[6] The Convention also support one district school among the Ottawas
and Cherokees, and three among the Senecas.
[7] Two of these teachers are natives.
_Statement showing the amount and disposition of the funds provided by
treaties for purposes of education._
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|Tribes. |Date of treaty.| Amount. |Disposition of the funds.|
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|Miamies, |Oct. 23, 1826 | 2,000 00|Choctaw Academy. |
|Pottawatamies, |Oct. 16, 1826 | 2,000 00| do. |
|Do. |Sept. 20, 1828 | 1,000 00| do. |
|Do. |Oct. 27, 1832 | 2,000 00| do. |
|Winnebagoes, |Sept. 15, 1832 | 3,000 00|School, Prairie du Chien.|
|Chippewas, |Sept. 24, 1819 | 1,000 00|Baptist Gen. Convention. |
|Chippewas, } |Aug. 11, 1827 | 1,500 00|Protestant Epis. Church. |
|Menomonies, &c.} | | | |
|Menomonies, |Feb. 8, 1831 | 500 00| do. |
|Sacs, Foxes, & others,|July 15, 1830 | 3,000 00|Choctaw Academy. |
|Kickapoes, |Oct. 24, 1822 | 500 00|School in the nation. |
|Shawanees & Delawa's, |Oct. 26, 1832 | 500 00| do. |
|Choctaws, |Sept. 27, 1830 |12,500 00| do. |
|Creeks, east, |Mar. 24, 1832 | 3,000 00|Choctaw Academy. |
|Cherokees, west, |May 6, 1828 | 2,000 00|School in the nation. |
|Floridas, |Sept. 18, 1823 | 1,000 00|Choctaw Academy. |
|Creeks, |Feb. 14, 1833 | 1,000 00| do. |
|Quapaws, |May 13, 1833 | 1,000 00|Not disposed of. |
|Otoes and Missourias, |Sept. 21, 1833 | 500 00| do. |
|Pawnees, |Oct. 9, 1833 | 1,000 00| do. |
|Chickasaws, |May 24, 1834 | 3,000 00|Choctaw Academy. |
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These tables exhibit the number of teachers and pupils at the schools,
of the condition of which reports have been received.
In all of them instruction is imparted in reading, writing, arithmetic,
and geography. At many of them the boys are initiated in branches of the
mechanic arts, and cultivate the soil. At the Tuscarora station, in New
York, tuition is imparted on the plan adopted for infant schools, and
with marked success. The temperance society contains eighty members, the
sabbath school thirty pupils, and fifty are united to the church. The
children at the Mohegan school, in Connecticut, are employed on farms
cultivated by natives: others of the youth of this band enter on board
the ships in the whale fishery: and, as an indication of a spirit of
enterprise and industry, the wish of some to cultivate the
mulberry-tree, with a view to the establishment of a silk manufactory,
may be cited.
The American Board of Foreign Missions propose to print at the Union
station, in the Cherokee country west of the Mississippi, books in the
languages of the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, and Osages; and the Rev.
Mr. M'Coy, under the auspices of the Baptist General Convention, has
issued proposals for publishing a semi-monthly periodical at the
Shawanee mission, three hundred miles west of St. Louis. Several books
have been printed at this press in the languages of the different
tribes. The object of Mr. M'Coy and his associates is to furnish
historical sketches of past, and notices of present occurrences,
including the transactions of the general government and of societies.
The Choctaw academy, in Kentucky, contains one hundred and fifty-six
pupils; this number will be increased by fifteen Chickasaws, as the
chiefs of that tribe have recently requested their education money might
be expended at this institution. The inspectors, in their last report,
represent the academy to be in a highly prosperous condition; the
buildings erected to be upon a plan convenient and economical; the
provision made for the comfort and health of the scholars to be liberal;
and the care taken to promote their moral and intellectual advancement
kind and parental. The buildings and school apparatus are valued at
eight thousand dollars. The cost of winter clothing for each scholar is
estimated at forty-six dollars and twenty-two cents, of the summer
clothing at thirty-one dollars and eighty-six cents. This academy,
conducted judiciously, will, at no distant day, send forth scholars
competent to teach others, and thus accomplish the object of Congress,
indicated by its legislation at the last session.
Upon the recommendation of two members of Congress, aid has been
rendered to Morris B. Pierce, a Seneca, who is now at Thetford academy,
Vermont, fitting himself to enter Dartmouth college, in New Hampshire.
* * * * *
_An Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to
preserve peace on the frontiers._
SEC. 1. _Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled_, That all that part of
the United States west of the Mississippi, and not within the States of
Missouri and Louisiana, or the Territory of Arkansas, and also that part
of the United States east of the Mississippi river, and not within any
state to which the Indian title has not been extinguished, for the
purposes of this act, be taken and deemed to be the Indian country.
SEC. 2. _And be it further enacted_, That no person shall be permitted
to trade with any of the Indians (in the Indian country) without a
licence therefor from a superintendent of Indian affairs, or Indian
agent or sub-agent, which licence shall be issued for a term not
exceeding two years for the tribes east of the Mississippi, and not
exceeding three years for the tribes west of that river: and the person
applying for such licence shall give bond in a penal sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the
person issuing the same, conditioned that such person will faithfully
observe all the laws and regulations made for the government of trade
and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and in no respect violate the
same. And the superintendent of the district shall have power to revoke
and cancel the same, whenever the person licensed shall, in his opinion,
have transgressed any of the laws or regulations provided for the
government of trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, or that it
would be improper to permit him to remain in the Indian country; and no
trade with the said tribes shall be carried on within their boundary,
except at certain suitable and convenient places, to be designated from
time to time by the superintendents, agents, and sub-agents, and to be
inserted in the licence; and it shall be the duty of the persons
granting or revoking such licences, forthwith to report the same to the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for his approval or disapproval.
SEC. 3. _And be it further enacted_, That any superintendent or agent
may refuse an application for a licence to trade, if he is satisfied
that the applicant is a person of bad character, or that it would be
improper to permit him to reside in the Indian country, or if a licence
previously granted to such applicant has been revoked, or a forfeiture
of his bond decreed. But an appeal may be had from the agent or the
superintendent, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; and the President
of the United States shall be authorized, whenever in his opinion the
public interest may require the same, to prohibit the introduction of
goods, or of any particular article, into the country belonging to any
Indian tribe, and to direct all licences to trade with such tribe to be
revoked, and all applications therefor to be rejected; and no trader to
any other tribe shall, so long as such prohibition may continue, trade
with any Indians of or for the tribe against which such prohibition is
issued.
