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 TREATY WITH THE SHAWNEES. MAY 10, 1854. 1055 resides; and in that known as Long Tail’s Settlement, in which he has Provision for an improvement whereon he resides, there are a number of Shawnees  ?°b§ "°‘ who desire to hold their lands in common; it is, therefore, agreed, that Lon;uTall2s set- 311 Shawnees, including the persons adopted as aforesaid, and incompetent “°m°¤’°· persons, and minor orphan children, who reside in said settlements respectively, and all who shall, within sixty days after the approval of the surveys hereinafter provided for, signify to the United States Agent their election to join either of said communities and reside with them, shall have a quantity of land assigned and set off to them, in a compact body, at each of the settlements aforesaid, equal to two hundred acres to every individual in each of said communities. A census of the Shawnees residing at each of these settlements, and of the minor orphan children of their kindred, and of those electing to reside in said communities, shall be taken by the United States Agent for the Shawnees, in order that a. quantity of land equal to two hundred acres for each person, may be set off and allotted them, to hold in common as aforesaid. After all the Shawnees, and other persons herein provided for, Provision for shall have received their shares of the two hundred thousand acres of *"°’°““ Sh"' land reserved, it is anticipated that there will still be a residue; and as nm` there are some Shawnees who have been for years separated from the · tribe, it is agreed that whatever surplus remains, after provision is made for all present members of the tribe, shall be set apart, in one body of land, in compact form, under the direction of the President of the United States; and all such Shawnees as return to, and unite with the tribe, within five years from the proclamation of this instrument, shall be entitled to the same quantity of lands, out of said surplus, and in the same manner, and subject to the same limitations and provisions as are hereinbefore made for those now members of the said tribe; and whatever portion of said surplus remains unassigned, after the expiration of said five years, shall be sold as hereinafter provided, -— the proceeds of all such sales shall be retained in the treasury of the United States, until the expiration of ten years from the proclamation of this instrument, after which time, should said absent Shawnees not have returned and united with the tribe, all the moneys then in the treasury, or that may thereafter be received therein, as proceeds of the sales of such surplus land, shall be applied to, or invested for, such beneficial or benevolent objects among the Shawnees, as the President of the United States, after consultingwith the Shawnee Council, shall determine,-— and should any such absent Shawnees return and unite with said tribe, after the expiration of the period of five years hereinbefore mentioned, and before the expiration of the said period of ten years, the proper portion of any of said residue of lands, that then may remain unsold, shall be assigned to such persons; and if all said lands have been disposed of, an equitable payment in money shall be made to them out of the {proceeds of the said sales. The aforesaid assignments and selections o lands in the tract Assignments lying between the Missouri State line, and the said parallel line, shall be gf}; f:;,‘;ll°'l° made within ninety days after the approval of the survey of said tract, ‘ and if there be any individuals recognized as at present entitled to lands therein, under the provisions of this article, who shall not have selected, or had selected for them, within said ninety days, their proper shares of land, the Shawnee Council shall select one or more disinterested persons, who shall, immediately after the expiration of such ninety days, make selections of lands for them, in the same manner, and subject to the same restrictions, as hereinbefore provided for minor orphan children, not members of a family, and for incompetent persons. And those residing on improvements west of the said parallel line, shall, within sixty days after the approval of the survey of the lands on which they live, make the selections of lands as, and to the amount, they are hereinbefore authorized to do. It is agreed that all the tracts of land, in this article A