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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 26 STAT. · March 3, 1891 · Chapter 543

Chapter 543.

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CHAP. 543.— 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 ninety-two, and for other purposes.March 3, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Indian Department appropriations. 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 ninety-two, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, namely:
For pay of fifty-eight agents of Indian affairs at the followingPay of agents at specified agencies. named agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely: At the Warm Springs Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Klamath Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Grand Ronde Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Siletz Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars: At the Umatilla Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Neah Bay Agency, at one thousand two hundred;
At the Yakama Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Colville Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Puyallup (consolidated) Agency, embracing Nisqually and 990FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 543. 1891.S’Kokomish and Quinaielt Agencies, at one thousand six hundredPay of agents—Continued. dollars; At the Tulalip Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Round Valley Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At Hoopa Valley Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars;
At the Mission Tule River (consolidated) Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars. At the Nevada Agency, at one 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 two 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 five hundred 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 eight 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 Devils Lake Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Pine Ridge Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Rosebud Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Shoshone Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency (consolidated), at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pueblo and Jicarilla Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;
At the Navajo Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Mescalero Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars: At the Southern Ute Agency, at one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, at one thousand six him, dred dollars; At the Santee Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Oklahoma 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 eight hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Kiowa Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Union Agency, at Fifteen hundred dollars; At the White Earth Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;
At the Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, at one thousand dollars; At the Green Bay Agency, at two thousand dollars; 991 At the La. Pointe Agency, at two thousand dollars;Pay of agents—Continued. 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 Agency, eight hundred dollars; in all, ninety thousand two 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 perInspectors. annum each, fifteen thousand dollars. For necessary traveling expenses of five Indian inspectors, includingTraveling, etc., expenses. telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, eight thousand dollars.
Pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, four thousand dollars.Superintendent of schools. Traveling, etc., expenses. Necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, two thousand dollars: *Provided*, that he shall be*Provisos*. allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when actuallyAllowance. on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping-car fare: *And provided*, That he shall perform such other duties asOther duties. may be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
For buildings and repair of buildings at agencies, thirty thousandAgency buildings. dollars. For contingencies of the Indian service, including traveling andContingent expenses. 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 accompany him, also traveling and incidental expenses of five special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employedSpecial agents, etc. on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all 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-five thousand dollars.
For the expenses of the commission of citizens, serving withoutCitizen commission. compensation, appointed by the President under the provisions of the fourth section of the act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. five thousand dollars. For reimbursing Anderson Healy for loss sustained by him as contractorAnderson Healy. Reimbursement. on account of delay in the erection of a school building at Poplar Creek, Montana, such delay being caused by order of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, fifty-nine dollars.
FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH AND support OF INDIAN TRIBES.Fulfilling treaties. apaches, kiowas and comanches.Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches. For twenty-fourth of thirty installments, as provided to be expendedVol. 15, pp. 580, 581. under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred 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, eleven thousand dollars:992 For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, four thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of physician and two teachers, two thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand two hundred dollars. cheyennes and arapahoes.Cheyennes and Arapahoes. For twenty-fourth of thirty installments, as provided to be expendedVol, 15, p. 596. under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-eight, eighteen 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. chockasaws.Chickasaws. For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars.Vol. 1, p. 619. chickasaw nation.Chickasaw Nation.
For reimbursement of the general fund of the Chickasaw NationReimbursement of general fund. for moneys improperly disbursed from said fund, as ascertained by Vol. 10, p. 974.the Secretary of the Interior, as required by article four of the treaty with the Chickasaws, dated June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. fifty-six thousand and twenty-one dollars and forty-nine cents, being amount paid to assignee of W. M. Gwin, and omitted Vol. 25, p. 983.from the appropriation act of March second eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, for reconsideration by the Secretary of the Interior: *Proviso*.
Continuous appropriation.*Provided*, That this shall be a permanent and continuous appropriation. not subject to lapse or to be covered into the Treasury; and said sum shall be paid from time to time, under requisition signed by the Chickasaw governor, national secretary, national treasurer, and auditor of public accounts. chippewas of the mississippi.Chippewas of the Mississippi. For forty-fifth of forty-six installments, to be paid to Chief Hole-in-the-Day,Vol. 9, p. 904. or his heirs, per third article of treaty of August second, Vol. 16, p. 720.eighteen 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, duringVol. 16, p. 720. the pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treaty 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. 1188. For thirty-seventh of forty installments of annuity, in money, per third article of treaty of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred Vol. 13, p. 694.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-seventh of forty installments of annuity, in goods, per same articles of same treaties, eight thousand dollars; For thirty-seventh of forty installments, for purpose 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. 993 choctawsChoctaws. For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November Permanent annuities.sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and fourteenth articleVol. 7. p. 90. of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,Vol. 11, p. 1514. three thousand dollars;
For permanent annuity for support of lighthorse men, per thirteenth article of treaty of October eighteen, eighteen hundred andVol. 7, p. 213. twenty, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars. For permanent annuity, for support of blacksmith, per sixth article Vol. 7, p. 212.of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred andVol. 7, p. 236. twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second,Vol. 11, p. 614. 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 ofVol. 7, p. 236. treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundredVol. 11, p. 614. .and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars. For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundredInterest. 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 ninth Vol. 7, p. 236.and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteenVol. 11, p. 614. hundred and fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, thirty thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. columbias and colvillesColumbias and Colvilles.
For annuity for Chief Moses, as per agreement of July seventh,Chief Moses. eighteen hundred and eighty-three, ratified by act approved JulyVol. 23, p. 79. fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand dollars: For annuity for Chief Tonasket, as per same agreement, ratifiedChief Tonasket. by act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred dollars; For employees, as provided in said agreement, ratified by act of Employees.July 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 August seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article ofVol. 7, p. 36. treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one thousandVol. 11, p. 700. five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 69. June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, and fifth article of treatyVol. 11, p. 700. of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, three thousand dollars;
For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 287. January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifthVol. 11, p. 700. article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty thousand dollars; For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and assistant and for shop and tools, per eighth article of treaty of. January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of 994August 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 pay of a wheelwright, per same articles of same treaties, six hundred dollars; For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, forInterest. purposes of education, per sixth articleVol. 11, p. 701. of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, ten thousand dollars; For interest on two 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 theVol. 14. p. 787.
Interior, under provisions of third article of treaty of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and forty cents: in all, forty-nine thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty cents. crows.Crows. For tenth of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreementAnnuities. with Crows dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 22, pp. 42, 43.eighty, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in such manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars;
For twenty-third 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,Vol. 15, p. 651.hat, pantaloons, flannel shirt, and woolen socks, as per ninth article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand dollars; For twenty-third 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 twenty-third 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, oneVol. 15, p. 652. thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, under tenth article of same treaty, three thousand three hundred dollars;
For pay of second blacksmith, and iron and steel, as per eighthVol. 15, p. 651. article of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars; For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, toFood. furnish such articles of food as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may require, forty thousand dollars; in all, ninety-one thousand dollars. fulfilling treaties with fort hall indians.Fort Hall Indians. For third of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with said Indians, approved February twenty-third, eighteenAnnuity. hundred and eighty-nine, to be used by the SecretaryVol. 25, p. 688. of the Interior for the benefit of the Indians in such manner as the President may direct, six thousand dollars. delawares.Delawares.
That the following sums be. and the same are hereby, appropriated,Payment for lands out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be 995paid per capita to the members of the Delaware tribe of Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. The sum of thirty-six thousand eight hundred dollars, in paymentVol. 14, p. 797. for twenty-three sections of half-breed lawlands, as provided in the fourteenth article of the treaty of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
The sum of twenty-six thousand four hundred and two dollars, inPayment for stolen stock. payment for stock stolen from said tribe, which payment is provided for in the fourteenth article of the said treaty of July fourth, eighteen*Proviso*. hundred and sixty-six: *Provided*, That saidTo actual losers. sum shall be paid per capita to the persons or their heirs at law who actually lost said stock, as shown by the report of the Secretary of the Interior to Congress, dated January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy.
The sum of nine thousand five hundred dollars, for ponies and cattle stolen from said tribe,Vol. 12, p. 1131. indemnity for which is provided in the sixth article of the treaty of May thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty. That the above and several sums be paid to said Delaware Indians as herein provided less theDeductions from delegates. amount due the delegate or delegates of said Indians by virtue of contracts approved in Department of Interior, and to be immediately available. indians at blackfeet agency.Blackfeet Agency Indians.
For fourth of ten installments of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars each, to be expended under theAnnuity. direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, Vol. 25, p. 114.as per act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. indians at fort belknap agency.Fort Belknap Agency Indians. For fourth of ten installments of one hundred and fifteen thousandAnnuity. dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, as per act approved MayVol. 25, p. 114. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. indians at fort peck agency.Fort Peck Agency Indians.
For fourth of ten installments of one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollarsAnnuity. each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the Fort Peck Agency, Montana, as per act approved MayVol. 25, p. 114. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. iowas.Iowas. For interest, in lieu of investment, on fifty-seven thousand five Interest.hundred dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, at five per centum per annum, for education or other beneficial purposes. under the direction of the President,Vol. 10, p. 1071. per ninth article of treaty of May seventeenth, 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. two hundred and three one thousand three hundred and thirty-seconds of ten thousand dollars, being the pro rata amount due the 996 Kansas tribe of Indians, per second article of treaty of January fourteenth,Vol. 9, p. 842. eighteen hundred and forty-six. one thousand five hundred and twenty-four dollars and two cents, together with the sum of twenty-nine thousand three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and ninety cents accrued interest unappropriated fox’ since eighteen hundred and eighty seven. fulfilling treaty with kickapoos.Kickapoos.
For interest on seventy-three thousand six hundred and forty-eight dollars and eighty-six cents, balance of one hundred Interest.thousand dollars, at five per centum per annum, for educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth,Vol. 10, p. 1079. eighteen hundred and fifty-tour, three thousand six hundred and eighty-two dollars and forty-four cents. molels.Motels. For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and forSchools. all necessary’ materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per second Vol. 12, p. 981.article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars. nez perces.Nez Perces.
For salaries of two matrons, to take charge of theSchools. boarding schools, and two assistant teachers, one farmer, one carpenter, and two millers. per fifth articleVol. 14, p. 650. of treaty of June ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, six thousand dollars. northern cheyennes and aparahoes.Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes. For subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes asSubsistence, etc. per agreement with the Sioux Indians, approved February twenty-eighth,Vol. 19, p. 256. eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, fifty thousand dollars;
For twenty’-third of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing,Clothing. as per sixth article of treaty of May’ tenth, eighteen hundredVol. 15, p.657. and sixty-eight, twelve thousand dollars: *Provided*, That*Proviso*. the amount in this and preceding paragraph shall be expendedDistribution. pro rata, as near as may be, for the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes in Wyoming, and on the Tongue River, in Montana; For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller,Physician, teachers, etc.
Vol. 15, p. 658. two farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of same treaty, nine thousand dollars; in all, seventy one thousand dollars. osages.Osages. For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollarsInterest. at five per centum per annum,Vol. 7, p. 242. being value of fifty-four sections of land set apart by treaty’ of June second, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, 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 ninth of twelve installments, being the last series, in moneyAnnuity. or otherwise, per fourth article of treaty of March fifteenth,Vol. 10, p. 1039. eighteen hundred and fifty-four, five thousand dollars. 997 pawnees.Pawnees. For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid inPerpetual annuity. goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundredVol. 11, p. 729. and fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars;
For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of sameSchools. treaty, ten thousand dollars. For pay of two farmers, two blacksmiths and two apprentices, oneFarmers, etc. miller and apprentice, and two teachers, one shoe maker, and one carpenter, five thousand four hundred dollars. _ For pay of physician and purchase of medicines, one thousandPhysician, etc. two hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel, and other necessaries for the shops,Iron, steel, etc. as per fourth article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteenVol. 11, p. 730. hundred and fifty-seven, five hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand one hundred dollars. pottawatomies.Pottawatomies.
For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty ofPermanent annulties. Vol. 7, p. 51. August 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 ofVol. 7, p. 114. September 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 Vol. 7, p. 185.October 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 Vol. 7, p. 317.September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty eight, seven hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents; For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 320. July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 7, p. 317.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,Vol. 7, p. 318. iron, and steel, per second article of treaty of September twentieth,Vol. 9, p. 855. 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, andBlacksmiths, etc. for iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of OctoberVol. 7, p. 296. sixteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, second articleVol. 7, pp. 317, 318. of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred andVol. 7, p. 321. twenty-nine, one thousand and eight dollars and ninety-nine cents;
For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second articleSalt. of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one Vol. 7, p. 320.hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-four cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary; For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four Interest.dollars and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with provisionsVol. 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-live cents.
That the sum of eighty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby,Citizen and Prairie Bands. appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States of America, not otherwise appropriated, and that said sum be expendedSchool fund. and paid to the Pottawatomie Indians, known as the Citizen 998 and Prairie Bands, according to their respective rights and interest, by the Secretary of the Interior. This amount to be in full for the sums due said Indians for arrears under article three of treaty of Vol, 7, pp. 296, 817, 401.October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six; article two, treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight; article four, treaty of October twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-two; for educational purposes up to and including fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.
This amount to be set apart as specified in said several treaties as a school fund for said Indians, and paid out under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. That the sum of forty-eight thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven dollars and ninety-fivePayment for depredations. cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, and that, said sum be paid, under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to the Pottawatomie Indians, known as Citizen and Prairie Bands, according to their respective rights, shares, and interest.
This amount to be in full for the amount found due said Indians by supplemental report of commissioners appointed by the President of the UnitedVol. 15, p. 586. States under Senate amendment to article ten, treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, with said Pottawatomie Indians. In all, one hundred and thirty thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars and ninety-five cents, these several amounts to be paid as above (Vrected, less the amount due the delegate or delegates, agent or agents, under contracts made with said Indians and approved in the Interior department; this amount to be immediately available. quapaws.Quapaws.
For education, during the pleasure of the President, per thirdEducation, etc. article of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three,Vol. 7, p. 425. one thousand dollars; For blacksmith and assistants, and tools, iron and steel for blacksmith shop, per same article and treaty, five hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars. That there be and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money inPayment for land. the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty-nine thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty-one cents, in lieu of and as full compensation for thirteen thousand one hundred and ninety-one and seventy-seven one hundredths acres of land guarantiedVol. 7, p. 424. to be conveyed to the Quapaw tribe of Indians by the treaty concluded May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three.
Of the amount thus appropriated the sum of thirty thousand dollars shall be distributed, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, per capita among the said Quapaw Indians, and the sum of nine thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty-one cents shall be paid over to the treasurer of said tribeSchoolhouses. to be expended in the erection of schoolhouses and for such other purposes as the council of said tribe may direct. sacs and foxes of the mississippi.Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.
For permanent annuity, in goods of otherwise, per third articlePermanent annuity. of treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, oneVol. 7, p. 85. thousand dollars; For interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum,Interest. per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteenVol. 7, p. 541. hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars; For interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per Vol. 7, p. 596.second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen*Proviso*. hundred and forty-two, forty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the 999 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,Physician, etc. 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 hundred dollars, at five per Interest.centum, under the direction of the President, per second article of treaty of OctoberVol. 7, p. 541. twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand*Proviso*. eight hundred and seventy dollars: *Provided*, ThatTribal membership. in making payments under this appropriation no one shall be recognized as a member of the tribe whose name was not upon the roll January first, eighteen hundred and ninety, but this shall not be held to impair or otherwise affect the rights or equities of any person whose claim to membership in said tribe is now pending and being investigated.
For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth,School. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eightVol. 12, p. 1173. thousand and seventy dollars. seminoles.Seminoles. For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousandInterest. dollars, to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of AugustVol. 11, p. 702.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 centum perSchools. annum, to be paid annually, for theVol. 14, p. 757. 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 thousandGovernment.
