1839. Caddoes.

Blacksmiths' establishment.

Treaty stipula

tions.

Treaty with

of

For the Caddoes, ten thousand dollars;

For the following expenditures in the Indian Department, the appropriations having been carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first December last, viz:

For blacksmiths' establishments, twenty-seven thousand five hundred and eight dollars and sixty-six cents;

For treaty stipulations, fifteen thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars and eighty-four cents;

For the expenses of treating with the Chippewas of Saganaw, Saganaw. ninety-seven dollars and thirteen cents;

Chippewas

Indian deputa

tions.

Education of

For the expenses of Indian deputations, two thousand six hundred and thirty dollars;

For the education of Indian youths, twenty thousand five Indian youths. hundred and forty-one dollars and twenty-five cents;

Holding trea

ties.

Locating reser

vations.

Rifles for Pottawatamies.

Treaty with Ottawas

For holding treaties with certain Indian tribes, four hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents;

For locating reservations, two hundred and five dollars and thirteen cents;

For purchase of rifles for the Pottawatamies, one hundred and twelve dollars and thirty-eight cents;

For carrying into effect the treaty with the Ottawas and ChipChippewas. pewas, forty-three thousand seven hundred and four dollars and

Removal Choctaws.

and

twenty-four cents;

of For the removal of the Choctaws from Mississippi, nineteen thousand nine hundred and ten dollars;

Removal and For the removal and subsistence of Indians, seventy-seven subsistence of In- thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars and seventy

For carrying into effect the treaty with the Miami Indians of November, 1833. the sixth of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, viz: For the payment to be made upon the ratification of the ratification. treaty by a provision contained in the third article of the same, sixty thousand dollars;

Payment upon

First annual instalment.

Payment claims.

For the first of ten annual instalments stipulated to be paid by the same article, twelve thousand five hundred and sixtyeight dollars;

of For the payment of claims provided for in the fourth and fifth articles, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;

Valuing build

For the expenses of valuing buildings and improvements upon ing and improve the ceded lands, and for the erection of others, as stipulated by the seventh article, three thousand three hundred dollars;

ments, and erecting others.

Surveying and

For the expenses of surveying and marking the boundary marking the lines of the Miami lands in the State of Indiana, as stipulated by the ninth article, two hundred dollars;

boundary lines.

Examination of claims which

have

1834.

For the expenses attending the examination of claims which accrued have accrued since the twenty-third day of October eighteen since 23d Oct., hundred and thirty-four, two thousand five hundred dollars; Commission to For the expenses of the commission to examine claims under under treaty of the treaty with the Miamies of the tenth day of November, 10th Nov. 1837. eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, not covered by the former Corn crop aban- appropriation for that object, two thousand dollars;

examine claims

doned by Potta- For the payment to the Pottawatamies of Indiana for the

watamies.

corn crop abandoned by them upon their emigration west of the Mississippi, which was appraised by agents appointed by the Government, seven hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty cents;

1839.

Pottawatamies

For the payment to the same Indians of the value of twelve Log houses of log houses, appraised in the same manner, and destroyed before destroyed. their removal, six hundred dollars;

subsistence of Pottawatamies.

breaking

ground for the

For the expenses of the removal and subsistence of these In- Removal and dians, fifty thousand dollars; For the expenses of fencing and breaking up ground for till- Fencing and age for the Omaha Indians, as stipulated by the third article of the treaty with them of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, in addition to the sum of twelve hundred dollars appropriated in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, eight hundred dollars;

Omahas.

Omahas.

For the salary of the farmer to be supported among the said The farmer for Indians, as stipulated by the same article of the same treaty, eight hundred dollars;

examine claims

Foxes of Missis

1837.

For the balance of the expenses incurred by the commission Commission to for the examination of claims under the second article of the under the treaty treaty with the Sacs and Fox Indians of Mississippi of October withthe Sacs and eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, over and above the former sippi, of 18th Oct. appropriation for that object, one thousand five hundred dollars; For the support of a miller for the Sacs and Fox Indians of Amiller for the Mississippi, as stipulated by the third article of the treaty of of Mississippi. September eighteen hundred and thirty-six, six hundred dollars;

Sacs and Foxes

tions for these In

For the expenses of procuring rations for these Indians for, Procuring ra one year, as stipulated by the third article of the same treaty, dians. over and above the provision heretofore made for that object, fourteen thousand six hundred and fifty-seven dollars and thirtyseven cents;

of claims under

For the balance of the expenses incurred in examining claims Examination under the second article of the treaty of September eighteen treaty of Septemhundred and thirty-seven, with the Sioux Indians, by the com-ber17, with the mission appointed for that purpose, over and above the former appropriation for that object, five hundred dollars;

and clerk to re

For compensation to a commissioner and clerk to be appointed Commissioner to re-examine the claims under the last mentioned treaty, the examine claims re-examination to be made in the Indian country, five thousand under last menfive hundred dollars;

tioned treaty.

