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Chapter 3. Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes

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Chap. 3: Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes. Chapter 3 30 Stat. 62 1897-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 30 public chap. 3.— 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 fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes. June 7, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following sums be,Indian Department appropriations. 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 in full compensation for all offices the salaries for which are specially provided for herein for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and fulfilling treaty stipulations for the various Indian tribes, namely:
CURRENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES. For pay of fifty-six agents of Indian affairs at the following-namedPay of agents at agencies. agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely: FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3. 1897. 63 At the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Cherokee School, North Carolina: Additional compensation to superintendent of said school for performing the duties heretofore required of the agent at the Cherokee Agency, two hundred dollars;
At the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota, one thousand seven hundred dollars; At the Colorado River Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Colville Agency, Washington, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Lower Brule Agency, South Dakota, one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Crow Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars;
At the Devils Lake Agency, North Dakota, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Flathead Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Apache Agency, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Hall Agency, Idaho, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Beck Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars;
At the Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Hoopa Valley Agency, California, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Klamath Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Mescalero Agency, New Mexico, one thousand six hundred dollars;
At the Mission Tule River Agency, California, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Navajo Agency, New Mexico, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Neah Bay Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Nevada Agency, Nevada, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the New York Agency, New York, one thousand dollars; At the Nez Perces Agency, Idaho, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, Nebraska, one thousand six hundred dollars;
At the Osage Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand six hundred dollar’s; At the Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, Kansas, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Pueblo and Jiearilla Agency, New Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars; 64 At the Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory, one thousand four hundred dollars;
At the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Round Valley Agency, California, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, one thousand dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Santee Agency, Nebraska, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, one thousand five hundred dollars;
At the Siletz Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Southern Ute Agency, at Navajo Springs, Colorado, one thousand four hundred dollars: At the Standing Bock Agency, North Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Tongue River Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Tulalip Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (consolidated), one thousand eight hundred dollars;
At the Umatilla Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Union Agency, Indian Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Warm Springs Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Western Shoshone Agency, Nevada, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars: At the Yakima Agency, Washington, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, eighty-six thousand five hundred dollars.
That a separateFort Apache Reservation. agency is hereby created to cover and have jurisdiction over all that portion of the White Mountain or San Carlos Reservation lying north of the Salt or Black River, to be known as the Fort Apache Reservation, with headquarters at Fort Apache, Arizona: *Provided*, That the foregoing appropriations shall not take effect nor become*Provisos*.Not available for Army officers as agents. available in any case tor or during the time in which any officer of the Army of the United States shall be engaged in the performance of the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies above named; *Provided further*, That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval ofSuperintendents of schools may act as agents. the Secretary 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.
And the superintendent uponBond. whom such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents. For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the discretionInterpreters. of the Secretary of the Interior, twelve 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 two thousand five hundred dollarsInspectors. per annum each, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
For traveling expenses of five Indian inspectors, at three dollars perTraveling expenses. day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now65 authorized by law, and for incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, including telegraphing and expenses of going to and going from the seat of Government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for a period not to exceed twenty days, seven thousand dollars.
For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousandSuperintendent of schools. dollars. For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of IndianTraveling expenses. schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That*Provisos*.Per diem allowance in field. 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 fare, in lieu of all other expenses now allowed by law: *And provided further*, That he shall perform such other duties as mayOther duties. be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
For pay of one clerk to superintendent of Indian schools, one thousandClerk to superintendent. dollars. For buildings and repairs of buildings at agencies, thirty thousandAgency buildings. dollars. For contingencies of the Indian service, including traveling andContingent expenses. incidental expenses of Indian agents and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; also traveling and incidental expenses of five special agents, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the field, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lien of all other expenses now authorized by law; for pay of employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of the five special agents,Social agents. at two thousand dollars per annum each, forty thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ practical farmersPractical farmers. and practical stockmen in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not exceeding sixty-five dollars each per month, to superintend and direct farming and stock raising among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, sixty five thousand dollars: *Provided*,*Proviso*.To have been actually engaged in farming for two years previous, etc. That no person shall be employed as such farmer or stockman who has not been at least two years immediately previous to such employment practically engaged in the occupation of farming within the State or Territory or adjoining State or Territory where such agency is located, and where practicable competent Indians shall be given the preference.
For services of officers, at fifteen dollars per month each, and privates,Indian police. at ten 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, for the purchase of equipments, and for the purchase of rations for policemen at nonration agencies, one hundred and thirty five thousand dollars.
For compensation of judges of Indian courts, twelve thousand fiveJudges of Indian courts. hundred and forty dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ suitable personsMatrons to teach housekeeping. 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 equipments, fifteen thousand dollars. For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, one thousandVaccination. dollars.
To pay the expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the IndianSupplies, telegraphing, etc. Service, and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates, inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, forty thousand dollars. For necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions,Transportation. 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.
For expenses of the commission of citizens serving without compensation,Citizens’ commission.Vol. 16, p. 40. appointed by the President under the provisions of the fourth66 section of the Act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, four thousand dollars. FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH, AND SUPPORT OF, INDIAN TRIBES. Fulfilling treaties. apaches, kiowas, and comanches. Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches. For the last of thirty installments, as provided to be expended underVol. 15, pp. 534, 590. the tenth article, treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, in Kansas, with the Kiowas and Comanches, and under the third article, treaty of the same date, with the Apaches, thirty thousand dollars;
For purchase of clothing, as provided in the same treaties, ten thousand dollars; For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, four thousand dollars; For pay of physician and two teachers, two thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, forty-six thousand seven hundred dollars. cheyennes and arapahoes. Cheyennes and Arapahoes. For the last of thirty installments, provided to be expended underVol. 15, p. 596. the tenth article of treaty of October twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, twenty thousand dollars;
For purchase of clothing, as per same article, ten 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 dollars; in all, thirty-six thousand dollars. chickasaws. Chickasaws. For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars.Vol. 1, p. 619. chippewas of the mississippi. Chippewas of the Mississippi. For fifth of ten installments of annuity, last series, to be paid to Chief Hole in the Day, or his heirs, per third article of treaty of August second, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and fifth article ofVol. 9, p. 904.Vol. 16, p. 720. treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand dollars;
For support of a school or schools upon said reservation, during theSchool. pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. choctaws. Choctaws. For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and thirteenth article of treatyVol. 7, p. 99.Vol. 11, p. 614. of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-live, three thousand dollars;
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, six hundred dollars; For permanent annuity for support of blacksmith, per sixth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five,Vol. 7, p. 212.Vol. 7, p. 236.Vol. 11, p. 614. 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; 67 For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treatyVol. 7, p. 236.Vol. 11, p. 614. of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars; For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred andInterest. fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Choctaws, in conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, andVol. 7, p. 236.Vol. 11, p. 614. treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, thirty thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. chippewas of minnesota, reimbursable.
Chippewas of Minnesota, reimbursable. Advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, as requiredAdvance interest.Vol. 25, p. 645. by section seven of "An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota," approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the manner required by said Act (reimbursable), ninety thousand dollars. To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction ofExpenses for civilization.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," approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, namely, the purchase of material 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 Reservation; 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;
For the erection and completion of suitable buildings for an industrialIndustrial school.Immediately available. boarding school on the White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, fifty thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For completing the necessary surveys within the Chippewa IndianSurveys. Reservation in Minnesota, including expenses of examining and appraising pine lands, under the provisions of the Act approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be reimbursed to the United States out of proceeds of the sale of their lands, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That all lands acquired and sold by the United*Proviso*.Aids to navigation.
States under the “Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall be subject to the right of the United States to construct and maintain dams for the purpose of creating reservoirs in aid of navigation, and no claim or right of compensation shallU. S. not liable for overflows. accrue from the overflowing of said lands on account of the construction and maintenance of such dams or reservoirs.
And the Secretary of War shall furnish the Commissioner of the General Land Office a list of such lands, with the particular tracts appropriately described, and in the disposal of each and every one of said tracts, whether by sale, by allotment in severalty to individual Indians, or otherwise, under said Act, the provisions of this paragraph shall enter into and form a part of the contract of purchase or transfer of title. coeur d’alenes. Coeur d’Alenes. For sixth of fifteen installments of eight thousand dollars each, to lie expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under the sixth article of agreement of March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred68 and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of March third, eighteen hundred andVol. 26, 1028. ninety-one, eight thousand dollars;
For pay of blacksmith, carpenter, and physician, 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 Colvilles. For annuity for Chief Moses, as per agreement of July seventh, eighteenChief Moses.Vol. 23, p. 79. 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 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 June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, and fifth article of treaty ofVol. 7, p. 69.Vol. 11, p. 700. August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, three thousand dollars;
For permanent annuity, in money, per fourth article of treaty of January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty six, and fifthVol. 7, p. 287.Vol. 11, p. 700. article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty thousand dollars; For permanent annuity for blacksmith and assistant, and for shops 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 the 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 education, 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.