Vol. 14, p. 757. dollars; in all. twenty-eight thousand five hundred’ dollars. senecas.Senecas. For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty ofPermanent annuity. Vol. 7, p. 161. September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 179. September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred dollars. For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and miller, per fourthBlacksmith, etc. article of treaty of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred andVol. 7, p. 349. 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 the seventh article of the treaty of FebruaryVol. 15, p. 515. twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treatyVol. 7, p. 179. of September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, andVol. 15, p. 515. 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 per fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 7, p. 340. 1000thirty-one. and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen Vol. 15, p. 516.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.
For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, per act ofPermanent annuity. February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one.Vol. 4, p. 442. six thousand dollars; For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars.Interest. at five per centum, per act Vol. 8, p. 35.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.Shawnees.
For permanent annuity, for educational purposes, per fourth articlePermanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 51. Vol. 10, p. 1056. 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, perEducation. fourth article of treaty of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundredVol. 7, p. 51. and seventeen, and third article of treaty of May tenthVol. 10, p. 1056., eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand dollars;
For interest, at five per centum, on forty thousand dollars, forInterest. educational purposes, per third article of last named treaty, twoVol. 10, p. 1656. thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. To pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,Repayment to Miamies of Kansas. to the Western Miami Indians, generally known as the Miamies of Kansas (residing in the State of Kansas, in the Indian Territory, or elsewhere), the sum of eighteen thousand three hundred and seventy dollars and eighty-nine cents, which amount belonging to said Indians and in possession of the United States, was taken from their tribal funds, against their protest, and in violation of the treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and paid to other persons not entitled to it; and the Secretary of the Treasury is also directed to pay to said Indians, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the further Vol. 10, p. 1098.sum of forty-three thousand six hundred dollars and fourteen cents, for fourteen thousand five hundred and thirty-three acres of land which were occupied by said Indians and guarantied to them as a part of their permanent home by said treaty, and were taken and allotted to other persons not entitled to said, lands and against the protest of the said Indians; both of which facts, including the value of said lands at the time of allotment, have been found and determined by the Court of Claims, in Congressional case numbered one thousand three hundred and forty-three, and reported to *Proviso*.Congress, which sums shall be immediately available: *Provided, however*, that before the payment of any part of said sums to said Reductions for Attorneys.Indians, there shall lie deducted and paid to the attorney of record in the Court of Claims employed by the tribal portion of said Indians under a contract heretofore approved by the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the sum so agreed to be paid, if in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, such contract or agreement has been complied with or fulfilled. 1001 eastern shawnees.Eastern Shawnees.
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty ofPermanent annuities. Vol. 7, p. 179. Vol. 15, p. 515. September 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, perBlacksmith, etc. fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundredVol. 7, p. 852. and thirty-one, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third,Vol. 15, p. 515. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, one thousand and thirty dollars. shoshones and bannocks.Shoshones and Bannocks.
Shoshones: For twenty-second of thirty installments, to purchase Shoshones.suits of clothing for males over fourteen years of age. flannel,Supplies. hose, calico, 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 Vol. 15, p. 676.hundred and sixty-eight, ten thousand dollars: For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmerPhysician, etc. and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third,Vol. 15, p. 676. 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 eighth article of the same treaty, one thousand dollars; Bannocks: For twenty-second of thirty installments, to purchaseBannocks. suits of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel,Supplies. 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 sameVol. 15, p. 676. treaty, five thousand dollars;
For pay of a physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer,Physician, etc. and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen Vol. 15, p. 676.hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars; six nations of new york.Six Nations of New York. For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles, perPermanent annuity. sixth article of treaty of November seventeenth, seventeen hundred and Vol. 7, p. 46.ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.Sioux of different tribes.
For twenty-second of thirty Installments, to purchase clothing forSupplies. 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 Vol. 15, p. 638.hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: For twenty-second 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, as per tenth article of same treaty, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary;
For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter, one miller, Teachers, etc.one engineer, two farmers, and one blacksmith, per thirteenthVol. 15, p. 640. article of same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars; 1002 For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for theEmployees. Sioux in Nebraska and Dakota, twenty thousand dollars: For industrial schools at the Santee Sioux and CrowSchools. Creek Agencies, six thousand dollars; For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization,Subsistence. as per agreement ratified by act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth,Vol. 19, p. 254. eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one million one hundred thousand dollars; and out of this sum forty thousand dollarsSubstations. may be expended for the establishment of substations for the issue of supplies in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior: *Provisos*.*Provided*, That this sum shall include transportation of supplies Transportation, etc.from the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation: and in this service Indians shall be employed wherever practicable:
Census.*And provided*, That the expenses incident to the taking of the census provided for in the last annual Indian appropriation act shall be paid from the money hereby appropriated after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. For pay of matron at Santee Agency, five hundred dollars;Matron. For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and otherIron, steel, etc. material, per eighth article of same treaty, one thousandVol. 15, p. 638. six hundred dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and Alexander C.
Johnson.directed to pay to Alexander C. Johnson, the sum of seven thousand two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and eleven cents for beef Payment to.furnished for the Sioux Indians at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota., December sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, at the request of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, out of the appropriation made for the Sioux Indians for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, in aft, one million four hundred and twenty thousand seven hundred and thirty seven dollars and eleven cents.
The sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof asPayment to friendly Indians, etc., for property destroyed. may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, for the prompt payment to the friendly Sioux and legal residents on the Sioux Reservation, for property destroyed or appropriated by the roving bands of disaffected Indians during the recent Sioux trouble, to be expended under the direction and control of the Secretary of the Interior, and upon satisfactory proof made to him in each case of the loss sustained. sioux yankton tribe.Sioux Yankton tribe.
For third of twenty installments, last series, to be paid to them Vol. 11, p. 744.or expended for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars; For Subsistence and Civilization of two thousand Yankton Sioux,Subsistence, etc. heretofore provided for in appropriations under Fulfilling treatyVol. 19, p. 287. with Sioux of different tribes, thirty five thousand dollars; in aft, fifty thousand dollars. confederate bands of utes.Confederated bands of Utes.
For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and twoCarpenters, etc. blacksmiths as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh, eighteenVol. 13, p. 675. hundred and sixty-three, and fifteenth article of treaty of MarchVol. 15, p. 622. 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, oneTeachers. thousand eight hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel, and the necessary tools for blacksmithIron and steel. shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred andVol. 15, p. 621. twenty dollars; 1003 For twenty-third of thirty installments, to be expended under theClothing. direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for clothing, blankets, and such other articles as he may deem proper and necessary, under eleventh article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars.Vol. 15, p. 623.
For annual amount for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour,Food. beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfthVol. 15, p. 622. article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars; For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, five thousandEmployees. dollars; in all, seventy-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. winnebagoes.Winnebagoes. For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundredInterest. and nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundredVol. 7, p. 545.
Vol. 12, p. 628. and thirty-seven, 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 civilizationSupport, education etc. 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 dollars and forty-oneImprovements, etc. Vol. 16, p. 355. cents, at five per centum per annum, to be expended. under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the erection of houses, improvements of their allotments of land, purchase of stock, agricultural implements, seeds, and other beneficial objects, three thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars arid two cents; in all, forty-four thousand one hundred and sixty two dollars and forty-seven cents. chippewas.Chippewas.
This amount as advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota,Advance interest. as required by section seven of “An act for the relief of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” to be expended underVol. 25, 645. the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the manner required by said act, reimbursable, ninety thousand dollars. That the Secretary of the Interior pay to the Confederated TribesWess, Peorias, Kaskaskias, and Piankeshaws. Payment of money held in trust. *Provisos*. of Wea, Peoria, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw Indians, per capita, all moneys now held in trust for them by the United States, and all interest due thereon to date of payment: *Provided*, That before such per capita payments shall be made the suit now pending in the CourtSettlement of pending claims. of Claims against said tribe by the Citizen, Wea, Peoria,Vol. 25, p. 1015.
Kaskaskia and Piankeshaw Indians, under authority of the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall be settled out of said funds in accordance with final judgment or decree, or compromise judgment or decree, that may be rendered in said suit: *And provided further*, That any bonds in which anyDisposal of bonds. of the funds of said confederated tribes are now invested, and which are held by the United States in trust, shall, upon the approval of this act, become the property of the United States.
And leases made by the members of the said Confederated tribesMining leases declared valid. of Indians of mineral lands, for mining purposes, since the selection of their undivided allotments and subsequent to their becoming citizens of the United States, are declared to be valid for a period not to exceed twenty-five years; *Provided* that any lessee or person*Proviso*. occupying lands under any lease may be removed therefrom and Removal of improper persons.from the Indian Territory by the Secretary of the Interior, if in the judgment of the Secretary he is an improper person to reside or remain in such Territory. 1004 MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS.Miscellaneous supports.
For subsistence and civilization of the Arapahoes, Cheyennes,Arapahoes, Cheyennes. Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Wiehitas, etc. Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, and affiliated bands, who have been collected upon the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, two hundred and forty thousand dollars. For subsistence and civilization of Arickarees, Gros Ventres, andAriekarees, Oros Ventres, Mandane. 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, thirty 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 employees, including pay of physician at one thousand two hundred dollars: purchase of goods and provisions, and for such other purposes as may be deemed for the best interests of said Indians, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Chippewas of Red Lake and PembinaChippewas of Red Lake and Pembina tribe. tribe of Chippewas, and for pay of employees, ten thousand dollars;
Support of Chippewas on White Earth Reservation: For thisChippewas on White Earth Reservation. 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 band of Chippewas,Turtle Mountain band. including seeds, thirteen thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bandsConfederated bands, middle Oregon. in middle Oregon, and nay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other alliedD’Wamish, etc., Washington. tribes in the State of Washington, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Carlos’ band of Flathead Indians,Carlos’ band, Flat-heads. including pay of employees, twelve thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederatedFlatheads, etc. tribes, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase subsistence and otherHualapais. necessaries for the support of the Hualapais Indians in Arizona, seven thousand five hundred dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the actual cost ofShoshone Agency, Wyoming. the flour furnished the Shoshone Indian Agency, Wyoming, for the use of the Indians at such agency, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For this amount, to subsist and properly care for the Apache andApache, etc., 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, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones and Bannocks,Fort Hall Indians. and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, in Idaho, including pay of employees, thirteen thousand dollars. For the support, civilization, and instruction of the Seminole IndiansSeminoles, Florida. in Florida, six thousand dollars.
For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks,Lemhi Agency Indians. and Sheepeaters, and other Klamath Agency Indians.Indians of the Lemhi Agency, in Idaho including pay of employees, fourteen thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths and Mo-1005docs, 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 Kansas.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, includingMenomonees. pay of employees, four thousand dollars. For the civilization of the Moqui Indians, and the pay of employees,Moquis. ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residingModocs. within the Indian Territory, four thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Navajo Indians, including payNavajos. of employees, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For purposes of irrigation and purchase of a sawmill on the Navajo Reservation, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For additional subsistence and civilization of the Northern CheyenneNorthern Cheyennes, etc., Montana. and Arapahoe Indians on the Tongue River, in Montana, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the purchase of agricultural implements and support and civilization of Joseph’s band of Nez Perces Indians, twelve thousandNez Percés, Joseph’s hand. dollars.
For support and civilization of the Nez Percés Indians in Idaho,Nez Percés, Idaho. including pay of physician, six thousand five hundred dollars. For the purchase of machinery and erection of buildings for aFlour mill, Pima agency. flour mill at Pima agency, nine thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Poncas, including pay of employees. Poncas.eighteen thousand dollars: *Provided*, That this amount be*Proviso*. divided pro rata among all the members of said tribe in the IndianDivision.
Territory and in South Dakota. For support and civilization of the Quinaelts and Quillehutes, includingQuinaelts and Quillehutes. pay of employees, four thousand dollars. For the temporary support of the Shebit tribe of Indians in WashingtonShebits, Utah. County, Utah, and to enable them to become self-supporting, the purchase of improvements on lands situate near the Santa Clara River on which to locate said Indians, the purchase of animals, implements, seeds, clothing and other necessary articles, for the erection of houses and for the temporary employment of a person to supervise these purchases and their distribution to the Shebits, ten thousand dollars.
This item to be immediately available.Immediately available. Shoshones, Wyoming. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, fifteen thousand dollars. For the establishment of a substation on the Shoshone IndianSub-station. Agency, tn Wyoming, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada,Shoshones, Nevada. including 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, includingSioux of Devil’s Lake. pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the S’Klallam Indians, includingS’Kiallan ls. pay of employees, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Tonkawa Indians, and for seeds and agricultural implements, five thousandTonkawas. dollars. For support and civilization of the Walla Walla. Cayuse, andWalla Wallas, Cayuses, and Umatillas. Umatilla 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, ten thousand dollars. 1006 GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.Incidental expenses. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Arizona: For general incidentalArizona. expenses of Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, in Arizona, and for the support and civilization of Indians at the Colorado River, Pima, and Maricopa and Moquis Pueblo Agencies, twelve 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 generalCalifornia. incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, in California, and support and civilization of Indians at the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, Tule River, and Mission Agencies, eighteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees, including one carpenter (for HoopaValley Agency), at same agendies, ten thousand dollars; for carrying out the provisions of an act entitled “An act to provide for the reduction of the Round Valley Indian*Ante*, p. 658.
Reservation in the State of California,” approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, one hundred thousand dollars, in all, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars. 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 North Dakota: For generalNorth Dakota. incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, at three agencies in North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in South Dakota: For generalSouth Dakota. incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, at seven agencies in South Dakota, three thousand five hundred 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 generalNevada. incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, in Nevada, and support and civilization of Indians located on the Piute, Walker River, and Pyramid Lake reservations, and Pintes on the Western Shoshone Reservation, sixteen thousand five hundred 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 generalNew Mexico. incidental expenses of the Indian service including traveling expenses of agents, in New Mexico and 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, and support and civilization of Indians at Grand Ronde and Siletz Agencies, ten thousand dollars, and pay of employees at 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 in Utah, support and civilization of Indians at Uintah Valley and Ouray Agencies, and pay of employees at said agencies, eight thousand dollars. 1007 Incidental expenses of Indian service in Washington: For generalWashington. incidental 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 dAlene Reservation, sixteen thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in Wyoming: For generalWyoming. incidental expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS.Miscellaneous. Aiding Indian allottees underact of February eighth, eighteenAiding Indian allottees. hundred and eighty-seven, reimbursable: This amount to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in aiding Indians who have taken land in severalty under the act of February eighth,Vol. 24, p. 388. eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” to establish themselves in homes thereon, to procure seed, farming implements, and other things necessary, in addition to means already provided by law or treaty, for the commencement of farming, fifteen thousand dollars.
That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to apply the balance of the sum carried upon the books of the Treasury Department, under the title of Homesteads forExpenses of allotting agents, etc. Indians,” in the employment of allotting agents and payment of their necessary expenses, to assist Indians desiring to take homesteads under section four of “An act to provide for the allotmentVol. 24, p. 389. of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” approved February eighth eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.
New allotments underact of February eighth, eighteen hundredNew allotments, etc., reimbursable. and eighty-seven, reimbursable: To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the act of February eight, eighteen hundredVol. 24, p. 388. and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” such Indian reservations as in his judgment are advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes to be surveyed, or resurveyed, for the purposes of said act,Surveys for allotments. and to complete the allotment of the same, including the necessary clerical work incident thereto in the field and in the office of Indian Affairs, and delivery of trust patents, so far as allotments shall have been selected under said act, forty thousand dollars.
For completing the necessary surveys within the Chippewa IndianSurvey of Chippewa Reservation, Minn. Reservations in Minnesota, under the provisions of the act approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty nine, fifty thousandVol. 25, p. 642. dollars, reimbursable. Unfinished allotments under act of February eighth, eighteenUnfinished allotments, completing. hundred and eighty seven, reimbursable: To enable the President to complete the work already undertaken and commenced under the third section of the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred andVol. 24, p. 389. eighty seven, including the necessary clerical work incident thereto in the field and in the office of Indian Affairs, and the delivery to the Indians entitled thereunder of the trust patents authorized under said acts to be immediately available, ten thousand dollars.
