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 758 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 317. 1889. omaon of mus by I. That said Muscogee (or Creek) Nation, in consideration of the °"°“ M"°“‘ sum of money hereinafter mentioned, herebyabsolutely cedes and grants to the United States, without reservation or condition, full and complete title to the entire western half of the domain of the said Muscogee (or Creek) Nation lying west of the div1810n line surveyed and established under the said treaty of eéghteen hundred and sixty- ix, and also grants and releases to the nited Statesall and every - — claim, estate, right, or interest of any and every description in or to any and all lan and territory whatever, except so much of the said former domain of the said Muscogee (or Creek) Nation as lies east of _ the said line of division, surveyed and established as aforesaid, and · is now held and occupied as the home of said nation. _ ` Sge:j·¤j¤¤¤¤brU¤i¢¤¤ II. In consideration whereof, and of the covenant herein otherwise contained, the United States agree to pay to the said Muscogee (or Creek) Nation the sum of two million two hundred and eighty thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ten cents, whereof two hundred and eighty thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ten cents shall be paid to the national treasurer of said Muscogee (or Creek) Nation, or to such other person as shall be duly authorized to receive the same, at such times and in such sums after the due ratification of this agreement (as hereinafter provided_) as shall be directed and required by the national council of said nation, and the remaining sum of two million dollars shall be set a art and · remain in the Treasury of the United States to the credit ofp the said nation, and shall bear interest at the rate of Eve per centum er annum from and after the first day of July, 1889, to be paid) to the treasurer of said nation ·and to be judiciously applied under the direction of the legislative council thereof, to the support of their government, the maintenance ot schools and educational establishments, and such other objects as may be designed to promote the welfare and happiness of the people of the said Muscogee (O1` Creek) Nation, subject to the discretionary direction of the Congress of the United States; Provided, That the Congress of the United States may at any time pay over to the said Muscogee (or Creek) Nation the whole, or, from time to time, any art of said rincipal sum, or of any principal sum belonging to said nation held) in the Treasury of the nite States, and thereupon terminate the obligation of the. United States in respect thereto and in respect to any further interest upon so much of said principal as shall be so paid and discharged. _q)¤n¤j¤¤¢i<>¤ ¤f edu- III. lt is stipulated and agreed that henceforth especial effort shall ‘ be made by the Creek Nation to romote the education of the youth thereof and extend their useful lmowledge and skil%in the arts of civilization; and the said nation a ees that it will evote not less than fifty thousand dollars, annually, of its income, derived hereunder, to the establishment and maintenance of schools and other means calculated to advance the end; and of this annual sum at least ten thousand dollars shall be applied to the education of orphan children of said nation. Mmmm- IV. These articles of cession and agreement shall be of no force or obligation upon either party until they shall be ratified and confirmed, first. by act of the national council of said Muscogee (or Creek) Nation, and secondly, by the Congress of the United States, nor unless such ratification shall be on both sides made and compl1e{e<l_b}ef3ore_the first day of July, anno Domini eighteen hundred _ a ew y-nine. F°'”‘°"“'°“°'°“· V. No treaty or agreement heretofore made and now subsisting is hereby affected, except so far as the provisions hereof supersede and control the same. In testimony whereof. we, the said Williain F. Vilas, Secretary of the Interior, on the part of the United States, and the said Pleasant Porter. David M. Hodge, and Esparhecher, delegates of the