SEC. 4. _And be it further enacted_, That any person other than an
Indian who shall attempt to reside in the Indian country as a trader, or
to introduce goods, or to trade therein without such licence, shall
forfeit all merchandize offered for sale to the Indians, or found in his
possession, and shall moreover forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred
dollars.
SEC. 5. _And be it further enacted_, That no licence to trade with the
Indians shall be granted to any persons except citizens of the United
States: Provided, That the President shall be authorized to allow the
employment of foreign boatmen and interpreters, under such regulations
as he may prescribe.
SEC. 6. _And be it further enacted_, That if a foreigner shall go into
the Indian country without a passport from the War Department, the
superintendent, agent, or sub-agent of Indian affairs, or from the
officer of the United States commanding the nearest military post on the
frontiers, or shall remain intentionally therein after the expiration of
such passport, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars;
and such passport shall express the object of such person, the time he
is allowed to remain, and the route he is to travel.
SEC. 7. _And be it further enacted_, That if any person other than an
Indian shall, within the Indian country, purchase or receive of any
Indian, in the way of barter, trade, or pledge, a gun, trap, or other
article commonly used in hunting, any instrument of husbandry or cooking
utensils of the kind commonly obtained by the Indians in their
intercourse with the white people, or any other article of clothing
except skins or furs, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars.
SEC. 8. _And be it further enacted_, That if any person other than an
Indian, shall, within the limits of any tribe with whom the United
States shall have existing treaties, hunt, or trap, or take and destroy,
any peltries or game, except for subsistence, in the Indian country,
such person shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars, and forfeit
all the traps, guns, and ammunition in his possession, used or procured
to be used for that purpose, and peltries so taken.
SEC. 9. _And be it further enacted_, That if any person shall drive, or
otherwise convey, any stock of horses, mules, or cattle, to range and
feed on any land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe without the
consent of such tribe, such person shall forfeit the sum of one dollar
for each animal of such stock.
SEC. 10. _And be it further enacted_, That the superintendent of Indian
affairs, and Indian agents and sub-agents, shall have authority to
remove from the Indian country all persons found therein contrary to
law; and the President of the United States is authorized to direct the
military force to be employed in such removal.
SEC. 11. _And be it further enacted_, That if any person shall make a
settlement on any lands belonging, secured, or granted by treaty with
the United States to any Indian tribe, or shall survey or shall attempt
to survey such lands, or designate any of the boundaries by marking
trees or otherwise, such offender shall forfeit and pay the sum of one
thousand dollars. And it shall, moreover, be lawful for the President
of the United States to take such measures, and to employ such military
force, as he may judge necessary to remove from the lands as aforesaid
any such person as aforesaid.
SEC. 12. _And be it further enacted_, That no purchase, grant, lease, or
other conveyance of lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from an
Indian nation or tribe of Indians, shall be of any validity in law or
equity, unless the same be made by treaty or convention entered into
pursuant to the constitution. And if any person, not employed under the
authority of the United States, shall attempt to negotiate such treaty
or convention, directly or indirectly, to treat with any such nation or
tribe of Indians for the title or purchase of any lands by them held or
claimed, such person shall forfeit and pay one thousand dollars:
_Provided, nevertheless_, That it shall be lawful for the agent or
agents of any state who may be present at any treaty held with Indians
under the authority of the United States, in the presence and with the
approbation of the commissioner or commissioners of the United States
appointed to hold the same, to propose to and adjust with the Indians
the compensation to be made for their claim to lands within such state
which shall be extinguished by treaty.
SEC. 13. _And be it further enacted_, That if any citizen, or other
person residing within the United States or the territory thereof, shall
send any talk, speech, message, or letter to any Indian nation, tribe,
chief, or individual, with an intent to produce a contravention or
infraction of any treaty or other law of the United States, or to
disturb the peace and tranquillity of the United States, he shall
forfeit and pay the sum of two thousand dollars.
SEC. 14. _And be it further enacted_, That if any citizen, or other
person, shall carry or deliver any such talk, message, speech, or
letter, to or from any Indian nation, tribe, chief, or individual, from
or to any person or persons whatsoever residing within the United
States, or from or to any subject, citizen, or agent of any foreign
power or state, knowing the contents thereof, he shall forfeit and pay
the sum of one thousand dollars.
SEC. 15. _And be it further enacted_, That if any citizen or other
person residing or living among the Indians, or elsewhere, within the
territory of the United States, shall carry on a correspondence, by
letter or otherwise, with any foreign nation or power, with an intent to
induce such foreign nation or power to excite any Indian nation, tribe,
chief, or individual to war against the United States, or to the
violation of any existing treaty; or in case any citizen or other person
shall alienate, or attempt to alienate, the confidence of any Indian or
Indians from the government of the United States, he shall forfeit the
sum of one thousand dollars.
SEC. 16. _And be it further enacted_, That where, in the commission, by
a white person, of any crime, offence, or misdemeanor, within the Indian
country, the property of any friendly Indian is taken, injured, or
destroyed, and a conviction is had for such crime, offence, or
misdemeanor, the person so convicted shall be sentenced to pay to such
friendly Indian to whom the property may belong, or whose person may be
injured, a sum equal to twice the just value of the property so taken,
injured, or destroyed. And if such offender shall be unable to pay a sum
at least equal to the just value or amount, whatever such payment shall
fall short of the same shall be paid out of the treasury of the United
States: _Provided_, That no such Indian shall be entitled to any
payment, out of the treasury of the United States, for any such
property, if he, or any of the nation to which he belongs, shall have
sought private revenge, or attempted to obtain satisfaction by any force
or violence: _And provided also_, That if such offender cannot be
apprehended and brought to trial, the amount of such property shall be
paid out of the treasury, as aforesaid.
