terest may require the same, to prohibit the introduc- 1834 fion of goods, or of any particular article, into the Country belonging to any Indian tribe, and to direct all licenses to trade with such tribe to be revoked, and all applications therefore 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 license, shall forfeit all merchandise offered for sale to the Indians, or found in his possession, and shall moreover forfeit and pry the sum of five hundred dollars.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That no license 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 Interprefers 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 subagent of Indian affairs, or from the of ficer of the United States commanding the nearest military post on the frontiers, or shall remain intentionally therein after the expiration of 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, parchase 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 any tribe with whom the United States shall have existing treaties, hunt, or trap, or take and destroy,

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1834 any peltries or game, except for subsistence in t Indian country, such person shall forfeit the sum five hundred dollars, and forfeit all the traps, gu and ammunition in his possession, used or procured be used for that purpose, and peltries so taken. ·

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That if a person shall drive, or otherwise convey any stock horses, mules, or cattle to range and feed on a land belonging to any Indian or Indian tribe with the consent of such tribe, such person shall forfeite sum of one dollar for each animal of such stock.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted. That Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Indian Agents a sub-agents, shall have authority to remove from 1 Indian country all persons found therein contrary law; and the President of the United States is aut rized to direct the military force to be employed such removal.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted. That if a person shall make a settlement on any lands belongit secured, or granted by treaty with the United Sta to any Indian tribe, or shall survey or shall attempt survey such lands, or designate any of the bound ries by marking trees, or otherwise, such offender sh forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars. A it shall, moreover, be lawful for the President of th United States to take such measures, and to empl such military force, as he may judge necessary to r move from the lands as aforesaid any such person aforesaid.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted. That i purchase grant, lease, or other convenance of lan or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indian n tion or tribe of Indians, shall be of any validity i law or equity unless the same be made by treaty convention entered into pursuant to the constitution And if any person, not employed under the authorit of the United States, shall attempt to negotiate suc treaty or convention, directly or indirectly, to trea with any such nation or tribe of Indians, for the titl 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 1834 the United States, in the presence and with the approbaon 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

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the property may belong, or whose person may b red, a sum equal to twice the just value of th perty so taken, injured, or destroyed. And i offender shall be unable to pay a sum at least to the just value or amount, whatever such pa shall fall short of the same shall be paid out Treasury of the United States: Provided, T such Indian shall be entitled to any payement, the Treasury of the United States, for any suc perty, if he, or any of the nation to which he be shall have sought private revenge, or attemp obtain satisfaction by any force or violence: An vided, also, That if such offender cannot be hended and brought to trial, the amount of suc perty shall be paid out of the Treasury, as afo

Sec. 17. And be it further enacted. T any Indian or Indians, belonging to any tribe in with the United States, shall, within the Indian try take or destroy the property of any person fully within such country, or shall pass from th dian country into any State or territory inhabit citizens of the United States, and there take, ste destroy, any horse, horses, or other property, belon to any citizen or inhabitant of the United States, citizen or inhabitant, his representative, attorney agent, may make application to the proper superi dent, agent, or sub-agent, who, upon being fu ed with the necessary documents and proofs, under the direction of the President, make applic to the nation or tribe to which said Indian. or In shall belong, for satifaction; and if such nation or shall neglect or refuse to make satisfaction, in a sonnable time, not exceeding twelve months, it be the duty of such superintendent, agent, or agent, to make return of his doings to the Com sioner of Indian Affairs, that such further steps be taken as shall be proper in the opinion of the sident to obtain satisfaction for the injury; and, meantime, in respect to the property so taken, st or destroyed, the United States guaranty, to the P so injured, an eventual indemnification: Provi That, if such injured party, his representative, at ney, or agent, shall, in any way, violate any of

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provisions of this act, by seeking or attempting to 1834 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 payement 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, aud 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 pre ceding 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 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, harter, 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 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

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