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Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904.
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| Chap. 142 | Report of Nez Perce Commission, Dec. 1, 1876. [20 Stat., 74.] See Annual Report for 1877, p 211. |
| Chap. 142 | Deed from Cherokee dated June 14, 1883. See Indian deeds, v. 6, p. 476. See note to 1888, ch. 717, post, p. 288. |
| Chap. 142 | Deed from Cherokee dated June 14, 1883. [20 Stat., 76.] See Indian deeds, v. 6, p. 473. See note to 1899, ch. 129. post, p. 676. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the removal of the Nez Perces Indians of Joseph’s band, now held as pris-
oners of war at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to such suitable location in the Indian Territorya as the United States has a right to use for such purpose, consistent with existing treaties or arrangements with tribes occupying Indian Territory, and for their settlement thereon, and for clothing, subsistence, and such other articles as may be required for their advancement in civilization, including the employment of such skilled labor as may be necessary to aid in teaching them civilized pursuits with a view to their future self-support, the sum of twenty thousand dollars.
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to be immediately available, in the removal of the Ponca Indians from their present location on the Quapaw reservation, Indian Territory, to a new oneb west of the Kaw or Kansas, and between the Arkansas and Shakaskia Rivers, and for their settlement thereon, preparation of land for cultivation, purchase of agricultural implements, wagons, stock cattle, and such other articles as may be required for their advancement in civilization, including the employment of such skilled labor as may be necessary to aid and teach them civilized pursuits with a view to their future self-support, thirty thousand dollars, and which amount may be immediately available; in all, forty-five thousand five hundred dollars.
Approved, May 27, 1878.
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