Sale and allotment of Umatilla Reservation, reimbursable: To carryUmatilla Reservation, Oreg. Sale and allotment. Vol. 23, p. 342. into effect section two of “An act providing for allotment of land’s in severalty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla Reservation, in the State of Oregon and grant patents therefor, and for-other 1008 purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Pay of farmers:
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employPractical 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, seventy thousand dollars; and no person shall be employed as such farmer who has not been for at least five years previous to such employment practically engaged in the occupation of farming. Pay of Indian police:
For the service of privates, at ten dollars perIndian police. month each, and officers, at fifteen 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 within the Alaska.Territory of Alaska, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and for the purchase of equipments and rations for policemen of non-ration agencies, one hundred and fifty thousand and six hundred dollars.
Pay of judges, Indian courts: For compensation of Judges of IndianJudges, Indian courts. courts, twelve thousand five hundred and forty dollars. Vaccination of Indians: For pure vaccine-matter and vaccinationVaccination. of Indians, one thousand dollars. Telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay the expenseIndian supplies, telegraphing, etc. of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service, including rent of warehouse and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, forty five 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 ninety thousand dollars. Surveying and alloting Indian reservations: For survey and subdivisionSurvey, etc., of lands for allotment in severalty. of Indian reservations and of lands to be 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, forty thousand dollars.
That the Commission appointed by the President to treat with theCommission to Prairie band of Pottawatomies and Kickapuoscontinued. Reappropriation. Vol. 25, p. 1002. Prairie band of Pottawatomies and the Kickapoo Indians in Kansas be continued, and that the balance of unexpended funds appropriated for that purpose by act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, is hereby reappropriated. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the claims of James James Hollen, Hiram A very and Joseph Tesson.
Payment to.Hollen, Hiram Avery, and Joseph Tesson for services performed by them as farmer, teacher, and interpreter respectively, at the Tama County Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa, one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. To enable the Secretary of the interior to continue the CherokeeCherokee Commission. Vol. 25, p. 1005. Commission, provided for by act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, fifteen thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay J.
K. Ozbun forJ. K. Ozbun. services rendered as superintendent and teacher at the Osage Agency, Indian Territory, during the years eighteen hundred and eighty-five, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and eighteen hundred and Payment from Osage’s fund.eighty-seven, six hundred and fifteen dollars, to be paid from the funds of the said Osage Indians. That the appropriation made by the last Indian Appropriation actBig Jim’s band of Atisentee Shawnees. to reimburse Big Jim’s band of Absentee Shawnees for losses sustainedManner of payment. by reason of the forcible removal of said band from the Kickapoo Reservation in the Indian Territory, may, in the discretion of *Ante*, p.the Secretary of the Interior, be paid to the members of said band per capita, or paid for their benefit as he may direct. 1009 For the removal of the Agency and the construction of agencyCheyenne River Agency.
Removal of buildings. buildings at the new site to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior on the Missouri river for the Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota, fifteen thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion to employStenographer for Commissioner. a stenographer and copyist in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, at a rate of compensation not exceeding fourteen hundred dollars per annum, fourteen hundred dollars. To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to employ suitable Matron to teach house-keeping.persons as matrons to teach Indian girls in house-keeping and other household duties, at a rate not exceeding sixty dollars per month, two thousand five hundred dollars.
That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be required,Henry B. Carrington. are hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury notPayment to. otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of the act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; first for the further compensation of Henry B. Carrington, special agent, for his services and his actual and necessary expenses while engaged in securing the consent of certain Indian patentees of lands in the Bitter Root Valley, in Montana, and in appraising said lands and improvements thereon, as provided in said act, the sum of one thousandRemoval of Indian patentees from Bitter loot Valley. and fifty-seven dollars; and, secondly, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to remove said Indian patentees with their families, and to settle them upon the Jocko Indian Reservation in Montana, as provided in section six of said act, five thousand five hundred dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred and fifty seven dollars.
The accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby Isaac W. Patrick.authorized and empowered to settle the accounts of Isaac W. Patrick,Settlement of accounts. late a United States agent at the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency according to equity. To reimburse Charles Adams, late Indian agent, Los Pinos AgencyCharles Adams. for amounts expended by him for official advertising during the yearReimbursement. eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and the first and second quarters of eighteen hundred and seventy four, two hundred and forty-seven dollars and forty cents.
For continuing the investigation and examination of certain IndianIndian depredation claims. depredation claims, originally authorized, and in the manner therein providedVol. 23, p. 376. for, by the Indian appropriation acts approved March third,Vol. 24, p. 464. eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and March second, eighteen hundred and eighteen-seven, twenty thousand dollars. For the payment of balances due the Wyandotte Indians who became Wyandotte Indians.citizens of the United States under the treaty of eighteen hundred Payment to citizens.
Vol. 10, p. 1159. Vol. 15, p. 517.and fifty-five, as provided for under article fourteenth of theNegotiations for surrender of reservations. treaty of February twenty third, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, to be paid per capita to said citizen Wyandottes, or their heirs, now residing in Wyandotte County, Kansas, and elsewhere, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, thirteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. To enable the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion to negotiateIndians at Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations.
Adjusting differences. with any Indians for the surrender of portions of their respective reservations, any agreement thus negotiated being subject to subsequent ratification by Congress, fifteen thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary. For this sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary to enable the Secretary of the Interior, by negotiation, to adjust all differences between the Indians on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations in South Dakota in reference to the boundary lines of said reservations, their rations, annuities, and interest in the principal and interest of the permanent fund and to make such an arrangement with the Indians drawing rations on the Rosebud reservation as will be satisfactory to them, by which those of the lower Brule Indians who desire 1010to do so, may take lands in severalty upon the Rosebud reservation south of the White River, six thousand dollars.
For the payment to the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians,Sioux, Sisseton, and Wahpeton itands. of Devils Lake Reservation, in the State of North Dakota, for sixty-four thousand acres of land (being at the rate of one dollar and Payment for land. Vol. 15, p. 505.twenty-five cents per acre) to which they are justly entitled under treaty of February nineteenth eighteen hundred and sixty-seven (Fifteenth Statutes, five hundred and five) but which were not included within their reservation boundaries, surveyed in eighteen hundred and seventy-five, this amount to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the purchase of stock and agricultural implements, and in promoting the comfort and Immediately available.improvement of said Indians, eighty thousand dollars, to be immediately available.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorizedMiami Town Company. in his discretion to sell to the Miami Town Company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Kansas, for and on behalf of Sale of Ottawa’s lands to.the Ottawa tribe of Indians, the north half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-five township twenty-eight north, range twenty-two east; also the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said section; also lots five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten in said section; also the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty, township twenty-eight north, range twenty-three east: also lots eight, nine, ten, and eleven, in said section; also lots one, two, and three, in said section thirty-one township twenty-eight north, range twenty-three east; also lots one, two, and three, in section thirty-six, township twenty-eight north, range twenty-two east, situated in the Indian Territory, and containing five hundred and fifty-seven and ninety-five one-hundredths acres, more or less.
That said lands shall be sold to said company at not less than tenPrice. dollars per acre; and the proceeds of such sale shall beProceeds. paid over under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to the Ottawa Indians per capita, as per request of said Indians now on file in the Department of the Interior. That the said Miami Town Company shall, within ninety daysPlat, etc. from the approval of this act, file in the General Land Office a plat of said land, showing the same to have been surveyed and divided into lots, blocks, streets, and alleys; and immediately upon filing of said map, and the payment of the said sum of ten dollars per acre, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a patent to be issued to said company for the several tracts herein described.
This amount to be paid per capita to one hundred and twenty-nineCreeks. citizens of the Creek Nation of Indians, under the direction of the Payment of expense of removal, etc.Secretary of the Interior, who have removed themselves from the State of Albania to the Creek Nation in the Indian Territory, and subsisted themselves for one year, in accordance with Vol. 7, p. 367.the twelfth article of the treaty with the Creek Nation, proclaimed April fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, seven thousand and ninety-five dollars, to be immediately available.
That the last clause of the subdivision entitled “Pottawatomies”Pottawatomies. in the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling Vol. 33, p. 372, amended.the treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.” being chapter three hundred and forty one, of volume twenty-three, of the Statutes at Large, be amended to read as follows:
That the claims of certain individual members of the PottawatomieClaims of individual members referred to Court of Claims. Nation of Indians, their heirs or legal representatives, for depredations committed by others upon their stock, timber, or other Vol. 15, p. 533.property reported to Congress under the tenth article of the treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be, and the same 1011are hereby, referred to the Court of Claims for adjudication. And said court shall, in determining said cause, ascertain the amounts due and to whom due by reason of actual damage sustained.
And all papers, reports, evidences, records, and proceedings relatingPapers, etc., to be delivered to court. in anyway to said claims now on file or of record in the Department of the Interior, or any other Department or on file or of record in the office of the Secretary of the Senate, or the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, shall be delivered to said court, and in considering the merits of the claims presented to the court all testimony and reports of special agents or other officers and other papers now on file or of record in the Departments or Congress, shall be considered by the court, and such value awarded thereto as in its judgment is right and proper.
That the remaining proceeds or balances of the sales of the Cherokee Cherokee Strip, Kans.Strip in Kansas, disposed of under the seventeenth section ofDisposition of proceeds. the treaty of said nation with the United States of July, Vol. 14, p. 894. Vol. 17, p. 98. Vol. 19, p. 205.eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and under acts of Congress approved May eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and held for alleged charges for land office expenses not authorized by treaty, amounting to nineteen thousand eight hundred and forty-three dollars and eighty-two cents, or thereabouts, shall be placed to the credit of the Secretary of the Interior as custodian of said trust funds, and shall be forwarded to the treasurer of the Cherokee Nation as other funds of said tribe, to be immediately available.
That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to grant rights ofFort Hall reservation. way into and across the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho to canal, ditch,Ditch, right of way through. or reservoir companies for the purpose of enabling the citizens of Pocatello to thereby receive the water supply, contemplated by section tenVol. 25, p. 465.
(10)of an act to accept and ratify an agreement made with the Shoshone and Bannock Indians, and for other purposes, being chapter nine hundred and thirty-six, laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and may also attach conditions as to the supply of surplus water to Indians on said Fort Hall Reservation as may be reasonable and prescribe rules and regulations for the same. For the construction, purchase, and use of irrigating machinery andPurchase of irrigation machinery. appliances in Arizona, Montana, and Nevada for the uses.of Indian reservations, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior and subject to his control, thirty thousand dollars, to be immediately available. That one half of all funds now held in trust by the United States for the benefit ofDelawares. the Delaware tribe of Indians, in the Indian Territory, with one half of all interest due upon the same, including the school fund and interest Payment of half of all funds held in trust.thereon, and also one half of the sum of one hundred and forty thousand dollars, which sum was invested by the United States in Florida and North Carolina bonds, which bonds are now held in trust for the benefit of said tribe, be paid per capita, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to said tribe: *Proviso*.*Provided* That hereafter said bonds shall be the property of the United States, and the SecretaryDisposal of bonds. of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to sell one half of the Union Pacific Railroad bonds held in trust for the Delawares, and to pay to the said Indians per capita the proceeds, together with all uninvested funds and interest moneys to their credit and on deposit in the United States Treasury as herein provided, and the authority herein granted shall be in force from and after the approval of this act. To supply food and other necessaries of life in cases of distress among the Indians arisingEmergencies. from emergencies not foreseen or otherwise provided for. to be used at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty-five thousand dollars, and a report of all expenditures under this provision shall be made to Congress at its next session thereafter. 1012 FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.Support of schools. For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for otherDay and industrial schools. educational purposes not hereinafter provided for, including pay of draughtsmanDraughtsman. to be employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one million dollars; for the constructionBuildings and repairs. *Provisos*. on Indian reservations of school buildings and repair of school buildings, one hundred and twenty-five thousandMission Indians, Cal. dollars: *Provided*, That twenty-five thousand dollars of this amount may be used in the erection of buildings for an industrial school for the Mission Indians near the village of Perris, in California, upon a tract of land to be donated for that purpose ofHorses, etc. not less than eighty acres; and for purchase of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine for schools, fifteen thousand dollars, five thousand dollars of which shall be immediately available; in all, oneLimit of cost, buildings. million one hundred and forty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the entire cost of any boarding school building, exclusive of outbuildings, to be built from the moneys appropriated hereby, shall not exceed twelve thousand dollars, and the entire cost of any day-school building to be so built shall not exceed six hundred dollars. For support and education of Indian pupils at Albuquerque, New Mexico,Albuquerque, N. Mex. at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum for each pupil, and for the erection and repairs of buildings, and pay of superintendent, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, sixty-six thousand dollars, For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Carlisle, Pa.Pennsylvania, at not exceeding one hundred and sixty-seven dollars for each pupil, for transportation of pupils to and from Carlisle school, and for the erection and repair of buildings, one hundred and ten thousand dollars, and five thousand dollars of this amount to be used in the erection of a new dormitory for girls. For annual allowance to Captain R. H. Pratt in charge of saidAllowance to Capt. R. H. Pratt. school, one thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and eleven thousand dollars. For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty seven dollarsChillocco, Ind. T. per annum each; purchase of material, erection of buildings, shops, barns, and necessary outbuildings, and of repairs of same at Indian school at Chillocco, Indian Territory (formerly near Arkansas City, Kansas), and for pay of superintendent of said school, at two thousand dollars per annum, one hundred thousand dollars. For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollarsCarson City, Nev. per annum each; necessary outbuildings, repairs, and fencing at the Indian school at Carson City, Nevada, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, twenty-five thousand dollars. For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollarsPierre, S. Dak. per annum each; enlarging and improving buildings, necessary outbuildings, repairs, and fencing at the Indian school at Pierre, South Dakota, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, thirty-five thousand dollars. For the purpose of erecting, constructing, and completing suitableFlandreau, S. Dak. school buildings and for the support of an Indian industrial school near the village of Flandreau, South Dakota, twenty five thousand dollars. Provided any unexpended balance of former appropriations are hereby reappropriated not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars perSanta Fe, N. Hex. annum each; necessary buildings, repairs, and fencing, and irrigation at the Indian school at Santa Fe, New Mexico, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, forty thousand dollars. 1013 For support of Indian pupils at one hundred and sixty-seven dollarsGenoa, Nebr. per annum each; pay of superintendent, at two thousand dollars per annum; repairs and erection of buildings at Indian school, Genoa, Nebraska, including heating apparatus, sixty thousand dollars. For the erection and completion of buildings and for the supportShoshone reservation, Wyo. of an Indian industrial school at the Shoshone Indian Reservation, Wyoming, twenty-five thousand dollars. For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and seventy-five dollarsGrand Junction, Colo. per annum each; for necessary repairs, furnishings, tools, and farm implements; and for pay of superintendent at the Indian school. Grand Junction, Colorado, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, twenty-five thousand dollars. For support of Indian pupils at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per Fort Totten, N. Dak.annum each and repairs of buildings at the Indian school, Fort Totten, North Dakota, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, forty thousand dollars. For support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian pupilsHampton, Va. at the school at Hampton, Virginia, twenty thousand and forty dollars. For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars Lawrence, Kaus.per annum each; necessary buildings, repairs at the Indian school at Lawrence, Kansas, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at two thousand dollars per annum one hundred thousand dollars. For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at LincolnLincoln Institution, Philadelphia. Institution, Philadelphia at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars. For support of pupils at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per Phoenix, Ariz.annum each, erection of buildings, purchase of lands or improvements, not to exceed six thousand dollars and pay of superintendent at Phoenix Arizona, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, fifty thousand dollars. For support of Indian pupils at one hundred and seventy-fiveSalem, Oregon. dollars per annum each; necessary outbuildings, repairs, and fencing at the Indian school at Salem, Oregon (formerly Forest Grove school), and for pay of the superintendent of said school, at two thousand dollars per annum, fifty-four thousand five hundred dollars. For support of three hundred Indian pupils at the Saint IgnatiusSt. Ignatius Mission, Mont. Mission school, on the Jocko Reservations, in Montana, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, forty-five thousand dollars. For support of sixty Indian pupils at White’s Manual Labor Institute,White’s Manual Labor Institute, Wabash, Ind. Cherokee. N. C., training school. of Wabash, Indiana, ten thousand and twenty dollars. For support of eighty pupils at the Cherokee Training School at Cherokee, North Carolina, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, thirteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. For education and support of one hundred Chippewa boys and girls at Saint John’s University, and at Saint Benedict’sSt. John’s University and St. Benedict’s Academy, Minn. Academy, in Stearns County, State of Minesota, at one hundred and fifty dollars each per annum, and for the education and support of one hundred Indian pupils at Saint Paul’s Industrial School at Clontarf,St. Paul’s Industrial School. Minn. in the State of Minesota, thirty thousand dollars. For support of Indian pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollarsFort Mojave, Ariz. per annum each; necessary buildings, repair’s, fencing, and irrigation attire Indian school at Fort Mojave, Arizona, and for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, twenty thousand dollars. For care, support, and education of Indian pupils at industrial, Other schools.agricultural, mechanical, and 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, seventy-five thousand dollars. 