Upon the properly authenticated demand of the Creek Nation madeDisbursements for debts of Creek Nation.*Post*, p. 597. after the passage of this Act the Secretary of the Interior shall, through an officer of the Government, disburse three hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars of the money in the Treasury of the United States belonging to the Creek Nation of Indians, only for the payment of the debts of the government of the Creek Nation; *Provided*, That no debts*Proviso*.Debts to be founded on valuable consideration, etc. shall be paid until by investigation the Secretary of the Interior shall be satisfied that said nation of Indians incurred said debt or issued its warrants representing the same for a full and valuable consideration and that there was no fraud in connection with the incurring of said debt or the issue of warrants. crows.
Crows. For the sixteenth of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreementVol. 22, p. 43. with the Crows, dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty,69 to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in such a manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars; For twenty-ninth of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing,Vol. 15, p. 651. as per ninth article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, twelve thousand dollars; For pay of physician, per tenth article of same treaty, one thousandVol. 15, p. 652. two hundred dollars;
For pay of carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and blacksmith, as per tenth article of same treaty, three thousand three hundred dollars; For pay of second blacksmith, and iron and steel, as per eighthVol. 15, p. 651. article of same treaty, one thousand five hundred dollars; 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, seventy-eight thousand dollars. fort hall indians.
Fort Hall Indians. For ninth of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with said Indians, approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundredVol. 25, p. 688. 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. Indiana at Blackfeet Agency. For last of ten installments of one hundred and fifty 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 theVol. 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. Indians at Fort Belknap Agency. For last often 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 theVol. 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.
Indians at Fort Peck Agency. For last of ten installments of one hundred and sixty-five 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 theVol. 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. Indiana at Fort Berthold Agency. For seventh 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. 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-six, at five per centum per annum, for education or other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the President, per ninth article of treaty of May seventeenth,Vol. 10, p. 1071. eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. 70 iowas in oklahoma.
Iowas in Oklahoma. For second of five installments, second 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 dollars. kansas. Kansas. For interest in lieu of investment on one hundred and thirty-fiveInterest. 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 hundred and fifty dollars. kickapoos in kansas.
Kickapoos. For interest on sixty-eight thousand two hundred and forty-threeInterest. dollars and fifty-eight 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 font hundred and twelveVol. 10. p. 1079. dollars and seventeen cents. This amount to enable the President of the United States to pay theSettlement of estates of two deceased Kickapoos. legal representatives of two deceased Kickapoo Indians, the settlement of whose estates is desired, under the provisions of section two of the Act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, such sum asVol. 24, p. 219. may be their proportion of the one hundred thousand dollars provided for said tribe for education and other purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, not exceeding six hundredVol. 10, p. 1979. and seventy-five dollars and sixty-six cents; in all, four thousand and eighty-seven dollars and eighty-three cents. molels.
Molels. 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 hundredVol. 12. p. 981. and fifty-five, three thousand dollars. nez percés. Nez Percés. For salaries of two matrons to take charge of the boarding schools,Schools. 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 anh arapahoes.
Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes. For subsistence and civilization, as per agreement with the SiouxSubsistence, etc.Vol. 19, p. 256. Indians, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, including subsistence and civilization of Northern Cheyennes removed from Pine Ridge Agency to Tongue River, Montana, eighty-five thousand dollars; For twenty ninth 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, including clothing for above Indians, seventeen thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the amount in this and the preceding paragraph shall*Proviso*.Division. be expended pro rata, as near as may be, for the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes in Wyoming and on the Tongue River in Montana;
For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of same treaty,Vol. 15. p. 658. nine thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and eleven thousand dollars. osages. Osages. For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars,Interest. at five per centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of land set apart by treaty of June second, eighteen hundred and twenty-five,Vol. 7. p. 242.71 for educational purposes, per Senate resolution of January ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, three, thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars.
And the justices of the peace and the probate courtsJurisdiction civil actions against Osage and Kansas Indians, Okla. in and for the Territory of Oklahoma shall not have jurisdiction of any actions in civil cases against members of the Osage and Kansas tribes of Indians residing on their reservation in Oklahoma Territory, and the district court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in such actions, and at least two terms of such court shall be held in each year at Pawhuska on said reservation at such times as the supreme court of said Territory shall fix and determine for the trial of both civil and criminal cases. 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 second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundredVol. 11, p. 729. and fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars; For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of same treaty, ten thousand dollars; For pay of two farmers, two blacksmiths and two apprentices, one miller and. apprentice, 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: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior*Proviso*.Per capita payment. is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Pawnee tribe of Indians in cash, the sum of twenty-two thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars and twenty-five cents out of their trust land money on deposit in the United States Treasury.
Said sum shall be equally divided among the members of said tribe and shall be paid per capita. pottawatomies. Pottawatomies. For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty ofAnnuities.Vol. 7, p. 51. August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents; For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty 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 of SeptemberVol. 7, p. 314. 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. twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, and second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight,Vol. 7, p. 317. five thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents;
For permanent provision for payment of money in lieu of tobacco, iron, and steel, per second article of treaty of September twentieth,Vol. 7, p. 318.Vol. 9, p. 855. eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and tenth article of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents; For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and for iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October sixteenth,Vol. 7. p. 298.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: 72 For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second article ofVol. 7. p. 320. treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-four cents;
For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four dollarsInterest. and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with provisions of article seventh of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteenVol. 9, p. 854. hundred and forty-six, eleven thousand five hundred and three dollars and twenty-one cents; in all, twenty thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-five cents. quapaws. Quapaws. For education, during the pleasure of the President, per third articleVol. 7, p. 425. of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand dollars; for blacksmith and assistants, and tools, iron, and steel for blacksmith shop, per same article and treaty, five hundred dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars.
That the allottees of land within the limits of the Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory, areLeases permitted. hereby authorized to lease their lands, or any part thereof, for a term not exceeding three years, for farming or grazing purposes, or ten years for mining or business purposes. And said allottees and their lessees and tenants shall have the right to employ such assistants, laborers, and help from time to time as they may deem necessary: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Age or disability of allottee.
That whenever it shall be made to appear to the Secretary of the Interior that, by reason of age or disability, any such allottee can not improve or manage his allotment properly and with benefit to himself, the same may be leased, in the discretion of the Secretary, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by him. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this are hereby repealed. That the adult allottees of land in the Peoria and Miami IndianPeoria and Miami Reservation.Adult allottees may sell.
Reservation in the Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory, who have each received allotments of two hundred acres or more may sell one hundred acres thereof, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. 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 perInterest.Vol. 7, p. 541 centum, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars; for interest on eight hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article ofVol. 7, p. 596. treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-two, forty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the sum of one thousand five hundred*Proviso*.Physician, etc. 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 andVol. 7, p. 541. thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars; For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth,School.Vol. 12, p. 1173. eighteen hundred and sixty-one two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars. seminoles.
Seminoles. For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,Interest. to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of AugustVol. 11, p. 702.*Post*, p. 569. seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; 73 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, to be paid annually for the support of schools, as per thirdVol. 14, p. 757. 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 same treaty, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. senecas.
Senecas. For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of SeptemberAnnuity.Vol. 7, p. 161. twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of SeptemberVol. 7, p. 179. seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, five hundred dollars; For permanent annuity, for blacksmith and miller, per fourth 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 in the seventh article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundredVol. 15, p. 515. 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 assistants, 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, 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-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For interest, at five per centum, on forty-three thousand and fifty dollars, transferred from the Ontario Bank to the United States Treasury, per Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and two dollars and fifty cents. eastern shawnees.
Eastern Shawnees. For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of SeptemberAnnuity.Vol. 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 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. 74 shoshones and bannocks.
Shoshones and Bannocks. Shoshones: For twenty-eighth of thirty installments, to purchaseShoshones.Supplies. suits of clothing for males over fourteen years of age; flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over the age of twelve years, and such goods as maybe 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. 670. and sixty eight, ten thousand dollars; For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer,Physician.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, as per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand dollars; Bannocks: For twenty-eighth 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 treaty of July third,Vol. 15. p. 676. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five 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; 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 eleventh, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars. sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.
Sioux of different tribes. For twenty-eighth of thirty installments, to purchase clothing forClothing. males over fourteen years of age; for flannel, hose, and calico, and domestics required for females over twelve years of age, and for such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls, per tenth article of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteenVol. 15, p. 638. hundred and sixty eight, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; For twenty-eighth of thirty installments, to purchase such articlesAgricultural articles. as may be considered proper by the Secretary of the Interior, at twenty dollars per head, for persons engaged in agriculture, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the Secretary, in his discretion,*Provisos*.Money payments. is authorized to pay said amount per head in money: *Provided further*, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior hereafter to cause the actual delivery of the woolen clothing herein contemplated and contemplatedWoolen clothing, delivery by list of November, etc. in prior Acts of Congress and treaties to the Sioux and Ponca Indians of Nebraska and North and South Dakota by the first day of November of the fiscal year for which such appropriations shall be made;
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, eighty-five thousand dollars; For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization,Subsistence.Vol. 19, p. 254. as per agreement, ratified by Act of Congress approved February twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, nine hundred thousand dollars, of which amount three thousand dollars may be expended by the Secretary of the Interior for completing the artesian well at the Rosebud Indian Agency in South Dakota; and two thousand75 two hundred dollars may be expended by the Secretary of the Interior to construct a blacksmith shop, carpenter shop, and a dwelling house, at a point south of White River, on the Rosebud Reservation, where the new issue house is located, to be immediately available: *Provided*, That*Provisos*.Transportation. this sum shall include transportation of supplies from the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation; and in this service IndiansIndian employment. shall have the preference in employment: *And provided further*, That the number of rations issued shall not exceed the number of IndiansLimit of rations. 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 second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and otherBlacksmith, etc. material, per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand six hundred dollars; For support and maintenance of day and industrial schools, includingSchools. purchase, erection, and repairs of school buildings, in accordance with article seven of the treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred andVol. 15, p. 637. sixty-eight, which article is continued in force for twenty years by section seventeen of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred andVol. 25, p. 894. eighty-nine, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, of which sum, so much as may be necessary, shall be expended by the Secretary of the Interior in the erection of two day school houses, for the Lower Brule Indians, who reside on the Rosebud Reservations south of White River; in all, one million five hundred and seven thousand dollars.
