seventy-five dollars each per month, to superintend and direct farming and stock raising among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, Not included in lim- That the amounts paid said farmers and stockmen shall not come Proviso. it for employees. Vol. 30, p. 90. Indian police. Judges of Indian courts. Choctaw and Chick court. ance reappropriated. Vol. 32, p. 648. within the limit for employees fixed by the Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (Thirtieth Statutes, page ninety). For services of officers at fifteen dollars per month each, and privates 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 thousand dollars. For compensation of judges of Indian courts, twelve thousand dollars. To pay such contingent expenses of the Choctaw and Chickasaw asaw citizenship citizenship court and such of its officers as the Secretary of the Interior Contingent expenses, may deem proper, and for rental of quarters, five thousand dollars, to Unexpended bal be immediately available. And the unexpended balance of the appropriation for contingent expenses, as provided in the Act of July first, nineteen hundred and two, of five thousand dollars remaining on the books of the Interior Department December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three, amounting to one thousand one hundred and thirty-six dollars and twenty-five cents, to the credit of the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court, is hereby reappropriated for the necessary expenses of the said court until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and four. Stenographers. For one stenographer to each of the three judges of the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court, appointed by them, respectively, at one hundred dollars per month each from March third to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, one thousand one hundred and eighty dolTraveling, etc. ex- lars and sixty-five cents; for traveling expenses and subsistence of said stenographers, the reporter, and the bailiff of said court, not to exceed three dollars per day each, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, two thousand six hundred and eighty dollars and sixty-five cents, to be immediately available. penses. Matrons to teach housekeeping. To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to employ suitable persons as matrons to teach Indian girls in housekeeping and other household duties, at a rate not to exceed seventy dollars per month, and for furnishing necessary equipments, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the amounts paid said matrons shall not come within the limit for employees fixed by the Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (Thirtieth Statutes, page ninety). Telegraphing, and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay the expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian Service, and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, and for telegraphing, sixty thousand dollars. For necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by this Act, including pay and expenses of transportation agents and rent of warehouses, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars: Provided, That no portion thereof shall be expended for the location or maintenance of an Indian warehouse at any place other than San Francisco, Chicago and New York City. For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, five thousand dollars. FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH AND SUP. Fulfilling treaties. PORT OF INDIAN TRIBES. CHIPPEWAS OF THE MISSISSIPPI. For support of a school or schools upon said reservation, in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars: Provided, That the President of the United States deems the same necessary. CHOCTAWS. Chippewas of the Mississippi. Schools. Vol. 16, p. 720. Choctaws. Permanent ties. For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November For permanent annuity for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars; Vol. 11, p. 614. annui. Light-horsemen. Blacksmith. Vol. 7, p. 236. 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 twentyfive, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen Vol. 11, p. 614. hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars; For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars; For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty 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; Education. Interest. For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and 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 twentyfive, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, Vol. 11, p. 614. nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-ninè cents; in all, thirty thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. CHIPPEWAS OF MINNESOTA, REIMBURSABLE. Chippewas of Min nesota. Vol. 25, p. 645 Advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, as required Advance interest. 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 of 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 VOL XXXIII, PT 1—13 Civilization, etc. Vol. 25, p. 642. Chippewas of North Dakota. Agreement with the Turtle Mountain band 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, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. CHIPPEWAS OF NORTH DAKOTA. Whereas the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians did on the amended and ratified. second day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, enter into an agreement with the United States through the commissioners of the United States duly appointed for that purpose, and Preamble. Maintenance of friendly relations. Cession of lands to the United States. Reservation. School, etc., lands. Survey and apportionment. Whereas it is deemed for the best interests of the said Indians that the said agreement be in some respects modified and amended, it is hereby enacted that said agreement be amended so as to read as follows: "ARTICLE I. The friendly relations heretofore existing between the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians and the United States shall be forever maintained. "ARTICLE II. The Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians, in consideration of the covenants and stipulations hereinafter contained, do hereby cede, alienate, and convey to the United States all the claims, estate, right, title, and interest of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians, or any of them as members of said band of Indians, in and to all lands, tenements, and hereditaments situate, lying, and being in the State of North Dakota, excepting and reserving from this conveyance, for the purposes mentioned in Article III hereof, that tract of land particularly mentioned and set apart by an Executive order of the President of the United States bearing date the third day of June, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to which reference is hereby had for more particular description, the said reserve being twelve miles in length and six miles in breadth and now occupied as a reservation by the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians. "It being expressly stipulated that the land now occupied and used for school, church, and government purposes shall be so held at the pleasure of the United States, and may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior of the United States, be patented, when the interest of the United States, the Indians thereon, or the efficient school conduct requires. The Secretary of the Interior may, as occasion requires, set apart other land in said reserve for school and other public uses. ‘ARTICLE III. The land, woods, and waters above reserved for the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians, subject to the stipulations contained in Article II of this treaty and agreement, shall be held as the common property