1014 For support and education of sixty Indian pupils at Saint Joseph’s S. Joseph’s Normal School, Ind.Normal School at Rensselaer, Indiana, eight thousand three hundred and thirty dollars. For support and education of one hundred Indian pupils at SaintS. Boniface’s industrial School, Cal. Boniface’s Industrial School at Banning, California, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For the education and support of one hundred Indian children atHoly Family School, Mont. the Holy Family Indian School, at Blackfoot Agency, Montana, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For collecting and transportation of pupils to and from IndianTransporting, etc., pupils schools, 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 *Proviso*.labor; forty thousand dollars. *Provided*, That at least five hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars of the money appropriated for the Contract schools.support of schools by this act shall be used exclusively for the support and education of Indian pupils in industrial and day schools in operation under contracts with the Indian Bureau. That in the expenditure of money appropriated for any of the purposesChildren of Indians taking lands in severalty not excluded. of education of Indian children, those children of Indians who have taken lands in severalty under any existing law, shall not, by reason thereof, be excluded from the benefits of such appropriation. And the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the directionRules to secure attendance. of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby authorized and directed to make and enforce by proper means such rules and regulations as will secure the attendance of Indian children of suitable age and health at schools established and maintained for their benefit. That the expenditure of the money appropriated for school purposesExpenditures under Secretary of the Interior. in this act shall be at all times under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and in all respects in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to the conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may from time to time be prescribed by him. interest on trust fund stocks.Interest, trust fund stocks. Sec. 2. That 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 ninety one, namely: For trust-fund interest due Cherokee national fund, twenty fiveCherokee national fund. thousand six hundred and forty dollars; For trust fund interest due Cherokee school fund one thousandCherokee school fund. six hundred and thirty dollars; For trust fund interest due Chickasaw national fund, nineteenChickasaw national fund. thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars; For trust fund interest due Choctaw general fund, twenty sevenChoctaw general fund. thousand dollars: For trust fund interest due lowas. three thousand two hundredIowas. and eighty dollars; For trust fund interest due Kaskaskias, Peorias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, two Kaskaskias, Peorias, Weas and Piankefihaws.thousand four hundred and one dollars; For trust-fund interest due Kaskaskia, Wea. Peoria, and Piankeshaw*Ante*, p. 1008. school-fund, one thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars; For trust-fund interest due Delaware general fund, four thousandSchool fund. one hundred and thirty dollars. For trust fund interest due Menomonees. nine hundred and fiftyDelaware general fund. dollars; in all eighty-six thousand three hundred dollars; Sec. 3. That no purchase of suppliesMenomonees. for which appropriations are herein made, exceeding in the aggregatePurchase of supplies to be advertised; exceptions. five hundred dollars in value 1015 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 open market in amount not exceeding three thousand dollars at any one purchase: *Provided*, That funds*Provisos*. herein and heretofore appropriated for construction of ditches andIrrigating works. other works for irrigating may be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, without advertising *Provided further*, That purchase in open market may be made from Indians underPurchases from Indians. the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 4. That so much of the appropriations herein made as may beImmediately available. required to pay for goods and supplies, for expenses incident to their purchase, and for transportation of the same, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, shall be immediately available; but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed orLimit of distribution, etc. delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. And hereafter the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized to advertise in the spring of each year for bids,Advertisements before appropriations. and enter into contracts, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for goods and supplies for the Indian service required for the ensuing fiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that the appropriations for such fiscal year have not been made: *Provided*, That*Proviso*. the contracts so made shall be on the basis of the appropriations forBasis of contracts. the preceding fiscal year, but not in excess of the. estimates for such year. *And provided further*, That these contracts shall contain aConditions. clause that no deliveries shall be made under the same, and no liability attach to the United States in consequence of such execution, if Congress fails to make an appropriation for the fiscal year for which those supplies are required for the purpose of, and in an amount suffirent to meet the same. And the Secretary of the Interior, underUse or surplus for subsistence deficiency. the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding Limit.twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: *Provided, however*, That funds appropriatedTreaty funds. to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be soused: *And. provided further*, That any diversions which shall be made under authority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reason therefor, toReport on diversions. Congress, at the session of Congress next succeeding such diversion: *And provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior, under theStock cattle, etc. direction of the 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 in aiding such Indians as have taken allotments to build houses and other buildings for residence or improvements of such allotments, and shall report to Congress, at its next session thereafter, on account of his action under this provision. Sec. 5. That when not required for the purpose for which appropriatedTransfer of funds for 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 Say of other employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be hereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailedDetails for other service. for other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made forDiversion of appropriations. millers, blacksmiths, engineers, car-enters, 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 1016 the usual manner; and that he cause report to be made to Congress,Report. at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision. Sec. 6. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies inRejection of bids, etc. accordance 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 Purchases in open market.purchased in 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 nowSales, etc., of property not used. on hand Government property not required for the use and benefit of the Indians at said reservation the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to move such property to other Indian reservationsApplication of proceeds. 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. Sec. 8. The following agreement, made by David H. Jerome, AlfredAgreement with Citizen Band. Pottawatomie Indians, Oklahoma, ratified. M. Wilson, and Warren G. Sayre, Commissioners on the part of the United States, with the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians in Oklahoma on the twenty-fifth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, and now on file in the Department of the Interior, and signed by said commissioners on behalf of the United States, and by Alexander P. Peltier, Joseph Moose, Stephen Neg-a-huquit. John B. Hambago and Alexander Khodd, Business Committee, and John L. Young and others, on behalf of the said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians, is hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed, to wit: " “Articles of agreement made and entered into at Shawnee Town, in the Indian Territory, on the twenty-fifth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, by and between David H. Jerome, Alfred M Wilson, and Warren G. Sayre, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians, in the Indian Territory, Article I.Article I. The Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians of the Indian Territory.Lands ceded. in consideration of the fulfillment of the promises hereinafter made, hereby cede, relinquish, and forever and absolutely surrender to the United States all their claim, title and interest of every kind and character in and to the following described tract of country in the Indian Territory—according to Morrill’s survey, under contract Description.of September third, eighteen hundred and seventy-two—to wit: Beginning at a point on the right bank of the north fork of the Canadian River, in section twenty-one, of township eleven north, range five east, where the western boundary line of the Seminole Reservation strikes said river: thence south with said boundary line to the left bank of the Canadian River; thence up said river along the left bank thereof, to a point on said left bank, in the northeast quarter of section thirty-six, township six north, range one west, thirty-nine chains and eighty-two links (by the meanders of the river west), from the point where the Indian meridian intersects said river, or thirty-eight chains and fifty-two links due west from said Indian meridian; thence north as run by O. T. Morrill, under his contract of September third, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to a point on the right bank of the north fork of the Canadian River; thence down said river, along the right bank thereof, to the place of beginning, comprising the following, viz: Fractional township five north, ranges one, two, three, four, and five east, north of the Canadian River. Fractional township six 1017 north, ranges one, three, four, and five east, north of the Canadian River. Township six north, range two east. Townships seven, eight, and nine, ranges one, two, three, and four east. Fractional townships seven, eight, and nine north, range five east. Townships ten and eleven north, range one east. Fractional township ten north, ranges two, three, and four east, south of the north fork of the Canadian River. Fractional township ten north, range five east. Fractional township eleven north, ranges two, three, four,-and five east, south of the north fork of the Canadian River. Fractional township twelve north, ranges one and two east, south of North Fork of the Canadian River. Also that portion of sections one, twelve, thirteen, twenty-four, and twenty-five, and section thirty-six, north of the Canadian River in township six north, range one west, lying east of the western boundary line of the said Pottawatomie Reservation as shown by the Morrill survey, and that portions of sections one, twelve, thirteen, twenty-four, twenty-five, and thirty-six, in townships seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven north, range one west, lying east of the western boundary line aforesaid, and that portion of sections one and twelve south of the north fork of the Canadian River, and sections thirteen, twenty-four, twenty-five, and thirty-six, in township twelve north, range one west, lying east of the western boundary line aforesaid, containing an area of five hundred and seventy-five thousand eight hundred and seventy and forty-two one hundredths, acres of land. Article II.Article II. Whereas certain allotments bf land have been heretofore made,Confirmation of allotments. and are now being made to members of said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians, according to instructions from the Department of the Interior at Washington, under the act of Congress entitled, “An act to provide for the allotment of lands, in severalty, to Indians onVol. 21, p. 388. the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and according to said instructions other allotments are to be made, it is further agreed that all such allotments so made shall be confirmed—all in process of being made shall be completed and confirmed, and all to be made shall be made under the same rules and regulations, as to persons, location and area, as those heretofore made, and when made shall be confirmed. When said allotments shall be so confirmed, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the title in each allottee shall be evidenced and protected in every particular, in the same manner and to the extent provided for in the above-mentioned act of Congress: *Provided*, That in allotments to*Provisos*. be hereafter made, no person shall have the right to select his or her allotment in section sixteen and thirty-six in any CongressionalSchool sections, etc. township—nor upon any land heretofore set apart in said tract of country for any use by the United States, or for school, school farm, or religious purposes—nor shall said sections sixteen and thirty-six be subject to homestead entry but shall he kept and used for school purposes; nor shall any lands set apart for any use of the United States, or for school, school farm or religious purposes, be subject to homestead entry—but shall be held by the United States for such purposes, so long as the United States shall see fit to use them: *And provided further*,Limit. That all such allotments shall be taken on or before February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, when any right to allotment, in any one, shall be deemed waived and forever cease to exist. And it is specially agreed that the south half of section seven andSacred Heart Mission. the north half of section eighteen in township six north, range five 1018 east, heretofore set apart by a written agreement between said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians and certain Catholic Fathers, for religious, school, and farm purposes, shall not be subject to allotment or homestead entry, but shall be held by the United States for the Sacred Heart Mission, the name under which said association of Fathers are conducting the church, school, and farm on said land. And in any lawful manner, to be provided by Congress, shall be conveyed to said Fathers for the uses above expressed. Article III.Article III. It is further agreed that the number entitled to take and who shallNumber of allottees. take allotments, including those who have already taken allotments, is fourteen hundred. But if it shall be ascertained that a greater number than fourteen hundred shall be entitled to and shall take allotments hereunder, then there shall be deducted from the sum hereinafter agreed, to be paid to said Pottawatomie Indians the sum of one dollar for each acre of land allotted to those in excess of said number. Article IV.Article IV. It is further agreed, as a further and only additional considerationlands relinquished. for such relinquishment of all title, claim, and interest of every kind and character in an to said lands, that the United States will pay to said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians, in said tract of country, within four months after this agreement shall have been ratified by Congress, the sum of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars for making homes and other improvements on the said allotments. And if it shall be ascertained that said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians did purchase and pay the United States for the tract of country Repayment purchased.above described in accordance with the provisions of a treaty between the United States and said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians, proclaimed August seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and that the United States did retain and yet retains and shall continue to retain of said Indians’ funds the sum of one hundred and nineteen thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars and seventy-five cents on account of such purchase, then the United States agrees to pay to said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians the additional sum of one hundred and nineteen thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars and seventy-five cents. All payments of money herein provided for shall be made perPer capita payments. capita to said Indians. Article V.Article V. This agreement shall have effect after it shall have been ratifiedEffect. by the Congress of the United States. In witness whereof, the day and year first above written, the saidSignatures. David H. Jerome, Alfred M. Wilson and Warren G. Sayre, have hereunto set their hands for and on behalf of the United States, and Alexander B. Peltier, Joseph Moose, John Anderson, Stephen Negahriquet, John B. Pambogo, Alexander Rhodd and Davis Hardin, the Business Committee of said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians authorized by law and custom and by General Council now and here present and in session, so to do have hereunto set their hands and the adult male members of said Band present representing in their families the number set opposite their names, respectfully have hereunto set their hands. " Sec. 9. The following agreement entered into on behalf of theAgreement with Absentee Shawnee Indians ratified. United States with the Absentee Shawnee Indians, on the twenty-sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, and signed by said Commissioners on the part of the United States, and by White 1019 Turkey, Chief, and five others, on the part of said Absentee Shawnee Indians, is also hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed, to wit: " “Articles of agreement made and entered into at Shawnee Town in the Indian Territory, on the twenty-sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, by and between David H. Jerome, Warren G. Sayre and Alfred M. Wilson, Commissioners on the part of the United States and the Absentee Shawnees residing on what is commonly known as the Pottawatomie Reservation in the Indian Territory, represented by their Chiefs and head men or Counselors whose names are hereto subscribed. Article I.Article I. The Absentee Shawnee Indians of the Indian Territory in considerationLands ceded in Indian Territory. of the fulfillment of the promises hereinafter made, hereby cede, relinquish and surrender, forever and absolutely, to the United States, all their claim, title and interest of every kind and character in and to the following described tract of country in the Indian Territory, according to Morrill’s survey, under contract of September third, eighteen hundred and seventy-two—to-wit: Beginning at aDescription. point on the right bank of the north fork of the Canadian River, in section twenty-one, of township eleven north, range five east, where the western boundary line of the Seminole Reservation strikes, said river: thence south with said boundary line to the left bank of the Canadian River; thence up said river, along the left bank thereof, to a point on said left bank in the northeast quarter of section thirty-six, township six north, range.one west, thirty-nine chains and eighty-two links (by the meanders of the river west) from the point where the Indian meridian intersects said river, or thirty-eight chains and fifty-two links due west from said Indian meridian; thence north as run by O. T. Morrill, under his contract of September third, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to a point on the right bank of the north fork of the Canadian River: thence down said river, along, the right bank thereof, to place of beginning, comprising the following, viz: Fractional township five north, ranges one, two, three, four, and five east, north of Canadian River. Fractional township six north, ranges one, three, four, and five east, north of the Canadian River. Township six north, range two east. Townships seven, eight, and nine, ranges one, two, three, and four east. Fractional townships seven, eight, and nine north, range five east. Townships ten and eleven north, range one east. Fractional township ten north, ranges two, three and four east, south of the north fork of the Canadian River. Fractional township ten north, range five east. Fractional township eleven north, ranges two, three, four, and five east, south of the north fork of the Canadian River. Fractional township twelve north, ranges one and two east, south of the north fork of the Canadian River. Also that portion of sections one, twelve, thirteen, twenty-four, and twenty-five, and section thirty-six, north of the Canadian River in township six north, range one west, lying east of the western boundary line of the said Pottawatomie Reservation as shown by the Morrill survey, and that portion of sections one, twelve, thirteen, twenty-four, twenty-five, and thirty-six, in townships seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven north, range one west, lying east of the western boundary line aforesaid, and that portion of sections one and twelve south of the north fork of the Canadian River, and sections thirteen, twenty-four, twenty-five, and thirty-six in township twelve north, range one west, lying east of the western boundary line aforesaid containing an area of five hundred and seventy-five thousand eight hundred and seventy and forty-two one-hundredths acres of land.’ 1020 Article II.Article II. Whereas certain allotments of land have been heretofore made, and are now being madeConfirmation of allotments. to said Absentee Shawnees according to instructions from the Department of the Interior, at Washington, under Act of Congress entitled, ‘An Act to provide for the allotment of lands, in severalty, toVol. Si, p. 388. Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians and for other purposes,’ approved February 8, 1887, and according to said instructions other allotments are to be made, it is further agreed that all such allotments so made shall be confirmed-—all in process of being made shall be completed and confirmed, and all to be made shall be made under the same rules and regulations, as to persons, locations and area, as those heretofore made, and when made shall be confirmed. When said allotments shall be so confirmed and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the title in each allottee shall be evidenced and protected in every particular, in the same manner and to the extent provided for in the *Provisos*.above-mentioned Act of Congress. *Provided*, that in all allotments to be hereafter made, no person shall have the right to select hisSchool sections, etc. or her allotment in sections sixteen
