Agreement with the Kickapoo, 1891
Item
-
Title
-
Agreement with the Kickapoo, 1891
-
Date Original
-
21 June 1891
-
Subjects/Keywords
-
promise to pay
-
Description
-
the United States agrees to pay the said Kickapoo Indians, to be distributed among them per capita, under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the improvement of their said allotments, and for other purposes for their benefit, the sum of sixty-four thousand and six hundred and fifty ($64,650) dollars; provided, that the number of allotments of land provided for shall not exceed three hundred (300). But if the number of allotments shall exceed three hundred (300), then there shall be deducted from the said sum of sixty-four thousand and six hundred and fifty ($64,650) dollars, the sum of fifty ($50) dollars for each allotment in excess of the three hundred (300); provided, however, that should the Kickapoos elect to leave any or all of said money in the Treasury of the United States, it shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent per annum after the ratification by Congress of this contract.
-
Is Referenced By
-
27 Stat. 557
-
Treaty Type
-
agreement
-
Bibliographic Citation
-
Deloria, Vine, Jr. and Raymond DeMallie. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979. 2v. (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 343
-
Charles Joseph Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, vol. 1, Laws, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.,1904), 480
-
52nd Cong., 1st sess., H. Ex. Doc. 72
-
Last updated in MODX
-
2023-10-27
-
MODX ID
-
3018;agreement-with-the-kickapoo-1891-22353
-
3018