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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 32. 1867. 17 CHAP. XXXII. —An Acc to establish Peace with certain Hostile Indian Tribe:. July 20, Im. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representation of the United $¤¤P°•‘• P- W- States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the <>¤m¤¤i¤¤i¤¤ United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a commission to Qgfxtyyéfgm consist of three officers of the army not below the rank of brigadier gen- and make ms: eral, who, together with N. G. Taylor, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, “°’¤&°• John B. Henderson, Chairman of the Committee of Indian Affairs of the Senate, S. S. Tappan, and John B. Sanborn, shall have power and authority to call together the chiefs and headmen of such bands or tribes of Indians as are now waging war against the United States or committing depredations upon the people thereof, to ascertain the alleged reasons for their acts of hostility, and in their discretion, under the direction of the President, to make and conclude with said bands or tribes such treaty stipulations, subject to the action of the Senate, as may remove all just causes of complaint on their part, and at the same time establish security for person and property along the lines of railroad now being constructed to the Pacific and other thoroughfares of travel to the western Territories, and such as will most likely insure civilization for the Indians and peace and safety for the whites. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners are re- 0¤¤¤¥¤i¤¤i¢>¤¤¤ quired to examine and select a district or districts of country having gigglggtdisgéfm sufficient area to receive all the Indian tribes now occupying territory subject to the cast of the Rocky mountains, not now peacefully residing on permanent °PP’°‘;.°l°f c‘;“‘ reservations under treaty stipulations, to which the government has the $,r;,ii{u€i,:u¥:;Q, right of occupation or to which said commissioners can obtain the right certain Indians. of occupation, and in which district or districts there `shall be sufficient tillable or grazing land to enable the said tribes, respectively, to support themselves by agricultural and pastoral pursuits. Said district or dis- _M¤¤1l>¤;¤°f ` tricts, when so selected, and the selection approved by Congress, shall ggftcfxécg be and remain permanent homes for said Indians to be located thereon, without,&c. and no person [s] not members of said tribes shall ever be permitted to enter thereon without the permission of the tribes interested, except officers and employees of the United States: Provided, That the district Districts not or districts shall be so located as not to interfere with travel on highways a]¤¥:;°‘$f§"m",;Eh located by authority of the United States, nor with the route of the my, my with Northern Pacific Railroad, the Union Pacific Railroad, the Union Pa- ¤¤*¤i¤1'¤“¤‘°¤·d ci‘dc Railroad Eastern Division, or the proposed route of the Atlantic and r°“m' Pacific Railroad by the way of Albuquerque. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the following sums of money Appropriation arehereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury, to wit: To l‘“d°' um “°" carry out the provisions of the preceding sections of this act, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; to enable the Secretary of the Interior to subsist such friendly Indians as may have seperated or may hereafter seperate themselves from the hostile bands or tribes and seek the protection of the United States, three hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be T{%¤¤P¤f¤*‘i?;¤· required to furnish transportation, subsistence, and protection to the £;,tg£,;;{0¤_’ commissioners herein named during the discharge of their duties. an. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if said commissioners fail to Services of secure the consent of the Indians to remove to the reservations and fail $g£?8;':?;‘:°d to secure peace, then the Secretary of War, under the direction of the be mcepudqg President, is hereby authorized to accept the services of mounted v0lun~ &c. teers from the Governors of the several States and Territories, in organized companies and battalions, not exceeding four thousand men in number, and for such term of service as, in his judgment, may be necessary for the suppression of Indian hostilities. Sec. 6. And be it farther enacted, That all volunteers so accepted uP*Yk;1bZ;$‘ shall be placed upon the same footing, in respect to pay, clothing, sub- ¤u':,‘f:*,01,,um“~ sistence, and equipment, as the troops of the regular army. if accepted. vox.. xv. Pun.-2