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 1096 TREATY WITH THE MIAMI INDIANS. JUNE 5, 1854. the improvement money referred to, and seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-Eve dollars and eighty-two cents, being the residue of said amount of thirty thousand dollars, shall be paid immediately alter the Mode of pay- requisite appropriation shall have been made: Provided, That the said mm- sum of eight thousand dollars and sixt.y·eight cents, shall be paid to me persons who are entitled to the same, as far as that may be practicable ; and the seven thousand seven hundred and seventydive dollars and eighty-two cents shall be paid to such .of the Miamis west as have lost stock or other property by wrongful acts of citizens of the United States, while in the Indian country, and to those who were injured by the loss of improvements in their removal from Sugar Creek to their present Claims, how home. The claimants, in all cases, to file their demands with the chiefs m¤d°· within six months after the ratification of this instrument ; and if the aggregate sum of the lawful claims exceeds the amou-ut of the fund, the claims shall be reduced by a. uniform rule, so that each claimant shall receive his pro mm; but if it fall within the amount of said fund, the excess shall be paid to the tribe as annuities are paid. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the chiefs may appeal to the agent: Provided, lumevcr, That if the Miami Indians of the State of Indiana desire it, and notify the Secretary of the Interior of that fact, he will cause the said sum of two hundred and thirty-one thousand and fpur dollars, to be invested for them in safe stocks, and pay over annually to said Indians the interest arising from such investment, and the said Miami Indians now present from the State of Indiana, agree to take the opinion of their people on their return home, and advise the department without delay! Thoauuuityof ARTICLE 5. It is hereby understood and agreed, respecting the per- $§é°t?° gg: d mancnt annuity of twenty-Eve thousand dollars, that the said Indians shall {Bl-"6 gd no an receive the same for the years eighteen hundred and fifty-four and longer. eighteen hundred arid Iiflzy-(ive, but no longer. It is also understood and DiVi¤i¤¤¢>f¢h¤ agreed (the Miamis west consenting) that as the Miamis of Indiana have m°“°y' had D0 share of the iron, steel, salt, tobacco, and so forth, given under treaty stipulations, and that as there is now in the treasury under those heads of appropriation an unexpeuded balance of four thousand and
 * 6£`ty-nine dollars and eight cents, they shall have and receive said amount

—and that the said annuity of twenty-five thousand dollars for said two years, shall be divided between the Miamis of Indiana and those west of Missouri, in the same proportion as the annuity of twelve thousand five hundred dollars is divided in the preceding article. Repayment to ARTICLE 6. The United States having advanced, in pursuance of a U¤i¢<*=d S¤¤;¤¤ of provision of the act of Congress approved August thirtieth, one thousand $':';°c°;I}:u:dgr Mt eight hundred and Hfhywwo, entitled “An act making appropriations for of1852, ch. 103. the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department," &c., the sum of twelve thousand four hundred and thix·t:y·seven dollars and six cents to the Miami Indians, for the payment of an amount due to the Eel River band that had been erroneously paid to the “Miami Nation ;" and the sum of one thousand five hundred and fifty-four dollars and sixty- three cents only, having, since said advance, been withheld by the United States, as a. reimbursement in part therefor, and there being still due to the United States, on account thereof, the suni of ten thousand eight hundred and eighty-two dollars and forty-three ceuts, iI; iejxereby agreed that said balance shall be reimbursed ihlly to ~the United `States out of the limited annuity of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, before mentioned in this instrument, in the manner and proportions following; that is $0 say, out of said annuity for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and each of the five consecutive years, there shall be retained from the portion to be paid in those years to the Miamis of Indiana, the sum of eight hxmdred and fifty-three dollars and sixty-three cents, and from the portion to be paid to the Miamis west, the sum of seven hundred dollars
 * See umcndmentn, post, p. 1008, 1099.