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 796 TREATY WITH THE DELAWARE INDIANS. J ULY 4, 1866. the said purchaser that ten thousand acres or more of said lands have been vacated by said Indians, within three months thereafter, said purchaser shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the said Indians, the stipulated price for said lands, with the appraised value of the improvements; and so on until all are paid for, according to the true intent and meaning hereof; and as said lands shall be paid for, patents therefor, conveying the same in fee` simple, shall be from time to time issued to said purchaser, or to his or its assigns, by the President of the United States. Bagistryto be ARTICLE IX. It is also stipulated that the Secretary of the Interior $:;:*5 t‘?l“Tw shall cause a registry to bemade of the names of all of said Dclawvares Oc mg. . . . . . become citizens, who have elected to dissolve their tribal relations and to become citizens of the United States, as provided in this treaty, with the names, ages, and sex of the members of the family of each of said Delawares, and present a certified copy of the same to the judge of the district court of the United States for the district of Kansas, and cause a copy to be filed in the office of the commissioner of Indian affairs, after which any of said Moda ¤fpr<>¤¤— Delawares, being adults, may appear before the said judge in open court, 2;LL;°;_°°°°m° and make the same proof and take the same oath of allegiance as is provided by law for the naturalization of aliens, and also make proof to the satisfaction of said court that he is sufficiently intelligent and prudent to control his own affairs and interests, that he has adopted the habits of civilized life, and has been able to support, for at least five years, himself and family; when he shall receive a certificate of the same under the Patent of land seal of the said court; and on the filing of the said certificate in the ofb°f°*° “u°“°d• fice of the commissioner of Indian affairs, the said Delaware Indian shall be constituted a citizen of the United States, and be entitled to receive a patent in fee simple, with power of alienation, for fic land heretofore allotted to him, and his just proportion, in cash or in bonds, of the cash value of the credits of said tribe, principal and interest, then held in trust Proportion of by the United States; and also, as the same may be. received, his propor- P*'°°°°d“°f”·l°’· tion of the proceeds of the sale of lands under the provisions of this treaty, when he shall cease to be a member of said tribe. NVhereupon Minorohildrsn. all of the minor children of those who have become citizens shall be ponstrued to have elected to sever their connection with said tribe for the time being, and be entitled to their just proportion of the annuities of the tribe, to be paid to the head of the family to be expended for their support and education until they shall attain the age of twenty-one years, after which each shall elect to remove to his tribe or to become a citizen of the United States, as hereinbefore provided, and if thus admitted to citizenship, shall be entitled to all the privileges and interests herein provided for the head of the family. Should any minor as aforesaid, arriving at the age of twenty-one years, and electing to become a citizen of the United States, or any adult Indian having so elected, tail to be admitted, he shall not be compelled to remove, but the Secretary of the Interior shall provide proper guardianship for the protection of his rights Grant to those and interests and those of his family. There shall be granted to each of zlgzffgxzgsg the Delawares who have thus become citizens, a patent in fee simple tbr ° the lands heretofore allotted to them, and, if they do not remove with the nation, their pro rata share of all annuities and trust property held by the United States for them, the division to be made under the direction of the President of the United States, after which such persons shall cease to be members of the Delaware tribe, and shall not fhrther partici- Funds 0,- the pate in their councils, nor share in their property or annuities. tribe nottobs ARTICLE X. It is further agreed that the funds of the Dclawares
 * ‘:·*gfR’;%,vid shall never be applied by the government to the payment of the debt or

,,:;m°mi,,,,:_debts of any individual member or members of the nation ; nor shall any Licenses to person be licensed to trade with the Delawares without the consent of méliggrics 0,. the chiefs and council; and the salaries of the chiefs shall henceforward ohtsts. be four hundred dollars per annum.