(16)and thirty-six
(36)in any Congressional township—nor upon any land heretofore set apart in said tract of country tor any use by the United States, or for school, school farm or religious purposes—nor shall said sections sixteen
(16)and thirty-six
(36)be subject to homestead entry, but shall be kept and used for school purposes: nor shall any lands set apart for any use of the United States; or for school, school farm or religious purposes, be subject to homestead entry—but shall be held by the United States for such purposes, so long as the United States shall see fit to so use them; and *Provided further*, that all such allotments shall be taken on or before January 1st, 1891, after which time and up to February 8, 1891, Limit for taking allotments.the alloting agent then on said reservation shall make allotments to those Absentee Shawnees resident in said tract of country, who have failed or refused to take their allotments as aforesaid, and such allotments so made by such alloting agent shall have the same force and effect as if the selections were made by the Indians in person. After said date of February 8th, 1891, any right to allotment hereunder or by Act of Congress, shall be deemed waived and forever cease to exist. Article III.Article III. It is further agreed that the number who are entitled to takeNumber of allottees. allotments and who shall take allotments, including those who have already taken allotments, is six hundred and fifty (650). But if it shall be ascertained that a greater number than six hundred and fifty
(650)shall be entitled to and shall take allotments hereunder, then there shall be deducted from the sum hereinafter agreed to be paid to said Absentee Shawnees, the sum of one
(1)dollar for each acre of land allotted to those in excess of said number. Article IV.Article IV. It is further agreed, as a further and only additionalPayment to Indiana for homes, etc. consideration for such relinquishment of all title, claim and interest of every kind and character, in and to said lands, that the United States will pay to said Absentee Shawnees in said tract of country, as soon as may be after this agreement shall have been ratified by Congress, and under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the sum of sixty-five thousand ($65,000.00) dollars for making homes and other improvements on their said allotments. All payments of 1021 money herein provided for shall he made per capita to said AbsenteePer capita payments. Shawnees according to the list of all those to whom allotments shall be hereunder made, and the wives of allottees. Article V.Article V. This agreement shall have effect after it shall have been ratifiedEffect. by the Congress of the United States. In witness whereof, the day and year first above written, the said David H. Jerome, Alfred M. Wilson and Warren G. Sayre haveSignatures. hereunto set their hands for and on behalf of the United States, and Chief White Turkey, Charley Starr, Elephant, Thomas Rock, William Littleaxe and Jim Bullfrog, Head Men of the Absentee Shawnees and Counselors of White Turkey, have hereunto set their hands on behalf of the Absentee Shawnee Indians. " Sec. 10. That for the purpose of making the compensation to theCompensation to Citizen Fottawatomies and Absentee Shawnees. said Indians, provided in said respective agreements with the citizens Band of Pottawatomie Indians and the Absentee Shawnee Indians the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available. Sec. 11. That any of said Citizen Pottawatomie Indians who haveExtension of time for selections by Citizen Pottawatonues. not yet selected allotments may make such selections anywhere within the thirty-mile square tract of land in said agreement described, not already selected or occupied in quantities as therein provided. *And provided further*,*Proviso*. That such selections may be made at any timeLimit. within thirty days after the approval of this act, and not thereafter. Sec. 12. That full jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the CourtCourt of Claims to determine claim of Pottawatomie for land purchased. of Claims, subject to an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States as in other cases, to hear and determine the question as to whether or not the said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians did purchase and pay the United States for the tract of country in said above agreement described in accordance with the provisions of a treaty between the United States and the Pottawatomie Indians of Kansas, and proclaimed August seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and whether or not the United States did retain and yet retains the sum of one hundred and seventeen thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars and seventy-five cents on account of said purchase, or otherwise, and to hear and determine all questions betweenSuit between Citizen and Prairie bands. said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians and the United States, or between said Citizen Indians and the Prairie band of Pottawatomie Indians in Kansas relative to the credits and accounts of said Indians under the various treaties with the United States. The exercise of such jurisdiction shall not be barred by any lapse of time heretofore, nor shall the rights of said Indians be in any way impaired by any ruling or determination upon such question heretofore made. Suit Style of suit, etc.may be instituted in said Court of Claims at any time within twelve months after the approval of this act, but not later, on behalf of said Citizen Band, the style of such suit to be “The Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians of Oklahoma Territory against the United States,” said suit to have preference upon the trial dockets of said Court, If it shall be found and determined that the said sum of one hundred and nineteen thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars and seventy-five cents, or any part thereof, or any sum, has been and is yet retained by the United States to which said Indians have a legal or equitable right or title, then the amount so found to be due shall be paid to said Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, less the fees for the services of the attorney or attorneys of said Citizen Band, in accordance with duly executed and approved contracts therefore, which amount shall 1022 be deducted and paid to said attorney or attorneys. That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Treasury shall transmit to said Court of Claims, upon its request, certified copies of all Records, etc.records, documents, and papers that relate in any way to the accounts of said Indians under the various treaties with said tribe, and shall furnish such excerpts and statements and accounts regarding the same as may be called for during the progress of said suit and in said suits all claims against the United States on behalf of either of said bands of Indians, or on behalf of one band against the other shall be tried and determined and judgment rendered as shall be found just and right. Sec. 13. The following agreement entered into by the CommissionersAgreement with Cheyennes and Arapahoes ratified. named below on the part of the United States, and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Tribes of Indians on the ———day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety, and now on file in the Interior Department, signed by the said Commissioners on the part of the United States, and by Left Hand, his mark, and five hundred and sixty-four others, on the part of the said Indians, is hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed, to wit: " “Articles of agreement made and entered into at Darlington, in the Indian Territory, on the ______ day of October, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety, by and between David H. Jerome, Alfred M. Wilson, and Warren G. Sayre, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Indians, in the Indian Territory. Article I.Article I. “The said Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Indians hereby cede,Lands ceded absolutely. convey, transfer, relinquish, and surrender forever and absolutely, without any reservation whatever, express or implied, all their claim, title, and interest of every kind and character, in and to the lands Description.embraced in the following described tract of country in the Indian Territory, to-wit: A tract of country west of the ninety-sixth degree of west longitude, bounded by the Arkansas River on the east, the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude (being the southern boundary line of the State of Kansas) on the north, and the Cimarron or Red Fork of the Arkansas River on the west and south. Article II.Article II. “Subject to the allotment of land in severalty to the individualLands ceded subject to allotment. members of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Indians, as hereinafter provided for and subject to the conditions hereinafter imposed, for the considerations hereinafter mentioned the said Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians hereby cede, convey, transfer, relinquish, and surrender forever and absolutely, without any reservation whatever, express or implied, all their claim, title and interest, of every kind and character, in and to the lands embraced in the followingDescription. described tract of country in the Indian Territory, to-wit: Commencing at a point where the Washita River crosses the ninety eighth degree of west longitude, as surveyed in the years eighteen hundred and fifty-eight and eighteen hundred and seventy-one; thence north on a line with said ninety-eighth degree to the point where it is crossed by the Red Fork of the Arkansas (sometimes called the Cimarron River); thence up said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the north boundary of the country ceded to the United States by the treaty of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty six, with the Creek nation of Indians; thence west on said north boundary and the north boundary of the country ceded to the United States by the treaty of March’ twenty first, eighteen hundred and sixty six, with the Seminole Indians, to 1023 the one hundredth degree of west longitude; thence south on the line of said one hundredth degree to the point where it strikes the North Fork of the Red River; thence down said North Fork of the Red River to a point where it strikes the north line of the Kiowa and Comanche Reservation; thence east along said boundary to a point where it strikes the Washita River; thence down said Washita River, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning; and all other lands or tracts of country in the Indian Territory to which they have or may set up or allege any right, title, interest or claim whatsoever. Article III. Article III. Out of the lands ceded, conveyed, transferred, relinquished, Selections in severally by Indians.and surrendered by Article II hereof, and in part consideration for the cession of lands named in the preceding article, it is agreed by the United States that each member of the said Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Indians over the age of eighteen years shall have the right to select for himself or herself one hundred and sixty acres of land, to be held and owned in severalty, to conform to legal surveys in boundary; and that the father, or, if he be dead, the mother, if members of either of said tribes of Indians, shall have a right to select a like amount of land for each of his or her children under the age of eighteen years; and that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or some one by him appointed for the purpose, shall select a like amount of land for each orphan child belonging to either of said tribes under the age of eighteen years. Article IV.Article IV. “It is further agreed that the land in said reservation shall beClassification of land. Selections. classed as bottom land and grazing land; and, in making selection of lands to be allotted in severalty as aforesaid, each and every Indian herein provided for shall be required to take at least one-half in area, of his or her allotments, of grazing land. It is hereby further expressly agreed that no person shall have the right to make his or her selection of land in School, etc., sections.any part of said reservation that is now used or occupied for military, agency, school, school-farm, religious, or other public uses, or in sections sixteen and thirty-six in each Congressional township, except in cases where any Cheyenne or Arapahoe Indian has heretofore made improvements upon and now uses and occupies a part of said sections sixteen and thirty-six such Indian may make his or her selection within the boundaries so prescribed so as to include his or her improvements, or in that part thereof now occupied and claimed by the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians described as follows, viz: Commencing at a point in the middle of the main channel of the Washita River, where the ninety-eighth meridian of west longitude crosses the same, thence up the middle of the main channel of the said river to the line of ninety-eight degrees forty minutes west longitude, thence up said line of ninety-eight degrees forty minutes due north to the middle of the main channel of the main Canadian River, thence down the middle of the main Canadian River to where it crosses the ninety-eighth meridian; thence due south to the place of beginning. “It is further agreed that wherever in said reservation any Indian,Selections on lands now occupied. entitled to take lands in severalty hereunder, has made improvements and now uses and occupies the land embracing such improvements, such Indian shall have the undisputed right to make his or her selection within the area above provided for allotments so as to include his or her said improvements. 1024 “It is further agreed that sections sixteen andSchool, etc., sections. thirty-six in each Congressional township in said reservation shall not become subject to homestead entry, but shall be held by the United States and finally sold for public school purposes. It is hereby further agreed that wherever in said reservation any religious society or other organization is now occupying any portion of said reservation for religious or educational work among the Indian the land so occupied may be allotted and confirmed to such society or organization; not, however, to exceed one hundred and sixty acres of land to any one society or organization so long as the same shall be so occupied and used, and such land shall not be subject to homestead entry. “Article V.Article V. “All allotments hereunder shall be selected within ninety daysTime for selections. from the ratification of this agreement by the Congress of the United States, provided the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may extend the the time for making such selection, and should any Indian entitled to allotments hereunder fail or refuse to make his or her selection of land in that time, then the allotting agent in charge of the work of making such allotments shall, within the next thirty days after said time, make allotments to such Indians, which shall have the same force and effect as if the selection were made by the Indian. “Article VI.Article VI. When said allotments of land shall have been selected and taken Trust titles for allottees.as aforesaid, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the titles thereto shall be held in trust for the allottees, respectively, for the period of twenty-five years, in the manner and to theVol. 24, p. 388. extent provided tor in the act ot Congress entitled ‘An act to provide for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,’ approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; and at the expiration of said period of twenty-five years the titles thereto shall be conveyed in fee simple to the allottees, or their heirs, free from all incumbrances. “Article VII.Article VII. “As a further and only additional Payment for lands ceded.consideration for the session of territory and relinquishment of title, claim, and interest in and to lands as aforesaid the United States agrees to pay to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Indians one million and five hundred thousand dollars as follows: Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cash, to be distributed per capita among the members of said tribes within sixty days afterDistribution. this agreement shall be ratified by the Congress of the United States; two hundred and fifty thousand to be paid out for said Indians under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and the remaining one million dollars to be retained in the Treasury of the United States placed to the credit of the said Indians, and, while so retained, to draw five per centum interest per annum, to be paid to said Indians per capita annually Nothing herein contained shall be held to affect in anyway any annuitiesAnnuities. due said Indians under existing laws, agreements, or treaties. “Article VIII.Article VIII. “It is further agreed that wherever in said reservationConfirmation of allotments. any member of either of said tribes has in pursuance of any laws or under 1025 any rules or regulations of the Interior Department, taken an allotment, such an allotment, at the option of the allottee, shall be confirmed and governed by all the conditions attached to allotments taken under this agreement. “Article IX.Article IX. “This agreement shall have effect whenever it shall be ratified byEffect. the Congress of the United States. “In witness whereof the said Commissioners on the part of the United States have hereunto set their hands, and the undersigned members of said tribes, for themselves and their tribes, set their hands the day and year first above written. “David H. Jerome,Signatures. “Alfred M. Wilson, “Warren G. Sayre, “*Commissioners*.” Left Hand, his x mark, and five hundred and sixty-four others. " Sec. 14. That for the purpose of making the allotments providedExpenses of allotment. for in said agreement, including the pay and expenses of the necessary special agent or agents hereby authorized to be appointed by the President for the purpose, and the necessary resurveys, there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Sec. 15. That for the purpose of carrying the provisions ofAmount placed to creditor Indians in trust. foregoing agreement into effect there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars, of which amount the sum of one million dollars shall be placed in the Treasury to the credit of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, parties to the foregoing agreement, to bear interest, at the rate of five per centum per annum, which interest shall be paid to them per capita annually; the balance of five hundred thousand dollars to be expended as provided for in article seven of said agreement, to be immediately available. And the sum of two million nine hundred and ninety-one thousandPayment to Choctaws and Chickasaws for interest in lands occupied b y Cheyennes and Arapahoes. four hundred and fifty dollars be. and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians for all the right, title, interest, and claim which said nations of Indians may have in, and to certain lands now occupied by, the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians under executive order; said lands lying south of the Canadian River, and now’ occupied by the said Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, said lands have been ceded in trust by article three of the treaty between the United States and said ChoctawVol. 