United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/24th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 267
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Chap. CCLXVII.—An Act making further appropriations for carrying into effect certain Indian treaties.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriations. That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect certain Indian treaties, viz:
Cherokees.For the amount stipulated to be paid for the lands ceded in the first article of the treaty with the Cherokees of the twenty-ninth of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, deducting the cost of the land to be provided for them west of the Mississippi, under the second article of said treaty, four million five hundred thousand dollars.
Osages.For extinguishing the title of certain half breeds to reservations, granted them in the treaty with the Osages, in eighteen hundred and twenty-five, according to the fourth article of the aforesaid treaty with the Cherokees, fifteen thousand dollars.
Cherokees.For payment for the improvements on the missionary reservations at Union and Harmony, according to the same article of the said treaty with the Cherokees, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For commutation of the permanent annuity of ten thousand dollars, according to the eleventh article of said treaty, two hundred and fourteen thousand dollars.
For compensation of two commissioners, for two years, to examine claims, according to the seventeenth article of said treaty, at eight dollars per day each, eleven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.
For compensation to a secretary for two years, at five dollars per day, according to the same article of said treaty, three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to an interpreter for two years, at two dollars and fifty cents per day, according to the same article of said treaty, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For the advance of two years’ annuity on the fund of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be invested for the Cherokees according to the eighteenth article of said treaty, seventy-five thousand dollars.
For the removal of the Cherokees and for spoliations, according to the third article of the supplementary treaty with the Cherokees, of the first of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, six hundred thousand dollars. For expenses attending the negotiation of the said treaty, and of the delegation, according to the fifth article of said supplemental treaty, thirty-seven thousand two hundred and twelve dollars.
For surveying the land set apart by treaty stipulations for the Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi river, seven thousand dollars.
Ottawas and Chippewas.For carrying into effect the stipulations of the fourth article of the treaty concluded with the Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Indians, twenty-eighth March, and an article supplementary thereto, the thirty-first of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, viz:
For the annuity in specie, thirty thousand dollars.
For education, teachers, and expense incidental thereto, five thousand dollars.
For missions, three thousand dollars.
For agricultural implements, cattle, mechanics’ tools, and such other objects as the President may deem proper, ten thousand dollars.
For vaccine matter, medicines, and services of physicians, three hundred dollars.
For provisions, two thousand dollars.
For six thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco, eight hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For one hundred barrels salt, two hundred and fifty dollars.
For five hundred fish-barrels, four hundred and fifty dollars.
For goods and provisions to be delivered at Michilimackinac, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For interest to be paid annually as annuities, on the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, per resolution of the Senate, appended to the treaty, twelve thousand dollars.
For the payment of the just debts against the Indians, according to the fifth article of said treaty as ratified by the Senate, three hundred thousand dollars.
For carrying into effect the sixth article of said treaty, viz.
For commutation in lieu of reservations to half breeds, one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.
For taking a census of the Indian half breed population, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For the pay and travelling expenses of a commissioner, one thousand dollars.
For compensation and expenses of clerk, and for stationery, postage, witnesses, messengers to collect Indians, and canoes for them, subsistence for two thousand Indians for twenty days, fuel for them while on the island, and other incidental expenses attending the commission, three thousand dollars.
For carrying into effect the seventh article of said treaty, viz.
For pay of two additional blacksmiths, nine hundred and sixty dollars.
For two strikers, four hundred and eighty dollars.
For building a blacksmith shop on reservation north of Grand river, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For iron, steel, coal, and tools for two shops, five hundred dollars.
For the purchase of one new set of blacksmith’s tools for shop on reservation, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For rebuilding shop at Mackinac, and adding an armorer’s room, eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For a gunsmith, four hundred and eighty dollars.
For purchasing a set of gunsmith’s tools, one hundred dollars.
For two additional interpreters, six hundred dollars.
For building a dormitory at Mackinac, and for stoves and furniture, four thousand eight hundred dollars.
For the keeper of the dormitory, six hundred dollars. For one hundred and fifty cords of wood for the dormitory, three hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For two farmers, one thousand dollars.
For two assistant farmers, six hundred dollars.
For two mechanics, twelve hundred dollars.
For carrying into effect the eighth article of said treaty, viz.
Expenses of a delegation of Indians.For the expenses of a delegation of twenty Indians, with an officer, three assistants, an interpreter, a guide with two assistants to explore the country, and for the purchase of horses, and other expenses incidental to the expedition, twelve thousand dollars.
For payment of such improvements as give additional value to the land ceded, twenty thousand dollars.
For payment for the church on the Cheboigan, nine hundred dollars.
For extinguishing the claim of certain half breeds, in lieu of reservations, according to the ninth article of said treaty, viz.
To Rix Robinson, in lieu of a section at thirty-six dollars per acre, twenty-three thousand and forty dollars.
To Leonard Slater, in trust for Chiminoaquat, one section at ten dollars per acre, six thousand four hundred dollars.