SEC. 17. _And be it further enacted_, That if any Indian or Indians,
belonging to any tribe in amity with the United States, shall, within
the Indian country, take or destroy the property of any person lawfully
within such country, or shall pass from the Indian country into any
state or territory inhabited by citizens of the United States, and there
take, steal, or destroy any horse, horses, or other property belonging
to any citizen or inhabitant of the United States, such citizen or
inhabitant, his representative, attorney, or agent, may make application
to the proper superintendent, agent, or sub-agent, who, upon being
furnished with the necessary documents and proofs, shall, under the
direction of the President, make application to the nation or tribe to
which said Indian or Indians shall belong, for satisfaction; and if such
nation or tribe shall neglect or refuse to make satisfaction in a
reasonable time, not exceeding twelve months, it shall be the duty of
such superintendent, agent, or sub-agent, to make return of his doings
to the Commissioner of Indian affairs, that such further steps may be
taken as shall be proper, in the opinion of the President, to obtain
satisfaction for the injury; and, in the mean time, in respect to the
property so taken, stolen, or destroyed, the United States guaranty to
the party so injured an eventual indemnification: _Provided_, That if
such injured party, his representative, attorney, or agent, shall, in
any way violate any of the provisions of this act, by seeking or
attempting to obtain private satisfaction or revenge, he shall forfeit
all claim upon the United States for such indemnification: _And provided
also_, That, unless such claim shall be presented within three years
after the commission of the injury, the same shall be barred. And if the
nation or tribe to which such Indian may belong, receive an annuity from
the United States, such claim shall, at the next payment of the annuity,
be deducted therefrom, and paid to the party injured; and if no annuity
is payable to such nation or tribe, then the amount of the claim shall
be paid from the treasury of the United States: _Provided_, That nothing
herein contained shall prevent the legal apprehension and punishment of
any Indians having so offended.
SEC. 18. _And be it further enacted_, That the superintendents, agents,
and sub-agents, within their respective districts, be and are hereby
authorized and empowered to take depositions of witnesses touching any
depredations within the purview of the two preceding sections of this
act, and to administer an oath to the deponents.
SEC. 19. _And be it further enacted_, That it shall be the duty of the
superintendents, agents, and sub-agents to endeavour to procure the
arrest and trial of all Indians accused of committing any crime,
offence, or misdemeanor, and all other persons who may have committed
crimes or offences within any state or territory, and have fled into
the Indian country, either by demanding the same of the chiefs of the
proper tribe, or by such other means as the President may authorize; and
the President may direct the military force of the United States to be
employed in the apprehension of such Indians, and also in preventing or
terminating hostilities between any of the Indian tribes.
SEC. 20. _And be it further enacted_, That if any person shall sell,
exchange, or give, barter, or dispose of any spirituous liquor or wine
to an Indian, (in the Indian country,) such person shall forfeit and pay
the sum of five hundred dollars; and if any person shall introduce, or
attempt to introduce, any spirituous liquor or wine into the Indian
country, except such supplies as shall be necessary for the officers of
the United States and troops of the service, under the direction of the
War Department, such person shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding
three hundred dollars; and if any superintendent of Indian affairs,
Indian agent, or sub-agent, or commanding officer of a military post,
has reason to suspect, or is informed, that any white person or Indian
is about to introduce, or has introduced, any spirituous liquor or wine
into the Indian country, in violation of the provisions of this section,
it shall be lawful for such superintendent, Indian agent, or sub-agent,
or military officer, agreeably to such regulations as may be established
by the President of the United States, to cause the boats, stores,
packages, and places of deposite of such person to be searched; and if
any such spirituous liquor or wine is found, the goods, boats, packages,
and peltries of such persons shall be seized and delivered to the proper
officer, and shall be proceeded against by libel in the proper court,
and forfeited, one half to the use of the informer, and the other half
to the use of the United States; and if such person is a trader, his
licence shall be revoked and his bond put in suit. And it shall moreover
be lawful for any person in the service of the United States, or for any
Indian, to take and destroy any ardent spirits or wine found in the
Indian country, excepting military supplies, as mentioned in this
section.
SEC. 21. _And be it further enacted_, That if any person whatever shall,
within the limits of the Indian country, set up or continue any
distillery for manufacturing ardent spirits, he shall forfeit and pay a
penalty of one thousand dollars: and it shall be the duty of the
superintendent of Indian affairs, Indian agent, or sub-agent, within the
limits of whose agency the same shall be set up or continued, forthwith
to destroy and break up the same; and it shall be lawful to employ the
military force of the United States in executing that duty.
SEC. 22. _And be it further enacted_, That in all trials about the right
of property in which an Indian may be a party on one side, and a white
person on the other, the burden of proof shall rest upon the white
person, whenever the Indian shall make out a presumption of title in
himself from the fact of previous possession or ownership.
SEC. 23. _And be it further enacted_, That it shall be lawful for the
military force of the United States to be employed in such manner and
under such regulations as the President may direct, in the apprehension
of every person who shall or may be found in the Indian country in
violation of any of the provisions of this act, and him immediately to
convey from said Indian country, in the nearest convenient and safe
route, to the civil authority of the territory or judicial district in
which said person shall be found, to be proceeded against in due course
of law; and also, in the examination and seizure of stores, packages,
and boats, authorized by the twentieth section of this act, and in
preventing the introduction of persons and property into the Indian
country contrary to law; which persons and property shall be proceeded
against according to law: _Provided_, That no person apprehended by
military force as aforesaid shall be detained longer than five days
after the arrest and before removal. And all officers and soldiers who
may have any such person or persons in custody shall treat them with all
the humanity which the circumstances will possibly permit; and every
officer or soldier who shall be guilty of maltreating any such person
while in custody, shall suffer such punishment as a court martial shall
direct.
SEC. 24. _And be it further enacted_, That, for the sole purpose of
carrying this act into effect, all that part of the Indian country west
of the Mississippi river, that is bounded north by the north line of
lands assigned to the Osage tribe of Indians, produced east to the State
of Missouri; west, by the Mexican possessions; south, by Red river; and
east, by the west line of the Territory of Arkansas and the State of
Missouri, shall be, and hereby is, annexed to the Territory of Arkansas;
and that, for the purpose aforesaid, the residue of the Indian country
west of the said Mississippi river shall be, and hereby is, annexed to
the judicial district of Missouri; and, for the purpose aforesaid, the
several portions of Indian country east of the said Mississippi river
shall be, and are hereby, severally annexed to the territory in which
they are situate.
