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 1238 TREATY WITH THE OTTAWA INDIANS. JUNE 24, 1862. stones set, it is hereby stipulated that such survey shall be adopted, m so far as it shall be found correct. Sections or ARTICLE III. It being the wish of said tribe of Ottawas_to remuner- 1*****1 ’“°"°d *° ate several of the chiefs, councilmen, and headmen of the tribe, for their ZEREEE services to them many years without pay, it is hereby stipulated that five sections of land is [are] reserved and set apart for that purpose, to be apportioned among the said chiefs, councilmen, and headmen as the members of the tribes shall in full council determine ; and it shall be the duty pmmtsm of the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents, in fee simple, of said issue. lands, when located and apportioned, to said Indians. In addition thereto, Heads of said last-named persons, and each and every head of a tamily in said families to re- tribe, shall receive 160 acres of land, which shall include his or her house f:jlQ€1£%:fs'°&°f and all improvements, so far as practicable; and all other members of the hgvg,80 ams, tribe shall receive 80 acres of land each, and all the locations for the heads of Families, made in accordance with this treaty, shall·be made adjoining, and in as regular and compact form as possible, and with due regard to the rights of each individual and of the whole tribe. A,,m,me,_ ARTICLE IV. To enable said tribe to establish themselves more fully in agriculture, and gradually to increase their preparations for assuming the responsibilities and duties of citizenship, it is stipulated that, subject to the limitations hereinafter mentioned, the sum of eighteen thousand ($18,000) dollars shall be paid to said tribe in the manner of annuities, out of their moneys now in the hands of the United States, in September, 1862, and subject to the limitations of this treaty. There shall be paid to them in four equal annual payments thereafter, as near as may be, all the moneys which the United States hold, or may hold, in anywise for them, with accruing interest on all moneys remaining with the United States. DQML Anrrcu: V. It being the desire of the tribe to pay all lawful and just debts against them contracted since they were removed to Kansas, it is agreed that such demands as the council of the tribe and the agent shall approve, when confirmed by the Secretary of the Interior, may be received in payment for the lands hereinafter provided to be sold, or otherwise such debts shall be paid out of the funds of said Ottawas, but in no case shall more than $15,000 be allowed and paid for such debts. Land, to be m ARTICLE VI. The Ottawas deeming this a favorable opportunity to gpnrtfor ondow- provide for the education of their posterity, and feeling that they are able "‘g"“°h°°l· to do so by the cooperation of the United States, now, in pursuance of this desire of the Ottawas, after the selections and allotments herein provided have been made, there shall be set apart, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty thousand acres of average lands for the purpose of endowing a school for the benefit of said Ottawas; also one Locating mmol_ section of land, upon which said school shall be located, which section of land shall be inalienable, and upon which, and all the appurtenances and No mx_ property for school purposes thereon, no tax shall ever be laid by any authority whatever. Managememof Five thousand acres of said land may be sold by the trustees hereinschool lands. after named, the proceeds of which may be devoted to the erection of proper buildings and improvements upon said section for reception of the pupils ; and the residue of the school lands may, in like manner, be sold from time to time, as full prices can be obtained for the same. The money received therefor shall be loaned upon good real estate security, to be improved farms in the county of the reservation, the same not to be a security for more than half the appraised value of the land as returned by the county assessor, and no land to be taken as security For such loan or loans which shall be encumbered in any manner, or the title to which shall have been derived from or held by any judicial, administrator, or executor’s sale, or by the sale of any person acting in a Hduciary capacity. The security shall never be avoided on account of any rate of interest re.