. Mandans: For this amount, to be expended in such goods, provisions, and other articles as the President may, from time to time, determine, 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.
For subsistence and civilization of the Assinaboines in Montana, includingAssinaboines in Montana. Black feet, Bloods, and Piegans. pay of employees, thirty thousand dollars. For support, education, and civilization of Blackfeet, Bloods, and Piegans, including pay of employees, eighty thousand dollars. Support of Chippewas of Lake Superior: For support and civilizationChippewas of Lake Superior. of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, to be expended for agricultural and educational purposes, pay of clerk and necessary employees, purchase of goods and provisions, and for such other purposes as may be deemed for the best interests of said Indians, five thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of Chippewas of Red Lake and PembinaChippewas of Red Lake and Pembina tribe. Chippewas on White Earth Reservation. tribe of Chippewas, and for pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. Support of Chippewas on White Earth reservation: For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the care and support of the Otter Tail, Pillager, Pembina and Mississippi Chippewa Indians on the White Earth reservation, in Minnesota, to assist them in their agricultural operations, and for pay of physician (not to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars), ten thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of Turtle Mountain baud of Chippewas,Chippewas, Turtle Mountain band. Confederated tribes in Middle Oregon. D’Wamish, etc., Washington Ter. seven thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bands in Middle Oregon, and pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other allied tribes in Washington Territory, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Carlo’s band of Flathead Indians,Flatheads, Carlo’s band. including pay of employees, sixteen thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederatedFlatheads. tribes, ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Gros Ventres in Montana, thirtyGros Ventres in Montana. thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase subsistence andHualapais in Arizona. other necessaries for the support of the Hualapais Indians in Arizona, five thousand dollars. For this amount, to subsist and properly care for the Apache andApaches, etc., in Arizona and New Mexico. other Indians in Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in New Mexico or Arizona, two hundred and ten thousand dollars.
Support of Indians at Fort Peck agency: For this amount, to be expendedIndians, Fort Peck agency. in such goods, provisions, and other useful articles as the President may, from time to time, determine, in instructing in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, 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 respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement, ninety thousand dollars.
For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones and Bannocks,Shoshones, Bannocks, etc., on Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho Ter. and other Indians of the Fort Hall reservation, in Idaho Territory, including pay of employees, seventeen thousand dollars. 42 For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, BannocksShoshones, Bannocks, Sheepeaters, etc., Lemhi agency, Idaho Ter. and Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi agency, in Idaho Territory, including pay of employees, fifteen thousand dollars.
For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths and Mo-docs,Klamaths, Modocs, etc., Klamath agency, Oregon. Kansas. and other Indians of the Klamath agency, in Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians, including agricultural assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Kickapoo Indians in the IndianKickapoos. Territory, five thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Makahs, including pay of employees,Makahs. four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Menomonee Indians, including payMenomonees. of employees, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Modoc Indiaus now residing withinModocs, Indian Territory. the Indian Territory, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Navajo Indians, including pay ofNavajoes. employees, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for expenses of constructing ditches and reservoirs, seven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars, to be taken from the funds now in the Treasury belonging to said Indians.