That the Secretary of the Interior shall, within one year after theOmaha, Nebr. passage of this Act, establish and thereafter maintain at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, a warehouse for Indian supplies,Warehouse. from which distributions shall be made to such Indian tribes of the West and Northwest as the Secretary of the Interior may direct: *Provided*,*Proviso*.City to furnish building, etc. That the city of Omaha shall provide, equip, and furnish a building suitable for this purpose free of cost to the United States. sioux, yankton tribe.
Sioux, Yankton tribe. For ninth of twenty installments (last series), to be paid to them or expended for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth,Vol. 11. p. 744. eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars; For subsistence and civilization of two thousand Yankton Sioux,Subsistence.Vol. 19, p. 287. heretofore provided for in appropriations under "Fulfilling treaty with Sioux of different tribes," and so forth, thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand dollars. sisseton and wahpeton indians.
Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians. For tenth of thirteen installments of eighteen thousand four hundred dollars 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, eighteenVol. 26. p. 1037. hundred and ninety-one, eighteen thousand four hundred dollars: *Provided*, That the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians are hereby authorized*Proviso*.Leases permitted. to lease their lands, or any part thereof, for a term not exceeding three years for farming or grazing purposes. spokanes.
Spokanes. For sixth of ten installments, to be expended under the direction ofRemoval to Coeur d’Alene Reservation. the Secretary of the Interior in the removal of the Spokane Indians to the Coeur d’Alene Reservation, in erecting suitable houses, in assisting them in breaking lands, in furnishing them with cattle, seeds, agricultural implements, saw and grist mills, 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 said Indians dated March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-76seven, ratified by Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteenVol. 27, p. 138. hundred and ninety-two, five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That any*Proviso*.Indiana on other reservations. moneys heretofore or hereafter to be appropriated for the removal of said Spokane Indians to the Coeur d’Alene Reservation shall be expended for such members of the tribe who have removed or shall remove to the Colville, Spokane, or Jocko reservations;
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 fifth of ten installments of one hundred dollars each, to ChiefsChiefs Louis and Enoch. Louis and Enoch, as per article nine of said agreement, two hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred dollars. confederated bands of utes. Confederated bands of Utes. For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two blacksmiths,Carpenters, etc.Vol. 13, p. 675. 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 hundredVol. 15, p. 622. 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 blacksmithVol. 15, p. 621. shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars;Clothing, etc. For twenty-ninth of thirty installments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for clothing, blankets, and such other articles as he may deem proper and necessary, underVol. 15, p. 622. 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, fifteen thousandEmployees. dollars; in all eighty-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. southern utes in colorado. Southern Utes in Colorado. For the erection of suitable agency buildings at Navajo Springs, MontezumaAgency buildings.
County, Colorado, for the use of such Southern Ute Indians as have not elected to take allotments of land in severalty, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to confer with theWater for irrigation, etc. owners of the Montezuma Valley Canal, in the county of Montezuma and State of Colorado, or any other parties, for the purpose of securing by the Government water rights, or for the supply of so much water, or both, as he may deem necessary for the irrigation of that part of the Montezuma Valley lying within the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in said State, and for the domestic use of the Indians thereon; and he shall report to Congress at its next regularReport. session the amount of water necessary to be secured for said purpose and the cost of the same, and such recommendations as he shall deem proper. winnebagoes.
Winnebagoes. For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundredInterest. and nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,Vol. 7, p. 545.Vol. 12, p. 620. and joint resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, forty thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-five cents; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to expend said interest for the support, education, and civilization of said Indians;
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 of77 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.
MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS. Miscellaneous supports. For subsistence and civilization of the Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches,Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, etc. Wichitas, and affiliated bands who have been collected in the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, one hundred thousand dollars. For subsistence and civilization of the Arapahoes and CheyennesArapahoes and Cheyennes. who have been collected on the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, ninety thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior,Chippewas of Lake Superior. Wisconsin, to be expended for agricultural and educational purposes, pay of employees, including pay of physician, at one thousand two hundred dollars, purchase of goods and provisions, and for such other purposes as may be deemed for the best interest of said Indians, seven thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. For support and civilization of Chippewas of lied Lake and PembinaChippewas of Red Lake and Pembina. tribe of Chippewas, Minnesota, and for pay of employees, ten thousand dollars.
For support of the Otter-Tail, Pillager, Pembina, and MississippiChippewas, White Earth Reservation. 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. North Dakota, including seeds, thirteen thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bands in middleConfederated bands, middle Oregon.
Oregon, and for pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other allied tribesD’Wamish, etc., Washington. in Washington, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Carlos’s Band of Flatheads, Montana,Carlos’s Band Flatheads, etc. including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For locating the Digger Indians of California upon lands recentlyDigger Indians, California. purchased for them, and for their subsistence and civilization, and the purchase of farming implements, seeds, and other articles, including the pay of a practical farmer, three thousand nine hundred dollars.
For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederatedFlatheads, etc., Montana. tribes, Montana, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase subsistence andHualpais, Arizona. other necessaries for the support of the Hualpais in Arizona, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Apache and other Indians in ArizonaApaches, etc., Arizona and New Mexico. and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in Arizona and New Mexico, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For support, civilization, and instruction of the ShoshonesFort Hall Indians. and Bannocks, and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, including pay of employees, thirty thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks, Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, includingLemhi Agency Indians. pay of employees, thirteen thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths, Modocs,Klamath Agency, Oreg. and other Indians of the Klamath Agency, Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians, Oklahoma Territory,Kansas Indians including agricultural assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Kickapoo Indians in the OklahomaKickapoos. Territory, five thousand dollars. 78 For support and civilization of the Makaha, Washington, includingMakaha. pay of employees, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Indians at the Mission Agency, California,Mission Agency Indians. including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residingModocs, Indian Territory. within the Indian Territory, four thousand dollars. For purchase of agricultural implements, and support and civilizationNez Percés, Joseph’s Band. of Joseph’s Band of Nez Percé Indians, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of Nez Percé Indians in Idaho, includingNez Percés. pay of physician, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Ponca Indians, including payPoncas. of employees, fifteen thousand dollars: *Provided*, That this amount, after*Proviso*.Division. paying employees authorized by law, shall be expended per capita among all the members of said tribe in Oklahoma Territory, South Dakota, and in the State of Nebraska.
For support and civilization of the Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes,Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes. Washington, including pay of employees, three thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, twentyShoshones, Wyoming and Nevada. thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Seminole Indians inSeminoles, Florida. Florida, six thousand dollars, one-half of which sum may be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior in procuring permanent homes for said Indians.
For support and civilization of Sioux of Devils Lake, North Dakota,Sioux of Devils Lake. including pay of employees, and for the purchase of seeds, ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Sioux, Medawakanton Band, inSioux, Medawakanton Band. Minnesota, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the S’Klallam Indians, Washington,S’Klallam Indians. including pay of employees, one thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of Tonkawa Indians, Oklahoma Territory,Tonkawas. and for seeds and agricultural implements, four thousand dollars.
For support and civilization of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and UmatillaWalla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatillas. tribes, Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Yakimas and other Indians atYakimas. said agency, including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars. That there be paid to the Naalem band of the Tillamook tribe ofNaalem band, Tillamook tribe.Payment to. Indians, of Oregon, the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars, to be apportioned among those now living and the heirs of those who may be dead, by the Secretary of the Interior, as their respective rights may appear: and that for this purpose there be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That said Indians shall accept*Proviso*.Acceptance in full. said sum in full of all demands or claims against the United States for the hinds described iu an agreement made with them dated the sixth day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.
GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE. Incidental expenses. Arizona: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service inArizona. Arizona, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. California: For general incidental expenses of the Indian ServiceCalifornia. in California, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians at the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, and Tide River agencies, thirteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, eight thousand dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand dollars. 79 Colorado:
For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service inColorado. Colorado, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. North Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the IndianNorth Dakota. Service in North Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at three agencies, one thousand five hundred dollars. South Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the IndianSouth Dakota. Service in South Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Idaho: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service inIdaho. Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. Montana: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service inMontana. Montana, including traveling expenses of agents, two thousand five hundred dollars. Nevada: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service inNevada. Nevada, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians located on the Piute, Walker River, and Pyramid Lake reservations, and Pintos on the Western Shoshone Reservation, twelve thousand dollars; and pay of employees, same agency, four thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand dollars.
