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Chapter 209. making appropriations for current and contingent expenses, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indian tribes, for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four

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CHAP. 209.— An Act making appropriations for current and contingent expenses, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indian tribes, for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.March 3, 1893. *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-four, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, namely:
For pay of fifty-eight civilian agents where civilians are employedPay of civilian agents at specified agencies. of Indian affairs at the following 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 dollars; At the Yakima Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Colville Agency, atone thousand five hundred dollars; At the Puyallup (consolidated) Agency, embracing Nisqually and Skokomish, and Quinault agencies, at one thousand six hundred 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; 613 At the Nevada Agency, at one thousand five hundred dollars;Indian agents—Continued. 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 Forest City Agency (formerly Cheyenne River), 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 two 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 hundred 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, Indian Territory, at one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Quapaw Agency, at one thousand four hundred dollars; and not more than one thousand two hundred dollars of any moneys appropriated by this act shall be expended for clerical labor at this agency; At the Osage Agency, at one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, at two thousand two hundred dollars; At the Kiowa Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the Union Agency, at one thousand five 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; At the La Pointe Agency, at two thousand dollars; At the New York Agency, at one thousand dollars; At the Colorado River Agency, at. one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Pima Agency, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the San Carlos Agency, at two thousand dollars: Provided**, That*Proviso*.Not available for army officers as agents. the foregoing appropriations shall not take effect nor become available in any case for or during the time in which any officer of the Army of the United States shall be engaged in performance of the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies above named. 614 The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the SecretarySuperintendents of schools may act as agents. of the Interior, may devolve the duties of any Indian agency upon the superintendent of the Indian training school located at such agency, whenever in his judgment such superintendent can properly perform the duties of such agency.
The superintendent of the Indian Training School at Cherokee, North Cherokee Training School.Superintendent to act as agent.Carolina, shall, in addition to his duties as superintendent, perform the duties heretofore required of the agent at said Cherokee Agency, and receive in addition to his salary as superintendent two hundred dollars per annum, and shall give bond as other Indian agents, and that the office of agent be, and the same is hereby abolished at that place; in all eighty-eight thousand eight 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 the Interpreters.discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, fifteen thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. For pay of five Indian inspectors at three thousand dollars per Inspectors.annum each, fifteen thousand dollars. For necessary traveling expenses of five Indian inspectors, includingTraveling expenses. telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, seven thousand dollars.
For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand dollars.Superintendent of schools. For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of IndianTraveling expenses. schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection *Provisos*.Per diem allowance in field.and investigation, two thousand dollars; *Provided*, That he shall be allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping car Other duties.fare: *And provided*, That he shall perform such other duties as 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, twenty thousandAgency buildings. dollars.
For contingencies of the Indian service, including travelling and incidentalContingent expenses. expenses of Indian agents, and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, also travelling and incidental expenses of five special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law; for pay of Special agents.employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of five special agents at two thousand dollars per annum each, forty thousand dollars.
For the expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation,Citizens’ commission. 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. The accounting officers of the Treasury Accounts.Allowance.Department are hereby authorized to allow in settlement of the accounts of the disbursing officer of the Board of Indian Commissioners the sum of one hundred and one dollars, expended for the purpose of inspecting Indian schools in Alaska, in August, eighteen hundred and ninety.
FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH AND SUPPORT OF INDIAN TRIBES.Fulfilling Treaties. apaches, kiowas, and comanches.Apache’s, Kiowas, and Comanches. For twenty sixth of thirty instalments, as provided to be expended underVol. 15, pp. 584,590. the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, in Kansas, 615 with the Kiowas and Comanches, and under the third article of treaty of the same date with the Apache’s, thirty thousand dollars;
For purchase of clothing, as provided in the same treaties, eleven thousand dollars. For pay of carpenter, farmer, blocksmith, 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.Cheyenne’s and Arapahoes. For twenty-sixth of thirty instalments, as provided to be expended under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-eighth, eighteenVol. 15, p. 596. hundred and sixty-seven, twenty thousand dollars;
For purchase of clothing, as per same article, twelve thousand dollars; For pay of physician and teacher, as per thirteenth article of same treaty, two thousand dollars; For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer as per same article, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. chickasaws.Chickasaws. For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars.Vol. 1, p. 619. chippewas of the mississippi.Chippewas of the Missisippi.
For the support of a school or schools upon said reservation, during the pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treatyVol. 16, p. 720. of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars. chippewas, pillagers, and lake winnebagoshish bands.Chippewas, Pillagers, and Lake Winnebagoshish bands.Vol. 10, p. 1168. For thirty-ninth of forty installments of annuity, in money, per third article of treaty of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and third article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundredVol. 13, p. 694. and sixty-four, ten thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents;
For thirty-ninth of forty installments of annuity, in goods, per same articles of same treaties, eight thousand dollars; For thirty-ninth 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. choctaws.Choctaws. For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of NovemberPermanent annuities.Vol. 7, p. 99.Vol. 11, p. 614. sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and fourteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars;
For permanent annuity for support of light horsemen, per thirteenthVol. 7, p. 213. article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundredVol. 11, p. 614. and fifty-five, six hundred dollars; For fulfilling treaties with Choctaws, arrearages of annuity, as follows: For permanent annuity for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty,Vol. 7, p. 213.Vol. 11, p. 614. and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, eighteen hundred and ninety, and eighteen 616 hundred and ninety-one, at six hundred dollars per annum, three thousand dollars.
For permanent annuity, tor support of blacksmith, per sixth articleVol. 7, p. 212. of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth Vol. 7. p. 236.Vol. 11, p. 614.article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars; For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars:
For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty Vol. 7, p. 236.of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth Vol. 11, p. 614.article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars; For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred andInterest. fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Choctaws, in Vol. 7, p. 236.conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 11, p. 614.twenty-five, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, thirty-three thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. cŒur d’alenes.CŒur d’Alene’s.
For second of fifteen installments of eight thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under Vol. 26, p. 1028.the sixth article of agreement of March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eight thousand dollars. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to negotiate with the Negotiation authorized for change of northern line of reservation.Coeur d’Alene Indians for a change of the northern line of their reservation, so as to exclude therefrom a strip of land on which the town of Harrison and numerous settlers are located.
That the foregoing provisions shall take effect and be in force afterEffect. it shall have been submitted to, and duly agreed to by, the Indians of said tribe and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. For support of Coeur d’Alene’s: Pay of blacksmith, carpenter, and physician,Vol. 26, p. 1029. and purchase of medicines, as per the eleventh article of said agreement, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. columbias and colvilles.Columbias and Colvillea.
For annuity for Chief Moses, as per agreement of July seventh,Chief Moses.Vol. 23, p. 79. eighteen hundred and eighty-three, ratified by act approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand dollars; For employees, as provided in said agreement, ratified by act of July Employees.fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, six thousand dollars; in all seven thousand dollars. creeks.Creeks. For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty ofPermanent annuities.Vol. 7, p. 36.Vol. 11, p. 700.
August seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one thousand five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of JuneVol. 7, p. 69.Vol. 11, p. 700. sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, three thousand dollars; For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 287.Vol. 11, p. 700.
January twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth 617 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, eighteenVol. 7, p. 287.Vol. 11, p. 700. hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eight hundred and forty dollars; For permanent annuity, for iron and steel for shop, per same articles and treaties, two hundred and seventy dollars;
For permanent annuity, for pay of a wheelwright, per same articles of same treaties, six hundred dollars; For five per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, forInterest.Vol. 11, p. 701. purposes of erection, per sixth article 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 the Interior, under provisions of third article of treaty of June fourteenth, eighteen hundredVol. 14, p. 787. 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 twelfth of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreementVol. 22, p. 43. with the Crows dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in such manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars; For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, to supply male persons, six hundred in number, over fourteen years of age, with a suit of good substantial woolen clothing, consisting of a coat, hat, pantaloons, flannel shirt, and woolen socks, as per ninth article of treaty of May seventh,Vol. 15, p. 651 eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand dollars.
For twenty-fifth 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-fifth of thirty installments, to supply three hundred and fifty boys and three hundred and fifty girls, under the ages named, such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make each a suit as aforesaid, together with a pair of woolen hose for each, per same article five thousand dollars;
For pay of a physician, per tenth article of same treaty, one thousandVol. 15, p. 652. two hundred dollars; For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, underVol. 15, p. 652. tenth article of same treaty, three thousand three hundred dollars; For pay of second blacksmith, and iron and steel, as per eighth articleVol. 15, p. 651. of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars; For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to furnish such articles of food as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may require, thirty thousand dollars; in all, eighty-one thousand dollars. delawares.Delawares.
That all the funds now held in trust by the United States for thePayment to Indiana per capital of all trust funds, bond proceeds, etc. benefit of the Delaware tribe of Indians in the Indian Territory, with interest due upon same, including the school fund and interest thereon, and also the amount 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: *Provided*, That said bonds shall hereafter*Proviso*.Bonds to be property of United States. be the property of the United States, and the Secretary of the Interior 618 is hereby authorized and directed to sell twenty-five thousand two Sale of Union Pacific Railroad bonds.Distribution, etc.hundred and fifty dollars 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.
And there is hereby appropriated, from moneys in the Treasury of thePayment for undivided interest in bonds. United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty-three dollars and ninety cents, to be immediately available, the difference between the amount, twenty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars of Union Pacific Railroad bonds authorized to be sold by this act, and the undivided interest in said bonds owned by the Delawares, amounting to twenty five thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars and ninety cents, and said sum is also to be paid to the Delawares as other moneys *Provisos*.Undivided interests in bonds.herein provided for: *Provided*, That said undivided interest in said bonds amounting to thirty-three dollars and ninety cents, shall become the property of the United States: *Provided*, That the undivided interest of George Bullett and his family and Lucy Zulkey and her family remain in the treasury as now. fort hall indians.Fort Hall Indians.
