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 For the purpose of giving to these stipulations the fullest posible efficacy, thereby affording the security and redres demanded by their true spirit and intent, the Government of the United States will now and hereafter pas, without unnecesary delay, and always vigilantly enforce, such laws as the nature of the subject may require. And finally, the sacrednes of this obligation shall never be lost sight of by the said Government, when providing for the removal of the Indians from any portion of the said territories, or for it’s being settled by citizens of the United States; but on the contrary special care shall then be taken not to place it’s Indian occupants under the necesity of seeking new homes, by committing those invasions which the United States have solemnly obliged themselves to restrain.

In consideration of the extension acquired by the boundaries of the United States, as defined in the fifth Article of the present Treaty, the