SEC. 25. _And be it further enacted_, That so much of the laws of the
United States as provides for the punishment of crimes committed within
any place within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United
States, shall be in force in the Indian country: _Provided_, The same
shall not extend to crimes committed by one Indian against the person or
property of another Indian.
SEC. 26. _And be it further enacted_, That if any person who shall be
charged with a violation of any of the provisions or regulations of this
act shall be found within any of the United States, or either of the
territories, such offenders may be there apprehended, and transported to
the territory or judicial district having jurisdiction of the same.
SEC. 27. _And be it further enacted_, That all penalties which shall
accrue under this act shall be sued for and recovered in an action of
debt, in the name of the United States, before any court having
jurisdiction of the same, (in any state or territory in which the
defendant shall be arrested or found,) the one half to the use of the
informer and the other half to the use of the United States, except when
the prosecution shall be first instituted on behalf of the United
States, in which case the whole shall be to their use.
SEC. 28. _And be it further enacted_, That when goods or other property
shall be seized for any violation of this act, it shall be lawful for
the person prosecuting on behalf of the United States to proceed against
such goods or other property, in the manner directed to be observed in
the case of goods, wares, or merchandise brought into the United States
in violation of the revenue laws.
SEC. 29. _And be it further enacted_, That the following acts and parts
of acts shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed, namely: An act to
make provision relative to rations for Indians, and to their visits to
the seat of government,--approved May thirteen, eighteen hundred; an act
to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to
preserve peace on the frontiers,--approved March thirty, eighteen
hundred and two; an act supplementary to the act passed thirtieth March,
eighteen hundred and two, to regulate trade and intercourse with the
Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,--approved April
twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and sixteen; an act for the punishment of
crimes and offences committed within the Indian boundaries,--approved
March three, eighteen hundred and seventeen; the first and second
sections of the act directing the manner of appointing Indian agents,
and continuing the "Act establishing trading houses with the Indian
tribes,"--approved April sixteen, eighteen hundred and eighteen; an act
fixing the compensation of Indian agents and factors,--approved April
twenty, eighteen hundred and eighteen; an act supplementary to the act
entitled "An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public
accounts,"--approved February twenty-four, eighteen hundred and
nineteen; the eighth section of the act making appropriations to carry
into effect treaties concluded with several Indian tribes therein
mentioned,--approved March three, eighteen hundred and nineteen; the
second section of the act to continue in force for a further time the
act entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian
tribes, and for other purposes,"--approved March three, eighteen hundred
and nineteen; an act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate trade
and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the
frontiers," approved thirtieth of March, eighteen hundred and
two,--approved May six, eighteen hundred and twenty-two; an act
providing for the appointment of an agent for the Osage Indians west of
the state of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas, and for other
purposes,--approved May eighteen, eighteen hundred and twenty-four; the
third, fourth, and fifth sections of "An act to enable the President to
hold treaties with certain Indian tribes, and for other
purposes,"--approved May twenty-five, eighteen hundred and twenty-four;
the second section of the "Act to aid certain Indians of the Creek
nation in their removal to the west of the Mississippi,"--approved May
twenty, eighteen hundred and twenty-six; and an act to authorize the
appointment of a sub-agent to the Winnebago Indians on Rock
river,--approved February twenty-five, eighteen hundred and thirty-one:
_Provided, however_, That such repeal shall not effect [affect] any
rights acquired, or punishments, penalties, or forfeitures incurred,
under either of the acts or parts of acts, nor impair or affect the
intercourse act of eighteen hundred and two, so far as the same relates
to or concerns Indian tribes residing east of the Mississippi: _And
provided also_, That such repeal shall not be construed to revive any
acts or parts of acts repealed by either of the acts or sections herein
described.
SEC. 30. _And be it further enacted_, That until a Western Territory
shall be established, the two agents for the Western Territory, as
provided in the act for the organization of the Indian Department, this
day approved by the President, shall execute the duties of agents for
such tribes as may be directed by the President of the United States.
And it shall be competent for the President to assign to one of the said
agents, in addition to his proper duties, the duties of superintendent
for such district of country, or for such tribes, as the President may
think fit. And the powers of the superintendent at St. Louis over such
district or tribes as may be assigned to such acting superintendent
shall cease. _Provided_, That no additional compensation shall be
allowed for such services.
_Approved, June 30th, 1834._
* * * * *
_An Act to provide for the Organization of the Department of Indian
Affairs._
SEC. 1. _Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled_, That the duties of the
Governors of the Territories of Florida and Arkansas, as superintendents
of Indian affairs, shall hereafter cease, and the duties of the Governor
of the Territory of Michigan, as superintendent of Indian affairs, shall
cease from and after the establishment of a new territory embracing the
country west of Lake Michigan, should such a territory be established.
And while the Governor of the said Territory of Michigan continues to
act as superintendent of Indian affairs, he shall receive therefor the
annual sum of one thousand dollars, in full of all allowances,
emoluments, or compensation for services in said capacity.
SEC. 2 _And be it further enacted_, That there shall be a
superintendency of Indian affairs for all the Indian country not within
the bounds of any state or territory west of the Mississippi river, the
superintendent of which shall reside at St. Louis, and shall annually
receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars.
SEC. 3. _And be it further enacted_, That superintendents of Indian
affairs shall, within their several superintendences, exercise a general
supervision and control over the official conduct and accounts of all
officers and persons employed by the Government in the Indian
Department, under such regulations as shall be established by the
President of the United States; and may suspend such officers and
persons from their office or employments, for reasons forthwith to be
communicated to the Secretary of War.
SEC. 4. _And be it further enacted_, That the following Indian agents
shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall hold their offices for
the term of four years, and who shall give bond, with two or more
securities, in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, for the faithful
execution of the same, and shall receive the annual compensation of
fifteen hundred dollars:
Two agents for the Western Territory; an agent for the Chickasaws; an
agent for the Eastern Cherokees; an agent for the Florida Indians; an
agent for the Indians in the State of Indiana; an agent at Chicago; an
agent at Rock Island; an agent at Prairie du Chien; an agent for
Michilimackinac and the Sault Sainte Marie; an agent for the Saint
Peter's; an agent for the Upper Missouri.