New Mexico: For general incidental expenses of the Indian ServiceNew Mexico. in New Mexico, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars. Oregon: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service inOregon. Oregon, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians of Grand Ronde and Siletz agencies, eight thousand dollars; and pay of employees at the same agencies, tour thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand dollars.
Utah: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service inUtah. Utah, including traveling expenses of agents; support and civilization of Indians at Uintah Valley and Ouray agencies, three thousand dollars. Washington: For general incidental expenses of the Indian ServiceWashington. in Washington, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, and support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Puyallup agencies, and for pay of employees, fourteen thousand dollars.
Wyoming: For general incidental expenses of the Indian ServiceWyoming. in Wyoming, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. Support of schools. For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other educationalDay and industrial. purposes no thereinafter provided for, including pay of architect and draftsman, to be employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one million two hundred thousand dollars, of which amount the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, use five thousand dollars for the education of Indians in Alaska.
And it isAlaska Indians.No appropriation hereafter for sectarian schools. hereby declared to be the settled policy of the Government to hereafter make no appropriation whatever for education in any sectarian school: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior may make contracts with*Proviso.*Contracts. contract schools apportioning as near as may be the amount so contracted for among schools of various denominations for the education of Indian pupils during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, but shall only make such contracts at places where nonsectarian schools can not be provided for such Indian children and to an amount not exceeding forty per centum of the amount so used for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five: *Provided further*, That theReductions.Public schools, etc., not included. foregoing shall not apply to public schools of any State, Territory, county, or city, or to schools herein or hereafter specifically provided for.
For construction, purchase, lease, and repair of school buildings andBuildings and sites. purchase of school sites, two hundred thousand dollars. 80 For purchase of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and so forth, forFarm animals. schools, fifteen thousand dollars. For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at Albuquerque,Support of pupils.Albuquerque, N. Mex. New Mexico, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each pupil, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars;* for general repairs and improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars, and for water supply, two thousand dollars; in all, fifty-five thousand three hundred dollars.
For the support and education of one hundred Indian pupils atChamberlain, S. Dak. Chamberlain, South Dakota, at one hundred and sixty seven dollars per annum for each pupil, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand two hundred dollars; equipments and minor improvements, two thousand dollars; for water supply mid sewer, five thousand dollars; for erection of stable, one thousand dollars; for erection of workshop, one thousand five hundred dollars; for erection of laundry, one thousand dollars; for erection of hospital, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars.
For support of one hundred and fifty pupils at the training school atCherokee, X C. Cherokee, North Carolina, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand three hundred dollars, and for general repairs and minor improvements, two thousand dollars, and for the erection of new school buildings, four thousand dollars; in all, thirty-two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, atCarlisle, Pa. not exceeding one hundred and sixty-seven dollars for each pupil; and for transportation of pupils to and from said school, and for general repairs and improvements, one hundred and ten thousand six hundred dollars; for additional to the salary of any military officer of Carlisle Indian School while acting as superintendent of said school, one thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and eleven thousand six hundred dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils,Carson City, Nev. at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, at the Indian school at Carson City, Nevada, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand three hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; in al], twenty-nine thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For support of three hundred and fifty Indian pupils, at one hundredChilocco, Okla. and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, at the Indian school at Chilocco, Oklahoma Territory, fifty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; in all, sixty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at Flandreau,Flandreau, S. Dak. South Dakota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for sewerage system, one thousand dollars; in all, thirty-six thousand nine hundred dollars. For the purchase of land to be used as an industrial farm for saidIndustrial farm.Flandreau school.
Flandreau School, at a price not to exceed twenty-five dollars per acre, eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils atFort Mojave, Ariz. the Indian school, Fort Mojave, Arizona, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; for erecting new buildings, ten thousand dollars; for water system, five thousand dollars; in all, forty-three thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. 81 For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils,Fort Totten, N.
Dak. at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, at Indian school, Fort Totten, North Dakota, forty-one thousand seven hundred, and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand six hundred dollars: for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. That the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the support ofUnexpended balance reappropriated, etc. this school during the present fiscal year is hereby reappropriated to be used under direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the work of repairing and furnishing the buildings of said school.
For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at theGenoa, Nebr. Indian school, Genoa, Nebraska, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for erection of shops and equipping the same, two thousand dollars; for extension and completion of steam plant, six thousand dollars; in all,*Post*, p. 588. sixty-two thousand eight hundred dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils atGrand Junction, Colo. the Indian school at Grand Junction, Colorado, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars: for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; for addition to schoolroom, three thousand two hundred dollars; for a dormitory for boys, three thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; in all, thirty four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian pupilsHampton, Va. at the school at Hampton, Virginia, twenty thousand and forty dollars. For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at LincolnLincoln Institution, Philadelphia, Pa. Institution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars. For support and education of five hundred Indian pupils at theHaskell Institute, Lawrence.
Kans. Indian school, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each; for transportation of pupils to and from said school, and for general repairs and improvements, eighty-five thousand five hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand dollars; and for erection of new buildings, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and two thousand five hundred dollars. For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at the IndianMount Pleasant, Mich. school, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand four hundred dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils atPerris, Cal. the Indian school at Perris, California, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; for pay of bill of Russ Lumber and Mill Company for lumber furnished for school building, thirty-one dollars and thirty-five cents; in all, twenty-seven thousand and eighty-one dollars and thirty-five cents.
For support and education of four hundred Indian pupils at the IndianPhoenix, Ariz. school at Phoenix, Arizona, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, sixty-six thousand eight hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for erection of additional buildings, thirty thousand dollars; for erection of shops and equipment of same, three thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and four thousand six hundred dollars. 82 For support of Indian industrial school at Pierre, South Dakota, atPierre, S.
Dak. not to exceed one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each pupil, and for general repairs and improvements, twenty-five thousand five hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand and fifty dollars. For support and education of one hundred Indian pupils at the IndianPipestone, Minn. school, Pipestone, Minnesota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand two hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, twenty-five hundred dollars-, for school building and dormitory, to be built of stone, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirty thousand four hundred dollars.
For support and education of one hundred Indian pupils, Rapid City,Rapid City, S. Dak. South Dakota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand two hundred dollars; for equipment and minor improvements. two thousand dollars; for water supply and sewer, five thousand dollars; for erection of stable, one thousand dollars; for erection ofBuildings, etc. workshop, one thousand five hundred dollars; for erection of laundry, one thousand dollars; for erection of hospital, one thousand five hundred dollars; for construction of main building, seven hundred dollars, to be immediately available; for salary of superintendent of construction,Immediately available. eight hundred dollars, to be "immediately available; in all, thirty-one thousand four hundred dollars.
For support and education of three hundred pupils at the IndianSalem, Oreg. school, Salem, Oregon, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand six hundred dollars: for the erection of a school and assembly building, and dining hall and kitchen, and other necessary buildings, fifteen thousand dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; in all, seventy-one thousand seven hundred dollars.
For the support and education of seventy-five Indian pupils, Sac andSac and Fox Reser-vation, Iowa. Fox Reservation, Iowa, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twelve thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand dollars; for equipment and minor improvements, one thousand dollars; in all. fourteen thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars. For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils atSanta Fe, N.
Mex. the Indian school at Santa Fe, New Mexico, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, forty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand six hundred dollars; for water supply for irrigation and fire protection, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, eight thousand dollars; for erection of additional buildings, ten thousand dollars; in all, sixty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils atShoshone Reservation. Wyo. the Indian school, Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand four hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. For the support and education of one hundred and twenty-five IndianTomah, Wis. pupils at the Indian school, Tomah, Wisconsin, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand four hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; for erection of school building, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars. 83 For collecting and transportation of pupils to and from IndianTransportation, etc. schools, and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational training, under arrangements in which their proper care, support, and education shall be in exchange for their labor, thirty-five thousand dollars.
That hereafter the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall employUse of girls and boys as assistants. Indian girls as assistant matrons and Indian boys as farmers and industrial teachers in all Indian schools when it is practicable to do so. That all expenditure of money appropriated for school purposes inCommissioner of Indian Affairs to direct expenditures. this Act shall be at all times under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 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 be from time to time prescribed by him, subject to the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior.
MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous. For salaries of the Commissioners appointed under Acts of CongressCommission to Five Civilized Tribes.Vol. 27, p. 645.Vol. 28, p. 939. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to negotiate with the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, twenty-five thousand dollars; for expenses of commissioners and necessary expenses of employees, ten thousand dollars, of which sum so much as may be necessary for expenses of employees for eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to be immediately available: *Provided*, That two dollars per diem for*Provisos*.Special disbursing agent. expenses of a clerk detailed as special disbursing agent from date of original detail by Interior Department, while on duty with the commission, shall be paid therefrom; for clerical help, including secretary of the commission, five thousand six hundred dollars; for contingent expenses of the commission, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, forty-two thousand dollars: *Provided*, That out of the appropriationsF.
E. Willie, A. W. Dickey, etc., payment to. for salaries and expenses of said commissioners for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and prior years, there shall be paid for services heretofore performed, to F. E. Willie, twenty-seven dollars; A. W. Dickey, thirty-nine dollars; W. H. McClendon, thirty-three dollars; Henry Stroup, five hundred dollars; N. L. Steele, one hundred dollars: *And provided further*, The disbursingA. S. McKennon, reimbursement. agent of said commission may reimburse A.
