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 582 TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTT INDIANS. MARCH 17, 1842. may in future be set apart for Indian use, and not already assigned to any tr, gm ir; lf] other tribe or nation, [and the United States having reserved three sections
 * hQ°f,,;:nf,1;€¤,_y of land of six hundred and forty acres each, within the Shawanoese terp,,,,,P_ BSL ritory, immediately below the junction of the Kanza River with the Missouri, for the purposes of erecting a fort thereon, and it being no longer

necessary to be retained for that use, they are hereby ceded to the said Wyandott nation, both of these cessions to be made in fee simple to the Wyandotts, and to their heirs forever.] Annuity. Anrrcnn III. The United States agree to pay the Wyandott nation a perpetual annuity of seventeen thousand Eve hundred dollars in specie, the first payment to be made within the present year, 1842, to enable the nation the more speedily to remove to their new home in the west ;—tl1is includes all former annuities. School. ARTICLE IV. The United States agree to make a permanent provision of five hundred dollars per annum, for the support of a school, to be under the direction of the chiefs, and for no other purpose whatever, the first payment to be made three years hence, and afterwards at the payment of the annuity in each succeeding year. V¤l¤¤ of im- ARTICLE V. The United States agree to pay the Wyandotts the full p;°;X°'ff,°;°°§vt;,’;: value of their improvements in the country hereby ceded by them in ldotts. Ohio and Michigan, which valuation shall be made by two persons to be appointed by the President of the United States, who shall be sworn faithfully to do justice to the parties, the amount of such valuation to be paid at any time after the lst day of April, 1843, as shall be acceptable to the Wyandott chiefs, to meet their arrangements for emigrating. Debts. AnTICLn VI. The United States hereby agree to pay the debts due by members of the Wyandott nation to citizens of the United States, amount- Pou,_p. 585. ing to * dollars in conformity to a schedule hereto annexed. Improvements ARTICLE VII. The Wyandotts shall be allowed the use and occupancy ` nor any persons claiming or occupying under them by lease or otherwise shall not commit waste or damage on the premises hereby ceded, but this is not to prevent the United States from surveying and selling the land at any time previous to the said 1st day of April, 1844. m,_cks,,,m,_ ARTICLE VIH. The United States engage to provide and support a blacksmith and an assistant blacksmith for the Wyandott nation, and to furnish annually a sufficient quantity of iron, steel, coal, tiles, tools, and all other things-necessary and proper in such an establishment, and to erect a suitable shop and house or houses for the residence of the blacksmith and his assistant. sui,-,,gm and ARTICLE IX. The United States engage to maintain and support a subi¤*°FPY¢*¢¤‘· agent and interpreter to reside among the Wyandotts, to aid them in the protection of their persons and property, and to manage their- intercourse with the Government and citizens of the United States. _ Mission build- ARTICLE X. The buildings and farm occupied by the mission of the '"gs °°'°m°‘“*' Methodist Episcopal Church, shall remain in possession of the present incumbents until the 1st day of April, 1844, and permission is hereby given to harvest and remove the crop of fall grain which may be then sown. Who may erm-e AJWICLE XI. All persons identified as members of the Wyandott UW ¤¤—¤¤i¤>’· nation, and their heirs, and who may emigrate to the west, shall participate equally in the benefits of the annuity, and all other national privileges, and it is expressly understood that those who do not emigrate, and any that may hereafter cease to remain with the nation, will not be entitled to the benefits and privileges aforesaid. Vol. vii. p. fc;. ARTICLE XII. Whereas by the 8th article of the treaty of Miami ro Heirs of Ho- Rapids of September 29th, 1817, there was granted unto Horonu, or Dll. eight hundred and sixty.
 * ‘:m£im‘;S°d °¤ of their improvements until the lst of April, 1844, on the condition that they
 * Blank Elled by Senate amendment, (past, p. 147,) with twenty-three thousand