For fifth of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with saidVol. 25, p. 688. Indians, approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Indians in such manner as the President may direct, six thousand dollars indians at blackfeet agency.Blackfeet Agency Indians. For six of ten installments of one hundred and fifty thousand dollar each to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the support and civilization of the Indians attached, to the Vol. 25, p. 114.Blackfeet Agency, Montana, as per act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. indians at fort belknap agency.Fort Belknap Indians.
For sixth of ten installments of one hundred and fifteen thousand 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 Vol. 25, p. 114.Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, as per act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. indians at fort peck agency.Fort Peek Indians. For sixth often installments of one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars each, to be expended tinder the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the Vol. 25, p. 114.Fort Peck Agency, Montana, as per act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. indians at fort berthold agency.Fort Berthold Indians.
For third of ten installments of eighty thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as per second article of agreement ratified by act approved March third, Vol. 26, p. 1033.eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighty thousand dollars. 619 iowas.Iowas. For interest, in lieu of investment, on fifty-seven thousand five hundredInterest. dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, at five per centum per annum, for education or other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the President, per ninth article of treaty of MayVol. 10, p. 1071. seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. iowas in oklahoma.Iowas, Oklahoma.
For third of five installments, first series, to be paid per capita under the seventh article of agreement ratified by act approved FebruaryVol. 26, p. 756. thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three thousand six hundred dollars. kansas.Kansas. Permanent: For interest in lieu of investment on one hundred Interest.and thirty-five thousand dollars, being the amount due the Kansas tribe of Indians, per second article of treaty of January fourteenth, eighteen hundredVol. 9, p. 842. and forty-six, six thousand seven bundled and fifty dollars. kickapoos.Kickapoos.
Permanent: For interest on seventy-two thousand two hundred andInterest. ninety-seven dollars and fifty-four cents, at five per centum per annum, for educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, three thousand six hundredVol. 10, p. 1079. and fourteen dollars and eighty-seven cents. molels.Motels. For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessarySchools. materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per second article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,Vol. 12, p. 981. three thousand dollars. nez perces.Nez Perces.
For salaries of two matrons, to take charge of the boarding schools,Schools. and two assistant teachers, one farmer, one carpenter, and two millers, per fifth article of treaty of June ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,Vol. 14, p. 650. six thousand dollars. northern cheyennes and arapahoes.Northern Cheyenne’s and Arapahos. For subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyenne’s and Subsistence.Vol. 19, p. 256.Arapahoe’s, as per agreement with the Sioux Indians, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, seventy-five thousand dollars;
For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing, asClothing.Vol. 15, p. 657. per sixth article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, seventeen thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the amount in thisProviso.Division. and preceding paragraph shall be expended pro rata, as near as may be, for the Northern Cheyenne’s and Arapahoe’s in Wyoming, and on the Tongue river, in Montana. For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of same treaty,Vol. 15. p. 658. nine thousand dollars, in all one hundred and one thousand dollars. 620 osages.Osages.
For interest on sixty-nine thousand, one hundred and twenty dollars,Interest. at five per centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of land Vol. 7, p. 242.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.Otoe’s and Misson. For eleventh of twelve installments, being the last series, in money Vol. 10, p. 1039.or otherwise, per fourth article of treaty of March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, five thousand dollars. pawnees.Pawnees.
For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid inAnnuity. goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per Vol. 11, p. 729.second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars. For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of same treaty, ten thousand dollars; For pay of two farmers, two blacksmiths, and two apprentices, one miller and apprentice, and two teachers, one shoemaker, and one carpenter, five thousand four hundred dollars.
For pay of physician and purchase of medicines, one thousand two hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel and other necessaries for the shops, Vol. 11, p. 730.as per fourth article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, five hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand one hundred dollars. For this amount to reimburse the Pawnee tribe of Indians for the appraised value of one hundred and sixty acres of land at six dollars per acre, taken for school purposes in Nebraska, under act approved Vol. 22, p. 85.May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two nine hundred and sixty dollars. pottawatomies.Pottawatomie’s.
For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of AugustAnnuities.Vol. 7, p. 51. third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of SeptemberVol. 7, p. 114. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of OctoberVol. 7, p. 185. second, eighteen hundred and eighteen, eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty cents;
For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty ofVol. 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 of JulyVol. 7, p. 320.Vol. 7, p. 317. twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, five thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents;
For permanent provision for payment of money in lieu of tobacco, iron, Vol. 7, p. 318.Vol. 9, p. 855.and steel, per second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and tenth articles of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents; 621 For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and for iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October sixteenth,Vol. 7, p. 296.Vol. 7, p. 318.Vol. 7, p. 321. eighteen hundred and twenty-six, second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand and eight dollars and ninety-nine cents;
For permanent provisions for fifty barrels of salt, per second articleVol. 7, p. 320 of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one 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 dollarsInterest. and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with provisions of article seven of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundredVol. 9, p. 854. and forty-six, eleven thousand five hundred and three dollars and twenty-one cents; in all. twenty thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-five cents. quapaws.Quapaws.
For education, during the pleasure of the President, per third articleVol. 7, p. 425. of treaty of my thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand dollars; For blacksmiths and assistants, and tools, iron, and steel for black smith shop, per same article and treaty, five hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars. sacs and foxes of the mississippi.Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi. For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article ofAnnuity.
Vol. 7, p. 85. treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars; For interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum,Interest.Vol. 7, p.541. per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars; For interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred andVol. 7, p. 596.*Proviso*.Physician, etc. forty-two, forty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the sum of one thou sand five hundred dollars of this amount shall be used for the pay of a physician and for purchase of medicine; in all, fifty-one thousand dollars. sacs and foxes of the missouri.Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri.
For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four hundredInterest. dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and Vol. 7, p. 541.*Proviso*.Tribal membership.seventy dollars: *Provided*, That 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.Vol. 12, p. 1173. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars. seminoles.Seminoles. For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,Interest. to be paid as an annuity, per eighth article of treaty of AugustVol. 11, p. 702. seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; 622 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 per annum,Vol. 14, p. 757. to be paid annually, for the support of schools, as per third article of treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, two thousand five hundred dollars; For interest on twenty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually, for the support of the Seminole government, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. senecas.Senecas.
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty ofAnnuities.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 fourth articleVol. 7, p. 349. of treaty of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, to be annually paid to them as a national fund, to be expended by them for such articles and wants and improvements in agriculture as their chiefs (with the consent of their agent) may designate, as stipulated Vol. 15, p. 515.in the seventh article of the treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars;
For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of SeptemberVol. 7, p. 179.Vol. 15, p. 515. 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, per Vol. 7, p. 352.Vol. 15, p. 515.fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty: seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred and ninety dollars. senecas of new york.Senecas of New York.
For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, per act of FebruaryAnnuity.Vol. 4, p. 442. nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars; For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars,Interest.Vol. 9, p. 35. at five per centum, per act of June twenty-seven, 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, Vol. 4, p. 442.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.Shawnee.
For permanent annuity, for educational purposes, per fourth articleAnnuities.Vol. 7, p. 51. of treaty of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and third Vol. 10, p. 1056.article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, one thousand dollars; For permanent annuity, in specie, for educational purposes, per fourthVol. 7, p. 161. article of treaty of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 10, p. 1056.seventeen, and third article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand dollars; 623 For interest, at five per centum, on forty thousand dollars, for educationalInterest.Vol. 10, p. 1056. purposes, per third article of last-named treaty, two thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. eastern shawnees.Eastern Shawnees.
For permanent annuity, in specie per fourth article of treaty of September Annuity.Vol. 7, p. 179.seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,Vol. 15, p. 515. five hundred dollars; For blacksmith and assistant, shops and tools, iron and steel, per fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one,Vol. 7, p. 352.Vol. 15, p. 515. and fifth article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, one thousand and thirty dollars. shoshones and bannocks.Shoshones and Bannocks.
Shoshones: For twenty-fourth of thirty installments, to purchaseShoshones. suits of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, Supplies.flannel, 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 hundredVol. 15, p. 676. and sixty-eight, ten thousand dollars. For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer,Physician, etc.Vol 15, p. 676. and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars;
For pay of second blacksmith, and such iron and steel and other materials as may be required per eight article of the same treaty, one thousand dollars; Bannocks: For twenty-fourth of thirty installments, to purchaseBannocks.Supplies. suits of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over twelve years of age, and such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages named, as per ninth article, of the same treaty,Vol. 15, p. 616. five thousand dollars;
For pay of a physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer,Physician, etc.Vol. 15, p. 676. and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars. six nations of new york.Six Nations of New York. For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles, perAnnuity.Vol. 7, p. 46. sixth article of treaty of November seventeenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.Sioux of different tribes.
Twenty-fourth of thirty instalments, to purchase clothing for malesSupplies. over fourteen years of age; for flannel, hose, and calico and domestic 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 treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,Vol. 15, p. 638. one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For twenty-fourth of thirty instalments, 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 tenthVol. 15, p. 638. article of treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; 624 For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter, one miller,Teachers, etc.Vol. 15, p. 640. one engineer, two farmers, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars.