And the following agencies shall be discontinued at the periods herein
mentioned, that is to say:
The Florida agency, from and after the thirty-first day of December
next; the Cherokee agency, from and after the thirty-first day of
December next; the Indiana agency, from and after the thirty-first day
of December eighteen hundred and thirty-six; the Chicago agency, from
and after the thirty-first day of December next; the Rock Island agency,
from and after the thirty-first day of December eighteen hundred and
thirty-six; and all other agencies, not provided for in this act, from
and after the passing thereof: _Provided_, That the limitation of said
agencies shall not be construed to prevent the President of the United
States from discontinuing the same at an earlier period. And the
President shall be and he is hereby authorized, whenever he may judge it
expedient, to discontinue any Indian agency, or to transfer the same,
from the place or tribe designated by law, to such other place or tribe
as the public service may require. And every Indian agent shall reside
and keep his agency within or near the territory of the tribe for which
he may be agent, and at such place as the President may designate, and
shall not depart from the limits of his agency without permission. And
it shall be competent for the President to require any military officer
of the United States to execute the duties of Indian agent.
SEC. 5. _And be it further enacted_, That a competent number of
sub-agents shall be appointed by the President, with an annual salary of
seven hundred and fifty dollars each, to be employed and to reside
wherever the President may direct; and who shall give bonds, with one or
more sureties, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, for the
faithful execution of the same. But no sub-agent shall be appointed who
shall reside within the limits of any agency where there is an agent
appointed.
SEC. 6. _And be it further enacted_, That nothing herein contained shall
be construed to require the re-appointment of persons now in office
until the expiration of their present term of service; but the
commissions of all Indian agents and sub-agents now in office shall
expire on the fourth day of March next, unless sooner terminated.
SEC. 7. _And be it further enacted_, That the limits of each agency and
sub-agency shall be established by the Secretary of War, either by
tribes or by geographical boundaries. And it shall be the general duty
of Indian agents and sub-agents to manage and superintend the
intercourse with the Indians within their respective agencies, agreeably
to law; to obey all legal instructions given to them by the Secretary of
War, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or the Superintendent of Indian
Affairs; and to carry into effect such regulations as may be prescribed
by the President.
SEC. 8. _And be it further enacted_, That the President of the United
States may, from time to time, require additional security, and in
larger amounts, from all persons charged or trusted, under the laws of
the United States, with the disbursement or application of money, goods,
or effects of any kind, on account of the Indian Department.
SEC. 9. _And be it further enacted_, That an interpreter shall be
allowed to each agency, who shall receive an annual salary of three
hundred dollars: _Provided_, That where there are different tribes in
the same agency speaking different languages, one interpreter may be
allowed, at the discretion of the Secretary of War, for each of the said
tribes. Interpreters shall be nominated, by the proper agents, to the
War Department for approval, and may be suspended, by the agent, from
pay and duty, and the circumstances reported to the War Department for
final action; and blacksmiths shall in like manner be employed wherever
required by treaty stipulations; and such blacksmiths shall receive an
annual compensation of four hundred and eighty dollars; and if they
furnish their shop and tools, an additional sum of one hundred and
twenty dollars; and their assistants shall be allowed an annual
compensation of two hundred and forty dollars. And wherever farmers,
mechanics, or teachers are required by treaty stipulations to be
provided, they shall be employed under the direction of the War
Department, and shall receive an annual compensation of not less than
four hundred and eighty dollars, nor more than six hundred dollars. And
in all cases of the appointments of interpreters or other persons
employed for the benefit of the Indians, a preference shall be given to
persons of Indian descent, if such can be found, who are properly
qualified for the execution of the duties. And where any of the tribes
are, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, competent to direct the
employment of their blacksmiths, mechanics, teachers, farmers, or other
persons engaged for them, the direction of such persons may be given to
the proper authority of the tribe.
SEC. 10. _And be it further enacted_, That the compensation prescribed
by this act shall be in full of all emoluments or allowances whatsoever:
_Provided, however_, That, where necessary, a reasonable allowance or
provision may be made for offices and office contingencies: _And
provided also_, That where persons are required, in the performance of
the duties under this act, to travel from one place to another, their
actual expenses, or a reasonable sum in lieu thereof, may be allowed
them: _And provided also_, That no allowance shall be made to any person
for travel or expenses in coming to the seat of Government to settle his
accounts, unless thereto required by the Secretary of War: _And provided
also_, That no person shall hold more than one office at the same time
under this act, nor shall any agent, sub-agent, interpreter, or person
employed under this act, receive his salary while absent from his agency
or employment without leave of the Superintendent or Secretary of War:
_Provided_, such absence shall at no time exceed sixty days.
SEC. 11. _And be it further enacted_, That the payment of all annuities
or other sums stipulated by treaty to be made to any Indian tribe, shall
be made to the chiefs of such tribe, or to such person as said tribe
shall appoint; or if any tribe shall appropriate their annuities to the
purpose of education, or to any other specific use, then to such person
or persons as such tribe shall designate.
SEC. 12. _And be it further enacted_, That it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, at the request of any Indian tribe to
which any annuity shall be payable in money, to cause the same to be
paid in goods, purchased as provided in the next section of this act.
SEC. 13. _And be it further enacted_, That all merchandise required by
any Indian treaty for the Indians, payable after making of such treaty,
shall be purchased under the direction of the Secretary of War, upon
proposals to be received, to be based on notices previously to be given;
and all merchandise required at the making of any Indian treaty shall be
purchased under the order of the commissioners, by such person as they
shall appoint, or by such person as shall be designated by the President
for that purpose. And all other purchases on account of the Indians, and
all payments to them of money or goods, shall be made by such person as
the President shall designate for that purpose. And the superintendent,
agent, or sub-agent, together with such military officer as the
President may direct, shall be present, and certify to the delivery of
all goods and money required to be paid or delivered to the Indians. And
the duties required, by any section of this act, of military officers,
shall be performed without any other compensation than their actual
travelling expenses; and all persons whatsoever, charged or trusted with
the disbursement or application of money, goods, or effects of any kind,
for the benefit of the Indians, shall settle their accounts annually at
the War Department on the first day of October; and copies of the same
shall be laid, annually, before Congress at the commencement of the
ensuing session, by the proper accounting officers; together with a list
of the names of all persons to whom money, goods, or effects had been
delivered within said year for the benefit of the Indians, specifying
the amount and object for which it was intended, and showing who are
delinquents, if any, in forwarding their accounts according to the
provisions of this act; and, also, a list of the names of all persons
appointed or employed under this act, with the dates of their
appointment or employment, and the salary and pay of each.