into frauds in reserva.

tions.

subsistence

of

For the payment of the expenses of the investigation into Investigation frauds practised in the reservations of the Creek Indians for the Creek year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, five thousand dollars; For the payment of the expenses of the removal and subsist- Removal and ence of the Creek Indians, to be applied in payment of claims Creeks. settled by the accounting officers, and to reimburse to other appropriations funds used for the removal and subsistence of these Indians, including outstanding claims not yet settled, eighty-five thousand dollars;

Treaty with the

Creeks of 234

For carrying into effect the treaty with the Creek Indians of the twenty-third day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty- Nov. 1838. eight, viz:

1839. Payment Interest at five

To make the payment in stock animals, stipulated to Le made in by the second article of the said treaty, fifty thousand dollars; stock animals. To pay the interest at five per cent. for one year, upon the per cent. on 8350- sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, pursuant to the stipulations of the third article of the said treaty, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars;

000, for one year.

Claims of the McIntosh party.

Stock animals

for the Creeks re

To pay the claims of the McIntosh party, pursuant to the stipulations in the fifth article of the said treaty, twenty-one thousand one hundred and three dollars and thirty-three cents;

To purchase stock animals for the Creeks removed as hostiles, moved as hostiles as stipulated by the sixth article of the treaty, ten thousand dollars;

Purchase and distribution of

To meet the expenses of the purchase and distribution of the stock animals. Stock animals, according to the requirements of the second and sixth articles, three thousand dollars;

Payment to the Cherokees

upon the Mis sionary reservations.

For the payment to the Cherokee Indians of the value of the for improvements improvements upon the Missionary reservations, pursuant to a stipulation in the fourth article of the treaty of December eighteen hundred and thirty-five, in addition to the former appropriation for that object, fifteen thousand one hundred and eleven dollars, and seventy-five cents;

to

Compensation the commis

Cherokee treaty

For compensation to the commissioners under the above sioners under treaty, in addition to the appropriations of eighteen hundred and of Dec. 1835. thirty-six and eighteen hundred and thirty-eight for that object. eight thousand dollars; to be applied only to the payment of expenses incurred prior to the twenty-third day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight;

Treaty with the Chippewas of Sa

For carrying into exect the treaty of the seventh day of Feganaw of Feb.7th bruary eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, with the Chippewas of Saganaw, viz:

1839.

Payment land.

Expenses treaty.

for

of

Treaty with the

Great and Little

For the payment of the purchase money of forty acres of land ceded by the first article of the treaty, three hundred and twenty dollars;

For the expenses incurred in the negotiation of the treaty, one hundred and twenty-five dollars;

For carrying into effect the treaty with the Great and Little Osages of Jan. Osages of the eleventh day of January eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, viz:

11th 1839.

For the payment of the annuity stipulated in the second article, twenty thousand dollars;

For the support of two blacksmith establishments, building a grist and saw mill, pay of attendants and assistants, tools for the mills, and the erection of mill houses, seven thousand eight hundred dollars;

For furnishing cows, calves, hogs, ploughs, harnesses, axes, and hoes, as stipulated by the treaty, seven thousand three handred dollars;

For the erection of houses for chiefs, and furnishing wagons, carts, oxen, and chains, as stipulated by the treaty, six thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars;

For the payment of claims for depredations, thirty thousand dollars;

For the expenses of a commissioner to examine and settle those claims, two thousand five hundred dollars;

1839. Commissioner

For the payment of the purchase money for reservations, to examine and forty-three thousand five hundred and twenty dollars;

Payment for reservations. of an annuity.

For the reimbursement of the annuity deducted in the year Reimbursement eighteen hundred and twenty-five, three thousand dollars;

to the Clermont

For the reimbursement to the Clermont band of the annuity Reimbursement deducted in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, three band of an anthousand dollars;

nuity.

per cent. on

For the payment to the Ioway Indians of the interest at five Interest of five per cent. for one year, upon the sum of one hundred and fifty- $157,500, for one seven thousand five hundred dollars, seven thousand eight hun-year, to the lodred and seventy-five dollars;

For building ten houses for the Ioway chiefs as per stipulation of the treaty, two thousand dollars;

For the completion of the surveys under the treaty with the Delaware Indians, and for the expenses of locating the Miamis and Winnebagoes, two thousand dollars;

ways.