For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the SiouxEmployees. in Nebraska and Dakota, twenty thousand dollars; one thousand dollars of which shall be used to pay a second blacksmith at Forest City Agency, South Dakota, two hundred dollars of which shall be immediately available. For industrial schools at the Santee. Sioux and Crow Creek agencies,Industrial schools. six thousand dollars; For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization,Subsistence, etc.Vol. 19, p. 254. as per agreement ratified by act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one million one *Provisos*.Transportation.hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That this sum shall include transportation of supplies from the termination of railroad Indian employment.or steamboat transportation: and in this service Indians shall be employed whenever practicable: *And provided further*, That the Limit of rations.number of rations issued shall not exceed the number of Indians on each reservation and any excess in the number of rations issued shall be disallowed in the settlement of the agent’s account.
For pay of a matron at the Santee Agency, five hundred dollars;Matron.Blacksmith, etc. For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and other material, per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand six hundred dollars; For support and maintenance of day and. industrial schools, includingSchools. erection and repairs of school buildings, in accordance with article Vol. 15, p. 637.seven of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, which article is continued in force for twenty years by section Vol 25, p. 894.seventeen of the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, one million five hundred and seventy-three thousand five hundred dollars. sioux, yankton tribe.Sioux, Yankton tribe.
For fifth of twenty installments, last series, to be paid to them or Vol. 11, p. 744.expended for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars; For subsistence and civilization of two thousand Yankton SiouxSubsistence, etc.Vol. 19, p. 287. heretofore provided for in appropriations under “Fulfilling treaty with Sioux of different tribes,” thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand dollars. sisseton and wahpeton indians.Sisseton’s and Wahpeton.
For sixth of thirteen installments of eighteen thousand four hundred dollarsVol. 26, p. 1037. each, to be paid per capita, as per third article of agreement with the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians, dated September twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, ratified by act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighteen thousand four hundred dollars. That for the purpose of paying to the scouts and soldiers of thePayment to Indian scouts and soldiers, military service.
Sisseton, Wahpeton, Mdewakanton, and Wapakoota bands of Sioux Indians who were enrolled and entered into the military service of the Sioux outbreak.United States, and served in suppressing what is known as the Sioux outbreak of eighteen hundred and sixty-two, or who were enrolled and. War of the rebellion.served in the armies of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and are now living, and to the descendants and members of the fam ilies of such of said scouts and soldiers as are now dead, who were Vol. 26, pp. 1035–1038.not parties to the agreement entered into between the United States and the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota and Sioux Indians on the twelfth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, for the reason that they were not residents of the said Sisseton Reservation and did reside elsewhere, their pro rata shares of the amount 625 found due said scouts and soldiers for annuities under the provisions of the fourth article of the treaty of July twenty-third, eighteen hundredVol. 10, p. 949. and fifty-one, and of which they have been wrongfully and unjustly deprived by the operation of the provision of the act of Congress approvedVol. 12, p. 652.
February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and entitled “An act for the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredations and injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians,” the whole amount so found due all of said scouts and soldiers by the Department of the Interior, having been appropriated by the United States, to the Indians residing on the Sisseton Reservation, in and by article three of the said agreement of December twelfth, eighteen hundredVol. 26, p. 1037. and eighty-nine, to the Indians residing on the said Sisseton Reservation, without reference to military service, and the said scouts and soldiers residing off said reservation being thereby deprived of their pro rata share of said annuities for which Congress made provision to the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, in and by section twenty-seven of the act of March third, eighteen hundredVol. 26, p. 1038. and ninety-one, leaving their share of the annuity of eighteen thousand four hundred dollars due the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, wholly unpaid and unprovided for, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, thirty thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid in equal shares and per capita to saidDistribution per capita. scouts and soldiers who are still living, and who are not parties to the agreement aforesaid, and———a share that any such scout or soldier would receive if living shall, in the event he is dead, be divided pro rata between his wife and children and descendants, and the pay rollsPay rolls. upon which payments were made to said scouts and soldiers and their descendants under the twenty-seventh section of the act March third,Vol. 26, p. 1038. eighteen hundred and ninety one, shall be conclusive in all cases where the name appears upon said rolls, except in cases where deaths have subsequently occurred, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to add such other names to said rolls as were previously omitted therefrom by mistakes or omissions of persons who were lawfully entitledMistakes, etc., in enrollment. to be enrolled thereon.
For deficiency in appropriation for said Indians, act of March third,Deficiency. eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three thousand dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand four hundred dollars. spokanes.Spokane’s. For second of ten installments, to be expended under the directionRemoval to CŒur d’Alene Reservation, etc. of the Secretary of the Interior, in the removal of the Spokane Indians to the CŒur d’Alene Reservation, in erecting suitable houses, in assisting them in breaking lands, in furnishing them with cattle seeds, agricultural implements, saw and gristmills, threshing machines, mowers, clothing, and provisions; in taking care of the old, sick, and infirm; in affording educational facilities, and in any other manner tending to their civilization and self-support, as per article five of agreement with*Ante*, p. 139. said Indians dated March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, twenty thousand dollars.
For pay of a blacksmith and carpenter to do necessary work and toBlacksmith, etc. instruct the said Indians in those trades, one thousand dollars each, per sixth article of said agreement, two thousand dollars. For encouragement of said Indians in taking allotments of land andEncouraging Indian allottees, etc. in preparing the same for cultivation, as set forth in article eight of said agreement, five thousand dollars; 626 For first of ten installments of one hundred dollars each, to ChiefsPayment to chiefs.
Louis, Paul, Schulhault, Antarcham, and Enoch, as per article nine of said agreements, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand *Proviso*.Removal to Colville or Jocko reservations.five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That any moneys heretofore appropriated for the removal of said Spokane Indians to the Coeur d’Alene Reservation shall be extended or expended to such members of the tribe who have removed or shall remove to the Colville of Jocko reservations, confederated bands of utes.Confederated bands, Utes.
For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two blacksmiths,Carpenters, etc.Vol. 13, p. 675.Vol. 15, p. 622. as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and fifteenth article of treaty of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand seven bundled and twenty dollars; For pay of two teachers, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For purchase of iron and steel, and the necessary tools for Vol. 15, p. 621.blacksmith shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars.
For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, to be expended under the Clothing, etc.direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for clothing, blankets, and such Vol. 15, p. 622.other articles as he may deem proper and necessary, under eleventh article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars; For annual amount for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour,Food.Vol. 15, p. 622. beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfth article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars;
For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, five thousand dollars;Employees. in all, seventy-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. winnebagoesWinnebagoes. For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred and nine dollars andInterest. seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per Vol. 7. p. 545.Vol. 12. p. 628.fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred 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 cavillation of said Indians, forty thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-five cents;
For interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollarsVol. 16. p. 355. and forty-one cents, at five per centum per annum to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the erection of houses, improvement of their allotments of land, purchase of stock, agricultural implements, seeds, and other beneficial objects, three thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and two cents; in all, forty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-seven cents. chippewasChippewas.
This amount as advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota,Interest.Vol. 25. p.645. as required by section seven of “an act for the relief of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the manner required by said act, reimbursable, ninety thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS.Miscellaneous sup ports. For subsistence and civilization of the Apache’s, Kiowas, Comanches,Apache’s, Kiowas, Comanches, Wichita’s. etc.
Wichita’s, and affiliated bands, who have been collected upon the Reservations set apart for their use and occupation, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 627 For subsistence and civilization of the Arapahoe’s and Cheyenne’sArapahoe’s and Cheyenne’s. who have been collected on the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, seventy-five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, toChippewas, Lake Superior. be expended for agricultural and educational purposes, pay of employees, and pay of physician, at one thousand two hundred dollars, purchase of goods and provisions, and for such other purposes as may be deemed to the best interest of the Indians, seven thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For support and civilization of Chippewas of Red Lake and PembinaChippewas, Red tribe of Chippewas, and for pay of employees, ten thousand Lake and Pembina.dollars. Support of Chippewas on White Earth Reservation: For thisChippewas, 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,Chippewas, Turtle Mountain band. including seeds, thirteen thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the confederate tribes and bands inConfederate bands, middle Oregon. middle Oregon, and pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other allied tribesD’Wamish, etc., Washington. in the State of Washington, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Carlos’ band of Flathead Indians, includingCarlos’ band.
Flat-heads. 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 andHualapais, Arizona. other necessaries for the support of the Hualapais Indians in Arizona, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For this amount, to subsist and properly care for the Apache andApaches, etc., Arizona and New Mexico. other Indians in Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in New Mexico Arizona, two hundred thousand dollars: *Prodded always*, that no part of said sum shall be expended*Proviso*.Restriction. in support of any such Indians in any school without the Territory, or in payment of transportation of any such Indian to or from such school.
For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones and BannocksFort Hall Indians. and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation, in Idaho, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks,Lemhi Agency Indians. and Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi Agency, in Idaho, including pay of employees, fourteen thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths andKlamath Agency Indians.
Modocs, 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 Territory,Kickapoos. five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Makahs, including pay of employees,Makahs. four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residing withinModocs, Ind.
Ter. the Indian Territory, four thousand dollars For support and civilization of the Moqui Indians, including pay ofMoquis. employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Navajo Indians, including pay ofNavajos. employees, seven thousand five hundred dollars; For the construction of irrigating ditches, and the development of aIrrigation, etc. 628 water supply for agricultural, stock, and domestic purposes, on the Navajo Indian Reservation, forty thousand dollars, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior; in all, forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyenne andNorthern Cheyennes and Arapahoes. Arapaho Indians on the Tongue River, in Montana, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the purchase of agricultural implements and support and civilizationNez Perces, Joseph’s band. of Joseph’s band of Nez Perces Indians, twelve thousand dollars For support and civilization of the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho, includingNez Perces. Idaho. pay of physician six thousand five hundred dollars For support and civilization of the Poncas, including pay of employees,Poncas.Promo.Division. eighteen thousand dollars: *Provided*, that this amount be divided pro rata among all the members of said tribe in the Indian Territory and in South Dakota.