For the purchase of agricultural implements and support and civilizationNez Perces, Joseph’s band. of Joseph’s band of Nez Perces Indians, eighteen thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho, includingNez Perces. Idaho. pay of employees, six thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes, includingQui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes. pay of employees, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, fifteenShoshones, Wyoming. thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, includingShoshones, Nevada. pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Sioux of Lake Traverse, includingSioux of Lake Traverse. pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Sioux of Devil’s Lake, including paySioux of Devil’s Lake. of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the S’Klallam Indians, including payS’Klallams. of employees, four thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Tonkawa Indians, five thousandTonkawas. dollars. For support and civilization of the Walla-Walla, Cayuse, and UmatillaWalla-Wallas, Cay uses, and Umatillas. tribes, including pay of employees, six thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Yakamas and other Indians atYakamas, etc. said agency, including pay of employees, fourteen thousand dollars. GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.Incidental expenses Indian service in— Incidental expenses of Indian service in Arizona:
For general incidentalArizona. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, in Arizona, five thousand dollars; for the support and civilization of Indians at the Colorado River, Pima, and Maricopa and Moquis Pueblo agencies, seven thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, eight thousand dollars; in all twenty thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in California: For general incidentalCalifornia, expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, support and civilization of Indians of the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, Tule River, and Mission agencies, eighteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, eight thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars. 43 Incidental expenses of Indian service in Colorado:
For general incidentalColorado. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Dakota: For general incidentalDakota. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents at ten agencies for the Sioux, eight thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Idaho: For general incidentalIdaho. expenses of the Indian service in Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in Montana: For general incidentalMontana. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, four thousand dollars, Incidental expenses of Indian service in Nevada: For general incidentalNevada. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars; and support and civilization of Indians located on the Pi-Ute, Walker River, and Pyramid Lake reservations, fifteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in New Mexico: For generalNow Mexico. incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, support and civilization of Indians at Pueblo agency, and pay of employees at said agency, five thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Oregon: For general incidentalOregon. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, in Oregon, support and civilization of Indians at Grand Ronde and Siletz agencies, ten thousand dollars; and pay of employees at the same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in Utah: For general incidentalUtah. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, support and civilization of Indians at Uintah Valley and Ouray agencies, and pay of employees at said agencies, ten thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Washington Territory: For general incidentalWashington Territory. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, and the support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Nisqually agencies, and pay of employees, including a physician for Cœur d’Alene reservation, sixteen thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in Wyoming: For general incidentalWyoming. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS.Miscellaneous. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ practical farmers,Practical farmers. in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not exceeding seventy-five dollars each per month, to superintend and direct farming among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, forty thousand dollars.
Pay of Indian police: For the service of not exceeding seven hundredIndian police. privates, at eight dollars per month each, and not exceeding seventy officers, at two dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indian reservations, and for the purchase of equipments and rations for policemen of non-ration agencies, eighty-five thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to prevent the illegal trafficPrevention of illegal liquor traffic. in intoxicating liquors upon or near Indian reservations, two thousand dollars.
For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, one thousandVaccination. dollars. Telegraphing and making purchases of Indian supplies: To pay theIndian supplies, telegraphing, etc. expenses of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service, in- 44 eluding rent of warehouses and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, forty thousand dollars.
Transportation of Indian supplies: For this amount, for necessaryTransportation of supplies. expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by this act, including pay and expenses of transportation agents, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For this amount, to enable Indians to avail themselves of the benefitsHomesteads. of the homestead act, five thousand dollars. For survey and subdivision of Indian reservations and of lands to beAllotments in severalty. allotted to Indians, and to make allotments in severalty, to be expended by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty-five thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with the severalNegotiations with Chippewas, etc., for modification of treaties. tribes and bauds of Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota for such modification of existing treaties with said Indians and such change of their reservation as may be-deemed desirable by said Indians and the Secretary of the Interior, and as to what sum shall be a just and equitable liquidation of all claims which any of said tribes now have upon the Government; and also to enable said Secretary to negotiate with the various bands or tribes of Indians in Northern Montana and at Fort Berthold, in Dakota, for a reduction of their respective reservations, or for removal therefrom to other reservations; and also to enable said Secretary to negotiate with the Upper and Middle bands of Spokane Indians and Pend d’Oreilles Indians, in Washington and Idaho Territories, for their removal to the Colville, Jocko, or Cœur d’Alene reservations, with the consent of the Indians on said reservations; and also to enable said Secretary to negotiate with said Indians for the cession of their lands to the United States; and also to enable said Secretary to negotiate with the Cœur d’Alene Indians for the cession of their lands outside the limits of the present Cœur d’Alene reservation to the United States, fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available; but no agreement made shall take effect until ratified by Congress.
Indian-depredation claims: For continuing the investigation and examinationIndian depredation claims, continuing investigation. Vol. 23, p. 376. of certain Indian-depredation claims originally authorized, and in the manner therein provided for, by the Indian appropriation act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, twenty thousand dollars; and the examination and report shall include claims, if any, barred by statute, such fact to be stated in the report; and all Report to be made by January 1, 1887.claims whose examination shall be completed by January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, shall then be reported to Congress, with the opinions and conclusions of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior upon all material facts, and all the evidence and papers pertaining thereto.
FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.Support of schools. For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other educationalDay and industrial schools, etc. purposes not hereinafter provided for, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars; for the construction and repair of school buildings, fifty-five Construction and repairs. Horses, cattle, etc. *Provisos*. Limit of cost of buildings.thousand dollars; and for purchase of horses, cattle and sheep, goats, and swine for schools, ten thousand dollars; in all, seven hundred and fifteen thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the entire cost of any boarding-school building Io be built from the moneys appropriated hereby, including furniture, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars; and the entire cost of any day-school building to be so built shall Vacations.not exceed six hundred dollars: *And provided further*, That the school year of the Indian schools herein appropriated for shall be held to include all usual and necessary vacations: *And provided further*, That the 45 Secretary of the Interior shall report annually, on or before the firstAnnual reports by Secretary of the Interior.
Monday of December of each year, in what manner and for what purposes the general education fund for the preceding fiscal year has been expended; and said report shall embrace the number and kind of school houses erected, and their cost, as well as cost of repairs, names of every teacher employed, and compensation allowed, the location of each school, and the average attendance at each school: *Always provided*,Consent of parents. That no part of the money appropriated by this act shall be expended in the transportation from or support of Indian pupils or children off their reservations, respectively, if removed without the free consent of their parents or those standing in that relation to them by their tribal laws, respectively.
For support of pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars perChilocco, Indian Ter. annum each, thirty thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars; purchase of material, erection of shops and necessary outbuildings, and for repairing of same, at Chilocco Industrial School, Chilocco, Indian Territory (formerly Arkansas City) two thousand dollars; and for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; in ah, thirty-four thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For support and education of Indian pupils of both sexes at industrialAlaska. schools in Alaska, twenty thousand dollars. For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania,Carlisle, Pa. and for transportation of Indian pupils to and from said school, eighty thousand dollars; and said sum shall be disbursed upon the basis of an allowance not exceeding one hundred and sixty-seven dollars, exclusive of transportation, for the support and education of each pupil actually maintained in and supported and educated at said school; but actual cost of transportation and other expenses of such pupils as are sent out of said school among farmers for support and education may be disbursed from said funds; for annual allowance to Captain R.
H. Pratt,Allowance to R. II. Pratt. in charge of said Indian industrial school, one thousand dollars; in all, eighty-one thousand dollars. For support of Indian industrial school at Salem, Oregon: Two hundredSalem, Oreg. Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, thirty-five thousand dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; completion of school-building and necessary outbuildings, and repairs and fencing, five thousand dollars; in all, forty-one thousand five hundred dollars.
For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollarsGenoa, Nebr. per annum each, at the industrial school for Indians at Genoa, Nebraska, twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For reparation of present building and construction of new buildingsBuilding, Genoa, Nebr. at Genoa, Nebraska, ten thousand dollars. For support and education of one hundred and twenty IndianHampton, Va. pupils at the school at Hampton Virginia, twenty thousand and forty dollars.
For support and education of three hundred and fifty Indian pupilsLawrence, Kans., at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, at the Indian school at Lawrence, Kansas, sixty-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; pay of superintendent of school, two thousand dollars; purchase of material and erection of shops, cottages, and outbuildings, and necessary repairs, four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; in all, sixty-eight thousand dollars. For the completion of buildings and the purchase of additional groundsBuildings, etc., Lawrence, Kans. for the use of the Indian school at Lawrence Kansas, fifty-eight thousand dollars.
