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TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch.31. 1837.
Ioways.
Sacs andFoxes.
Omahas.
Additional
sub-agents.
Examinationof vacant Indianlands.
Deputation ofNew York In-dians.
Deputation ofChippewas ofSaganaw.
Visit of Hen-drick and twoIoway chiefs tothe seat of Go-vernment.
Wyandot In-dians.
To enable thePresident, bysuitable agents,to inquire whatdepredationswere committedby the Seminoleand Creek In-dians, &c.
Proviso.
For carrying into effect the treaty with the Ioways of the seventeenthSeptember, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, sixty-five thousand five hun-dred and ninety dollars ;
For carrying into effect the treaties with the Sacs and Foxes of theseventeenth, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth September, eighteen hun-dred and thirty-six, one hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundredand forty dollars;
For carrying into effect the treaty with the Otoes and Missourias ofthe fifteenth October, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, three thousanddollars;
For carrying into effect the treaty with the Omahas of the fifteenthOctober, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, two thousand four hundredand seventy dollars;
For carrying into effect the treaties with the Sioux of the tenth Sep-tember, fifteenth October, and thirtieth November, eighteen hundredand thirty-six, one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars;
For pay of four additional sub-agents, three thousand dollars;
For defraying the expenses of a more particular examination of thevacant Indian country, southwest of the Missouri river, with a view toascertain its adaptation, in quality and extent, to the accommodation ofthe tribes yet to be removed, three thousand dollars;
For holding treaties with the Sioux Indians to extinguish their titleto that part of their lands lying east of the Mississippi river, five thou-sand dollars;
For the expenses of a deputation of the New York Indians to visitthe country west of the Mississippi , with a view to the selection of apermanent residence, eight thousand dollars;
For the expenses of a deputation of the Chippewas of Saganaw forthe same object, two thousand dollars;
For defraying the expenses of Hendrick, a Stockbridge Indian, andof two Ioway chiefs, and their attendants, who have visited the seat ofGovernment on business during the present winter, one thousand dol-lars ;
For defraying the expenses of a treaty with the Wyandot Indians ofUpper Sandusky, in the State of Ohio , one thousand dollars ;
For holding treaties with the various tribes east of the Mississippi river, for the cession of lands held by them respectively, and for theirremoval west of said river; and with the Sioux for the cession of theircountry lying east of the same river, and for defraying the expenses ofa more particular examination of the vacant lands, west of the Missis-sippi , with a view to ascertain, whether it be sufficient to accommodatethe tribes remaining east of said river, seventeen thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousanddollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money inthe Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President of theUnited States by suitable agents to inquire what depredations were com-mitted by the Seminole and Creek Indians on the property of citizensof Florida, Georgia, and Alabama , immediately before the commence-ment of actual hostilities on the part of said respective tribes of In-dians ; what amount of depredations were committed during the pen-dency of said hostilities; what portion of the Creek tribe were engagedin such hostilities; and what depredations have been committed by aremnant of said tribe supposed to be friendly and a part of whom wereactually employed against the Seminoles, since the removal of the mainbody of them west of the Mississippi , and that the President report theinformation so acquired to Congress at its next session; Provided,Nothing hereinbefore contained, shall be so construed, as to subject theUnited States to pay for depredations not provided for, by the act ofApril ninth eighteen hundred and sixteen, and the acts amendatory