F E FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CH,16. 1869. 39 E For this amount to puy for subsistence furnished to the Ponca Indians, P°¤¤¤¤- $ by directnon of the Indmn peace commission, under a. contract made with QJ. W. Bosler, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars and twenty-six ·" cents. For expenses incurred by M. Wilkinson, United States agent for jbc Ariekmjees, Gros Vcntrgsdand Mandau Indians, under instructions from Arickmes, the 1I1d1B.}') peace commfssxon, to make said Indians, as far as possible, g:, ’“lK;’:;£• ?o1fisus3a;ning, twenty-cxght thousand two hundred and seventy-six dol- ' r ars an orty-seven cents. g For this amount, to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for pay of Q commissioners, to be appqmtcd by the President, as per fortymimh and C<>€hm¥iS¥<>¤- i iifuetll articles treaty Aprxl twenty-enghth, cughtccu hundred and uuqy-5;;;, mfg chi2;s;‘;fvs ._ and benate amendment thereto, with the Choctaws and Chwkasaws, Vol. xiv. p.780. Q fifteen hundred and tuirtyeight dollars and forty-seven cents. li For this amount, interest due the Chocmws and Chickasaws, August I¤*°*`°5'¤ due I eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, on three hundred thousand 2E1g2q:;;:]: E dollars held in trust for said Indians under the third article tre.t f I ws- . 9 ‘l y O Egpril twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, fifteen thousand , llars. $1 0Fon- this amount, or so much thereof as mabe ncccssa to enable the V°“°h°” ’“‘ Q Eccreazaryé of the Interior to pay unpaid vondchcrs auditzd and allowed Ijilvsdpgggghggg: -7 y the n ian peace commission, twenty-two thousand five hundred miS¤i¤¤· 5 dollars. F! For this amount, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of their lands in tl G(g€¤* mfd Lit'
Igansas, for subsistence of the Great and Little Osage Indians, thirty dgusiage ni
5 thousand dollars. i For this amount, or so much thereof as may be ncccssary to pay ex- Indinns with E pauses incurred in making and preparing homes, fl11‘l1iShi.I1g provisions, :g;°Q°m§§:°;';f L? tools, and farming utensils, caftle, and furnishing food and transportation Indiaqpgnce l for bands of Indians with which treaties have been made by the Indian °°mm¤S¤°¤· lp pSEOB commission, under the supervision of Brevet; ]\¢Inj0r-General W. S.
Harney, incurred since October first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,
q hund5·cd and eighty-fivc thousand seven hundred and eighty-ibur » dollars an twenty-one cents. B For the payment of [such] damages sustained by the citizens of Dapmgasto
Niobrara, township, Nébraska., by the action of the government in moving gd? °{*iZ°¤* °f
pj the Santee Sioux upon their lands in the year eighteen hundred and sixty- b,},$;)Q;“{{yN°` i six, as shall, [be found due,] after proper investigation under the direc- mvvipé the San- Q tion of the Secretary of the lntcrior, who shall appoint n commission to :;‘;i§'{;:5;’" j ascertain and report the amount of the damages sustained, not exceeding commiségon, hg fifteen thousand dollars, to be divided pro rata in payment of the claims Q to ge foundflue, gvhich shall be a final settlement of said claims. g0 suppy dc ciency of appropriation to a. for de rcdutions com- Depvedations Q mitted by Indians in northwestern Iowa in yam eighteen hundred ’fg:v§‘ di"“Si“
- und fifty-seven, ten thousand nine hundred and six dollars and thirty-
g 0ll1‘ cents.
Sm. 2. And be it further enacted, That all goods and merchandise Mode of degg furnished any tribe or band of Indians under the provisions of any act §;é€"%‘i£5°: ‘;‘;s·
H shall be turned over by the agent or superintendent of such tribe or band'
to the chiefs of the tribe or baud in bulk and in the original package, as
g nearly aipractgcagle, agd ig the gresencc of the hcadmen of the tribe, if K pracuca e, to c istri ute to L e tribe or baud by the chiefs in such
manner as the chiefs may deem best, in the presence of the agent or superintendent: Provided, That said chiefs have observed their treaty ?¤‘¤Vi¤<>·
E obligations with she government as hereinbefore stated. i Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the uncxpcuded balance now Education ap, ff standing to the credit of the Kansas tribe of Indians on the books of the Rrepriationfor i Treasury Department, appropriated for or belonging to them for educa- mg"? I"d“‘“s . . . . 1 y eusedto B; tional purposes, may be used under the dxrecnon of the supermtenuent, buy {ood and
