United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 200
Chap. CC.—An Act to carry into effect certain Indian treaties.
Appropriation for expenses of emigrating Indians.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred and ninety-four dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, in addition to the balance remaining unexpended in the treasury, already appropriated to defray the expenses of transporting and subsisting such portions of the various Indians as have heretofore emigrated west of the Mississippi, or as may emigrate during the present year, in conformity with the provisions of various treaties entered into with them:John Drew to be paid.
J. W. Flowers to be paid. For the payment of the account of John Drew, a Cherokee Indians, three thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirteen cents. For the payment of John W. Flowers, a Cherokee Indian, five hundred dollars.
Unsatisfied claims of the Cherokee Indians to be paid.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause any unsatisfied claims of John W. Flowers, Nicholas Miller, William Drew, and Joseph Rogers, Cherokee Indians, for stock lost by them, respectively, by spoliations committed by citizens of the United States, in the years one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, in the territory of Arkansas, ceded to the United States by the Cherokee tribe of Indians, in the month of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, to be settled and paid in the same manner as if such spoliations had been committed before the cession of the said territory, on the principles of the act of Congress, approved March thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and two, entitledAct of March 30, 1802, ch. 13. “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers;” and that the Secretary of War be directed to endeavour to ascertain the names of the persons who committed the depredations upon the property of said Indians, and take suitable steps for the prosecution and punishment of such persons; and also for the recovery of the value of the property plundered or destroyed by them.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said sums be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, July 13, 1832.