SEC. 14. _And be it further enacted_, That no person employed in the
Indian Department shall have any interest or concern in any trade with
the Indians, except for and on account of the United States; and any
person offending herein shall forfeit the sum of five thousand dollars;
and upon satisfactory information of such offence being laid before the
President of the United States, it shall become his duty to remove such
person from the office or situation he may hold.
SEC. 15. _And be it further enacted_, That the President shall be, and
he is hereby, authorized to cause any of the friendly Indians west of
the Mississippi river, and north of the boundary of the Western
Territory, and the region upon Lake Superior and the head of the
Mississippi, to be furnished with useful domestic animals and implements
of husbandry, and with goods, as he shall think proper: _Provided_, That
the whole amount of such presents shall not exceed the sum of five
thousand dollars.
SEC. 16. _And be it further enacted_, That the President be, and he is
hereby, authorized to cause such rations as he shall judge proper, and
as can be spared from the army provisions without injury to the service,
to be issued, under such regulations as he shall think fit to establish,
to Indians who may visit the military posts or agencies of the United
States on the frontiers, or in their respective nations; and a special
account of these issues shall be kept and rendered.
SEC. 17. _And be it further enacted_, That the President of the United
States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe such rules
and regulations as he may think fit for carrying into effect the various
provisions of this act, and of any other act relating to Indian affairs,
and for the settlement of the accounts of the Indian Department.
SEC. 18. _And be it further enacted_, That all acts, or parts of acts,
contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
_Approved, June 30th, 1834._
* * * * *
_Regulations concerning the payment of Indian Annuities._
1. All annuities payable by treaty stipulations to any Indian tribe will
be hereafter paid by a military officer, to be designated for that
purpose, under the provisions of the act passed June 30th, 1834,
entitled "An act to provide for the organization of the Department of
Indian Affairs," except where, from some local cause or other
circumstance, it may become necessary to have the payments otherwise
made; in which event special instructions for that purpose will be given
by the Secretary of War.
2. The officer designated for the above duty will be advised thereof
through the proper military office, but the necessary instructions for
the execution of the duty will be given by the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs.
3. Drafts for the payment of the annuities will be transmitted to such
officer, who will procure the necessary funds thereupon, and transport
them to the place of payment. The annuities will be paid in specie,
except where the Indians are willing to receive bank bills, which, at
the place of payment, are equivalent to gold and silver. If the Indians
fully understand the value of such bank bills, which are equivalent to
gold and silver at the place of payment, and are willing to receive the
same to avoid the expense and risk of transportation, bills, under such
circumstances, may be paid to them: but the officers making and
superintending the payment will take care that the Indians fully
understand the matter, and act according to the dictates of their own
judgment.
4. When it becomes necessary to pay annuities, instructions will be
given by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the proper agent or
sub-agent, and also to the officer designated to make the payment. The
agent or sub-agent will fix upon the time and place, and will advise the
officer of the same, and such officer will make his arrangements to have
funds ready at the time and place fixed upon.
5. The proper agent or sub-agent will take care that the Indians receive
the necessary information, in order that they may assemble at the time
and place designated; for that purpose he is authorized to send messages
to the tribe, and the expense of such messages will be defrayed upon his
certificate by the officer designated to make the payment. It is
presumed, however, that the necessary information may be communicated
generally without expense; and in no instance will the expenses for this
object, for any one agency or sub-agency, be allowed to exceed the sum
of one hundred dollars, unless a previous representation of the
necessity thereof be made to the War Department and approved.
6. From the situation and circumstances of the various Indian tribes, a
uniform rule respecting the issuing of provisions during the payment of
annuities cannot be prescribed. Some of the tribes will require no such
assistance, while it must be rendered to others. In the instructions
issued on the subject of the annuities, the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs will designate those agencies or sub-agencies where it will
become necessary to provide assistance during the time of payment. In
all cases, however, where the payment is made in the vicinity of a
military post, the necessary provisions will be issued from the army
stores, upon the requisition of the proper agent or sub-agent, and upon
the order of the commanding officer, and accounted for in the manner
heretofore practised.
7. Where provisions are required for the payment of annuities, at places
where there are no military posts, the agent or sub-agent will form a
contract, to be based upon proposals, giving at least twenty days'
public notice, specifying the quantity of provisions, and the day, and
place, and circumstances of issue. In determining the quantity, the
agent or sub-agent will estimate, from the best means within his power,
the number of Indians that will probably attend; but no contract will be
made for a larger amount than may be previously directed by the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
8. The ration to be issued will consist of one pound of fresh beef, if
the same can be had, but if not, then of three-fourths of a pound of
salt meat, and three-fourths of a quart of corn or of corn meal, or of
one pound of wheat flour, to each person, and of four quarts of salt to
every one hundred persons; but no salt will be issued when the Indians
receive salt meat.
Returns, specifying the number of Indians, distinguishing men, women,
and children, and stating the tribe, will be drawn by the agent or
sub-agent on the contractor, and upon these issues will be made. After
the business is completed, these returns will be consolidated into an
abstract, and certified by the agent or sub-agent, and the military
officer, and thereupon payment will be made to the contractor. The
abstracts and contracts will be the vouchers for the settlement of the
accounts.
9. It is believed that, in most cases, three days' provisions will be
found sufficient; viz. one upon the day of arrival, one upon the day of
payment, and one upon the day of departure. Should two days, however, be
found necessary to complete the payment, four days' provisions may be
allowed.
10. Independent of the Indian agent or sub-agent, and of the military
officer making the payment at places where it may be convenient, another
military officer will be directed to be present, and certify to the
payment.
