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 666 TREATY `WITH THE STOCKBRIDGES AND MUNSEES. FEB. 1856. ¤d¤<==¤i¢i<>¤=\l Pur- for educational purposes exclusively their portion of the annuities under P°$§{_ vm P_ M_ the treaties of November eleventh, one thousand seven hundred and v01. vii. p. 303. ninety-four; August eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- V°l· VH- P- 58°· seven; and September third, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, School-house. ARTICLE VIII. One hundred and fifty dollars valuation of the schoolhouse at Stockbridge made in conformity to Article VI. of the treaty of Vol. ix. p. 055. November twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and remaining unpaid, shall be expended in the erection of a school-house, with the other funds set aside for the same purpose by Article IV. of this agreement. Grounds for a Anrrcnm IX. About seven and two fifths acres bounded as follows: °°m°*°”Y· Beginning at the northeast corner of lot eighty-nine, in the centre of the military road; thence west, along the north line of said lot, fifty-four and a. quarter rods; thence south, thirty-eight and a quarter rods; thence east twenty-eight and a quarter rods ; thence north, thirty-four and a quarter rods ; thence east, twenty-six rods ; thence north, four rods to the place of beginning, comprising the ground heretofore used by the Stockbridges to bury their dead, shall be patented to the supervisors of the town of Stockbridge, to be held by them and their successors in trust for the inhabitants of said town, to be used by them as a cemetery, andthe proceeds from cemetery lots and burial places to be applied in fencing, clearing, and embellishing the grounds. Right ofway Anrrorn X. It is agreed that all roads and highways, laid out by M meds- authority of law shall have right of way through the lands set aside for said Indians, on the same terms as are provided by law for their location through lands of citizens of the United States. President and ARTICLE XI. The object of this instrument being to advance the S"*“**'°° °" O°Q" welfare and improvement of said Indians, it is agreed, if it prove insuih- ,,&l,g¥S_m°` cient, from causes which cannot now be foreseen, to effect these ends, that the President of the United States may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, adopt such policy in the management of their affairs, as in his judgment may be most beneficial to them ; or Congress may, hereafter, make such provision by law, as experience shall prove to be necessary. Provision Anzrrcrn XII. The said Stockbridges and Munsees agree to suppress  “"d°“°’ the use of ardent spirits among their people and to resist by all prudent means, its introduction in their settlements. Sm, of ance. Antrrorn XIII. The Secretary of the Interior, if deemed by him ¤¤¤¤*·¤ ¤¤¢;1<=P¤<‘¥¢ expedient and proper, may examine into the sales made by the Stock- bridge Indians, to whom lots of land were allotted in conformity to the ed_mto and set act of Congress, entitled "An act for the relief of the Stockbridge tribe 3-‘r;g:d°’ °°“‘ of Indians in the Territory of Wiseonsin," approved March third, one ' thousand eight hundred and forty-three ; and if it shall be found that any Vol- V- P- 645- of the said sales have been improperly made, or that a proper consideration has not been paid, the same may be disapproved or set aside. By the direction of the said Secretary, patents to such lots of land shall be issued to such persons as shall be found to be entitled to the same. d Sip? of Sim- Anrrcms XIV. The lots of land, the equitable title to which shall be ry ° s' found not, to have passed by valid sales from the Stockbridge Indians to purchasers, and such lots as have, by the treaty of `November twenty- fourth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, been receded to the United States, shall be sold at the minimum price of ten dollars per acre for lots fronting on Lake Winnebago, on both sides of the military road, and all the lands in the three tiers of lots next to Lake Winnebago, and at five dollars per acre for the residue of the lands in said township of Stockbridge. Purchasers of lots, on which improvements were made by Stockbridge Indians, shall pay, in addition to the said minimum price, the appraised value of such improvements. To actual settlers on any of said lots possessing the qualifications requisite to acquire preemption rights, or being civilized persons of Indian descent, not members of any tribe, who shall