For support and civilization of the Quinaielts and Quillehutes, includingQuinaielts and Quillehutes. pay of employees, four thousand dollars. For temporary support and civilization of the Shebits tribe of IndiansShebits. in Washington County, Utah, to enable them to become self-supporting, 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 the purchases and their distribution to the Shebits, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, fifteenShoshones, Wyo. thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, includingShoshones, Nev. pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. Support of Seminoles in Florida: For support, civilization, and instructionSeminoles, Fla. of the Seminole Indians in Florida, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Sioux of Devils Lake, including paySioux, Devils Lake. of employees, six thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the S’Klallam Indians, including payS’Klallams. of employees, three thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Tonkawa Indians, and for seedsTonkawas. and agricultural implements, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Walla Walla, Cayuse and UmatillaWalla Wallas, Cayuses, and Umatillas. tribes, including pay of employees, six thousand five hundred dollars. Support of Mission Indians: For support and civilization of IndiansMission Agency Indians, Cal. at the Mission Agency, California, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Yakamas and other Indians atYakamas. said agency, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase, land and subsistenceDigger Indians, Jackson, Cal. and other necessaries for the support of the Digger Indians of Central California, at Jackson, in said State, and for such other purposes as may be deemed necessary for the civilization of said Indians, Immediately available.ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available.
A primary day school may be established and maintained out of said appropriation. The Secretary of the Interior may in bis discretion, establish suchRegulations for school attendance. regulations as will prevent the issuing of rations or the furnishing of subsistence either in money or in kind to the head of any Indian family for on account of any Indian child or children between the ages of eight and twenty-one years who shall not have attended school during the Exceptions.preceding year in accordance with such regulations.
This provision shall not apply to reservations or part of reservations where sufficient school facilities have not been furnished nor until full notice of such regulations shall have been given to the Indians to be affected thereby. The amount and value of subsistence so withheld shall be creditedAccounts. to the tribe or tribes from whom the same is withheld, to be issued and paid when in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior they shall have fully complied with such regulations. 629 GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.Incidental expenses, Indian service in— 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 general incidentalCalifornia. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in California, and support and civilization of Indians at the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, and Tide River agencies, fourteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees, including one carpenter (for Hoopa Valley Agency), at same agencies, ten thousand dollars; in all, twenty-four 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 general incidentalNevada. 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 Piutes on the Western Shoshone Reservation, fourteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all, twenty thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in New Mexico: For general incidentalNew Mexico. 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 generalOregon. incidental 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 the same agencies, six thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses of Indian service in Utah: For general incidentalUtah. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents in Utah, support and civilization of Indians at Uintah Valley and Ouray agencies, and pay of employees at said agencies, eight thousand dollars. Incidental expenses of Indian service in Washington: For general incidentalWashington. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies and the support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Puyallup agencies, and pay of employees, sixteen thousand dollars. 630 Incidental expenses of Indian service in Wyoming:
For general incidentalWyoming. expenses of the Indian service, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS.Miscellaneous. Flour mill, Pima Agency, Arizona: Operating and repairing theFlour mill, Pima Agency. Ariz. flour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars. Substation and mills, Flathead Agency, Montana: Establishment ofFlathead Agency, Mont. substation, purchase of saw and flour mills, and construction of necessary buildings for same; purchase of animals and pay of employees at Flathead Agency, Montana, three thousand five hundred dollars.
That for the amount necessary to pay for the removal and subsistenceEastern band of Cherokees.Removal. of those members of the Eastern band of Cherokees who have removed themselves, as well as those who may now or hereafter desire to remove to the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory, at the rate of fifty-three dollars and thirty-three cents per head, being the amount specified in the eighth article of the Cherokee treaty of December twenty-ninth, Vol. 9, p. 265.eighteen hundred and thirty five, and the act of Congress approved July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
Aiding Indian allottees under act of February eighth, eighteen hundredAiding Indian allottees. and eighty-seven, reimbursable: This amount to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in aiding Indians who Vol. 24, p. 388.have taken land in severalty under the act of February eighth, 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.
Allotments under act of February eighth, eighteen hundred andAllotments. eighty-seven, reimbursable: To enable the President to cause, under the Vol. 24, p. 388.provisions of the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians,” 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. 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.
Authority is hereby granted to Alexander Redwing, a Sioux IndianAlexander Redwing may sell to American Missionary Association land for cemetery, Nebr. of the Santee tribe in the State of Nebraska, to sell and convey to the American Missionary Association, incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, so much of the land allotted and patented by the United States to him. they said Redwing, as is used for a cemetery lot, not exceeding fifteen acres, situated in the tract described as follows, to wit:
West half of southeast quarter of southwest quarter section thirteen, township thirty-three north, range five west, the same to be held, occupied and used for cemetery purposes only. That the act of Congress approved August seventh, eighteen hundredOmaha Indians, Nebr.Vol. 22, p. 342. and eighty-two, entitled “An act to provide for the sale of a part of the reservation of the Omaha tribe of Indians in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes,” be, and the same is hereby, amended Allotments.so as to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the Indians of that tribe, to allot in severalty, through an allotting agent of theIndian women and children born since allotments made.
Interior Department, to each Indian woman and child of said tribe born since allotments of land were made in severalty to the 631 members thereof under the provisions of said act, and now living, one-eight of a section of the residue lands held by that tribe in common, instead of one-sixteenth of a section, as therein provided, and to allot in severalty to each allottee under said act, now living, who received only one-sixteenth of a section thereunder, an additional one sixteenth of a section of such residue lands: *Provided*, That the allotments so*Provisos*.
Conditions, etc. Vol. 22. p. 342. Expenses. made shall be subject to the same conditions, restrictions, and limitations provided for in sections six, seven, and eight of said act, touching allotments and patents to allottees therein mentioned: *And provided*, That the expenses incurred in making the allotments hereby authorized shall be defrayed out of the funds appropriated for surveying and allotting Indian reservations. That the town or city of Kingfisher, in Oklahoma Territory shall be,Kingfisher, Okla.
Ter., may purchase land for cemetery. and hereby is, authorized and permitted to purchase, for cemetery purposes, the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section sixteen, in township sixteen north, and range seven west, of Indian meridian (upon which there have been buried about one hundred and fifty of its dead), at such price and upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, upon application by the proper authorities therefor. To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in bis discretion, to pay thePayment of costs of legal contests by or against Indians. legal costs incurred by Indians in contests initiated by or against them, to any entry, filing, or other claims, under the laws of Congress relating to public lands, for any sufficient cause affecting the legality or validity of the entry, filing or claim, five thousand dollars: *Provided*,*Proviso*.One-half fees.
That the fees to be paid by and on behalf of the Indian party in any case shall be one-half of the fees provided by law in such cases, and said fees shall be paid by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, on an account stated by theAccounts. proper land officers through the Commissioner of the General Land Office. In all states and Territories where there are reservations or allotted Indians the United States District Attorney shall represent.District attorneys to represent Indiana. them in all suits at law and in equity.
Irrigation, Indian reservations: For the construction, purchase andIrrigation. use of irrigating machinery and appliances on Indian reservations in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior forty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That of this sum a sufficient amount may be used to sink*Proviso*.Artesian wells. one artesian well at each of the three following places, namely: Rosebud Reservation, Standing Rock Reservation and Pine Ridge Reservation, in South Dakota, neither of said wells to cost more than fiveLimit of cost. thousand dollars.
That the agreement entered into by Robert S. Gardner, United StatesAgreement with Yakama, etc.. Indians, Washington, ratified, etc. Indian inspector, on the part of the United States, duly appointed by the Secretary of the Interior in that behalf, of the one part, and the head chief, chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the Yakama and other confederated tribes and bauds of Indians, residing on the Yakama Indian reservation, in the State of Washington, of the other part, bearing date the thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed: *Provided*, That the Northern Pacific Railroad Company,*Proviso*.Payment for benefit of Indians by Northern Pacific Railroad. its successors or assigns shall, within sixty days from the taking effect of this act, pay to the Treasurer of the United States the sum of eight thousand two hundred and ninety-five dollars and eighty-cents for the use and benefit of said Yakama and other confederated tribes and bands of Indians residing on the Yakama Reservation, in the State of Washington, five thousand three hundred and nine dollars whereof shall be expended for the benefit of said Indians in such manner as theExpenditure.
Secretary of the Interior may direct, and the balance, or two thousand nine hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty cents, shall be expended for the benefit of such individual Indians, or their heirs, or paid to 632 them in cash, in the proportion to which they may severally be entitled, as appears on the schedule E attached to said agreement, as the Secretary of the Interior may direct. 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 immediately previous to such employment practically engaged in the occupation of farming.
Pay of matrons, IndianMatrons to Housekeeping. service: To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ teachsuitable persons as matrons to teach Indian girls in housekeeping and other household duties, at a rate not to exceed sixty dollars per month, and for furnishing necessary equipment, five thousand dollars. Pay of Indian police: For the service of not exceeding eight hundredIndian police. and fifty privates, at ten dollars per month each, and not exceeding seventy-five 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 Territory of Alaska, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and for the purchase of equipment and rations for policemen of nonrational agencies, one hundred and fifty thousand 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 vaccination ofVaccination. Indians, one thousand dollars. Telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay the expenseSupplies, telegraphing, etc. of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service 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 necessarySupplies, transportation. 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 and rent of warehouses, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, that Indians shall be employed in the transportation of supplies and in other work connected with the Indian service wherever practicable.