11. Previously to the payments, the agent or sub-agent, and the military
officer or officers, will convene the Indians, and ascertain from them
in what manner they desire the annuity to be paid: whether to the chiefs
of the tribe, to heads of families, or in any other manner. They will
take care that the Indians fully comprehend the subject, and act upon
their own suggestions; and, after getting their views, the payment will
be made in conformity thereto. The decision of the Indians will be
certified upon the receipt rolls by the above officers.
12. Payment will, in all cases, be made to the Indians, and to no other
person; nor will any debt or claim of any kind be allowed or paid,
excepting claims provided for in the 17th section of the act passed the
30th ultimo, and entitled "An act to regulate trade and intercourse
with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontier."
13. Where property is taken or destroyed, in the manner described in the
said section, the person interested therein will procure the necessary
documents and proofs substantiating his claim. These documents and
proofs will be submitted to the proper superintendent, agent, or
sub-agent, and at the next period of paying annuities the same will be
laid before the persons superintending such payment. They will inquire
into the circumstances, and interrogate the Indians; and if they are
satisfied the claim is just, they will then make a formal demand upon
the tribe for satisfaction. If, thereupon, such tribe agree to make
satisfaction, the amount shall be taken from the annuity due to such
tribe, and paid to the person entitled thereto. Triplicate receipts will
be taken from the person receiving such payment, expressing the nature
and circumstances thereof; one of which shall be kept by the agent or
sub-agent; one shall be delivered to a chief of the tribe; and the third
shall be transmitted, with the annuity receipts, to the office of Indian
Affairs. The annuity receipt will also express the payment so made: that
is, it will acknowledge, on the part of the Indians, the receipt of the
whole annuity due to them; specifying that such part was due to them,
and such part to the person named, on account of the injury before
mentioned.
14. If the Indians refuse to allow such claim, the agent, sub-agent, and
military officers attending the payment, will, after making the
inquiries aforesaid, state all the circumstances which may become known
to them, and certify the same, together with their opinion, with the
documents and proofs, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for
ultimate decision. And when it shall be decided that the claimant is
entitled to redress, special instructions will be issued to the proper
agent or sub-agent; and, at the next period of paying the annuity, the
amount will be deducted therefrom and paid to the proper person. And the
Indians will be informed that such is the decision of the President upon
the case.
15. Payments of all annuities will be made in public, and in the
presence of whatever persons may choose to attend; and triplicate
receipt rolls will be prepared, and will be signed by the proper chiefs
of the tribe. These receipt rolls will be witnessed by two or more
respectable persons who may attend the payment, and will be duly
certified by the persons making and superintending the same; two of
these rolls will be forwarded for settlement.
16. The agent or sub-agent will reduce to writing the substance of all
the speeches made by the Indians who may be present, and transmit fair
copies of the same to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. These speeches
will be certified by the military officers.
17. The abovementioned law provides that no allowance will be made to
any military officer for his services, except for his actual travelling
expenses. The expenses of transporting the annuity, including a
reasonable compensation to a confidential person to aid in the
transportation where the amount is large, will be paid upon the
production of proper vouchers, and the certificate of the officer making
the expenditure. Where, from exposed situations, or from the magnitude
of the sum, it may become necessary to provide for the greater security
of the funds, instructions will be issued from the Adjutant-general's
Office to the respective commanding officers to furnish such a guard as
may be required.
It is intended to designate the officers at each station, doing the duty
of quartermaster or commissary, to disburse the funds herein referred
to: and, as a general rule, the commanding officer of the post will be
appointed to aid in superintending the payment. Necessary exceptions
from these rules, when they occur, will be provided for.
18. It will be the duty of the agent or sub-agent, and military officers
attending these payments, to explain fully to the Indians the provisions
of the 16th and 17th sections of the abovementioned act, which prescribe
the mode of redress, as well for white persons as Indians, when injuries
are committed by one upon the other. And the Indians will, at such
times, be enjoined to restrain their own people from committing
injuries, not only as the offender is liable to punishment, but because
the amount will be deducted from the annuity due to the tribe; and they
will also be informed that the law makes adequate provision for their
compensation when they are injured by citizens of the United States; but
if they endeavour to procure redress by violent means, they become not
only liable to punishment, but forfeit all their claims to compensation.
19. The twelfth section of the above-named act having provided that,
when any Indian tribe requests it, the annuity due to such tribe may be
paid in goods, it will be the duty of the agent or sub-agent, while
attending any annuity payment, to communicate this information to the
Indians, and to inquire of them whether they desire their next annuity
to be paid in money or in goods. Their answer will be signed by the
chiefs, certified by the agent or sub-agent, and transmitted to the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs; and the Indians will be informed that
the next annuity will be paid in the mode pointed out by them, and
arrangements will accordingly be made therefor.
20. Where an annuity is payable in goods, either by law, by treaty, or
at the request of the Indians, such goods will be purchased by contract,
to be based upon proposals previously issued. Such proposals will be
issued under the direction of the Secretary of War, and by a person to
be designated by him, and will give at least thirty days' previous
notice. Such notice will specify the amount required, the time and place
of delivery, and will describe, as minutely as practicable, the kinds
and quality of the various articles required. In determining the kind
and quality of the articles, regard must be had to the habits and tastes
of the tribe for whom such articles are designed. Of this, the proper
superintendent, agent, or sub-agent, must judge, unless the Indians
themselves shall decide the matter. With this view, the subject will be
explained to them at every annuity payment, and, if they see fit, the
various articles, in the proportions to be indicated by them, will be
purchased accordingly for the next payment. The mode of determining the
quantity will be as follows: if, for instance, the annuity due to the
tribe be ten thousand dollars, the proposals will state that such a
portion of that amount, say two thousand dollars, will be for
blankets--such a portion, say two thousand dollars, for strouds--such a
portion, say one thousand dollars, for calicoes--such a portion, say
five hundred dollars, for powder--such a portion, say five hundred
dollars, for tobacco--and so on; designating the proportional part which
shall be assigned to each particular object. The goods will be
transported to the place of delivery at the sole expense of the
contractor, and kept there at his risk until delivered by the proper
officers to the Indians. In all cases, patterns of blankets, strouds,
and such other articles as cannot be described with sufficient
precision, will be deposited at some convenient place for inspection,
and the articles to be furnished will be in conformity therewith. If
they are not in such conformity, they will be liable to the proceeding
subsequently described herein.