of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians; and it is agreed that the United States shall, as soon as it can conveniently be done, cause the land hereby reserved and held for the use of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians to be surveyed, as public lands are surveyed, for the purpose of enabling such Indians as desire to take homesteads, and the selections shall be so made as to include in each case, as far as possible, the residence and improvements of the Indians making selection, giving to each an equitable proportion of natural advantages, and when it is not practicable to so apportion the entire homestead of land in one body it may be set apart in separate tracts, not less than forty acres in any one tract, unless the same shall abut upon a lake; but all assignments of land in severalty Lands open to set shall conform to the Government survey. And lands in said reservation which shall not be taken by said Indians within such time as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior after the ratification of this agreement may be opened for settlement as other public lands. The survey of this land shall be made as Government surveys and at no expense to the Indians. tlement. Expense of survey. ceded. Proviso. "ARTICLE IV. In consideration of the premises and the foregoing Payment for lands cession the United States agrees to pay to the said Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians the sum of one million dollars, such amount to be paid either in cash or yearly installments, in such sums as the Secretary of the Interior may consider for the best interests of said tribe of Indians: Provided, That in case the Secretary of the Interior does not see fit to pay the sum hereinbefore mentioned in cash, but considers it for the best interests of the Indians of said tribe to pay the same in yearly installments, he is hereby authorized and directed to expend such portion of the pro rata share of each Indian on the reserve, as his needs may require, in building, improving, and repairing the houses of such Indians, except as hereinafter agreed. ARTICLE V. The schools now located upon the above-named reserve are to be maintained in efficiency, as at present, so long as, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, conditions demand the maintenance of such schools, not to exceed, however, the term of twenty years. Schools. Alternate selection of homesteads. "ARTICLE VI. All members of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians who may be unable to secure land upon the reservation above ceded, may take homesteads upon any vacant land belonging to the United States without charge, and shall continue to hold and be entitled to such share in all tribal funds, annuities, or other property, the same as if located on the reservation: Provided, That such right of alternate selection of homesteads shall not be alienated or represented inalienable, etc. by power of attorney. Proviso. Right of selection Lands nontaxable. Armed resistence a ARTICLE VII. So long as the United States retains and holds the title to any land in the use or occupation of any member of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians or the title to other property in the possession of any Indian of said band, which it may do for twenty years, there shall be no tax or other duty levied or assessed upon the property, the title to which is held or retained by the United States. ARTICLE VIII. It is further covenanted and agreed that under no disbarment to bene circumstances the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians nor any members of said band of Indians shall take up arms against or resist the established authorities of the United States. Every person so violating this stipulation shall, in the discretion of the United States, be forever barred from the benefits of this agreement, and all rights of such person or persons hereunder shall be forfeited to the United States. fits. Ratification. con Provisos. Release of all claims. "ARTICLE IX. This agreement to be of no binding force or effect until ratified by the Congress of the United States." Which said firmed. agreement so amended as aforesaid is hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed: Provided, That the said agreement as amended as aforesaid be ratified and accepted by a majority of the adult members of said adult members. Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in general council lawfully convened for that purpose, and be it further enacted that the sum of one million dollars be appropriated out of any money in the Appropriation. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of said amended agreement when ratified and accepted as aforesaid by said Indians: Provided, however, That no part of said sum shall be paid until said Indians in general council lawfully convened for that purpose, shall execute and deliver to the United States a general release of all claims and demands of every name and nature against the United States, excepting and reserving from such release the right of said Indians to the tract of land particularly mentioned, described and set apart by the executive order of the President, dated June third, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and their right to individual allotment as provided in said amended agreement: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and directed to withhold from the amount herein Payments to attor neys. Surveys, etc. Coeur d'Alenes. Vol. 26, p. 1028. Crows. Vol. 22, p. 43. Fort Hall Indians. Vol. 25, p. 688. appropriated and pay to the attorneys who have represented said Indians the following amounts, namely: James M. E. O'Grady and Charles J. Maddux, jointly, the sum of forty-two thousand dollars and to William W. Anderson the sum of eight thousand dollars, which sums shall be accepted by them respectively in full payment for all services rendered the said Indians by them or by those claiming under them; That for the purpose of making the surveys and allotments contemplated in said agreement, three thousand dollars. CŒUR D'ALENES. For thirteenth of fifteen installments of eight thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under the sixth article of agreement of March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eight thousand dollars; 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. CROWS. For the twenty-third of twenty-five installments, as provided in agreement with the Crows, dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior in such manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars. FORT HALL INDIANS. For sixteenth of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with said Indians approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Indians in such manner as the President may direct, six thousand dollars. Blackfeet Agency. Vol. 29, p. 354. Iowas. Interest. Vol. 10, p. 1071. Kickapoos. Interest. Vol. 10, p. 1079. INDIANS AT BLACKFEET AGENCY. For seventh of nine installments, to be disposed of as provided in article two of the agreement with the Indians of the Blackfeet Reservation, ratified by Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. IOWAS. For interest in lieu of investment on fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to July first, nineteen hundred and four, 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, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. KICKAPOOS IN KANSAS. Interest on sixty-five thousand five hundred and forty dollars and ninety-four cents, at five per centum per annum, for educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, three thousand two hundred and seventy-seven dollars and four cents. This amount to enable the President of the Payment to estate of United States to pay the legal representatives of one deceased Kickapoo Indian (Kte-qua), the settlement of whose estate is desired under deceased Indian. |