Sale and allotment of Umatilla Reservations, reimbursable: to carryUmatilla Reservation. Oregon, sale and allotment. into effect sections one and two of “An act providing for allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla Reservation, in the State of Oregon, and grant patents therefor, and for other Vol. 23, p. 341.purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, said amount to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of sale of Umatilla lands.
For relief and civilization of Chippewas in Minnesota, reimbursable,Chippewas. Minnesota. to enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of Vol. 25, p. 642.the Secretary of the Interior, to carry out an act entitled “An act for the, relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen Expenses for civilization. etc.hundred and eighty-nine, namely, the purchase and employment of labor for the erection of houses for Indians; for the purchase of agricultural implements, stock, and seeds, breaking and fencing land; for payment of expenses of delegations of Chippewa Indians to visit the White Earth Reservations; for the erection and maintenance of day and industrial schools; for subsistence and for pay of employees; for pay of commissioners and their expenses; and for removal of Indians and for their allotments, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of sale of their lands, seventy-five thousand dollars. 633 For completing the necessary surveys within the Chippewa IndianSurveys, etc.
Reservation in Minnesota, including expenses of examining and appraising pine lands, under the provisions of the act approved JanuaryVol. 25, p. 643. fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of their lands, twenty-five thousand dollars. 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; this amount to be immediately available.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to negotiateNegotiations with any Indians. 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. Mission Indians: To enable the Attorney-General to employ a specialMission Indians, Cal.Special attorney. Attorney for the Mission Indians of Southern California, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, one thousand dollars.
To pay George W. Maffet for buildings and improvements at theG. W. Maffet. payment to. Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, Indian Territory, now used and occupied by the Government, one thousand dollars. For removal of Lower Brule and consolidating with Crow CreekConsolidation of Lower Brule and Crow Creek agencies, etc. Agency in South Dakota, and for construction of agency building at some place on the Lower Brule Reservation, and to complete the Indian Industrial school at Chamberlain, South Dakota, fifty thousand dollars,Industrial school, Chamberlain, 8.
Dak. or so much thereof as may be necessary. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized immediatelyCommission to select and appraise portions of allotted lands, etc., Puyallup Resevation. Wash. after the passage of this act to appoint a commission of three persons, and not more than one of whom shall be a resident of any one State, and it shall be the duty of said commission to select and appraise such portions of the allotted lands as are not required for homes for the Indian alotees; and also that part of the agency tract, exclusive of rhe burying ground, not needed for school purposes, in the Puyallup Reservation, in the State of Washington, And if the SecretaryApproval. of the Interior shall approve the sellections and appraisments made by said commission, the allotted lands so selected shall be soldSale. for the benefit of the allottees, and the agency tract for the benefit of all the Indians, after due notice at public auction at not less than the Notice.Terms of sale.appraised value for cash, or one-third cash, and the remainder on such time as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, to be secured by vendor’s lien on the property sold.
It shall be the duty of said commission, or a majority of them, to superintendDuty of commission.Ascertainment of owners, etc. the sale of said lands, ascertain who are the true owners of the allotted lands, have guardians duly appointed for the minor heirs of any deceased allottees, make deeds of the lands to the purchasersDeeds. thereof, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, which deeds shall operate as a complete conveyance of the land upon the full payment of the purchase money; and the whole amount received for allottedDisposal of purchase money. lands shall be placed in the Treasury to the credit of the Indian entitled thereto and the same shall be paid to him in such sums and at such times as the Commissioner of Indian affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the interior, shall direct: *Provided*, That the portion*Provisos*.Addition to Tacoma.Sale of lots in agency tract. of the agency tract selected for sale shall be platted into streets and lots as an addition to the City of Tacoma, and sold in separate lots, in the same manner as the allotted lands, and the amount received therefor, less the amount necessary to pay the expenses of said commission, including salaries shall be placed to the credit of the Puyallup band of Indians as a permanent school fund to be expended for their benefit:School fund.Power of alienation by Indian allotees of unselected land. *And provided further*, That the Indian allottees shall not have power of alienation of the allotted lands not selected for sale by said Commission for a period of ten years from the date of the passage ofLimit.Consent of Indiana to sale of allotted land. this act and no part of the allotted land shall be offered for sale until the 634 Indian or Indians entitled to the same shall have signed a written agreement consenting to the sale thereof, and appointing said commissioners, or a majority of them, trustees to sell said land and make Sale of agency tract.a deed to the purchaser thereof; and no part of the agency tract shall be sold until a majority of said Indians shall consent thereto in a written agreement, which shall also constitute said commissioners, or a majority of them, trustees to sell said land, as directed in this act, and make deeds to the purchaser for the same.
The deeds executed by said commission shall not be valid until approved by the Secretary of the Interior, who is hereby directed to make all necessary regulations to carry out the purposes of the foregoing provisions. The Disposal of proceeds.proceeds arising from the sale of the allotted lands shall be placed in the Treasury to the credit of the respective allottees, and the net proceeds of the agency tract, after paying the expenses of said commission in Reimbursement.the appraisement and sale of said lands, and reimbursing the United States for the amount advanced to said commission, shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of all said Indians, and Interest.Expenditure of interest.the said sums shall draw interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, and the income shall be annually expended for the benefit of said Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided*:
Expenditure of principal.That an amount not exceeding one tenth of the principal sum may be expended for their benefit during any fiscal year, if deemed necessary Apportionment of expenses.by the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided further*, That the entire expense herein incurred shall be apportioned by the Secretary of the Interior pro rata between the several allottees and the owners of the tribal tract; and the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion designate one member of said Commission to superintend the execution of any of the requirements of said Commission herein provided for.
And the sum of twenty thousand dollars or so much hereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said commission, to be reimbursed to the United States out Available.of the proceeds of the sale of that portion of the agency tract, to be immediately available. Surveying and Allotting Indian Reservations: Survey andSurvey and allotment. Indian Reservations. subdivision 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, twenty-five thousand dollars.
FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.Support of schools. For support of Indian day and industrial schools and for other educationalDay and industrial schools. purposes not hereinafter provided for, including pay of draftsman to be employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one million seventy-five thousand dollars, of which sum at least one hundred and fifty thousand dollars may be expended in the establishment Additional primary day schools.and support of primary day schools upon or near Indian reservations in addition to the day schools already established: for the support of Kate Drexel Industrial School Umatilla Reservation, Oregon.Construction and repair of buildings.sixty Indian pupils at the Kate Drexel Industrial School on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon, six thousand dollars; for the erection and repair of industrial boarding school buildings on or near the reservations and for necessary repairs of boarding school buildings, twenty thousand dollars; for the erection of day school buildings at not to exceed one thousand dollars each, and for repairs of day school buildings, twenty thousand dollars; for the purchase of horses, Horses, cattle, etc. for schools.cattle, sheep, and swine, for said schools, thirty-five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars of which shall be immediately available; to enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs under the direction of the Indian exhibit at World’s Columbian Exposition.Available.Secretary of the Interior, to complete a suitable Indian Exhibit at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago twenty-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available, in all, one million one hundred *Proviso*.and eighty-one thousand dollars; *And provided further*, That not more 635 than two hundred dollars of this appropriation shall be expended forLimit per capita.Exception. the annual support and education of any one pupil, except in such cases as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior a larger expenditure is absolutely necessary to prevent a serious impairment of the efficiency of the school, a full statement of the specific reasons for such additional expenditure to be made by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in his annual report.
Hereafter the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion withholdWitholding rations, etc., for nonattendance at school. rations, clothing and other annuities from Indian parents or guardians who refuse or neglect to send and keep their children of proper school age in some school a reasonable portion of each year. For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupilsAlbuquerque, N. Mex. at Albuquerque, New Mexico, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum for each pupil, forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: pay of superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; repairs of buildings, five thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania,Carlisle, Pa. at not exceeding one hundred and sixty-seven dollars for each pupil, for transportation of pupils to and from Carlisle school, and for the repair of buildings, one hundred and five thousand dollars; with additional pay of military officer acting as superintendent, one thousand dollars: *Provided*, That not more than five thousand dollars of this*Provisos*.Repairs.Qualification for ad mission. amount shall be used in repairing buildings: *And provided further*, That no more Indian children shall enter and be educated and supported at said school who have not attended some other school for a period of at least three years; in all, one hundred and six thousand dollars.
For support of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils, Chilocco, IndianChilocco, Indian TerRepairs, etc. Territory, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, forty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; fencing and repairs of buildings at school, one thousand dollars; pay of superintendent of said school, two thousand dollars; per annum; in all, forty-four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For support of one hundred Indian pupils at Carson City, Nevada,Carson City, Nev. at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars; erection and repairs of school buildings at the Indian school, three thousand five hundred dollars, and for pay of superintendent of said school at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For support of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils, at Pierre, South Dakota,Pierre. S. Dak. at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each; twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; erection of buildings and repairs, two thousand dollars; in all. twenty-eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For support of one hundred Indian pupils at Flandreau, South Dakota,Flandreau. S. Dak. at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one assistant matron, six hundred dollars: erection of two windmills and towers with force pump, four hundred dollars; construction of vegetable houses, three hundred dollars; erection of frame storehouse, one thousand five hundred dollars; general repairs, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand dollars.
