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 TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTTES AND OTTAWAS. FEB. 23, 1867. 517 Aggtips, the amount of money in said article acknowledged to be due to the amount to be Wya¤dott[e_]s shall be divided, and that portion equitably due to the dmdm citizens of said people shall be paid to them, or their heirs, under the rdirection of the Secretary of the Interior; and the balance, after deducting Remainder, the cost of the land purchased from the Senecas by the nrst article hereof, .h$“’ *° b° **1* and the sum of five thousand dollars to enable the Wyandott[e]s to es- P md` tablish themselves in their new homes, shall be paid to the Wyandott[e] tribe per capita; and the United States further agree to pay to the said Amended. `\,Vyandott[e;]s the sum of eleven thousand seven hundred and twenty- P “‘· P- WL seven dollars and seventy-tour cents, being the amount of taxes levied under the authority of the State of Kansas, contrary to the terms of the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and Htiy-tive, previous to the organ- Vo1.x. p. 1159. ization of the State government and for Eve years thereafter; in consideration of which the said Wyandottfe}, receiving their portion of the said sum, shall in each case relinquish in writing by themselves, or through the Delaware agent as their guardian, all further claim against the United States as to matters relating to the said taxes. AR'FICLE XV. All restrictions upon the sale of lands assigned and Certain repatented to " inc0mpetent" Wyandottfejs under the fourth article of the "*‘?°‘i°g’? “l$°" treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-tive, shall be removed after igulissdim S the ratification of this treaty, but no sale of lands heretofbre assigned to orphans or incompetents shall be made, under decree of any court, or other- Vol. x. p. 1161. wise, for or on account of any claim, judgment, execution or order, or for taxes, until voluntarily sold by the pateutee or his or her heirs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and whereas many sales of land belonging to this class have heretofore been made, contrary to the spirit and intent of the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, it is agreed that a thorough examination and report shall be made, under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in order to ascertain the facts relating to all such cases, and upon a. full examination of such report, and hearing of the parties interested, the said Secretary may confirm the said sales, or require an additional amount to be paid, or declare such sales entirely void, as the very right of the several cases may require. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE OTTAWAS. Ottawas. Arvrionn XVI. The west part of the Shawnee reservation, ceded to Sale of land the United States by the third article, is hereby sold to the Ottawas at t°*h° O“’“"“·“· one dollar per acre; and for the purpose of paying for said reservation Payment. the United States shall take the necessary amount, whenever the area of such land shall be found by actual survey, from the funds in the hands of the government arising from the sale of the Ottawa trust lands, as provided in the ninth article of the treaty of one thousand eight hundred Vol. xii. p. 1240. and sixty-two, and the balance of said fund, after the payment of accounts provided for in article five of the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-tivo, shall be paid to the tribe per capita. _ ‘ Anrronn XVII. The provisions of the Ottawa treaty of one thousand fo1}°f¤“:*°¤: 025 eight hundred and sixty-two, under which all the tribe were to become citi- ,0  Ky zens upon the sixteenth ofJuly,0ne thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the tribe becomare hereby extended for two years, or until July sixteenth, one thousand  dggzeus °X' eight hundred and sixty-nine ; but at any time previous to that date any ' member of the tribe may appear before the United States district court VOL X5, p, iza;7. for Kansas, and declare his intention to become a citizen, when he shall receive a certificate of citizenship, which shall include his family, and thereafter be disconnected with the tribe, and shall be entitled to his proportion of the tribal fund; and all who shall not have made such declara— tion previous to the lasbmentioned date shall be still considered members of the tribe. In order to enable the tribe to dispose of their property in Kansas, and remove to their new homes and establish themselves thereon, patents in fee-simple shall be given to the heads of families, and to all who