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 TREATY WITH THE MIAMI INDIANS. JUNE 5, 1854. 1099 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 four 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,"-and insert the following words in lieu of the words so stricken out:- The sum of two hundred and thirty-one thousand and four dollars Investment of hereby stipulated to be paid to the Miami Indians of Indiana, shall be funds` held by the United States for said last-named Indians, and by the government invested as the President may direct, at an interest offive per cent. per annum, and which interest shall be paid annually, for the period of twenty-five years, to the said Miami Indians of Indiana, and at the expiration of that time, or sooner if required by them and approved by the President, the principal sum to be paid in full, the United States being directly responsible therefor, said investment to be made and the interest thereon to commence accruing the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and thence to continue: Provided, That no persons other Proviso. than those embraced in the corrected list agreed upon by the Miamies of Indiana, in the presence of the Commissioner of Indian Adairs, in June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, comprising three hundred and two names as Miami Indians of Indiana, and the increase of the families of the persons embraced in said corrected list, shall be recipients of the payments, annuities, commutation moneys and interest hereby stipulated to be paid to the Miami Indians of Indiana, unless other persons shall be added to said list by the consent of the said Miami Indians of Indiana, obtained in council, according to the custom of Miami tribe of Indians: Provided, Prcviso. That the sum of nine thousand seven hundred and forty-six dollars and fourteen cents shall immediately be paid out of said sum of two hundred and thirty-one thousand and four dollars (and deducted from the same) to the following persons, who are a. portion of the Miami tribe of Indians residing in Indiana, and in the following manner; seven thousand six hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty-two cents to the family of Jane T. Griggs, consisting of herself and six children, to wit: Warren A-, Charles F-, Anthony W-, Ann Eliza-, Martha Jane, and Maria Elizabeth Griggs, which sum may be paid to the said Jane T. Griggs, and her husband John H. Griggs, the father of said children, or to either of them ; and the sum of two thousand and fifty-six dollars and ninety-two cents to Sash-o-quash and his wife E-len-e-pish-o·quash, which may be paid to the said Sash-o·quash, it being understood that the said Griggs family have drawn but one annuity for the last eight years, the othershaving been paid to the balance of the tribe; which sum of nine thousand seven hundred and forty-six dollars and fourteen cents is to be in full payment and satisfaction of all sums of money that may be due, owing or`coming to said two families, by virtue of this and all former treaties, on account of their being of the Miami tribe of Indians, or otherwise. The Miami Indians of Indiana, being now represented in Washington by a fully authorized deputation, and having requested the foregoing amendments, the same are binding on them; but these amendments are in no way to affect or impair the stipulations in said treaty contained, as to the Miamies west of the Mississippi, the said amendments being final, and not required to be submitted to the Miamies for their consent :- And the sum of two thousand two hundred dollars is hereby directed to be paid to the said Indians residing in the State of Indiana, for time employed and money expended in assisting to make this treaty, which may be paid to James T. Miller, their interpreter, and Tyn—y1-oh-te-mah,