For support of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Santa Fe, NewSanta Fe. N. Mex. Mexico, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars: for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for erection of hospital, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for storehouse and barn, one thousand dollars dollars: for steam-heating plant, two thousand dollars; for irrigation and water supply, one thousand five hundred 636 dollars; for general repairs, five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-four thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For support of three hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils at Genoa,Genoa, Nebr. Nebraska, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, fifty-four thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars; pay of Superintendent, two thousand dollars per annum; for draining, plumbing, and general repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars. For payment of balances due on construction of school building andBalances due on construction, etc. for supplies furnished for the Genoa Indian school, Nebraska, six thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty-eight cents.
For support of one hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils at IndianShoshone Reservation, Wyo. industrial school at Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, twenty-one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; erection of building, fencing, and repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For support of one hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils, at oneGrand Junction, Colo. hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, at Grand Junction, Colorado, twenty-one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at the Indian school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum: erection of hospital, one thousand five hundred dollars; storehouse, three hundred dollars; blacksmith shop, two hundred dollars; for general repairs, three hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For support of two hundred and forty Indian pupils at Fort Totten,Fort Totten, N. Dak. North Dakota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, forty thousand and eighty dollars; pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; in all, forty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. For support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian pupilsHampton, Va. at the school at Hampton, Virgina, twenty thousand and forty dollars.
For support of five hundred Indian Pupils at Indian school, Lawrence,Lawrence, Kans. Kansas, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, eighty-three thousand five hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, two thousand dollars per annum; for erection of employees’ quarters and for general repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eighty-seven 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 one hundred and thirty pupils at Phoenix, Arizona,Phoenix, Ariz. at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: pay of superintendent, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; erection of dormitory, eight thousand dollars; construction of waterworks, two thousand dollars; errection of employees’ quarters and general repairs, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty-six thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For support of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils, at Salem, Oregon,Salem, Oreg. at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each; forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of the superintendent of said school, two thousand dollars per annum; for completion of boys’ and girls’ building, one thousand dollars: barn and warehouse, one thousand five hundred dollars; alteration and repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For support of three hundred Indian pupils at the Saint IgnatiusSt. Ignatius Mission school, Mont. Mission school, on the Jocko Reservation, 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,Whites Manual Labor Institute, Wabash, Ind. of Wabash, Indiana, ten thousand and twenty dollars. 637 For support and education of eighty pupils at the Cherokee TrainingCherokee Training School, Cherokee, N.
C. School at Cherokee, North Carolina, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, and for alteration and repairs of buildings,Repairs, etc. thirteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; for pay of Superintendent, who shall also act as agent, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. *Provided*, That of the eighteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars*Proviso*.Traveling expensed of employees. appropriated for carrying on the training school at Cherokee, North Carolina, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, there may be used a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars in the payment of the actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred by the persons appointed by the Government as employes at that school, in traveling to Cherokee, North Carolina, and in returning to their homes, but who were prevented from assuming the duties assigned to them owing to the delay in the transfer of the school to the Government.
For education and support of one hundred Chippewa boys and girlsSt. John’s University and St. Benedict’s Academy, Minnesota. at Saint John’s University and at Saint Benedict’s Academy, in Stearns County, State of Minnesota, at one hundred and titty dollars each per annum, and for the education and support of one hundred Indian pupils at Saint Paul’s Industrial School at Clontarf, in the State of Minnesota,St. Paul’s Industrial School, Minnesota. thirty thousand dollars. For support of one hundred and thirty Indian pupils, at Fort Mojave,Fort Mojave, Ariz.
Arizona, at one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum each, twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; erection of shoe shop and purchase of tools for same, one thousand dollars; for purchase of appliances for the manufacture of willow ware, two hundred dollars; for purchase of engine, belting, shafting, and dryer for laundry, one thousand dollars; repairs of buildings, three hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For care, support, and education of Indian pupils at industrial, agricultural,Other schools. 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. For support of one hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils at MountMount Pleasant, Mich. Pleasant, Michigan, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for completion of building and general repairs, three thousand dollars; for improvement of buildings, two thousand dollars; for purchase in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, of one hundred and twenty acres of land adjoining said Indian Farm School, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For support and education of sixty Indian pupils at Saint Joseph’sSt. Joseph’s, Rensselaer, Ind. Normal School at Rensselaer, Indiana, eight thousand three hundred and thirty dollars. For support of sixty Indian pupils at Indian industrial school at Tomah, Wis.Tomah, Wisconsin, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, ten thousand and twenty dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for boy’s dormitory, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for hospital, one thousand five hundred dollars; kitchen and dining room, one thousand dollars; general repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars.
For support and education of one hundred Indian pupils at SaintSt. Boniface’s, Banning, Cal. Boniface’s Industrial School at Banning, California, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For support of sixty Indian pupils at Indian industrial school at Pipestone. Minn.Pipestone, Minnesota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, ten thousand and twenty dollars; for pay of superintendent, 638 one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for outbuildings and general repairs, one thousand dollars; for heating, plumbing, and sewerage, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all fifteen thousand and twenty dollars.
For the education and support of one hundred Indian children at theHoly Family School, Montana. Holy Family Indian School at Blackfeet Agency, Montana, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For support of one hundred Indian pupils at Indian industrial schoolPerris, Cal. near Perris, California, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for outbuildings, fencing, irrigation, and general repairs, four thousand dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand two hundred dollars.
For collecting and transportation of pupils to and from Indian schoolsTransporting, etc., pupils. and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools, except Carlisle, and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified, to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational training under arrangements in which their proper care, support, and education shall be in exchange for their labor, forty thousand dollars.
That in the expenditure of money appropriated for any of the purposesChildren of Indiana taking lands in severality 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. That the expenditure of the money appropriated for school purposesSecretary of Interior to direct expenditures.Regulations, etc. 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-three, namely: For trust-fund interest due Cherokee national fund, twenty-five thousandCherokee national fund. six hundred and forty dollars; For trust fund interest due Cherokee school fund, one thousand six hundredCherokee school fund. and thirty dollars;
For trust-fund interest due Chickasaw national fund, nineteen thousandChickasaw national fund. eight hundred and twenty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Choctaw general fund, twenty-seven thousandChoctaw general fund. dollars; For trust-fund interest due lows, three thousand two hundredlowas. and eighty dollars; For trust-fund interest due Delaware general fund, two thousandDelaware general fund. and seventy dollars; For trust fund interest due. Menomonee’s, nine hundred and fiftyMenomonee. dollars; in all, eighty thousand three hundred and ninety dollars.
This amount to reimburse the Choctaw orphan reservation fund,Choctaw orphan reservation fund.Reimbursement of interest. being interest at five per centum per annum, from the fourth day of June eighteen hundred and sixty three, to the eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety, on the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, taken from said fund on the fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, by order of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and advancedWilliam G.
Coffin. to William G. Coffin, superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern superintendency, for the relief of loyal Cherokee Indians, Vol. 26, p. 340.reimbursed to the Choctaws by act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, twenty thousand four hundred and six dollars 639 and twenty-five cents: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Treasury*Provisos*.Restriction. shall, upon investigation find that said fifteen thousand dollars was of the principal drawing interest, and not of accumulated interest upon said orphan fund: *Provided*, that any amount that may be found dueAccounts. by the Secretary shall be credited to the Choctaw fund charged to the Cherokee fund.
Sec. 3. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations arePurchase of supplies to be advertised. herein made, exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars in value at any one time, shall be made without first giving at least three weeks’ public notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, when, inException. 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 herein and heretofore appropriated*Provisos*.Irrigation. for construction of ditches and other works for irrigating may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior be expended in open market: *provided further*, That purchase in open market may be madePurchase from Indians. from Indians under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: *And provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized,Purchases until contracts are executed. for the period of thirty days after the approval of this act, to purchase in open market supplies necessary for the Indian service, until contracts are executed and approved and contractors have had time to deliver supplies to the several agencies, to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars at any one time, a special report thereof to be made to Congress at its next session.
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-four, shall be immediately available; but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. And hereafter the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized to advertise in the spring of each year for bids, and enter intoAdvertisement before appropriations. 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 the contracts so mad*Provisos*.Basis of contracts. shall be on the basis of the appropriations for the preceding fiscal year: *And provided further*, that these contracts shall contain a clause that no deliveries shall be made under the same and no liability attachConditions. 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.
And the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriationsDiversion of surplus for subsistence. herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indians tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: *Provided however*, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligationsTreaty funds. shall not be used: *And provided further*, That any diversions which shall be made under authority of this section shall be reportedReport. in detail, and the reason therefor, to Congress, at the session of Congress next succeeding such diversion: *And provided further*, That thePurchase of stock cattle, etc.
Secretary of the Interior, under the 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 improvement of such allotments, and shall report to Congress,Report. at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision. 640 Sec. 5.
That when not required for the purpose for which appropriatedTransfer or 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 pay of other employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed tor other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made for millers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various articles provided for by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benefit of said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual manner; and that he cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision.