For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at LincolnLincoln Institution, Philadelphia, Pa. Institution Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at a rate not to exceed one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each pupil, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars. For support of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Saint IgnatiusSaint Ignatius Mission, Montana. Mission School, on the Jocko reservation, in Montana Territory, 46 at one hundred and fifty dollars per aunum each, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For care, support, and education of three hundred Indian pupils atOther schools. industrial, agricultural, mechanical, or other schools, other than those herein provided for in any of the States or Territories of the United States, at a rate not to exceed one hundred and sixty-seven dollars for each pupil, fifty thousand one hundred dollars. For collecting and transportation of pupils to and from Indian schools,Transportation. and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools,and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial and educational training, under arrangements in which their proper care, support, and education shall be in exchange for their labor, twenty-eight thousand *Proviso*.dollars: *Provided*, That seven hundred andPayment to Good Shepherd industrial School, Denver, Colo. thirty-five dollars of said sum shall be paid to the Good Shepherd Industrial School of Denver, Colorado, as a reimbursement for expenses heretofore incurred by it in transporting twenty-five Indian girls from Turtle Mountain, Dakota, to said school, there to be educated, under a contract with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
INTEREST ON TRUST-FUND STOCKS.Interest on trust-fund stocks. Sec. 2. For payment of interest on certain abstracted and nonpaying State stocks belonging to the various Indian tribes, and held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, namely: For trust-fund interest due Cherokee national fund, twenty-six thousandCherokee national fund. and sixty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Cherokee school-fund, two thousand fourCherokee school fund. hundred and ten dollars;
For trust-fund interest due Chickasaw national fund, nineteen thousandChickasaw national fund. eight hundred and twenty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Choctaw general fund, twenty-seven thousandChoctaw general fund. dollars; For trust-fund interest due Delaware general fund, eight thousand nine hundred andDelaware general fund. thirty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Iowas, three thousand five hundred andIowas. twenty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Kaskaskias, Peorias,Kaskaskias, Peorias, Weas, and Piankeshaws.
School fund. Weas, and Piankeshaws, four thousand eight hundred and one dollars; For trust-fund interest due Kaskaskia, Wea, Peoria, and Piankeshaw school-fund, one thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars; For trust-fund interest due Menomonees, nine hundred and fifty dollars;Minomonees. in all, ninety-four thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. Sec. 3. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are hereinPurchases of supplies to be advertised; exceptions. made, exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars in value at any one time, shall be made without first giving at least three weeks’public notice by advertisement, except in cases of exigency, when, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make official record of the facts constituting the exigency and shall report the same to Congress at its next session, he may direct that purchases may be made in *Provisos*.
Expenditures for irrigation may be in open market. Purchases from Indians in open marker.open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dollars: *Provided*, That funds herein and heretofore appropriated for construction of ditches and other works for irrigating may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be expended in open market: *Provided, further*, That purchases in open market may be made from Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to an amount not exceeding three thousand dollars.
Sec. 4. That so much of the appropriations herein made as may beAppropriations for goods, etc., immediately available. required to pay for goods and supplies, and for transportation of the same, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 47 seven, shall be immediately available; but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; and the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remainSupplying deficiencies. in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: *Provided however*, That funds appropriatedTreaty funds not to be used. to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be so used: *And provided further*, That any diversions which shall be made under authority of this section Diversions to be reported.shall be reported in detail, and the reasons therefor, to Congress, at the session of Congress next succeeding such diversion: *And provided, further*, That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of thePurchase of stock cattle, etc.
President, may use any sums appropriated in this act for subsistence, and not absolutely necessary for that purpose, for the purchase of stock cattle for the benefit of the tribe for which such appropriation is made, or for the assistance of such Indians to become farmers, and shall report to Congress, at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision. Sec. 5. That, when not required for the purpose for which appropriated,Diversion of funds for pay of employees. the funds herein provided for the pay of specified employees at any agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the pay of other employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for duty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made for millers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various articles provided for by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benefit of the said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that be cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision.
Sec. 6. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies in accordanceRejection of bids. with section three of this act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interest of the Government, they may be rejected, and the articles specified in such bids purchased inPurchases in open market. open market, at prices not to exceed those of the lowest bidder, and not to exceed the market price of the same, until such time as satisfactory bids can be obtained, for which immediate advertisement shall be made.
Sec. 7. That at any of the Indian reservations where there is nowSale of government property on reservations; proceeds. on hand Government property not required for the use and benefit of the Indians at said reservations, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to move such property to other Indian reservations where it may be required, or to sell it and apply the proceeds of the same in the purchase of such articles as may be needed for the use of the Indians for whom said property was purchased; and he shall make report of his action hereunder to the next session of Congress thereafter.
Approved, May 15, 1886.