14, p. 769. and Chickasaw Nations of Indians, which was concluded April twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and proclaimed on the tenth day of August of the same year, and whereof there remains. after deducting allotments as provided by said agreement, a residue ascertained by survey to contain two million three hundred and ninety-three thousand one hundred and sixty acres: three-fourthsDivision of payment. of this appropriation to be paid to such person or persons as are or shall be duly authorized by the laws of said Choctaw Nation to receive the same, at such time and in such sums as directed and required by the legislative authority of said Choctaw Nation, and one-fourth of this appropriation to be paid to such person or persons as are or shall be duly authorized by the laws of said Chickasaw Nation to receive the same, at such times and in such sums as directed and required by the legislative authority of said Chickasaw Nation; 1026 this appropriation to be immediately available and to become operative upon the execution by the duly appointed delegates of said respective Immediately avail able.nations specially authorized thereto by law of releases and conveyances to the United States of all the right, title, interest, and claim of said respective nations of Indians in and to said land (not including Grier County, which is now in dispute) in manner and form Indian title extinguished.satisfactory the the President of the United States: and said releases and conveyances, when fully executed and delivered, shall operate to extinguish all claim of every kind and character of said Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians in and to the tract of country to which said releases and conveyances shall apply. Sec. 16. That whenever any of the lands acquired by either of the three Lands opened to homestead settlement only.foregoing agreements respecting hinds in the Indian or Oklahoma Territory shall by operation of law or proclamation of the President of the United States be open to settlement they shall be disposed of to R. S., sec. 2801, p. 421.actual settlers only, under the provisions of the homestead and town site laws (except section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised States of the United States which shall not apply): *Provided, however*, That each settler, on said lands shall before making a final proof and receiving a certificate of entry, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to the foes provided by*Proviso*. law, and within five years from the date of the first original entry, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per acre, Additional payment.one-half of which shall be paid within two years: But the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors as defined and described in Sections twenty-three hundred,and foul Soldiers and sailors.and twenty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes of the R. S., sec. 2304-2305, p. 422.United States shall not be abridged except as to the sum to be paid as aforesaid, and all the lands in Oklahoma are hereby declared to be agricultural lands, and proof of their non-mineral character shall not be required as a condition precedent, to final entry Sec. 17. That before any lands in Oklahoma are open to settlementDivision into counties. Oklahoma lands. it shall lie the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to divide the same into counties which shall contain as near as possible not less than nine hundred square miles in each county. In establishing said county line the Secretary is hereby authorized to extend the lines of the counties already located so as to make the area of said counties equal, as near as may be. to the area of the counties Election.provided for in this act. At the first election for county officers the people of each county may vote for a name for each county, and the name which receives the greatest number of votes shall be the *Proviso*.name of such county: *Provided, further*, That as County seats.soon as the county lines are designated by the Secretary, he shall reserve not to exceed one-half section of land in each county to be located near the center of said county, for county seat purposes to R. S., secs. 2887, 2388, p. 437.be entered under sections twenty-three hundred and eighty-seven and twenty-three and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes: *Provided*, That in addition to the jurisdiction granted to the probate courts and the judges thereof in, Oklahoma Territory by Legislative enactments which enactments are hereby ratified, the Probate Judges of said Territory are hereby granted such jurisdiction in town site matters and under such regulations as are provided by the laws of the State of Kansas. Sec. 18. That the school lands reserved in the Territory of Lease of school lands.Oklahoma by this and former acts of Congress may be leased for a period not exceeding three years for the benefit of the school fund of said Territory by the Governor thereof, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 19. The following agreement entered into on the part of Agreement with Cœur d’Alene Indians ratified.the United States by John V. Wright, Jared W. Daniels and Henry W. Andrews, Commissioners with the Cœur d’Alene Indians in Idaho Territory signed on the part of said Indians by Chief Andrew Seltice, and others which bears date March twenty-sixth, eighteen 1027 hundred and eighty-seven, and now on file in the Interior Department, is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed and is in the following words, to-wit: agreement with cœur d’alene.Agreement. This agreement made pursuant to an item in the act of Congress*Post*, p. 1090. entitled “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,” approved May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, by John V. Wright, Jared W. Daniels, and Henry W. Andrews, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States and the Cœur d’Alene tribe of Indians now residing on the Cœur d’Alene Reservation, in the Territory of Idaho, by their chiefs, headmen, and other male adults, whose names are hereunto subscribed, they being duly authorized to act in the premises, witnesseth: Article 1.Article 1. Whereas said Cœur d’Alene Indians were formerlyPreamble. possessed of a large and valuable tract of land lying in the Territories of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, and whereas said Indians have never ceded the same to the United States, but the same, with the exception of the present Cœur d’Alene Reservation, is held by the United States and settlers and owners deriving title from the United States, and whereas said Indians have received no compensation for said land from the United States: Therefore, Article 2.Article 2. For the consideration hereinafter stated the said Cœur d’AleneLands ceded. Indians hereby cede, grant, relinquish, and quitclaim to the United States all right, title, and claim which they now have, or ever had, to all lands in said Territories and elsewhere, except the portion of land within the boundaries of their present reservation in the Territory of Idaho, known as the Cœur d’Alene Reservation. Article 3.Article 3. The said Cœur d’Alene Indians agree and consent that the Upper and MiddleConsent to settlement of Spokanes. bands of Spokane Indians residing in and around Spokane Falls, in the Territory of Washington, may be removed to the Cœur d’Alene Reservation and settled thereon in permanent homes on the terms and conditions contained in an agreement made and entered into by and between John V. Wright, Jared W, Daniels, and Henry W. Andrews, commissioners on the part of the United States and said Spokane Indians, concluded on the fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, at Spokane Falls, in the Territory of Washington. Article 4.Article 4. And it is further agreed that the tribe or band of Indians knownConsent to settlement of Calespels and other Indians. as Calespels, now residing in the Calespel Valley, Washington Territory, and any other bands of non-reservation Indians now belonging to the Colville Indian Agency, may be removed to the Cœur d’Alene Reservation by the United States, on such terms as may be mutually agreed on by the United States and any such tribes or bands. 1028 Article 5.Article 5. In consideration of the foregoing cession and agreements, it isCoeur d’Alene reservation to remain Indian land. agreed that the Cœur d’Alene Reservation shall be held forever as Indian land and as homes for the Cœur d’Alene Indians, now residing on said reservation, and the Spokane or other Indians who may be removed to said reservation under this agreement, and their posterity: and no part of said reservation shall ever be sold, occupied, open to white settlement, or otherwise disposed of without the consent of the Indians residing on said reservation. Article 6.Article 6. And it is further agreed that the United States will expend forPayment to Cœur d’Aleues. the benefit of said Cœur d’Alene Indians the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of theDistribution. Secretary of the Interior, as follows: For the first year, thirty thousand dollars, and for each succeeding year for fifteen years, eight thousand dollars. As soon as possible after the ratification of tills agreement by Congress, there shall be erected on Mill.said reservation a saw and grist mill, to be operated by steam, and an engineer and miller employed, the expenses of building said Articles.mill and paying the engineer and miller to be paid out of the funds herein provided. The remaining portion of said thirty thousand dollars, if any, and the other annual payments shall be expended in the purchase of such useful and necessary articles as shall best promote the progress, comfort, improvement. education, and civilization of said Cœur d’Alene Indians, parties hereto. Article 7.Article 7. It is further agreed that if it shall appear to the satisfaction ofCash payments instead of articles. the Secretary of the Interior that in any year in which payments are to be made as herein provided said Cœur d’Alene Indians are supplied with such useful and necessary articles and do not need the same, and that they will judiciously use the money, then said payment shall be made to them in cash. Article 8.Article 8. It is further agreed that any money which shall not be used inBalauces. the purchase of such necessary articles or paid over, as provided in article seven, shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the said Cœux d’Alene Indians, parties hereto, and expended for their benefit, or paid over to them, as provided in the foregoing articles. Article 9.Article 9. It is further agreed that in the purchase for distribution of saidSelection of articles. articles for the benefit of said Indians the wishes of said Indians shall be consulted as to what useful articles they may need, or whether they need any at all, and their wishes shall govern as far as it is just and proper. Article 10.Article 10. It is further agreed that in the employment of engineers, millers,Employment of Indians. mechanics, and laborers of every kind, preference shall be given in all cases to Indians, parties hereto, qualified to perform the work and labor, and it shall be the duty of all millers, engineers, and mechanics to teach all Indians placed under their charge their trades and vocations. 1029 Article 11.Article 11. It is further agreed that in addition to the amount heretofore providedPhysician, blacksmith, and carpenter. for the benefit of said Cœur d’Alene Indians the United States, at its own expense, will furnish and employ for the benefit of said Indians on said reservation a competent physician, medicines, a blacksmith, and carpenter. Article 12.Article 12. In order to protect the morals and property of the Indians, partiesMarriages with white men. hereto, no female of the Coeur d’Alene tribe shall be allowed to marry any white man unless, before said marriage is solemnized; said white man shall give such evidence of his character for morality and industry as shall satisfy the agent in charge, the minister in charge, and the chief of the tribe that lie is a fit person to reside among the Indians; and it is further agreed that Stephen E. Liberty, Joseph Peavy, Patrick Nixon, and Julien Boutelier, white men who have married Indian women and with their families reside on the Cœur d’Alene Reservation, are permitted to remain thereon, they being subject, however, to all laws, rules, and regulations of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs applicable to Indian reservations. Article 13.Article 13. It is further agreed and understood that in consideration of theLands for De Smet Mission. amount expended in buildings and other improvements on said Cœur d’Alene Reservation for religions and educational purposes by the De Smet Mission, and valuable services in the education and moral training of children on said reservation, and in consideration that the Indians, parties hereto, have donated for said purposes one section of land on which is situated the boys’ school, one section on which is situated the girl’s school, and one section of timbered land for use of the schools, that said De Smet Mission and its successors may continue to hold and use said three sections of land and the buildings and improvements thereon so long as the same shall be used by said De Smet Mission and its successors for religious and educational purposes. Article 14.Article 14. This agreement shall not be binding on either party until ratifiedEffect. by Congress. In testimony whereof the said John V. Wright, Jared W. Daniels,Signatures. and Henry W. Andrews, on the part of the United States, and the chiefs, headmen, and other adult Indians, on the part of the Indians, parties hereto, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals. Done at De Smet Mission on the Cœur d’Alene Reservation, in the Territory of Idaho, on this the twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. Sec. 20. That the following agreement entered into with the saidAgreement with Cœur d’Alenes ratified. Cœur d’Alene Indians by Benjamin Simpson, John H. Shupe, and Napoleon B. Humphrey. Commissioners on the part of the United States, signed by said Commissioners and by said Andrew Seltice, Chief, and others, on the part of said Indians, which agreement bears date September ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and is now on file in the Interior Department, is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and is in the following words, to wit: agreement.Agreement. This agreement, made pursuant to an item of an Act of Congress,Vol, 25, p. 1002. namely; Section 4 of the Indian appropriation act, approved March 1030 two, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. (25 Stat., 1002), by Benjamin Simpson, John H. Shupe, and Napoleon B. Humphrey, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, parties of the first part, and the Cœur d’Alene tribe of Indians, now residing on the Cœur d’Alene Reservation in the Territory of Idaho, by their chiefs, headmen, and other male adults whose names are hereunto subscribed, parties of the second part witnesseth: Article 1.Article 1. For the consideration hereinafter named the said Cœur d’AleneLands on reservation ceded. Indians hereby cede, grant, relinquish, and quitclaim to the United States, all the right, title, and claim which they now have, or ever had, to the following-described portion of their reservation, to wit: Description.Beginning at the northeast corner of the said reservation, thence running along the north boundary line north sixty-seven degrees twenty-nine minutes west to the head of the Spokane River; thence down the Spokane River to the northwest boundary corner of the said reservation; thence south along the Washington Territory line twelve miles; thence due east to the west shore of the Cœur d’Alene Lake: thence southerly along the west shore of said lake to a point due west of the mouth of the Cœur d’Alene River where it empties into the said lake; thence in a due east line until it intersects with the eastern boundary line of the said reservation; thence northerly along the said east boundary line to the place of beginning. Article 2.Article 2. And it is further agreed, in consideration of the above, that theMoney payment. United States will pay to the said Cœur d’Alene tribe of Indians the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, the same to be paid to the said Cœur d’Alene tribe of Indians upon the completion of all the provisions of this agreement. Article 3.Article 3. It is further agreed that the payment of money aforesaid shall beTo be paid pro rata. made to the said tribe of Indians pro rata or share and share alike for each and every member of the said tribe as recognized by said tribe now living on said reservation. Article 4.Article 4. It is further agreed and understood that this agreement shall notDependent on ratification of former agreement. be binding on either party until the former agreement now existing between the United States by the duly-appointed commissioners and the said Cœur d’Alene tribe of Indians, bearing date March *Ante*, p. 1027.twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, shall be duly ratified by Congress; and in the event of the ratification of the aforesaid agreement of March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, then this agreement to be and remain in full force and effect but not binding on either party until ratified by Congress. In witness Signatures.whereof the said Benjamin Simpson, John H. Shupe, and Napoleon B. Humphrey, on the part of the United States, and the chiefs, headmen, and other adult male Indians, on the part, of the Indians, parties hereto, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals. Done at De Smet Mission, on the Cœur d’Alene Reservation, in the Territory of Idaho, this the 9th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. Sec. 21. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisionsPayment to Cœur d’Aleues. of said two agreements with said Cœur d’Alene Indians there are hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not 1031 otherwise appropriated, in the manner and for the purpose as hereinafter specifically stated the following sums, to wit: For the first installmentDivision. of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, as provided for in article six of the first of said agreements, thirty thousand dollars, to be expended for the building and erection on said Cœur d’Alene Indian Reservation of a saw and grist mill, to be operated by steam,Mill. and for the payment of the wages of the engineer and miller to be employed in said mill, respectively, the remaining portion of said thirty thousand dollars, if any, to be expended in the purchase of such useful and necessary articles as shall best promote the progress,Necessary articles. comfort, improvement, education, and civilization of said Cœur d’ Alene Indians, all of said articles to be purchased, and said engineer and miller to be employed as near as may be in strict conformity*Ante*, p. 1028. with articles nine and ten of the first of said agreements. And for the purpose of meeting the requirements of articles two and threePro rata payment. of the second agreement aforesaid the sum of five hundred thousand *Ante*, p. 1097.dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid by the United States to the said Cœur d’Alene tribe of Indians upon their compliance with all the provisions of the said second agreement hereinbefore recited, the same to be paid to the said tribe of Indians pro rata, or share and share alike, for each and every member of the said tribe as recognized by said tribe now living on said reservation. Section 22. That all lands so sold and released to the UnitedCeded lands open to homestead entry only. States, as recited or described in both of said agreements, and not heretofore granted or reserved from entry or location, shall, on the passage of this act, be restored to the public domain, and shall be disposed of by the United States to actual settlers only, under the provisions of the homestead law, except section twenty-three hundredR. S., sec. 2301, p. 421. and one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which shall not apply, and under the law relative to town sites or to locator’s or purchasers under the mineral laws of the United States: *Provided*,*Provisos*. That each settler or purchaser under and in accordance with the provisions of said homestead act, shall pay to the United States,Additional payment. for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, and within five years from the date of the first original entry, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per acre, one-half of which shall be paid within two years; but the rights of honorably dischargedSoldiers and sailors. Union soldiers and sailors, as defined and described in sectionsR. S., secs. 2304, 23O5, p. 422. twenty-three hundred and four and twenty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not be abridged, except as to the said sum to be paid as aforesaid: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be surveyed for and patented to Frederick Post, Patent to Frederick Post.upon his making final proof of all thereof before the register and receiver of the proper United States land office, and to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the general Land Office andPayment. Secretary of the Interior, and paying therefor two dollars and fifty cents per acre and the cost of making such survey of such portion of said reservation as is recited in the agreement in word and figures as follows, to wit: " “Know all men by these presents that I, Andrew Seltice chief Agreement.of the Cœur d’Alene Indians, did on the first day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-one, with the consent of my people, when the country on both sides of the Spokane River belonged to me and my people, for a valuable consideration sell to Frederick PostDescription. the place now known as Post Falls, in Kootenai County, Idaho, to improve and use the same (water-power); said sale included all three of the river channels and islands, with enough land on the north and south shores for water-power and improvements; and have always protected the said Frederick Post, for eighteen years, in the rights there and then conveyed, and he has always done right with me and my people. We, the chiefs of the Cœur 1032 d’Alenes, have signed, articles of agreement with the Government to sell the portion of the reservation joining Post Falls, in which we have excepted the above-prescribed rights, before conveyed to Frederick Post, and no Indian and no white man except Frederick Post have any rights on the above-described lands and river channels; the said Frederick Post has fulfilled all of his agreements with me and my people by improving the water-power and building mills at great expense, and I hereby authorize him to build a house and take full possession of the above-described lands on the reservation side, so that when the treaty is confirmed he may have full possession and protection of the Government in the same. “Given under ,my hand and seal this 16th day of Sept’r., A. D. 1889. his “Andrew x Seltice. mark. " Sec. 23. The following agreement, entered into on behalf Agreement with Indians at Fort Berthold Agency.of the United States, by John V. Wright, Jared W. Daniels, and Charles F. Larrabee, Commissioners, on December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, with the Indians of the Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, and now on file in the Interior Department, signed by said Commissioners on the part of the United States and by Pades-ahish and others on the part of the Gros Ventres; and by Wokasese and others for the Mandans and Kunnukh-towite and others on the part of the Arickarees, and is in the following words, to wit: " “This agreement made pursuant to an item in the act of Congress entitledAgreement. “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,” approved May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, by John V. Wright, Jared W. Daniels, and Charles F. Larrabee, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan tribes of Indians, now residing on the Preamble.Fort Berthold Reservation, in the Territory of Dakota, by the chiefs, headmen, and principal men, embracing a majority of all the adult male members of said tribes, Witnesseth that whereas it is the policy of the Government to reduce to proper size existing reservations when entirely out of proportion to the number of Indians existing thereon, with the consent of the Indians, and upon just and fair terms; and whereas the Indians of the several tribes, parties hereto, have vastly more land in their present reservation than they need or will ever make use of. and are desirous of disposing of a portion thereof in order to obtain the means necessary to enable them to become wholly self-supporting by the cultivation of the soil and other pursuits of husbandry: Therefore, it is hereby agreed and covenanted by the parties to this instrument, as follows: Article I.Article I. The Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan tribesLands ceded. of Indians, parties hereto, hereby cede, sell, and relinquish to the United States all their right, title, and interest in and to all that portion of the Fort Berthold Reservation, as laid down upon the official map of the Territory of Dakota,Description. published by the General Land Office in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, lying north of the forty-eighth parallel of north latitude, and also all that portion lying west of a north and south line six miles west of the most westerly point of the big bend of the Missouri River, south of the forty-eighth parallel of north latitude. 1033 Article II.Article II. In consideration of the foregoing cession and relinquishment Annual expenditure for Indians.the United States shall advance and expend, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of eighty thousand dollars (880,000), annually, for the period of ten
