Chapter 451.
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CHAP. 451.— An act granting a pension to Lucy, widow of Muck-apecwak-ken-zah. or “John”, an Indian who served the United States and saved the lives of many white persons in the Indian outbreak or war of eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and died from effects of wounds received therein.March 2, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Lucy Muck-apecwak-kenzah. Pension. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place upon the pension-roll, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, the name of Lucy Muck-apecwak-ken-zah, widow of Muck-apecwak-ken-zah, or “John,” an Indian who aided in saving the lives of many white people and rendered valuable services in behalf of the white settlers during the Sioux outbreak and Indian war in the State of Minnesota, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and who then served the United States as a scout, and who was at the first session of the Fiftieth Congress granted*Ante*, p. 1151. a pension for injuries received and disability incurred while so defending the white settlers, but who has since died from the effects of those injuries, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
Approved, March 2, 1889.