S. McKennon out of said fund fifty dollars heretofore paid by him to W. S. Olive for services. That the commission appointed to negotiate with the FiveRight of Mississippi Choctaws to Choctaw citizenship. Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory shall examine and report to Congress whether the Mississippi Choctaws under their treaties are not entitled to all the rights of Choctaw citizenship except an interest in the Choctaw annuities: *Provided further*, That on and afterJurisdiction of United States courts.
Indian Territory, etc. January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the United States courts in said Territory shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction and authority to try and determine all civil causes in law and equity thereafter instituted and all criminal causes for the punishment of any offense committed after January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, by any person in said Territory, and the United States commissionersU. S. Commissioners. in said Territory shall have and exercise the powers and jurisdiction already conferred upon them by existing laws of the United States as respects all persons and property in said Territory; and the laws of the United States and the State of Arkansas in force in the Territory shall apply to all persons therein, irrespective of race, said courts exercising jurisdiction thereof as now conferred upon them in the trial of like causes: and any citizen of any one of said tribes otherwiseJurors. qualified who can speak and understand the English language may serve as a juror in any of said courts. 84 That said commission shall continue to exercise all authority heretoforeContinuance of authority. conferred on it by law to negotiate with the Five Tribes, and any agreement made by it with any one of said tribes, when ratified, shall operate to suspend any provisions of this Act if in conflict therewith as to said nation: *Provided*, That the words “rolls of citizenship,” as*Provisos*.Meaning of “rolls of citizenship.”Vol. 29, p. 339. used in the Act of Jane tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety seven, shall be construed to mean the last authenticated lolls of each tribe which have been approved by the council of the nation, and the descendants of those appearing on such rolls, and such additional names and their descendants as have been subsequently added, either by the council of such nation, the duly authorized courts thereof, or the commission under the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
And all other names appearing upon such rolls shall be open to investigation by such commission for a period of six months after the passage of this Act. And any name appearing onNames stricken from rolls. such rolls and not confirmed by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, as herein construed, may be stricken therefrom by such commission where the party affected shall have ten days previousNotice. notice that said commission will investigate and determine the right of such party to remain upon such roll as a citizen of such nation: *Provided also*, That any one whose name shall be stricken from the rollRight of appeal. by such commission shall have the right of appeal, as provided in the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
That on arid after January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,Acts, etc., of the Five Tribes to be certified to the President. all acts, ordinances, and resolutions of the council of either of the aforesaid Five Tribes passed shall be certified immediately upon their passage to the President of the United States and shall not take effect, if disapproved by him, or until thirty days after their passage: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Exceptions. That this Act shall not apply to resolutions for adjournment, or any acts, or resolutions, or ordinances in relation to negotiations with commissioners heretofore appointed to treat with said tribes.
That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with theAdditional judge for Territory. advice and consent of the Senate, one additional judge for said Territory: and the appellate court of said Territory shall designate the*Post*, p. 131. places in the several judicial districts therein at which and the times when such judge shall hold court, and courts shall be held at the places now provided by law and at the town of Wagoner and at such other places as shall be designated by said appellate court; and said judge shall be a member of the appellate court, and shall have all authority, exercise all powers, perform like duties, and receive the same salary asPowers, etc. other judges of said courts, and shall serve for a term of four years from the date of appointment: *Provided*, That no one of said judges*Proviso*.When judges ineligible to sit in appellate court. shall sit in the bearing of any case in said appellate court which was decided by him.
For operating and repairing the Hour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona,Mill, Pima Agency, Ariz. one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of employees at substation, and saw and flour mills at theFlathead Agency, Mont. Flathead Agency, Montana, and for necessary repairs, three thousand dollars. For operating two portable steam sawmills on the Nez Percé IndianNez Percé Reservation, Idaho. Reservation, Idaho, and for necessary repairs to the same, three thousand dollars. For the purchase of an electric dynamo, engine, and other fixtures,Oneida Industrial School, Wisconsin. and placing the same in position for electric lighting of the public buildings, at the Oneida Industrial School, in Wisconsin, one thousand dollars.
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to continue theNez Percé Reservation, Idaho.Surveyor. employment of the surveyor on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in Idaho for six months after the termination of his services for two years85 as provided in the fourth article of the agreement with the Nez Percé Indians, ratified and confirmed by the Act of August fifteenth, eighteenVol. 28, p. 330. hundred and ninety-four, his compensation at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, to be paid from any surplus remaining of the ten thousand dollars set apart by said article for the purchase of two portable sawmills.
For pay of physician, New York Agency, six hundred dollars.New York Agency, Physician. To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act ofAllotments.Vol. 24. p. 388. February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lauds 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, thirty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That hereafter whenever it shall be made to appear to the*Proviso*.Leases.
Secretary of the Interior that by reason of age or disability any allottee of Indian lands under this or former Acts of Congress can not person-ally and with benefit to himself occupy or improve his allotment or any part thereof the same may be leased, in the discretion of the Secretary, upon such terms, regulations, and conditions as shall be prescribed by him, for a term not exceeding three years for farming or grazing purposes or five years for mining or business purposes.
For construction of ditches and reservoirs, purchase and use of irrigatingIrrigation.Purchase of tools, etc. tools and appliances on Indian reservations, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior and subject to his control, thirty thousand dollars: and of this amount not exceeding two thousand seven hundred dollars may be used for the temporary employment of persons of practicalExperts. experience in irrigation work, at a compensation not to exceed one hundred dollars per month each, and not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars for necessary traveling and incidental expenses of such persons.
For survey and subdivision of Indian reservations and of lands toSurveying and allot ting. 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 thousand dollars: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Rosebud Reservation, S. Dak., survey, etc. five thousand dollars of said sum shall be expended to survey and resurvey, if necessary, the lands in the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota south of and near the White River where the Lower Brulé Indians now reside, to be immediately available.
For the survey of lands in the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation,Cheyenne River Reservation. S. Dak., survey. in the State of South Dakota, twenty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby directed to survey the whole of said reservation as soon as possible without reference to the location of allotments to Indians on said reservation. For completion of the survey of the lands in the Indian Territory,Indian Territory.Completion of survey.*Provisos*.To be done by Geological Survey. one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available: *Provided*, That the surveys herein authorized, or any part of them in the Indian Territory, shall be made under the supervision of the Director of the Geological Survey by such persons as may be employed by or under him for that purpose; and such surveys shall be executed under instructions to be issued by the Secretary of the Interior, and subdivisional surveys shall be executed under the rectangular system, as now provided by law: *Provided further*,Filing plats, etc.
That when any surveys shall have been so made and plats and field notes thereof prepared, they shall be approved and certified by the Director of the Geological Survey, and two copies thereof shall be returned, one for filing in the Indian Office and one in the General Land Office; and such surveys, field notes, and plats shall have theForce and effect. same legal force and effect as heretofore given to the acts of surveyors-86 general: *Provided further*, That all laws inconsistent with the provisionsInconsistent laws. hereof are hereby declared to be inoperative as respects such surveys.
For resurvey of the lands of the Chickasaw Nation; Indian Territory,Chickasaw Nation, Ind. T., resurvey.*Post*, p. 674. one hundred and forty-one thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available : *Provided*, That such resurveys shall be made under theProvisos.To be done by Geological Survey. supervision of the Director of the Geological Survey by such persons as maybe employed by or under him for that purpose; and such surveys shall be executed under instructions to be issued by the Secretary of the Interior, and subdivisional surveys shall be executed under the rectangular system, as now provided by law: *Provided further*, ThatFiling plats, etc. when any surveys shall have been so made and plats arid field notes thereof prepared they shall be approved and certified to by the Director of the Geological Survey, and two copies of the field notes shall be returned, one for filing in the Indian Office and one in the General Land Office, and twenty photolithographic copies of the plats shall bePhotolithographic copies. returned, one for filing in the Office of Indian Affairs and one in the General Land Office, which shall be certified to by the Director of the Geological Survey, and the others filed in the General Land Office. with the facsimile of the signature of the Director of the Geological Survey; and the same provision shall also extend to the plats to be filed of the surveys already made or to be made under the supervision of the Director of the Geological Survey within the Indian Territory, and such surveys, field notes, and plats shall have the same legal force andForce and effect. effect as heretofore given to the acts of surveyors-general: *Provided further*, That all laws inconsistent with the provisions hereof are herebyInconsistent laws. declared to be inoperative as respects such surveys, and in making the resurvey the former land survey is to be disregarded, the latter now being declared null and void: *Provided further*, That hereafter in theBoundary monuments. public-land surveys of the Indian Territory iron or stone posts shall be erected at each township corner, upon which shall be recorded the usual marks required to be placed on township corners by the laws and regulations governing public-land surveys.
For completing the survey of the boundary lines of a portion of theBlackfeet Reservation. Mont.Completing survey, etc.Vol. 29, p. 355. Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, as provided by article six of the agreement with the Blackfeet Indians, ratified by the Indian appropriation Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, three thousand dollars, to be immediately available; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to use a like sum for said purpose of any appropriation made for the benefit of the Indians of the Blackfeet Reservation in accordance with the provisions of said agreement.