Sec. 6. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies in accordanceRejection of bids. with section three of this act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interest of the Government, they Purchases in open market.may be rejected, and the articles specified in such bids 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 now onSale of property not used. 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 reservations where it may be required, or to sell it and apply the proceeds of 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. That when in the judgment of the Secretary of the InteriorCommutation of rations to civilized Indians. any Indian tribe, or part thereof, who are receiving rations and clothing and other supplies under this act, are sufficiently advanced in civilization to purchase such rations and clothing and other supplies judiciously, they may commute the same and pay the value thereof in money per capita to such tribe or part thereof, the manner of such payment to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 9. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annuallyReport of number of all employees, etc., to be made annually. to Congress, specifically showing the number of employees at such agency, industrial, and boarding school, which are supported out of the appropriations in this act: giving name, when employed, in what capacity employed, male or female, whether white or Indian, amount of compensation paid, and out of what item or fund of the appropriation paid. Also the number of employees in his office here in Washington; when employed, in what capacity employed, male or female, full name, amount of compensation paid and out of what fund paid, and under what law employed. cherokee outletCherokee Outlet.
Sec. 10. That the sum of two hundred and ninety-five thousandSecretary of the Interior authorized to purchase. Seven Hundred and thirty-six-dollars payable as hereinafter provided is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to contract to pay eight million three hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary in addition, to pay the Cherokee Nation of Indians for all the right, title, interest, and claims which the said nation of Indians may have in and to certain lands described and specified in an agreement concluded between David H Jerome, Alfred M Wilson, and Warren G Sayre, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, and Elias C Boudinot, Joseph A Scales, George Downing, Roach Young, Thomas Smith, William Triplett, and Joseph Smallwood, duly appointed commissioners 641 on the part of the Cherokee Nation of Indians in the Indiana Territory, on the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, bounded on the west by the one hundredth degree of west longitude;Boundaries. on the north by the state of Kansas; on the east by the ninety-sixth degree of west longitude, and on the south by the Creek Nation, the Territory of Oklahoma, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation, created or defined by Executive order dated August tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; which said agreement is fully set forth in theAgreement. message of the President of the United States, communicating the same to congress, known as Executive Document Numbered Fifty-six, of the first session of the Fifty second Congress, the lands referred to being commonly known and called the “Cherokee Outlet;” and said agreement is hereby ratified by the congress of the United States,Ratification.Limitations. subject, however, to the Constitution and laws of the United States and the acts of congress that have been or may be passed regulating trade and intercourse with the Indians, and subject, also, to certain amendments thereto, as follows:
Amend the same by adding to the first paragraph of article two ofAgreement amended.*Provisos*.Removal of intruders.To be paid value of improvements. said agreement the following words: “*And provided further*, That before any intruder or unauthorized person occupying houses, lands, or improvements, which occupancy commenced before the eleventh day of August, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-six, shall be removed therefrom, upon demand of the principal chief or otherwise, the value of his improvements, as the same shall be appraised by a board ofAppraisers. three appraisers, to be appointed by the President of the United States, one of the same upon the recommendation of the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, for that purpose, shall be paid to him by the Cherokee Nation; and upon such payment such improvements shall become the property of the Cherokee Nation:
“*Provided*, That the amount soLimit for improve-merits. paid for said improvements shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *And provided further*, That the appraisersValue of the use. in determining the value of such improvements may consider the value of the use and occupation of the land. Further amend the same by striking out paragraph three of articleFurther amendments. two of said agreement and changing the numbers of the subsequent paragraphs to correspond.
And the provisions of said agreements so amended shall be fully performedAmended agreements to be carried out, etc.*Provisos*.Appropriation immediately available.Remainder payable in five annual installments. and carried out on the part of the United States: *Provided*, that the money hereby appropriated shall be immediately available and the remaining sum of eight million three hundred thousand dollars or so much thereof as is required to carry out the provisions of said agreement as amended and according to this act, to be payable in five equal annual instalments, commencing on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and ending on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, said deferred payments to bear interestInterest. at the rate of four per centum per annum, to be paid annually, and the amount required for the payment of interest as aforesaid is hereby appropriated:Appropriation for annual interest. *And provided further*, That of the money hereby appropriated a sufficient amount to pay the Delawares and Shownees their pro rataShare of Delawares and Shawnees, retained. share in the proceeds of said outlet shall remain in the Treasury of the United States until the status of said Delaware and Shawnee Indians shall be determined by the courts of the United States before which their suits are now pending; and a sufficient amount shall also be retained inRetention to pay Cherokee freedmen. the Treasury to pay the freedmen who are citizens of the Cherokee Nations or their legal heirs and representatives such sums as may be determined by the courts of the United States to be due them.
Nor shall anything herein be held to a bridge or deny to said freedmen any rights to which they may be entitled under existing laws or treaties. The acceptanceAcceptance by Cherokee Nation of any of this money to operate as a ratidcation. by the Cherokee Nation of Indians of any of the money appropriated as herein set forth shall be considered and taken and shall operate as a ratification by said Cherokee Nation of Indians of said agreement, as it is hereby proposed to be amended, and as a full and complete 642 relinquishment and extinguishment of all their title, claim, and interestRailroad company not to be benefited, etc. in and to said lands; but such relinquishment and extinguishment shall not inure to the, benefit of any railroad company nor vest in any railroad company any right title or interest in or too any of said lands: *Provided*,Nor to make further compensation to Cherokee Nation. said railroad shall be relieved from any further payments of compensation to said Cherokee Nation as required by law for running said railroad across said Cherokee outlet.
And said lands, except the portion to be allotted as provided in saidUnallotted lands to become public domain. agreement, shall, upon the payment of the sum of two hundred and ninety-five thousand seven hundred and thirty-six dollars, herein appropriated, to be immediately paid, become and be taken to be and treated as a part of the public domain. But in any opening of the School sections reserved.same to settlement, sections sixteen and thirty six in each township, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, shall be, and are hereby reserved for the use and benefit, of the public schools to be established within the limits of such lands, under such conditions and regulations as may Cherokee Council may issue a loan for deterred payments, etc.be hereafter enacted by Congress: *Provided*, That if the legislative Council of the Cherokee Nation shall deem it more advantageous to their people they may issue a loan for the principal and interest of the deferred payments pledging said amounts of interest and principal to secure payment of such debt.
Sections thirteen, fourteen, fifteen sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-two,Chilocco Indian Industrial School lands reserved from public settlement. twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight and the east half of sections seventeen, twenty and twenty-nine, all in township numbered twenty-nine north, of range numbered two east of the Indian Meridian, the same being lands reserved by Executive order dated July twelfth eighteen hundred and eighty-four, for use of and in connection with the Chilocco Indian Industrial School, in the Indian Territory, shall not be subject to public settlement, but shall, until the further action of Congress, continue to be reserved for the purposes for which they were set apart in the said Other reservations may be made by Presidential proclamation.Executive order.
And the President of the United States, in any order or proclamation which he shall make for the opening of the lands for settlement, may make such other reservations of lauds for public purposes as he may deem wise and desirable. The President of the United States is hereby authorized, at any timePresident to make proclamation opening lands to settlement. within six months after the approval of this act and the acceptance of the same by the Cherokee Nation as herein provided, by proclamation, to open to settlement any or all of the lands not allotted or reserved, in the manner provided in section thirteen of the act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, 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 Vol. 25, p. 1005.and ninety, and for other purposes” (Twenty-fifth United States Statutes, page ten hundred and five); and also subject to the provisions of the act of Congress approved May second, eighteen hundred and ninety, Vol. 26, p. 81.County divisions, etc.School-land leases.Vol. 26, p. 1026.entitled “An act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Oklahoma to enlarge the jurisdiction of the United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes;” also, subject to the second proviso of section seventeen, the whole of section eighteen of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and Exceptions.Additional payments by settlers before receiving patent.ninety-two, and for other purposes;” except as to so much of said acts and sections as may conflict with the provisions of this act.
Each settler on the lauds so to be opened to settlement as aforesaid shall, before receiving a patent for his homestead, pay to the United States for the lands so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre for any land east of ninety-seven and one half degrees west longitude, the sum of one dollar and 643 a half per acre for any land between ninety-seven and one-half degrees west longitude and ninety-eight and one-half degrees west longitude, and the sum of one dollar per acre for any land west of ninety-eight and one half degrees west longitude, and shall also pay interest uponInterest. the amount so to be paid for said and from the date of entry to the date of final payment therefor at the rate of four per centum per annum.
No person shall be permitted to occupy or enter upon any of theNo person to enter until proclamation issues. lands herein referred to, except in the manner prescribed by the proclamation of the President opening the same to settlement; and any person otherwise occupying or entering upon any of said lands shall forfeit all right to acquire any of said lands. The Secretary of theRules, etc., for occupation, etc., of lands. Interior shall, under the direction of the President, prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this act, for the occupation and settlement. of said lands, to be incorporated in the proclamation of the President, which shall be issued at least twenty days before the timeTime of issue of proclamation. fixed for the opening of said lands.
The allotments provided for in the fifth section of said agreementAllotments. shall be made without delay by the persons entitled thereto, and shall be confirmed by the Secretary of the Interior before the date when said lands shall be declared open to settlement; and the allotments so made shall be published by the Secretary of the Interior, for the protection of proposed settlers. And a sum equal to one dollar and forty cents perDeduction from deferred payments for allotted lands.D.
W. Bushyhead may have prior selection of certain land. acre for the lands so allotted shall be deducted from the full amount of the deferred payments, hereby appropriated for: *Provided*, That D. W. Bushyhead, having made permanent or valuable improvements prior to the first day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, on the lands ceded by the said agreement, he shall be authorized to select a quarter section of the lands ceded thereby, whether reserved or otherwise, prior to the opening of said lands to public settlement; but he shall be required to pay for such selection, at the same rate per acre asPayment. other settlers, into the Treasury of the United States in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall direct.