To John A. Drew, one and three quarter sections at four dollars per acre, four thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.
To Edward Biddle, one section at three dollars per acre, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
To John Holiday, five sections at one dollar twenty-five cents per acre, four thousand dollars.
To Eliza Cook, Sophia Biddle, and Mary Holiday, one section each, at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, four thousand eight hundred dollars.
To Augustin Hamelin, Jr. two sections at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, one thousand six hundred dollars.
To William Lusley, Joseph Daily, Joseph Trotier, and Henry A. Lenake, two sections each, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, six thousand four hundred dollars.
To Luther Rice, Joseph Leframbois, Charles Butterfield, George Moran, Louis Moran, G. D. Williams, and Daniel Marsac, one section each, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, five thousand six hundred dollars.
For payment to the chiefs on ratification of the treaty, according to the tenth article of the same, thirty thousand dollars.
For life annuity to two chiefs, provided for in the eleventh article of said treaty, one hundred and fifty dollars.
Treaty of Washington.For expenses attending the conclusion of the treaty at Washington, according to the twelfth article of the same, fifteen thousand four hundred and three dollars and twenty-five cents.
For transportation and other incidental expenses in executing said treaty, two thousand dollars.
Proviso.Provided, however, That no part of the above appropriations for carrying into effect the treaty with the Chippewas and Ottawas, shall be drawn from the Treasury except what may be necessary for the expenses of collecting and subsisting the Indians, and for the expenses of concluding the treaty, heretofore incurred, and to enable a commissioner to proceed to Michilimackinac for the purpose of examining the claims of the half breeds, until the assent of the said Indians shall be given to the change proposed by the resolution of the Senate. Arrangements may be made under the direction of the President for paying to the Indians the money and goods as soon as their assent to such change is given. But no responsibility in relation to such delivery shall be incurred by the United States previous thereto, nor shall the said commissioner enter upon his duties. Chippewas.For carrying into effect the stipulations of the third article of the treaty concluded with the Swan creek, and Black river bands of the Chippewa nation, of the ninth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, viz:
For an advance in money on the ratification of the treaty, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For the purchase of goods, four thousand dollars.
Journeys to Washington.For expenses of the treaty, the journeys of the Indians to and from Washington, subsistence and other expenses, three thousand eight hundred and two dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For transportation and incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.
Pottawatamies.For carrying into effect the stipulations of the treaties concluded with certain bands of the Pottawatamie Indians of Indiana, in March, and April, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, viz:
For the payment of the sum stipulated in the second article of the treaty of the twenty-sixth March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, with Mes-qua-back and his band, for a cession of land to the United States, two thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.
For payment of the sum stipulated in the third article of the treaty of the twenty-ninth March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, with Wawkewa and his band, for a cession of land to the United States, two thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.
For payment of the sum stipulated in the second article of the treaty of eleventh april, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, with Aub-ba-naub-ba and his band, for a cession of land to the United States, eleven thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.
For payment of the sum stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twenty-second April, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, with Kee-waw-nee and his band, for a cession of land to the United States, six thousand four hundred dollars.
For payment of the sum stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twenty-second April, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, with Nas-waw-bee and his band, for a cession of land to the United States, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
For expenses attending the negotiation of the said treaties with the Pottawatamies, six hundred and thirty-six dollars and seventy-five cents.
To defray the expense of removing the Choctaw Indians residing in the State of Mississippi to the country provided for them, west of the Mississippi river, thirty thousand dollars.
Secretary of War to close account, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to direct the account to be closed, upon the production of proper vouchers, for blankets delivered to the Cherokees by order of the commissioner.
Pension to Col. G. Morgan.
1836, ch. 71.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the pension allowed by an act of the present session of Congress to Colonel Gideon Morgan, shall be paid to him from the date of his disability, to the twenty-seventh of March, eighteen hundred and fourteen, agreeably to the fourteenth article of the said treaty with the Cherokees; and that the sum of eight thousand dollars be appropriated for that purpose.
Money not to be paid to hostile eastern Creeks.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no part of the appropriation heretofore made, for the eastern Creeks, shall be paid to any Indians who have been engaged in hostilities against the United States, unless in such change of circumstances as may induce the President of the United States to direct the same to be paid. Provided, however, That the whole of the annuity due to the Seminole Indians and to the eastern Creeks may be paid to the friendly portion of those tribes respectively, unless otherwise directed by the President.
Money appropriated for removal of Winnebagoes, how to be expended.
1836, ch. 88.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the funds appropriated by the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled “An act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian Department for Indian annuities and other similar objects for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six,” for the removal of the Winnebago Indians, may be expended upon such of the said Indians as actually remove, and upon no others. And the said Indians shall be removed either to the neutral ground or to such country as may be assigned to them by treaty on the southwest side of the river Missouri.
Approved, July 2, 1836.