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to negotiate throughRosebud, Lower Brulé, and Cheyenne River Indiana, S. Dak., and Standing Rocks. N. and S. Dak.Negotiation with. an Indian inspector with the Rosebud Indians and with the Lower Brulé Indians in South Dakota for the settlement of all differences between said Indians; and with the Rosebud Indians and the Lower Brulé Indians, the Cheyenne River Indians in South Dakota, and with the Standing Rock Indians in North and South Dakota for a cession of a portion of their respective reservations and for a modification of existing treaties as to the requirement of the consent of three-fourths of the male adult Indians to any treaty disposing of their lands; all agreements made to be submitted to Congress for its approval.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to continue negotiations withCrows, Flatheads, etc.Negotiation with.Vol. 29. p. 341.*Post*, p. 592. the Crow, Flathead, and other Indians, as provided for by Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, ten thousand dollars, this amount to be available as soon as the present appropriation of ten thousand dollars, made by said Act for such purpose, shall be exhausted. For payment in full of salary and expenses of John T. Oglesby,John T.
Oglesby, payment to. special United States Indian agent, while engaged, under order of the Indian Office, in the transportation of the remains of Paul F. Faison, United States Indian inspector, from Oklahoma Territory to Raleigh, North Carolina, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, seventy dollars: *Provided*, That hereafter the beads of Departments shall not*Proviso*.87 authorize any expenditure in connection with transportation of remainsExpense of transporting deceased employees, etc. of deceased employees, except when otherwise specifically provided by law.
To reimburse David F. Day, United States Indian agent at theDavid F. Day.Reimbursement. Southern Ute Agency, Colorado, for personal expenses incurred in defending the suit brought against him by José B. Lucero, for damages tor malicious prosecution, which suit was subsequently decided in favor of said Day, three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty cents. The Secretary of the Interior is directed to negotiate through anYankton tribe South Dakota.Negotiation for land. Indian inspector with the Yankton tribe of Indians of South Dakota for the purchase of a parcel of land near Pipestone, Minnesota, on which is now located an Indian industrial school.
For commissioner, to be appointed by the President, by and with thePuyallup Reservation, Wash.*Post*, p. 502.Commissioner to superintend sale of lands, etc.*Post*, p. 940. advice and consent of the Senate, to superintend the sale of lands, ascertain who are the owners of the allotted lands, have guardians appointed for any minor heirs of deceased allottees, make deeds of the lands to the purchasers thereof, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, which deeds shall operate as a complete conveyance of the laud upon payment of the purchase money therefor, and to carry out the provisions of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, relative to lands of the Puyallup Indian Reservation.
Washington, as set forth on pages six hundred and thirty-threeVol. 27. p. 633. and six hundred and thirty-four of volume twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes, two thousand dollars. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to allot agriculturalUncompahgre Ute Indians.Allotment to. lands in severalty to the Uncompahgre Ute Indians now located upon or belonging to the Uncompahgre Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, said allotments to be upon the Uncompahgre and Uintah reservations or elsewhere in said State.
And all the lands of said UncompahgreUnallotted lands open for location, etc. Reservation not theretofore allotted in severalty to said Uncompahgre Utes shall, on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be open for location and entry under all the land laws of the United States; excepting, however, therefrom all lands containingGilsonite, etc., lands excepted. gilsonite, asphalt, elaterite, or other like substances. And the title to all of the said lands containing gilsonite, asphaltum,Title to gilsonite, etc., lands. elaterite, or other like substances is reserved to the United States.
That the settlers who purchased with the condition annexed of actualExtension of time for payment to actual settlers, etc. settlement on all ceded Indian reservations be, and they are hereby, granted an extension of one year, in addition to the extensions heretofore granted, in which to make payments as now provided by law. For repair of present bridge across Big Wind River, on the ShoshoneBig Wind River, repair of bridge. Reservation in the State of Wyoming, the sum of three thousand dollars, to be immediately available.
To reimburse the county of Ormsby, State of Nevada, for moneyOrmsby, Nev.Reimbursement. expended in the purchase of improvements on lands donated to the Government for an Indian school, six thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars. That it being impracticable to provide homes in the Indian TerritoryHomes for Absentee Wyandottes. for the Absentee Wyandotte Indians as contemplated by the Acts of Congress approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, andVol. 29, p. 344.Vol. 28, p. 301. of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the Secretary of the Interior is therefore directed to use the money appropriated therefor by Acts of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, in locating homes forVol. 28, p. 908. said Indians upon any lands that may be available and suitable for such purpose, except that out of said money so appropriated as aforesaid R.R.
B. Armstrong, payment to. B. Armstrong, attorney of said Absentee Wyandottes, be allowed and paid the sum of one thousand dollars for his services and expenses already incurred in and about such matters in behalf of said Indians. For completion of the digest, now being prepared under the directionDigest of decisions, etc., Indian affairs of the Secretary of the Interior, of the decisions of the courts and the Interior Department, and of the opinions of the Attorney-General relating to Indian Affairs, under authority of the Indian Appropriation88 Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, two thousandVol. 29, p. 341. dollars: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior may authorize*Proviso*.May be done by a clerk of the Indian Office. said work to be performed by a clerk of the Indian Office out of office hours and pay a proper compensation to such clerk therefor.
And the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to settle the accounts of Kenneth S. Murchison, allowing him credit forKenneth S. Murchinson. such sums as he has disbursed under the appropriation heretofore made or may hereafter disburse under this appropriation for this purpose to himself or to Millard F. Holland, under authority of the Secretary ofMillard F. Holland. the Interior, for services heretofore, or that may be hereafter, renderedCompensation. by them in connection with the preparation of said digest.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorizedClaim of Old Settlers or Western Cherokees.Payment for legal services, etc. and directed to pay to the following persons, and not to their assignees, immediately upon the passage of this Act, out of the balance remaining of the thirty-five per centum reserved for payment of legal services rendered and expenses incurred, under contract entered into by the Old Settlers or Western Cherokee Indians, through their authorized commissioners, in the prosecution of their claim, appropriated for by Act of Congress approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred andVol. 28, p. 451. ninety-four (twenty-eighth Statutes at Large, page four hundred and fifty-one), entitled “An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for prior years and for other purposes,” namely:
To William S. Peabody, ten thousand dollars.William S. Peabody. To Charles A. Webb, administrator of the estate of C. M, McLoud,Charles A. Webb. two thousand five hundred dollars. To Marcus Erwin, administrator of the estate of Marcus Erwin,Marcus Erwin, administrator. deceased, two thousand five hundred dollars. To Theodore H. N. McPherson, two thousand five hundred dollars.T.H.N. McPherson. To Mary E. Carey, executrix of the estate of James J. Newell,M. E. Carey, executrix, etc. deceased, two thousand dollars.
To John A. Sibbald, one thousand dollars.John A. Sibbald. To Samuel W. Peel, two thousand five hundred dollars.Samuel W. Peel. To Reese H. Voorhees and John Paul Jones, three thousand five hundredReese H. Voorhees and John Paul Jones. dollars. To David A. McKnight, two thousand dollars.David A. McKnight. To C. M. Carter, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents. C. M. Carter. To Belva A, Lockwood, five hundred dollars.Belva A. Lockwood. To J. L. Baugh, two thousand five hundred dollars.J.
L. Baugh. To Stephen W. Parker, two thousand five hundred dollars.Stephen W. Parker. To Joel M. Bryan, five thousand two hundred and fifteen dollars andJoel M. Bryan. six cents. And the remainder of said sum of money after paying the foregoingRemainder to Old Settlers, etc. specific sums shall be paid to the Old Settlers or Western Cherokee Indians, on their requisition or requisitions made therefor by the national treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, or by such other person or persons as said Old Settlers or Western Cherokees may, in special council, appoint for that purpose: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the*Proviso*.Receipts.
Interior shall take a receipt from the person so appointed to receive said money for the said Old Settlers or Cherokee Indians and every person receiving the sums of money herein specified shall receipt in full for all claims against the aforesaid fund, and such payment shall extinguish every right and claim of any kind, of any one of said parties to any part of said funds of seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars and thirteen cents. That the claim of the Fond du Lac band of Chippewa Indians ofFond du Lac band Chippewas of Lake Superior.Claim for compensation.Vol. 10, p. 1110.
Lake Superior for compensation arising from the alleged difference in area of the reservation as actually set apart to them and that provided to be set apart, under the fourth subdivision of article two of the treaty between the United States and the Chippewas of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, made and concluded at Lapointe, in the State of Wisconsin, on the thirtieth day of September, in the year eighteen89 hundred and fifty-four, proclaimed January twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court ofCourt of Claims to have jurisdiction.
Claims: and jurisdiction is hereby conferred on said court, with right of appeal as in other cases, to hear and determine the difference, in any, between the area of the reservation actually set apart to said Indians and that provided to be set apart in said treaty, if any, the said action to be brought by the said Fond du Lac band of Chippewa Indians against the United States by petition, verified under oath byPetition. any duly authorized attorney for said Indians, within thirty days from the passage of this Act; and in hearing and determining the said matter,Points for consideration, etc. the court shall take into consideration and determine whether since the date of said treaty there has been any equitable, adjustment made to said Indians in whole or in part for the alleged difference in area, and the court shall also take into consideration and make due allowance for the fact that said Indians were given a share in the proceeds of the lands sold and disposed of under and pursuant to the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved JanuaryVol. 25, p. 642.Answer. fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.
