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Show . . . ~. . ,' 3 ~ ,..~, Stdtes f&therstip.nla,te, aisn e-enw of their humane policy t-rds esid tribe%, - . , . who have appealed to their libemlity, tc'dlowfort he est~blishmento f s schoolat. '- . - i,: the aFency, $l,W per'year for twenty years, and 51,000 per year fw the same period , ~ - forthe eupport of a gun and blaok smithiwiththe expenses inoidantal tohi& shop. ' . .' . , In 1822; when the act for the establishment of 1ndhn trading houses - ,: Gas permitted to expire;, the offices of ?uperiutandent of Tndian trade, ' r : and thgagents bnd clerks newsary to the wnduct of the business, were . :' ' -abolished: Siuce.that timeIndian trade has been conducted through :- . "., .the mepium.of a licensed trader. C . , - - In 1824; the Secreta*y' of War organized, without spec@ auth&i@ . . : : -of.law, a"'( Bureau offIndian Aft'airsju with. a cgef, termed by court& . . . . . ..commissioner, a chief clerk and an assistant. The duties of this office, . ~ .,*. ' as appears from a letter of March k1,1824, from the Bqcretary of W v <. . . . 1,. -;&I Thomas L..McKenney,.were to have charge of the appropriationsfor. .: ' ~, . - *annuities and current expenses; to receive and examine acaounta,for . - - the@ expenditure; t o adminis* the fund for the civilizatiou of the " India&;, to ex@mine and reportto the Secretary of- War c1aims.aris- :jug out of the laws regulating trade with Indian tribes; and to wp- . . *. duct the ordinary correspondence with the superintendents, agents, snd sub-a.geu@. . B y a ct of July9,1832 (4 Stats., 564), the ~r&idepwt as authorized to - 'ipPoint 5 "Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who shall, under the direc-ljon of the SecreQry of War, and agreeably to such regulatiousaa the- t President may from time to time prescribe,.have the djrection and' .management of all Sndian affairs, rind of at1 matters arising out of - - Indian rel+tions?' The Secretary of War was dirqded to arrange or appoint to 11 the said oEce the number-of clcrks neces&wy therefor, so -. %not to .@crease the number now employed," and, under the direction 1 .of the~residentt,o to'Lcausteo .be diswntinued t h e semices of such . agents, sub-agents, interpreters, and mechanics, a& may from time to time beyme &necessary, in consequence of the emigration of the In-dims, or ether ciuses?7 By this hw the present Bureau ofIndian Af-fa& was e~t~bl isheafdte r the plan up011 which it had been opirated . ., " for eight years. - , . .. . .,'..An act apprbved June 30,1834~ (4 Strsts., 729), regdate trade ' :. .!:: . . -and intercourse with the Indian tribe$, and to preserve peace on the :,. ; .I-~ - fr.ont iers," re-enacted the licensed-trader law of %I90w ith mo~i5cations7~:, &ii3 dm greatly enlarged the of officers of the Government . . .. . . over the hdian huntry, and over the Indians themselves. . tion on . . . . - , . I 0 anthonatkl superintendents of Indian affairs, Indian $gents, and - .~- ' , sub-agents to remove from -the India; cquutry persons found. therein without authority of law, and section 11 provicled that the .military . . . . - . ., - . , . . j he.?& of Jnne 5,1850 (9 st st^, &I), provided that the laws of the United Statee . , : &gplati+g trade'and intarcourse withthe Indim tribes east of the Rocky Ma~lmtainq . , $mild. be extended over the Indian tribes in the Territory of Oregon. The sot o . ':February X, 1851 (9 State., 58T);provided for the ~ppaintment of agents and ex- ~. tended tlie Indian intercome laws over the I n d i ~ sof New Mexico aud Uhb. -. - |