The President of the United States may establish, in his discretion,Land offices. one or more land offices to be located either in the lands to be opened, or at some convenient place or places in the adjoining organized Territory of Oklahoma; and to nominate, and by and with the, advice andRegisters and receivers. consent of the Senate, to appoint registers and receivers thereof. The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,Compensation, etc., of appraisers.Immediately available. the same to be immediately available, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay for the services of the appraisers to be appointed as aforesaid, at a rate not exceeding ten dollars a day for the time actually employed by each appraiser,Limit. and their reasonable expenses, and to enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to effect the removal of intruders required by the first paragraph ofRemoval of intruders. article two of said agreement as amended.
The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,Expert accountants. the same to be immediately available, is hereby appropriated, outImmediately available. of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to employ such expert person or persons to properly render a complete account to the Cherokee Nation of moneys due said nation, as required in the fourth subdivision of article two of said agreement. tonkawa indian landsTonkawa Indian lands.
Sec. 11. That the sum of thirty thousand six hundred dollars, or soPayment for land relenquished to the United States. much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be immediately available, to pay the Tonkawa tribe of Indians in the Territory of Oklahoma for all their right, title, claim, and interest of every kind and character in and to four townships of land, containing ninety 644 thousand seven hundred and ten and eighty nine one-hundredths acres, more, or less, ceded, conveyed, and relinquished to the United States by article one of an agreement concluded on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, between David H.
Jerome, Alfred M Wilson, and Warren G Sayre, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, and said Tonkawa tribe of Indians, which agreement is contained in the message of the President communicating the same to Congress, and known as Executive Document Numbered Thirteen, first session fifty-second Congress, to be paid and Manner of payment etc.applied in the manner provided for in said agreement. And such portion of said amount as may be deposited in the Treasury of the United Interest, etc.Ratification, etc., of agreement.States shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, which interest shall be applied as provided in said agreement: and said agreement is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed. pawnee indian landsPawnee India lands.
Sec. 12. That the sum of eighty thousand dollars, or so much thereof,Payment to Pawnee Indians. Oklahoma, for cession of lands between the Cimarron and Arkansas rivers. as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be immediately available, to pay the Pawnee tribe of Indians in Oklahoma, formerly a part of the Indian Territory, for all their right, title, claim, and interest of every kind and character in and to all that tract of country between the Cimarron and Arkansas rivers embraced within the limits of seventeen specified Townships of land, ceded, conveyed, and relinquished to the United States by said Pawnee tribe of Indians, by article one of an agreement concluded on the twenty-third day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, between David II.
Jerome, Alfred M. Wilson, and Warren G. Sayre, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, and said Pawnee tribe of Indians, which agreement is contained in the message of the President communicating the same to Congress, and known as Executive Document Payment, etc.Number Sixteen, second session Fifty-second Congress, to be paid and applied in the manner provided in article four of said agreement. And the further sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury Immediately available.Compensation, etc., of special allotting agents.not otherwise appropriated, the same to be immediately available, to pay the expense of making the allotments provided for in said agreement, including the pay and expenses of necessary special agents hereby authorized to be appointed by the President for the purpose of making such allotments, and to pay the expense of necessary resurveys therefor.
Said agreement is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed. And the residue of the proceeds of the surplus lands mentioned in said agreement shall be placed to the credit of said tribe in Interest.Distribution.the Treasury of the United States, and shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, said interest to be paid and distributed to said tribe as provided in said article four. Sec. 13. That the lands acquired by the agreements specified in theLands to become part of public domain. two preceding sections are hereby declared to be a part of the public School sections reserved.domain.
Sections sixteen and thirty-six in each township, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, are hereby reserved from settlement for the *Ante*, p. 640.Open to settlement on proclamation by President.use and benefit of public schools, as provided in section ten relating to lands acquired from the Cherokee Nation of Indians. And the lands so acquired by the agreements specified in the two preceding sections not so reserved shall be opened to settlement by proclamation of the President at the same time and in the manner, and subject to the same conditions and regulations provided in section ten relating to the opening of the lands acquired from the Cherokee Nation of Indians.
And each settler on the lands so to be opened as aforesaid shall, Additional foe.before receiving a patent for his homestead, pay to the United States for the lands so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law. the Interest.sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre; and shall also pay interest 645 upon the amount so to be paid for said land from the date of entry to the date of final payment at the rate of four per centum per annum. Sec. 14. Before any of the aforesaid lands are open to settlement itCounty divisions. shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to divide the same into counties which shall contain as near as possible not less than five 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: *Provided*, That range one west and ranges one, two, three, and four*Provisos*.Payne County. east, in township twenty, shall be attached to, and become a part of, Payne County. At the first election for county officers the people of County names.each 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*, That as soon as the county lines are designated by the Secretary he shall reserve not to exceed one-half section of land inCounty-seats. each county, to be located for county-seat purposes, to be entered under sections twenty-three hundred an eighty-seven and twenty-three[R.
S., secs. 2387, 2388, p. 437](/us/rs/t/s2387/2388p/437).To be specified in proclamation. hundred and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes, an all reservations for county seats shall be specified in any order or proclamation which the President shall make for the opening of the lands to settlement. Sec. 15. The consent of the United States is hereby given to the allotmentAllotments to Cherokees. Creeks, Choctaws. and Seminoles. of lands in severalty not exceeding one hundred and sixty j acres to any one individual within the limits of the country occupied by the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles; and upon such allotments the individuals to whom the same may be allotted shall be deemed to be in all respects citizens of the United States.
And theAllottees to be deemed citizens. sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay for the survey of any suchSurvey of allotted lands. lands as may be allotted by any of said tribes of Indians to individual members of said tribes; and upon the allotment of the lands held by said tribes respectively the reversionary interest of the United StatesRights of United States to cease. therein shall be relinquished and shall cease.
Sec 16. The President shall nominate and. by and with the adviceNegotiations with the five civilized tribes in Indian Territory. and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three commissioners to enter into negotiations with the Cherokee Nation the Choctaw Nation, the Chickasaw Nation the Muscogee (or Creek) Nation; the Seminole Nation, for the purpose of the extinguishment of the national or tribal title to any lands within that Territory now held by any and all of such nationsCommission to be appointed. or tribes, either by cession of the same or some part thereof to the United States, or by the allotment and division of the same in severalty among the Indians of such nations or tribes, respectively, as may be entitled to the same, or by such other method as may be agreed upon between the several nations and tribes aforesaid, or each of them, with the United States, with a view to such and adjustment, upon the basis of justice and equity, as may, with the consent of such nations or tribes of Indians, so far as may be necessary, be requisite and suitable to enable the ultimate creation of a State or States of the Union which shall embrace the lands within said India Territory.
The commissioners so appointed shall each receive a salary, to be paidSalaries, etc., of commissioners. during such time as they may be actually employed, under direction of the President, in the flutes enjoined by this act, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum, and shall also be paid their reasonable and proper expenses incurred in prosecution of the objects of this act, upon accounts therefor to be rendered to and allowed by the Secretary of the Interior from time to time.
That such commissioners shall have power to employ a secretary, a stenographer, and such interpreter or interpretersSecretary. stenographer, and interpreter. as may be found necessary to the performance of their duties, and by order to fix their compensation, which shall be paid, upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from time to time, with their reasonable and necessary expenses, upon accounts to be rendered as 646 aforesaid; and may also employ, in like manner and with the like Surveyor, etc.approval. a surveyor or other assistant or agent, which they shall certify in writing to be necessary to the performance of any part of their duties.
Such commissioners shall, under such regulations and directions asRegulations, etc. shall be prescribed by the President, through the Secretary of the Interior, enter upon negotiation with the several nations, of Indians as Duties of Commission.As to allotment of lands in severally to Indians.aforesaid in the Indian Territory, and shall endeavor to procure, first, such allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians belonging to each such nation, tribe, or band, respectively, as may be agreed upon as just and proper to provide for each such Indian a sufficient quantity of land for his or her needs, in such equal distribution and apportionment as may be found just and suited to the circumstances; for which purpose, after the terms of such an agreement shall have been arrived at, the said commissioners shall cause the lands of any such nation or tribe or band to be surveyed and the proper allotment to be designated;
Cession of other lands to United States.and, secondly, to procure the cession, for such price and upon such terms as shall be agreed upon, of any lands not found necessary to be so allotted or divided, to the United States; and to make proper Agreements for interest, etc.agreements for the investment or holding by the United States of such moneys as may be paid or agreed to be paid to such nation or tribes or bands, or to any of the Indians thereof, for the extinguishment of their Power and objects of the commission.therein.
But said commissioners shall, however, have power to negotiate any and all such agreements as, in view of all the circumstances affecting the subject, shall be found requisite and suitable to such an arrangement of the rights and interests and affairs of such nations, tribes, bands, or Indians, or any of them, to enable the ultimate creation of a Territory of the United States with a view to the admission of the same as a state in the Union. The commissioners shall at any time, or from time to time, report toReports. the Secretary of the Interior their transactions and the progress of their negotiations, and shall at any time, or from time to time, if separate agreements shall be made by them with any nation, tribe or band, in pursuance of the authority hereby conferred, report the same to the Secretary of the Interior for submission to Congress for its consideration and ratification.
For the purposes aforesaid there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneyAvailable. in the Treasury of the United States, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be immediately available. Neither the provisions of this section nor the negotiations or agreementsRight of sovereignty of the United States not waived, etc. which may be had or made thereunder shall be held in any way to waive or impair any right of sovereignty which the Government of the United States has over or respecting said Indian Territory or the people thereof, or any other right of the Government relating to said Territory, its lands, or the people thereof.
Approved, March 3, 1893.
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