The Attorney-General shall appear and answer said petition within thirty days from the filing thereof, unless the time for pleading be extended by the court for cause shown; and said action shall have precedence in said court and when completed, the court shall make a full report to Congress.Report. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to report to Congress, as soon as practicable, or at its next regular session, copies of all treaties or agreements made with the Sisseton and WahpetonSisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians.Report to Congress concerning treaties, etc. bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians prior to and since eighteen hundred and sixty-three; also a statement in detail, as far as practicable, of all amounts or sums paid to said Indians under said treaties or otherwise, including amounts for subsistence since said period; also the extent of reservations granted to them by said treaties or agreements or any of them and amounts now in the Treasury arising from sale of their reservations or portions thereof; also statement of all appropriations made for or on their behalf since said period, or on behalf of any of them.
The Secretary of the Interior shall also make a like report respectingSantee Sioux, Nebraska. and Flandreau Sioux, South Dakota.Report to Congress concerning treaties, etc. the Santee Sioux Indians of Nebraska and the Flandreau Sioux Indians of South Dakota, formerly known as and being a confederacy of the Medawakanton and Wapakoota Sioux Indians, and shall also include any and all amounts paid to said bands or any of them under treaties with and appropriations made since eighteen hundred and sixty-three, for the benefit of the Sioux of different tribes, including the Santee Sioux of Nebraska.
The Secretary of the Interior shall also embrace in his report a statement of annuities due, if any, and unpaid to said Indians prior to the passage of the forfeiture Act ofVol. 12, p. 652. eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Whereas the Seneca Indians in council, January third, eighteen hundredPreamble.Vol. 27, p. 479. and ninety-three, duly entered into an agreement with William B. Barker whereby said nation leased to said Barker the Oil Springs, the Cattaraugus, and Allegany reservations, situate in western New York, tor the purpose of boring and testing said territory for gas and oil, under certain conditions therein stated, said agreement having been ratified and confirmed by Act of Congress; and Whereas the assignee of said lease has re-leased to the Seneca IndiansSeneca Indians.Re-lease of portions of lands, etc., ratified. certain portions of the lands and reservations, included or referred to in said lease, and the council of the Seneca Nation of Indians, by a resolution adopted by said council, on or about the third day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, in all things ratified, confirmed, and extended as to the lessee thereof, and as to the assignees thereof, the said lease, and empowered and authorized them to fulfill the said lease, the same and to the same extent as the original lessee might or could have done, when said lease was executed:
Now therefore. The action aforesaid of the lessee of said lease and of the council of the90 Seneca Nation is hereby ratified and confirmed as the same has been sanctioned and ratified by the said resolution of the said Seneca Nation. That hereafter not more than ten thousand dollars shall be paid inLimit of expenditure for regular employees at agencies. any one year for salaries or compensation of employees regularly employed at any one agency, for its conduct and management, and the number and kind of employees at each agency shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior and none other shall be employed: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Consolidated agencies.
That where two or more Indian agencies have been or may hereafter be consolidated, the expenditure of such consolidated agencies tor regular employees shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars: *Provided further*, That salaries or compensation of agents, Indians, schoolExcelled employees. employees of every description, and persons temporarily employed, in ease of emergency, to prevent loss of life and property, in the erection of buildings, the work of irrigation, and making other permanent improvements, shall not be construed as coming within the limitations fixed by the foregoing paragraphs.
The Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion, from year toIndian Reservations, Minnesota.Disposal of dead timber. year, under such regulations as he may prescribe, authorize the Indians residing on any Indian reservation in the State of Minnesota, whether the same has been allotted in severalty or is still unallotted, to fell, cut, remove, sell or otherwise dispose of the dead timber, standing or fallen, on such reservation or any part thereof, for the sole benefit of such Indians; and he may also in like manner authorize the ChippewaChippewas.
Indians of Minnesota who have any interest or right in the proceeds derived from the sales of ceded Indian lands or the timber growing thereon, whereof the fee is still in the United States, to fell, cut, remove, sell or otherwise dispose of the dead timber, standing or fallen, on such ceded land. But whenever there is reason to believe that such dead timber in either case has been killed, burned, girdled, or otherwise injured for the purpose of securing its sale under this Act, then in that case such authority shall not be granted.
That all children born of a marriage heretofore solemnized betweenChildren of marriage of white man and Indian, rights to tribal property, etc. a white man and an Indian woman by blood and not by adoption, where said Indian woman is at this time, or was at the time of her death, recognized by the tribe shall have the same rights and privileges to the property of the tribe to which the mother belongs, or belonged at the time of her death, by blood, as any other member of the tribe, and no prior Act of Congress shall be construed as to debar such child of such right.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the account ofJ. Montgomery Smith, adjustment of account.*Post*. p. 676. J. Montgomery Smith, late a member of the Chippewa Indian Commission, for his services and compensation for proper expenses in completing his work and closing his accounts in connection with said commission from the eleventh day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, when said commission was abolished, to the thirteenth day of July following, as if he had remained a member of said commission to the last-named date, and to pay the amount found due him thereon, five hundred and fifty nine dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Sec. 2. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations arePurchases 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.Exigencies. 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*.Works of irrigation. for construction of artesian wells, 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 openPurchases from Indians. market shall, as far as practicable, be made from Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided further*, That the91 Secretary of the Interior may, when practicable, arrange for the manufactureManufacture by Indians. by Indians upon the reservation of shoes, clothing, leather, harness, and wagons.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of theDiversion of surplus for subsistence. President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-live thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: *Provided further*, That any diversions which shall be made under*Provisos*.Report. authority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reason therefor, to Congress, at the session of Congress next succeeding such diversion: *And provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior,Purchase of stock cattle. 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, and shall report to Congress, at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision: *Provided*, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall notTreaty funds. be used.
Sec. 4. That when not required for the purpose for which appropriated,Transfer of funds for employees. the funds herein provided for the pay of specified employees at any agency may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the pay of other employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made for millers,Diversions. 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 heReport. cause report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his action under this provision: *Provided*, That so much of the appropriations*Proviso*.Amount for supplies Immediately available. herein made as may be 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-eight, 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-seven.
Sec. 5. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies, inRejection of bids. accordance with sections two and three of this Act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interest of the Government, they may be rejected, and the articles specified in such bids purchased in open market, at prices not to exceed those of the lowestPurchases in open market. bidder, and not to exceed the market price of the same, until such time as satisfactory bid scan be obtained, for which immediate advertisement shall be made.
Sec. 6. That at any of the Indian reservations where there is nowTransfer or sale of Government property on reservations authorized. on hand Government property not required for the use and benefit of the Indians at said reservation, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to move such property to other Indian 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 tor whom said property was purchased; and he shall make report ofReport. his action hereunder to the next session of Congress thereafter.
Sec. 7. That when, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior,Commutation of rations, etc. 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. 92 Sec. 8.
That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annuallyReport on employees, etc., to be made annually. to Congress, specifically showing the number of employees at each agency, industrial, and boarding school, which are supported in whole or in part 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, and whether in the opinion of such Commissioner any of such employees are unnecessary.
Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,Chippewa and Christian Reservation, Kansas.Commissioner to investigate, etc., title of allottees, etc. directed to appoint a discreet person as a commissioner, who shall visit the Chippewa and Christian Indian Reservation in Franklin County, Kansas, and make a thorough investigation and full report of the title of the individual members of said bands in and to the several tracts of land therein which have been allotted to said members, for which certificates have been issued by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, as provided in the first article of the treaty of July sixteenth, eighteenVol. 12, p. 1106. hundred and fifty-nine, with the Swap Creek and Black River Chippewas, and the Munsee or Christian Indians of Kansas.
That said commissioner shall take a census of said Indians, the enrollmentCensus of Indians, etc. to be made upon separate lists; the first to include all of said bands who hold title to land either by original allotment and certificate, by purchase and approved conveyance, or by inheritance, with a description of the land so held or owned by each, and where any tract is claimed by tenants in common, either as heirs of a deceased allottee or otherwise, the interest of each claimant in such tract to be clearly and distinctly stated, the ownership of lands of deceased allottees to be determined under the laws of Kansas relating to descent; and the second list to embrace all of said bands who have not received an allotment of laud, hut would, if there were sufficient land, be entitled thereto under the treaty.
That upon the approval of said census and the report of said commissionerPatents in fee. by the Secretary of the Interior, patents in fee shall issue in favor of those persons found by the Secretary of the Interior to be entitled to the land held by them. That where there are several heirs, and partition of land is practicable,Partition of land, etc. the partition shall be made by said commissioner, but if not practicable said laud may be appraised and sold as hereinafter directed, and the net proceeds paid to said heirs according to the respective title or share each may have in said land.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized toMoravian Church, Kansas, patent in fee to etc. issue a patent in fee to the Moravian Church, or its constituted authorities, for the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twelve, of township seventeen south, of range eighteen east, in Kansas. That the residue of their lands shall be appraised by a commissionCommission to appraise residue of lands. consisting of said commissioner, the Indian agent, and a person to be selected by the Indians in open council, who shall report the same toReports. the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; that said commission shall place a valuation for purposes hereinafter named on all tracts of land now owned or held by inheritance, and make a separate report thereof.Inherited lands.