21. The agent or sub-agent, and military officers attending the payment,
will particularly examine all the articles, and will take care that they
are of the proper quality, so that full justice shall be done to the
Indians. In case the goods are not upon the spot, it shall be referred
to them whether they will receive the money, or wait till the goods can
be procured, either at that or the succeeding season. If they choose to
receive the money, it shall be immediately procured, and paid to them on
the principle before described. If they prefer the goods, such goods
shall be procured by a new contract, the same season if practicable; but
if there is not time then, it shall be done at the next season. But if
the goods are ready for delivery, and are found defective in quality,
then the Indians shall also be called upon to decide whether they will
receive such articles as are found defective, or whether they wish the
payment to be made as is provided in this article. If they prefer the
latter, the proceedings above described will take place; but if they
agree to accept the defective articles at such a price as the agent or
sub-agent and military officer may fix, then such persons will
ascertain the difference in value between the articles so delivered, and
those required to be delivered, and shall deduct double the amount
thereof from the sum to be paid to the contractor, and pay the same to
the Indians. But if the agent or sub-agent and military officer are
satisfied that the quality of the articles is such that it would not be
proper for the Indians, under any circumstances, to receive them, then
they will explain the matter without referring the question to the
Indians, and will proceed in other respects as before described.
22. Forms of notices for proposals for goods, and for contracts for the
same, will be prepared and transmitted by the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs. Every contractor will be required to give bond in twice the
amount to be furnished, with at least three sufficient securities, whose
solvency and respectability shall be known to the officer making the
contract, or to respectable persons known to him.
23. Goods for the Indians will be delivered in the same manner as is
provided in the delivery of specie. They will be divided into separate
shares, or be handed over in bulk, as the Indians may choose. The
contracts will be transmitted to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
with the receipt rolls of the Indians as vouchers for the settlement of
the accounts. No portion of the money will be paid until after the goods
are actually received by the Indians.
24. In order to preserve the proper authority of the agent or sub-agent
with the Indians, the agent or sub-agent will be the organ of
communication at all annuity payments.
* * * * *
_Officers employed in the Indian Department, under the Act for the
Organization of the Indian Department,--approved June 30th, 1834._
_Superintendent._
WILLIAM CLARK, St. Louis, compensation 1500 dollars per annum.
J. J. Ruland, Clerk, St. Louis, 1000 dollars per ann.
_Agents, at a compensation of 1500 dollars per annum._
William Marshall, _Indiana_.
This agency includes all the Indians and Indian country within the
limits of that State.
Benjamin Reynolds, _Chickasaws_.
This agency includes that tribe.
Lawrence Talliaferro, _St. Peter's_.
This agency includes all the country west of the agency of
Michilimackinac and Sault Ste. Marie, and north of the Green Bay and
Prairie du Chien agencies, comprehending the various families of the
Sioux tribe upon the waters of the Mississippi and its tributary
streams, and upon the waters of Red river.
Jos. M. Street, _Prairie du Chien_.
This agency includes all the Indians and Indian country west of the
Green Bay agency, south of the agencies of Michilimackinac and St.
Peter's, extending west as far as the Winnebago country extends, and
comprehending within its limits the Sac and Fox Indians and their
country.
R. W. Cummins, _Northern Agency of Western Territory_.
This agency includes all the Indians and Indian country within the
superintendency of St. Louis, south of the Upper Missouri agency,
excepting therefrom the Shawanees, Ottawas, Peorias and Kaskaskias, and
Piankeshaws and Weas, who will constitute a separate sub-agency.
John Dougherty, _Upper Missouri_.
This agency includes all the Indians and Indian country west of the
State of Missouri, north of the northern agency of the Western
Territory, and extending west and north, so as to include the Otoes,
Pawnees, Omahas, and Poncas.
George Boyd, _Green Bay_.
This agency includes all the Indians and Indian country north of the
Chicago agency, west and south of the agency of Michilimackinac and the
Sault Ste. Marie, and extending west to a line running due north and
south, through the portage of the Fox and Ouisconsin rivers.
H. R. Schoolcraft, _Michilimackinac and Sault Ste. Marie_.
This agency includes all the Indians and Indian country on the peninsula
of Michigan, from the mouth of Thunder Bay river, round the shores of
the lakes, to the White river of Lake Michigan, and the islands of Lake
Huron, and the peninsula between Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake
Huron, as far west as the Monistic river, and all the country upon Lake
Superior, and all the region possessed by the Chippewa Indians,
comprehending the Upper Mississippi.
F. W. Armstrong, _Southern Agency of Western Territory_, and acting
Superintendent.
This agency includes the Choctaws and their country.
* * * * *
_Sub-agents, at a compensation of 750 dollars per annum._
H. Conner, Michigan.
Lt.-Col. E. Cutler, Fort Winnebago.
James Jackson, Maumee.
J. L. Bean, Sioux.
J. F. A. Sanford, Mandan.
A. S. Hughes, Ioway.
M. G. Clark, Ottaway.
L. Tarrant, Creeks, East.
George Varhon, Cherokees, West.
R.A. M'Cabe, Creeks, West.
P. L. Chouteau, Osage.
J. M'Elvain, Ohio Indians, Sandusky.
James Stryker, Buffalo, N. Y.
_Interpreters, at a compensation of 300 dollars per annum._
R. Grignon, Green Bay.
Antoine Le Clair, Rock Island.
Charles Maubrain, Missouri.
James Rankin, Sandusky.
George Johnson, Michilimackinac.
Nathan Strong, Buffalo.
Antoine Dunord, Detroit.
James Baron, Logansport.
Michael St. Cyr, Fort Winnebago.
Amable Grignon, Prairie du Chien.
Duncan Campbell, St. Peter's.
Jacques Mettez, St. Louis.
Joseph James, Kanzas.
James Conner, Shawanee.
Peter Cudjoe. Kickapoo.
Henry Clay, Ottaway.
B. Mongradier, Osage.
Jackson Kemp, Chickasaws.
Paddy Carr, Creeks, East,
(not reported) do. West,
(not reported) Cherokees, West.
R. M. Jones, Choctaws.
Jeffrey Dorney, Ioways.
Zephier Rencouter, Sioux.
Toussant Charbonneau, Mandan.
(not reported) Quapaws.
(not reported) Caddors.