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 TREATY WITH THE KICKAPOOS. MAY I`8, 1854. 1079 shall describe their selection, which must be made within six months from the date hereof, by metes and bounds, and transmit the description thereof, signed by said delegates and agent, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; and thereupon, the selection so made, shall be taken and deemed as the future permanent home of the Kickapoo Indians. It is expressly understood that the Kickapoos shall claim under this article no more than one hundred and fifty thousand acres of land; and if that quantity, or any portion thereof shall be selected, as provided above, outside of the reservation herein made, then said reservation, or a quantity equal to that which may be selected outside thereof, shall be, and the same is hereby, ceded and relinquished to the United States. ARTICLE 2. In consideration whereof the United States agree to pay Pavment for to the said Indians, under the direction of the President, and in such md i¤°°`·Si°¤· manner as he shall from time to time prescribe, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, as follows: one hundred thousand dollars to be invested at an interest of five per centum per annum ; the interest of which shall be annually expended for educational and other beneficial purposes. The remaining two hundred thousand dollars to be paid thus: Twenty- tive thousand dollars in the month of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four; twenty thousand dollars during the same month in each of the years one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five and one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six; fourteen thousand dollars during the same month in each of the years one thousand eight hundred and fifty- seven and one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight; nine thousand dollars in the same month of each of the six years next succeeding that of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight ; seven thousand dollars in the same month of each of the four years next succeeding the expiration of the last named period of six years ; and five thousand dollars in the same month of each of the five years next succeeding the last named four years. And as the Kickapoos will remove to a new home, and will, m,W,,xpc,,dGd_ therefore, require the principal portion of the annual payments for several years to aid in building houses, in breaking and fencing land, in buying stock, agricultural implements, and other articles needful for their comfort and civilization, it is understood that such portion of said annual payments as may be necessary, will be appropriated to, and expended for such purposes. Anrrcrn 3. The President may cause to be surveyed, in the same 1;;,,,,,,,;;;.,,, gf manner in which the public lands are surveyed, the reservation herein U18 f6S¤¤"·'¤¤<>¤· provided for the Kickapoos; and may assign to each person, or family desiring it, such quantity of land as, in his opinion, will be sufficient for such person, or family, with the understanding that he, or they, will occupy, improve, and cultivate the same, and comply with such other conditions as the President may prescribe. The land thus assigned may hereafter be confirmed by patent to the parties, or their representatives, under such regulations and restrictions as Congress may impose. Aizrxcra 4. It is agreed that the United States shall pay to such of _ Payment for the Kickapoos, as have improvements upon the lands hereby ceded, ¤.‘mP"°"°'“°"“· fair compensation for the same--the value to be ascertained in such mode as shall be prescribed by the President. Anrrcrs 5. The debts of Indians contracted in their private deal-· Private deléts ings as individuals, whether to traders or others, shall not be paid out of QJ3Q0g2s_,;;} the general fund. fund. Aivrrcrm 6. It is the desire of the Kickapoo Indians that their faith- Grant to Peter ful friend and interpreter, Peter Cadue, should have a home provided for C“l“°· him and his family. It is therefore agreed that there shall be assigned to him a tract of land equal to one section, to be taken from the legal subdivisions of the surveyed land, and to include his present residence and improvement on Cadue’s creek, and the President is authorized to issue a patent to him for the same.