Chapter XCIV. making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties
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Chap. XCIV.— An Act making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties. May 24, 1828. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * Sums appropriated, &c. That the following sums be appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects following, viz: For payment of sum by art. 6, of treaty with the Chippewas of Aug. 5, 1826.For the payment of the sum stipulated by the sixth article of the treaty of the fifth of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, with the Chippewa tribe of Indians, one thousand dollars.
For annuity, &c. by article 3 of treaty with the Patawatima ofOct. 16, 1826.For paying the annuity and providing the means of education, stipulated by third article of the treaty with the Patawatima tribe of Indians, made the sixteenth of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, four thousand dollars. For supporting a blacksmith, &c.For supporting a blacksmith and miller, and also for furnishing one hundred and sixty bushels of salt, in conformity with the aforesaid article, one thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.
For payment of annuity by treaty with the Miamies of Oct. 23, 1826.For the payment of the annuity stipulated by the fourth article of the treaty with the Miami tribe of Indians, made the twenty-third day of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, thirty thousand dollars. For delivery of two thousand pounds of iron, &c.For the delivery of two thousand pounds of iron, one thousand pounds of steel, one thousand pounds of tobacco, and for the employment of labourers, in conformity of the said fourth article of the said treaty, one thousand one hundred dollars.
For support of the poor and infirm.For the support of the poor and infirm, and the education of the youth of the said tribe of Indians, under the sixth article of the said treaty, two thousand dollars. For carrying into effect treaty with Creek nation of Nov. 15, 1827.For carrying into effect the treaty with the Creek nation of Indians, concluded the fifteenth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, forty-seven thousand four hundred and twenty-nine dollars. To the Thornton party of Miami Indians by treaty of Feb. 11, 1828.To the Thornton party of Miami Indians, by virtue of the second article of a treaty made with them on the eleventh of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, at the Wyandot village, for goods delivered and to be delivered, as provided for by the second article of the said treaty, ten thousand dollars.
For building twelve houses, &c.For building twelve houses, clearing and fencing forty acres of land, and furnishing wagon, oxen, labourers, provisions, horses, and saddles, and bridles, as stipulated for by same article of said treaty, five thousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars. For payment &c., to Peter Langlois.For payment of money and goods to Peter Langlois, as stipulated for by the third article of said treaty, four thousand dollars. For the following sums,For the following sums and objects, being necessary to carry info effect the treaty concluded on the sixth day of May, one thousand eight TWENTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 95, 96. 1828. 301 hundred and twenty-eight, between the United States and the Cherokee&c. necessary to carry into effect the treaty with the Cherokees. nation of Indians, west of the Mississippi: In consideration of the inconvenience and trouble of removing, as provided for in the fifth article of said treaty, fifty thousand dollars. For three years annuity, as provided for in the same article, six thousand dollars. For spoliations committed on them, as provided for in the same article,Spoliations committed on them. eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
For the use of Thomas Graves, same article, one thousand two hundredUse of Thomas Graves. dollars. For the use of George Guess, same article, five hundred dollars.Use of George Guess. For two thousand dollars, for ten years, for the education of their children,Education of their children. same article, twenty thousand dollars. Towards the purchase of a printing press, and types, same article, onePrinting press. thousand dollars. For the compensation proposed to be paid to emigrating CherokeesCompensation to Cherokees for 1828. from within the chartered limits of Georgia, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, upon the supposition that five hundred may emigrate within the year; that is to say:
For rifles, six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.For rifles. For five hundred blankets, two thousand five hundred dollars.For blankets. For five hundred kettles, one thousand dollars.For kettles. For two thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco, two hundred andFor tobacco. fifty dollars. For property that may be abandoned, upon the estimate that, of theFor abandoned property. five hundred, one hundred may be heads of families, and have property worth twenty dollars, each, two thousand dollars.
For cost of emigration of five hundred, at ten dollars each, five thousandFor cost of emigration. dollars. For provisions for a year, fifteen thousand dollars.Provisions for a year. For ten dollars for each emigrant, as provided for by the eighth articleTen dollars for each emigrant. of the aforesaid treaty, five thousand dollars. For Captain James Rogers, as provided for by the tenth article, fiveFor Captain James Rogers. hundred dollars. For the expense, in part, of running the boundary lines, as provided forFor expense of running boundary lines. by the third article, two thousand dollars.
Approved, May 24, 1828.