That upon the approval of said appraisement by the Secretary of theSale of residue of lands by Land Office, etc. Interior, he shall offer said residue of lauds, at the proper land office in Kansas, in such manner and upon such terms as he may deem advisable, except that the time for fall and complete payment shall not exceed one year, with clause of absolute forfeiture in case of default: *And*Proviso*.Highest bidder. provided*, That the same shall be sold to the highest bidder, and at a price not less than the appraised value.
That where an allottee has died leaving no heirs or has abandonedLands of allottee who has died without heirs or abandoned his allotment. his or her allotment, and has not resided thereon or lived within the said reservation for three consecutive years, the lands and improvements of such allottee shall be appraised and sold in like manner as other lands herein described, as provided herein. That the net proceeds derived from the sale of the lauds hereinNet proceeds from sale of lands, etc. authorized to be sold, after payment of the expenses of appraisal and93 sale thereof, shall be placed in the Treasury for the benefit of those members of said bands of Indians who have not received any land by allotment, and shall be paid per capita to those entitled to share therein who are of age, and to others as they shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years, upon the order of the Secretary of the Interior, or shall be expended for their benefit in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may deem for their best interest.
That when a purchaser shall have made full payment for a tract of land, as herein provided, patent shall be issued as in case of public lands under the homestead and preemption laws. That, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section,Appropriation. there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which sum shall be reimbursedReimbursement. as follows:
All expenses of appraisal and sale out of the proceeds of such sale, and all other expenses out of the funds of said Chippewa and Munsee or Christian Indians, now held for them by the United States, said sum being on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, forty-two thousand five hundred and sixty dollars and thirty-six cents. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized toPer capita payment of trust funds, etc. pay over to the said Chippewa and Munsee or Christian Indians, per capita, the remainder of said funds of forty-two thousand five hundred and sixty dollars and thirty-six cents, trust funds now to their credit on the books of the Treasury Department, after deducting the expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section.
That no proceedings shall be taken under this section until the saidConsent. bands of Indians shall file with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs their consent thereto expressed in open council. Sec. 10. That section eight of an Act making appropriations for thePreference to discovers of coal. current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes, be amended by striking out from the last paragraph of said section the following proviso, to wit:
“*Provided, however*, That anyVol. 29, p. 353. chap. 398, sec. 6, amended. person who, in good faith, prior to the passage of this Act, had discovered and opened or located a mine of coal or other mineral shall have a preference right of purchase for ninety days from and after the official filing in the local land office of the approved plat of survey provided for by this section.” That section nine of said Act be amended by striking out from theVol. 29. p. 358. chap. 398, sec. 9, amended. last paragraph thereof the following proviso, to wit:
" “*Provided, however*, That any person who, in good faith, prior to the passage of this Act, had discovered and opened or located a mine of coal or other mineral shall have a preference right of purchase for ninety days from and after the official filing in the local land office of the approved plat, of survey provided for by this section.” " Sec. 11. That hereafter, where funds appropriated in specific termsInsufficiency of specific appropriation, how supplied. for a particular object are not sufficient for the object named, any other appropriation, general in its terms, which otherwise would be available may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be used to accomplish the object for which the specific appropriation was made.
AGREEMENT WITH THE SHOSHONE AND ARAPAHOE TRIBES OF INDIANS IN WYOMING. Agreement with the Shoshone arid Arapahoe Indians. Sec. 12. That the following amended agreement with the Shoshone and Arapahoe tribes of Indians in the State of Wyoming is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and shall be binding upon said Indians when they shall in the usual manner agree to the amendment herein made thereto, and as amended is as follows, namely: Articles of agreement made and entered into at Shoshone Agency, in the State of Wyoming, on the twenty-first day of April, eighteen94 hundred and ninety-six, by and between James McLaughlin, United States Indian inspector, on the part of the United States, and the Shoshone and Arapahoe tribes of Indians in the State of Wyoming.
Article I. For the consideration hereinafter named the said Shoshone andLands relinquished. Arapahoe tribes of Indians hereby cede, convey, transfer, relinquish, and surrender forever and absolutely all their right, title, and interest of every kind and character in and to the lands and the water rights appertaining thereunto embraced in the following-described tract of country, embracing the Big Horn Hot Springs in the State of Wyoming: All that portion of the Shoshone Reservation described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the northeastern corner of the said reservation, where Owl Creek empties into the Big Horn River; thence south ten miles, following the eastern boundary of the reservation; thence due west ten miles; thence due north to the middle of the channel of Owl Creek, which forms a portion of the northern boundary of the reservation; thence following the middle of the channel of said Owl Creek to the point of beginning. Article II. In consideration for the lands ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyedConsideration. as aforesaid, the United States stipulates and agrees to pay to the said Shoshone and Arapahoe tribes of Indians the sum of sixty thousand dollars, to be expended for the benefit of the said.
Indians in the manner hereinafter described. Article III. Of the said sixty thousand dollars provided for in Article II of thisPer capita distribution of portion of consideration money, etc.*Post*, p. 581. agreement it is hereby agreed that ten thousand dollars shall be available within ninety days after the ratification of this agreement, the same to be distributed per capita, in cash, among the Indians belonging on the reservation. That portion of the aforesaid ten thousand dollars to which the Arapahoes are entitled is, by their unanimous and expressed desire, to be expended, by their agent, in the purchase of stock cattle for distribution among the tribe, and that portion of the before-mentioned ten thousand dollars to which the Shoshones are entitled shall be distributed per capita, in cash, among them: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Stock cattle. in eases where heads of families may so elect, stock cattle to the amount to which they may be entitled may be purchased for them by their agent.
The remaining fifty thousand dollars of the aforesaid sixty thousandPayment of remainder of consideration.*Post*, p. 934. dollars is to be paid in five annual installments of ten thousand dollars each, the money to be expended, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the civilization, industrial education, and subsistence of the Indians; said subsistence to be of bacon, coffee, and sugar, and not to exceed at any time five pounds of bacon, four pounds of coffee, and eight pounds of sugar for each one hundred rations.
Article IV. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to deprive the IndiansExisting annuities. of any annuities or benefits to which they are entitled under existing agreements or treaty stipulations. Article V. This agreement shall not be binding upon either party until ratifiedRatification. by the Congress of the United States. 95 Done at Shoshone Agency, in the State of Wyoming, on the twenty-first day of April, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-six. James McLaughlin, [Seal.] U.
S. Indian Inspector. (Here follow the signatures of Washakie, chief of the Shoshones, Sharp Nose, chief of the Arapahoes, and two hundred and seventy-one other male adult Indians over eighteen years of age, belonging on the Shoshone Reservation.) I certify that, at the request of Indian Inspector James McLaughlin, I read the foregoing agreement to the Indians in .joint council, and that it was explained to the interpreters, paragraph by paragraph. John S. Loud, Captain 9th Cavalry, U.
S. Army, Commanding Fort Washakie, Wyo. We certify that the foregoing agreement was fully explained in joint council to the Shoshone’s and Arapahoe’s tribes, that they fully understand the nature of the agreement, and agree to the same. Edmo. Le Clair, Norkok, his x mark, Shoshone Interpreters, Henry Lee William Shakespeare Arapahoe Interpreters. Witnesses: Tnos. R. Beason, Jno. W. Twiggs, Jr. I certify that the foregoing names, though in some cases duplicates, in every instance represents different individuals.
Edmo. Le Clair, Special Interpreter. Witnesses to the foregoing agreement and signatures of the Indians. John S. Loud, Captain 9th Cavalry. John F. McBlain, 1st Lt. 9th Cavalry. Jno. W. Twiggs, Jr. Tnos. R. Beason. Jno. W. Clark, Allotting Agent. John Roberts, Missionary of the Protestant Episcopal Church to the Indians. I certify that the Indians, Shoshones and Arapahoes, numbering two hundred and seventy-three
(273)persons, who have signed the foregoing agreement, constitute a majority of all male Indians over eighteen
(IS)years of age, belonging on the Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming. Richard H. Wilson, Captain 8th Infty., Acting Ind. Agent. That for the purpose of making the payment stipulated for in theAppropriation. first paragraph of article three of the foregoing agreement, the same to be paid to the Indians belonging on the Shoshone Reservation per capita in cash, or expended for them by their agent in the purchase of stock cattle, as in said article provided, the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 96 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3–4. 1897. That of the lands ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyed to the UnitedOne mile square granted to State of Wyoming. States by the foregoing agreement herein amended, and accepted, ratified, and confirmed, one mile square at and about the principal hot . spring thereon contained, is hereby ceded, granted, relinquished, and conveyed unto the State of Wyoming; said mile square to be determined as follows: Commencing at a point one-fourth mile due east from said main spring, running thence one-halfRemainder to be public lands, etc. mile north, thence one mile west, thence one mile south, thence one mile east, thence one-half mile north to the point of beginning, and the remainder of the said lands, ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyed to the United States, by the agreement herein ratified and confirmed, are hereby declared to be public lands of the United States, subject to entry, however, only under the homestead and town-site laws of the United States. Approved, June 7, 1897.
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