(10)years from and after the ratification of this agreement, for such purposes and in such manner as shall best promote the civilization and well-being of said Indians, and as hereinafter provided. Article III.Article III. It is further agreed that the Secretary of the Interior shall causeAllotment in severalty. the lands embraced within the diminished reservation, or such portion thereof as may be necessary, to be surveyed and, either through the agent, or such other person as he may designate, allot the same in severalty to the Indians of the several tribes, parties hereto, in quantity as follows:Quantities. To each head of a family, one hundred and sixty acres. To each single person over eighteen years of age, eighty acres. To each orphan child under eighteen years of age, eighty acres. To each other person under eighteen years of age, forty acres. *Provided*, That all allotments made under the provisions of this*Proviso*. agreement shall be selected by the Indians, heads of families selectingSelection. for their minor children, and the agent shall select for each orphan child, and in such manner as to embrace the improvements of the Indians making the selections, if they so desire. Article IV.Article IV. That upon the approval of the allotments provided for in the foregoing Trust patents to issue.article by the Secretary of the Interior, he shall cause patents to issue therefor, in the name of the allottees, which patents shall be of the legal effect and declare that the United States does and will hold the land thus allotted, for the period of twenty-five years in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his heirs, according to the laws of the Territory of Dakota, and that at the expiration of said period the United States will convey the same by patent toConveyance in fee. said Indian or his heirs as aforesaid in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incumbrance whatsoever. And if any conveyance shall be made of the lands set apart and allotted as herein provided, or any contract made touching the same before the expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract shall be absolutely null and void. *Provided*, That the laws of descent and partition in force in said*Proviso* Descent, etc. Territory shall apply thereto after the first patents therefor have been executed and delivered. Article V.Article V. That upon the completion of said allotments and the patenting ofExtension of Dakota laws. the lands to said allottees, each and every member of said tribes to whom allotments have been made shall have the benefit of and be subject to the laws of the Territory of Dakota in all offenses the penalty of which is death or imprisonment in the penitentiary; and said Territory shall not pass or enforce any law denying any such Indian the equal protection of the law. 1034 Article VI.Article VI. That the residue of lands within said diminished reservation,Remaining lands to be held in trust for tribes. after all allotments have been made as provided in Article III of this agreement, shall be held by the United States for the period of twenty-five
(25)years, in trust, for the sole use and benefit of said tribes of Indians, and at the expirationConveyance in common. of said period the United States will convey the same by patent to said tribes in common, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incumbrances whatever:*Proviso*. *Provided*, That from the residue ofConveyance to Children. said lands thus held in trust allotments shall be made and patented to each child of said tribes who may be born prior to the expiration of the time during which it is provided that said lands shall be held in trust by the United States, in quantity and upon the same conditions, restrictions, and limitations as provided in Article*Ante*, p. 1038. IV touching patents to allottees therein mentioned; but such conditions, restrictions, and limitations shall not extend beyond the expiration of the period during which the lands owned by the Indians in common are held in trust by the United States. Article VII.Article VII. It is further agreed that the sum of twelve thousand dollarsNew buildings, etc. ($12,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the first installment of eighty thousand dollars provided for in Article II of this agreement, shall be expended in the removal of the agency buildings and property to a more suitable locality, in *Provisos*.needed repairs, and in the erection of such new buildings as may be required: *Provided*, That in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior the removal of the Purchase of goods, etc.agency from its present site is desirable. And the balance of said installment. and each subsequent annual installment, shall be expended, except as hereinafter provided, in the purchase of goods, provisions, agricultural and mechanical implements, in providing employees, in the education of Indian children, procuring medicine and medical attendance, in the care and support of the aged, sick, and infirm, and helpless orphans of said Indians, and in any other Employment of Indians.respect to promote their civilization, comfort, and improvement; and the wishes of said Indians shall be consulted, and govern, so far as practicable, in the expenditure of said money. And in the employment of farmers, artisans, and laborers preference shall in all cases be given to the Indians residing on the reservation who are properly qualified for such positions. In order to assist the Indians in settling upon their individualAssistance to Indians for self-support. allotments, and encourage them in their efforts at self-support, it is further agreed that each family and male Indian over eighteen years of age. when he shall in good faith commence the cultivation of his individual allotment with the intention of residing permanently thereon, shall be assisted in the-erection of a comfortable house, and be provided with one cook-stove, one yoke of work oxen, one breaking plow, one stirring plow, one cow, one wagon, one axe, one hoe, one spade, one hand-rake, one scythe, and one pitchfork: or, in lieu of any of said articles, such other Disposal of surplus of installments.useful and proper articles as they may require, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the cost thereof to be paid out of the funds advanced as per Article II of this agreement: *Provided further*, That whenever in the opinion of the President the annual installment of eighty thousand dollars provided for in the first article of this agreement shall be found to be in excess of the amount required to be expended in any one year in carrying out the provisions of this agreement so much thereof as may be in excess of such requirement shall be placed to the credit of said Indians in the Treasury of the United States and expended in Continuing the benefits herein provided for when said annual installments shall have expired. 1035 Article VIII.Article VIII. Hereafter no subsistence shall be furnished any adult male Subsistence.Indian the aged, sick, and infirm excepted) who does not endeavor by honest labor to support himself, nor to children between the ages of eight and fifteen years (the sick and infirm excepted), unless such children shall regularly attend school. Article IX.Article IX. The out boundaries of the diminished reservation shall be surveyed and marked in a plain andSurvey of boundaries. substantial manner, the cost thereof to be paid out of the first annual installment provided for in Article II of this agreement. Article X.Article X. This agreement shall not be binding on either party until ratified by Congress.Effect. Dated and signed in open council at Fort Berthold Agency, in the Territory of Dakota, December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six;” Be, and the same is hereby, accepted, ratified, and confirmed exceptRatification. as to article six thereof, which is modified and changed on the partModification of Article VI. *Ante*, p. 1034. of the United States so as to read as follows: “That the residue of lands within said diminished reservation, after all allotments have been made as provided in article three of this agreement,Residue to be held as reservation. *Proviso*. shall be held by the said tribes of Indians as a reservation;” and as so modified said agreement is accepted and confirmed: *Provided*, That this act shall take effect only upon the acceptance of the modification and changes made by theAcceptance of modification. United States as to article six of the said agreement by the said tribes of Indians in manner and form as said agreement was assented to, which said acceptance and consent shall be made known by proclamation by the President of the United States upon satisfactory proof presented to him that the said acceptance and consent have been obtained in such manner and form. " Sec. 24. That for the purpose of carrying out the terms of saidFirst installment. agreement the sum of eighty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be immediately available. Sec. 25. That whenever any of the lands acquired by this agreementLands ceded to be open to homestead entry only. hereby ratified and confirmed shall, by operation of law or proclamation of the President of the United States, be open to settlement, they shall be disposed of to actual settlers only under the provisions of the homestead laws, except section twenty-three hundredR. S., Sec. 3301, p. 421. and one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which shall not apply: *Provided, however*, That each settler on said lands*Proviso*. shall, before making final proof and receiving a certificate of entry pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in additionAdditional payment. to the fees provided by law, and within five years from the date of the first original entry the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for each acre thereof, one-half of which shall be paid within two years: but the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors as defined and described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty-three hundredSoldiers and sailors. and five of the’ Revised Statutes shall not be abridged except R. S., secs. 2304, 2305, p. 422.as to the sum to be paid as aforesaid. Sec. 26. That the following agreement entered Agreement, with Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians ratified.into on behalf of the United States by Eliphalet Whittlesey, D. W. Diggs, and Charles A. Maxwell, commissioners on the part of the United States, on the twelfth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, with the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians now on file in the Department of the Interior, signed by said Commissioners for the United States, and for said Indians’ by Simon 1036 Ananangmari and others, is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and is in the following words, to wit: " “Whereas, by section five of the act of Congress entitled ‘An actPreamble. to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,Vol. 24, p. 889. approved February eighth, eighteen bundled and eighty-seven, it is provided ‘That at any time after lands have been allotted to all the Indian of any tribe, as herein provided, or sooner,’ if in the opinion of the President it shall be for the best interests of said tribe, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with such Indian tribe for the purchase and release by the said tribe, in conformity with the treaty or statute under which such reservation is held, of such portions of its reservations not allotted as such tribe shall from time to time, consent to sell, on such terms and conditions as shall be considered just and equitable between the United States and said tribe of Indians, which purchase shall not be complete until ratified by Congress; and the form and manner of executing such release shall also be prescribed by Congress. Whereas .the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians Vol. 13, p. 505.are desirous of disposing of a portion of the land set apart and reserved to them by the third article of the treaty of February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, between them and the United States, and situated partly in the State of North Dakota and partly in the State of South Dakota: Now, therefore, this agreement made and entered into in pursuance of the provisionsAgreement. of the Act of Congress approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, aforesaid, at the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, on this the twelfth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, by and between Eliphalet Whittlesey, D. W. Diggs, and Charles A. Maxwell, on the part of the United States, duly authorized and empowered thereto, and the chiefs, headmen, and male adult members of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, witnesseth: Article I.Article I. The Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians hereby cede, sell, relinquish, and convey Lands ceded.to the United States all their claim, right, title, and interest in and to all the unallotted lands within the limits of the reservation set apart to said bands of Indians as aforesaid remaining after the allotments and additional allotments provided for in article four of this agreement shall have been made. Article II.Article II. In consideration for the lands ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyedPayment for lands. as aforesaid, the United States stipulates and agrees to pay to the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, parties hereto, To be held in trust.the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre for each and every acre thereof, and it is agreed by the parties hereto that the sum,so to be paid shall be held in the Treasury of the United States for the sole use and benefit of the said bands of Indians: and the same, with interest thereon at three per centum per annum, shall be at all times subject to appropriation by Congress for the education and civilization of the said bands of Indians, or members thereof, Vol. 24, p. 389.as provided in section five of an act of Congress, approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and Territories over the Indians, and for other *Provisos*.purposes:” *Provided*, That any religious society or other organization 1037 now occupying, under proper authority, for religious or educational Lands for religious, etc., uses.work among the Indians, any of the land in this agreement ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyed shall have the right, for two years from the date of the ratification of this instrument, within which to purchase the lands so occupied at a price to he fixed by the Congress of the United States: *Provided further*, That the cession, sale, relinquishment,Payment to be made before cession. and ‘conveyance of the lands described in article one of this agreement shall not take effect and be in force until the sum of three hundred and forty-two thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, together with the sum of eighteen thousand and four hundred dollars, shall have been paid to said bands of Indians, as set forth and stipulated in article third of this agreement. Article III.Article III. The United States stipulates and agrees to pay to the Sisseton and Repayment to Indians.Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, parties hereto, per capita, the sum of three hundred and forty-two thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, being the amount found to be due certain members of said bands of Indians who served in the armies of the United States against their own people, when atVol. 10, p. 943. war with the United States, and their families and descendants, under the provisions of the fourth article of the treaty of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and of which they have been wrongfullyVol. 12, p. 653. and unjustly deprived by the operation of the provisions of an act of Congress approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and entitled “An act for the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredation, and injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians”: said sum being at the rate of eighteen thousand four hundred dollars per annum from July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight less their pro rata share of the sum of six hundred and sixteen thousand and eighty-six dollars and fifty-two cents, heretofore appropriated for the benefit of said Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, as set forth in report numbered nineteen hundred and fifty-three, of the House of Representatives, Fiftieth Congress, first session. The United States further agrees to pay to said bands of Indians, per capita,Additional payment. the sum of eighteen thousand and four hundred dollars annually from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. to the first day of July, nineteen hundred and one, the latter date being the period at which the annuities to said bands of Indians were to cease, under the terms of the fourth article ofVol. 10, p. 940. the treaty of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, aforesaid: and it is hereby further stipulated and agreed that the aforesaid sum of three hundred and forty-two thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty seven cents, together with the sum of eighteen thousand and four hundred dollars, due the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall become immediately available upon the ratification of this agreement. Article IV.Article IV. It is further stipulated and agreed that there shall be allotted toAllotments in severalty. each individual member of the bands of Indians, parties hereto, a sufficient quantity, which, with the lands heretofore allotted, shall make in each case one hundred and sixty acres, and in case no allotment has been made to any individual member of said bands, then an allotment of one hundred and sixty acres shall be made to such individual, the object of this article being to equalize the allotments among the members of said bands, so that each individual, including married women, shall have one hundred and sixty acres of land; and 1038 patents shall issue for the lands allotted in pursuance of the provisions of this Vol. 24, p. 389.article, upon the same terms and conditions and limitations as is provided in section five of the act of Congress, approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, hereinbefore referred to. Article V.Article V. The agreement concluded with the said Sisseton and WahpetonRight of way to Chicago. Milwaukee and Haim Paul Railway. bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, on the eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, granting a right of way through their reservation for the Chicago. Milwaukee and Saint Paid Railway, is hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed. Article VI.Article VI. This agreement shall not take effect andEffect. be in force until ratified by the Congress of the United States. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year above written. Eliphalet Whittlesey,Signatures. D. W. Diggs, Chas. A. Maxwell. On the part of the United States. The foregoing articles of agreement having been fully explained to us. in open council, we, the undersigned, being male adult members of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, do hereby consent and agree to all the stipulations, conditions, and provisions therein contained. Simon Ananangmari (his x mark), and others " Sec. 27. That for the purpose of carrying out the terms Payment to Indians.and provisions of said agreement there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise Amount.appropriated the sum of two million two hundred and three thousand dollars, of which amount the sum of five hundred and three thousand two hundred dollars shall be immediately available, and the To Sissetons and Wahpetons.same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be paid as follows, to wit: To the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians, parties to this agreement, the sum of three hundred and seventy-six thousand five To scouts, etc., employed in suppressing Sioux outbreak of 1862, etc.hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, said amount to be distributed per capita. To the scouts and soldiers of the Sisseton, Wahpeton, Medawakanton, and Wapakoota bands of Sioux Indians, who were enrolled and entered into the military service of the United States and served in suppressing what is known as the “Sioux outbreak of eighteen hundred and sixty-two;” or For unpaid annuities.those who were enrolled and served in the armies of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and to the members of their families and descendants, now living, of such scouts and soldiers as are dead, who are not included in the foregoing class, as parties to said agreement, the sum of one hundred and twenty-six thousand six hundred and twenty dollars, said amount to be distributed per capita; and the said sum of five hundred and three thousand and two hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, when paid to the said Sisseton. Wahpeton, Medowakanton, and Wahpakoota bands of Sioux Indians, their families and descendants, designated in this act, shall *Proviso*.be deemed a full settlement of all claims they may have for unpaid annuities, under any and all treaties or acts of Congress up to the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety: *Provided however*, That all contracts or agreements between said Indians or any of Attorneys contracts.them, and agents, attorneys, or other persons for the payment of any part of this appropriation for or on account of fees or compensation to said 1039 agents, attorneys ot other persons, unless the same have been made, as provided by law, and are yet in force and have been approved by the Department of the Interior, or have been made by and between citizens of the United States are hereby decdared null and void, and in such eases the Secretary of the Interior shall cause all moneys herein appropriated to be paid directly to the said Indians and shall pay no portion of the same, to their said agents or attorneys. And inMaximum to attorneys. no event shall a sum exceeding ten per cent, be paid to any agent or attorney, and the balance, after deducting the said five hundred andBalance applied to education, etc., of Indians. three thousand two hundred dollars, to wit, the sum of one million six hundred and ninety-nine thousand eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay for lands by said agreement ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyed at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of said Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians (parties to said agreement), and the same, with interest thereof at five per centum per annum, shall be at all times subject to appropriation by Congress or to application by order of the President for the education and civilization of said bands of Indians or members thereof. Sec. 28. That any religious society or other organization now Lands for religious uses.occupying under proper authority any of the lands by said agreement ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyed shall have the right for a period of two years from the date hereof, within which to purchase the lands so occupied not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres in any one tract at the price paid therefor by the United States under said agreement. Sec. 29. That in order to further carry out the Additional allotments.provisions of said agreement and of this act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed, as soon as practicable, to cause the additional allotment providedVol. 24, p. 388. for in said agreement to be made in the manner and form as provided in an act entitled “An act to provide for the allotments of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” and as provided in any .existing amendments of said act, approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and to pay the sums hereinbefore made immediately available, first to the parties to saidAllotment agents. agreement, or their proper representatives, and to appoint suitable officers for such purposes who shall furnish bonds usual in such cases, and whose compensation and expenses shall be paid out of said available funds as the Secretary of the Interior shall direct, and whose lawful acts, when approved by him, shall be final and conclusive. Sec. 30. That the lands by said agreement ceded, sold, relinquished,Lands ceded, open only to homestead and town-site entry. and conveyed to the United States shall immediately, upon the payment to the parties entitled thereto of their share of the funds made immediately available by this act, and upon the completion of the allotments as providedSchool lands. for in said agreement, be subject only to entry and settlement under the homestead and town-site laws of the United States, excepting the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of said lands, which shall be reserved for common school purposes, and be subject to the laws of the State Additional payment.wherein located: *Provided*, That patents shall not issue until the settler or entryman shall have paid to the United States the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre for the land taken up by such homesteader, and the title to the lands so entered shall remain in the United States until said money is duly paid by such entryman or his legal Representatives, or his widow, who shall have the right to pay the money and complete the entry of her deceased husband in her own name, and shall receive a patent for the same. Sec. 31. The following agreement entered into by J. CliffordAgreement witln Crow Indians, Montana, ratified. Richardson, Charles M. Dole, and Rockwell J. Flint, commissioners on 1040 the part of the United States, and Carl Lieder and others on behalf of the Crow Indians, on the eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety, with the Crow tribe of Indians, in Montana, which said agreement is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and is now on file in the Department of the Interior and is in the words and figures as follows, to wit: We, the undersigned, adult male Indians of the Crow tribe nowAgreement. residing on the Crow Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana, do. this eighth day of December A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety, Lands bold.hereby agree to dispose of and sell to the Government of the United States, for certain considerations hereinafter mentioned, all that portion of the Crow Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana, lying west and south of the following lines, to wit: Beginning in the mid-channel of the Yellowstone River, at a pointDescription. which is the northwest corner of section Number thirty-six, township Number two north, of range twenty-seven east, of the principal meridian of Montana, then ce running in a southwesterly direction, following the top of the natural divide between the waters flowing into the Yellowstone and Clarke’s Fork Rivers upon the west and those flowing into Pryor Creek and West Pryor Creek on the east, to the base of West Pryor Mountain. Thence due south and up the north slope of said Prior Mountain on a true meridian line to a point fifteen miles due north from the established line between Montana and Wyoming: thence in a due easterly course on a parallel of latitude to a point where it intersects the mid-channel of the Big Horn River, thence following up the mid-channel of said river to a point where it crosses the Montana and Wyoming State line. That in consideration of the cession of territory herein made by usConsideration. as individual Indians and heads of families of the Crow tribe to the Government of the United States, the said Government of the United States, in addition to the annuities and sums for provisions and clothing stipulated and provided for in existing treaties and laws, hereby agrees to pay the sum of nine hundred and forty-six thousand dollars lawful money of the United States, in the manner hereinafter described; First. That of the above-named sum there is hereby appropriatedAmount to be used for irrigation. and set apart two hundred thousand dollars to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the building of dams, canals, ditches, and laterals for the purposes of irrigation in the valleys of the Big Horn and the Little Big Horn Rivers and on Pryor Creek and such other streams as the Secretary of the Interior’ may *Proviso*.deem proper: *Provided*, That not to exceed fifty Annual expenditure.thousand dollars shall be expended annually in performing this work: *And provided further*, That the Employment of Indians.superintendent in charge of said works shall, in the employment of laborers, be required to give preference to such Indians of the Crow tribe as are competent and willing to work at the average wages paid to common laborers for the same kind of work, and the labor so employed shall be paid in cash. That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriatedIrrigating fund. and set apart as an irrigating fund, to be expended under’ the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the maintenance and management of the system of irrigation provided for in this agreement. Third. That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so muchGrist mills. thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated and set apart, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the construction of three grist mills, to be located, one on Pryor Creek, one on the Big Horn, and one on the Little Big Horn River at such points as the Indian agent may deem convenient and practicable and at such times as the needs of the Indians may require. Fourth. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriatedSub-depot. and set apart to be expended in the construction and 1041 maintenance of a sub-Indian depot, to be located on Pryor Creek, provided that the Secretary of the Interior shall deem it advisable to establish such depot on the reservation; otherwise the amount herein appropriated shall, at the expiration of two years from the date of this agreement, be placed in the fund provided for by section nine
(9)of this agreement. Fifth. That the sum of five thousand School houses.dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the building of schoolhouses at such points on the reservation and at such times as the Indians may require, and upon the recommendation of the Indian agent. Sixth. That the sum of ten thousand Repairing houses, etc.dollars is hereby appropriated and set aside as a fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in repairing and improving the houses of the Indians now erected on the reservation, and to make them as far as possible warm and comfortable dwellings. Seventh. That the sum of three thousandBlacksmith shops. dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the construction and equipment of three blacksmith shops, to be located at such places upon the reservation, and to be built at such times as the Indian agent may recommend, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Eighth. That the sum of five hundred andAnnuity fund. fifty-two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated and set aside as an annuity fund, to be distributed as follows: Each Indian of the Crow tribe, male and female, shall receive an annual annuity of Distribution.twelve dollars in cash for the period of twenty years from the date of this agreement. Said annuity to be paid semiannually in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Ninth. That the sum of forty-six thousandPurchase of cattle. dollars is hereby appropriated and set aside, to be expended by the Indian agent, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the purchase of cattle from time to time as may be deemed advisable; the cattle so purchased to form a herd to be held in common by the Crow tribe. All cattle sold from said herd shall be paid Herd fund.for in cash, and the net proceeds of such sale shall constitute a fund to be known as the Crow herd fund. When said fund shall exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, it shall be the duty of the Indian agent, and he is hereby required, to apportion to each Indian entitled to the annual annuity provided for in section eighth the sum of five dollars, to be paid in cash under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Tenth. That when each object for which a Disposition of balances.specific appropriation has been made in this agreement shall have been fully carried out and completed, then the balance remaining of such appropriation shall constitute a fund to be expended for the benefit of the Crow tribe in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may determine. Eleventh. That all lands upon that portion of the reservation to be herein ceded which,Prior allotments confirmed. prior to the date of this agreement, have been allotted in severalty to Indians of the Crow tribe shall be retained and enjoyed by them: *Provided, however*, That such*Provisos*. Indians shall have the right at any time within three years to surrender his or her allotment, and select a new allotment withinNew selections. the retained reservation upon the same terms and conditions as were prescribed in selecting the first allotment. *It is further provided*, That every Indian who shall surrender an allotment withinImprovements on allotments. the time specified, that has improvements upon it, shall have like improvements made for him upon the new allotment, and for this purpose the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much of it as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated and set apart, 1042 Twelfth. It is further provided, in accordance with provisions ofAllotments already made, not impaired. Vol. 15, p. 650. Article VI of the treaty of May seventh, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, that this cession of lands shall not be construed toVol. 22, p. 42. deprive without his or her consent, any individual Indian of the Crow tribe of his or her right to any tract of land selected by him or her in conformity with said treaty, or as provided by the agreement approved by Congress April eleven. Survey.Anno Domini eighteenVol. 15, p. 650. hundred and eighty-two; and it is further provided that in ratifying this agreement the Congress of the United States shall cause all such lands to be surveyed and certificates duly issued for the same to said Indians, as provided in the treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, before said ceded portion of the reservation shall be opened for settlement. Thirteenth. It is a condition of this agreement that it shall not beRatification. binding upon either party until ratified by the Congress of the United States, and when so ratified that said cession of lands so acquired by the United States shall not be opened for settlement until the Boundary Monuments.boundary lines set forth and described in this agreement have been surveyed and definitely marked by suitable permanent Monuments, erected every half mile, wherever practicable, along the entire length of said boundary line. Fourteenth. That the sum of five thousand dollars, or so muchExpenses of chiefs’ visit to Washington. thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated and set apart to pay the expenses of twelve Crow chiefs and one interpreter to visit the President of the United States at Washington, to consult with him for the benefit of the Crow tribe, at such time as the President may determine, within one year from the date of this agreement. Fifteenth. That all existing provisions of the treaty of May seventhFormer provisions continued. Vol. 15, p. 649. Vol. 22, p.42. Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and the agreement approved by act of Congress dated April eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, shall continue in force. Done at Crow Agency, Montana, this eighth day of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety. J. Clifford Richardson,Signatures. C. M. Dole, R. J. Flint, Commissioners to the Crow Indians. Carl Lieder and others, for the said Indians. Sec. 32. That for the purpose of carrying the provisionsPayment to Indians. of the foregoing agreement into effect there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the said sum of nine hundred and forty-six thousand dollars, so agreed to be paid, to be expended for the purposes and in the manner provided in said agreement. Sec. 33. That the sum of seven thousand five hundredSurvey of boundary and selections. dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the survey of the boundary line between the Crow Reservation and the lands Vol. 15, p. 650.ceded by said agreement, as stipulated in section fourteen thereof, and for the survey of lands selected by members of the Crow tribe of Indians under the provisions of article six of the treaty between the United States and the Crow Indians, concluded May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, or under the provisions of the act Vol. 22, p. 42.approved April eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “An act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the Crow Indians of Montana for the sale of a portion of their reservation in said Territory, and for other purposes, and to make the necessary Certificates. *Supra*.appropriations for carrying out the same.” And certificates shall be issued for such selections under said article, as required by section twelve of the foregoing agreement. 1043 Sec. 34. That whenever any of the lands acquired by the agreement Ceded lands open only to homestead entry.with said Crow Indians hereby ratified and confirmed shall by operation of law or the proclamation of the President of the United States be open to settlement, they shall, except mineral lands, be disposed of to actual settlers only, underR. S., sec. 2801, p. 421. *Provisos*. the provisions of the homestead laws, except section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised Statutes, which shall not apply; *Provided, however*, That each settler, under and inAdditional payment. accordance with the provisions of said homestead laws, shall, before receiving a patent tor his homstead, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, and within five years from the date of the first original entry the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for each acre thereof one half of which shall be paid within two years; and any person otherwise qualified who has attempted to, but for any cause railed to secure a title in .fee to a homestead under existing law, or who made entry under what is known as the commuted provision of theSelections in severalty to be made in 60 days. Vol. 15, p. 650. homestead law, shall be qualified to make a homestead entry upon any of said lands in conformity with the provisions of this section. That any person who may be entitled to the privilege of selecting landVol. 22, p. 42. in severalty under the provisions of article six of the treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, with the Crow Indians, and which provisions were continued in force by the agreement with said Indians ratified and confirmed by the act of Congress, approved April eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, or any other act or treaty, shall have the right for a period of sixty days to make such selections in any part of the territory by said agreement ceded, and such locations areCertain erroneous locations confirmed. hereby confirmed: *Provided, further*, That all white persons who located upon said Crow Reservation by reason of an erroneous survey of the boundary and were afterwards allowed to file upon their location in the United States Land Office, shall have thirty days in which to renew their filings, and their locations are hereby confirmed, and that in all cases whereMining claims. claims were located under the mining laws of the United States, and such location was made prior to December first eighteen hundred and ninety, by a locator qualified therefor who believed that he or she was so locating on lands outside the Crow Indian Reservation, such locator shall be allowed thirty days within which to relocate the said mining claims so theretofore located by them, within the limits of the ceded portion of said Crow Indian Reservation, and upon such relocation such proceedings shall be had as are conformable to law and in accordance with the provisions of this act. Sec. 35. That whenever under and by reason of the provisionsLands for religious uses. herein contained, ratifying and confirming agreements with any Indian tribe, the right is reserved to any religious society or organization to purchase lands the subject of such agreement, the price and time and terms of payment thereof may be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, but not less than that at which the other lands subject to said agreement are sold for. Sec. 30. That the school lands reserved in the-Territory of OklahomaLease of school lands in Oklahoma. by this and former acts of Congress, may be leased for a period not exceeding three years for the benefit of the school fund of said Territory by the governor thereof, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 37. That before any lands in Oklahoma are open to settlement it shall beDivision of Oklahoma lands into counties. the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to divide the same into counties which shall contain as near as possible not less than seven hundred square miles in each county. In establishing said county line the Secretary is hereby authorized to extend the lines of the counties already located so as to make the area of said counties equal, as near as may be, to the area of the counties provided for in this act. At the first election forNaming counties. county officers the people of each 1044FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 543-544. 1891. county may vote for a name for each county, and the name which receives the greatest number of votes shall be the name of such county: *Provided further*,*Proviso*. That as soon as the county lines are designated by the Secretary he shall reserve not to exceed one-half section of land in each county,County seats reserved. to be located near the center of said county, for county seat purposes, to be entered under sections twenty-three hundred and eighty-seven and twenty-three hundred and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes. Sec. 38. No provision for settlement on or sale of the lands in the various agreementsSections 16 and 36 reserved for schools, etc. hereinbefore mentioned shall apply to sections sixteen and thirty-six thereon, which land in the States are hereby granted to the State in which they are situated, for the support of the common schools of such State under the limitations prescribed by law, and such sections in the Territories of the United States are reserved from occupancy, entry, or sale, under any land law of the United States;Mineral lands. but this provision shall not apply to mineral land which may be disposed of under the laws applicable thereto. Approved, March 3, 1891.
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