Houses for Io

way chiefs.

Surveys under wares-locating

treaty with DeiaMiamies and Winnebagoes.

Purchase of a reservation to

To enable the Executive to purchase from Wa-pan-seh, a Pottawatamie, five sections of land reserved for him by the Wa-pan-seh. second article of the treaty of the twentieth of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, four thousand dollars;

treaty

with

For defraying the expenses of holding a treaty, under the Expenses of direction of the Secretary of War, with the Stockbridge Indians, Stockbridge Intwo thousand dollars;

dians.

Indians.

For the employment of physicians to vaccinate the Indians,, Vaccination of to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, five thousand dollars;

of

delegations from

For paying the travelling expenses and board while detained Expenses in the city of Washington, of the delegations of the Stockbridge, the Stockbridge, Munsee, and Seneca tribes of Indians, in proportion to the dis- Munsee, and Setance they have travelled or may travel in returning to their respective tribes, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars;

neca Indians.

Making maps sition of lands of with U. S.

showing the poIndians at amity

To enable the Secretary of War to have executed under his direction twelve maps for the use of the War Department and of the Senate, showing the position of the lands of each Indian tribe in amity with the United States, one thousand dollars; For defraying the expenses of surveying and marking the Boundaries beboundaries between the Indian tribes west of the Mississippi, tribes west of the ten thousand dollars.

tween Indian

Mississippi.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the second section 2d section, act 28th May 1830, of an act passed the twenty-eighth day of May,eighteen hundred repealed. and thirty, entitled "An act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indian tribes residing within any of the States or Territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, March 3d, 1839.

CHAP. 72. An ACT to authorize the construction of certain improvements in the
Territory of Wisconsin and for other purposes.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as

1839.

survey and an es

timate for improv.

sembled, That for the further survey and estimate of the cost of For the further improving the navigation of the Neenah and Wisconsin rivers and connecting the same by a navigable canal or water commuing and connect nication, two thousand dollars, be and the same are hereby ap and Wisconsin. propriated; and that the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the construction of roads in the Territory of Wisconsin, to wit:

ing the Neenah

Appropriations for roads from Ra

For the construction of a road from Racine, by Janesville, to cine, by Janes Sinipee, on the Mississippi, ten thousand dollars;

ville, to Sinipee.

From Sauk har- For the survey and construction of a road from Sauk harbor, bor to Dekorree on Lake Michigan, to Dekorree, on the Wisconsin river, five thousand dollars;

Lac by Fox lake

ver.

7th July 1838, for

applied to the sur

From Fond du For the construction of a road from Fond du Lac, on lake Winto Wisconsin ri- nebago, by Fox lake, to the Wisconsin river, five thousand dollars. The $2000 ap- SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two propriated by act thousand dollars, appropriated by the act of the seventh of July, a rail road, to be eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, entitled "An act making apvey for a rail-road propriations for certain roads in the Territory of Wisconsin" for Lothe Mississippi. a railroad, shall be applied by the Secretary of War to the sur vey of the most eligible route for a rail-road from the town of Milwaukee, on lake Michigan, to such point on the Mississippi river as may be deemed most expedient.

from Milwaukee

Approved, March 3d, 1839.

CHAP. 73. An ACT to repeal the second section of "An act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants and returning surveys thereon to the Ge neral Land Office," approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress as 2d sec. act 7th sembled, That the second section of An act to extend the time July 1836, repeal for locating Virginia military land warrants and returning sur veys thereon to the General Land Office" approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, March 3d, 1839.

would have been

provisoes of 10th

of 2d sec. act

had at all times

CHAP. 74. An ACT for the relief of umbrella-makers. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress

All excess of sembled, That there shall be refunded, out of the Treasury, to duty beyond what such umbrella-makers as have imported umbrella-stretchers since required if the the passage of the act entitled "An act to alter and amend the and 12th clauses several acts imposing duties on imports," approved the four14th July 1832, teenth day of July, A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two, all been suspended excess of duty, beyond what such importers would have been in their operation required to pay, if the provisoes contained in the tenth and ner as they were twelfth clauses of the second section of said act had at all times by act 2d March 1833, and other since its passage been suspended in their operation in the same of like character, manner as they were suspended by the act of the second of to be refunded to March, A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-three, entitled "An makers as im- act to explain and amend the several acts imposing duties on stretchers, since imports, passed the fourteenth of July, one thousand eight hun

the same man

subsequent acts

Buch umbrella

ported umbrella