Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 30.djvu/552

 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 517. 1895. 513 eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty, and restored December twenty- seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, by the award of the Secretary of the Interior, under the fourth article of the treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, five hundred and fifty- eight thousand five hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-four cents, to be placed to the credit of the Chickasaw Nation with the fund to which it properly belongs: Provided, That if there be any attorneys’ Two-, f fees to be paid out of same, on contract heretofore made and duly °t°"’°y°’ °°s` approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the same is authorized to be paid by him. _ lt is further agreed that the tinal decision of the courts of the United D¤¤i¤i¤;_i¤; rgiiigg States in the case of the Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation smtsziiiiwicnidruagainst the United Statesand the Wichita and amliated bands of Q:¤;;gb;0*;=eI;_•;£ Indians, now pending, when made, shall be conclusive as the basis of 1>i:¤·m··i¤u¤. settlement as between the United States and said Choctaw and Chickasaw nations for the remaining lands in what is known as the *¢ Leased District," namely, the land lying between the ninety-eighth and one hundredth degrees of west longitude and between the Red and Canadian rivers, leased to the United States by the treaty of eighteen hun- V¤L11.1>-61¤- dred and fifty-ilve, except that portion called the Cheyenne and Arapahoe country, heretofore acquired by the United States, and all final judgments rendered against said nations in any of the courts of the United States in favor of the United States or any citizen thereof shall first be paid out of any sum hereafter found due said Indian for any interest they may have in the so-called leased district. It is further agreed that all of the funds invested, in· lieu of invest- °f*;•;_{b?_]Pg_}s,P°fg;J*{,°:¤* ment, treaty funds, or otherwise, nowheld by the United States in ' trust for the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, shall be capitalized within one year after the tribal governments shall cease, so far as the same may legally be done, and be appropriated and paid, by some officer of the United States appointed for the purpose, to the Choctaws and Chickasaws (freedmen excepted) per capita, to aid and assist them in improving their home and lands. It is further agreed that the Choctaws and Chickasaws, when their Uémiégjcticgg ¤f tribal governments cease, shall become possessed of all the rights and sliip. S ”°°` privileges of citizens of the United States. ORPHAN LANDS' Orphan lands. It is further agreed that the Choctaw orphan lands in the State of —¤> }>·¤ ¤·{<g¤¤·¤•l by Mississippi, yet unsold, shall be taken by the United States at one dol- "’° l"'"`" °°°°°` lar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per acre, and the proceeds placed to ‘ the credit of the Choctaw orphan fund in the Treasury of the United States, the number of acres to be determined by the General Land Office. In witness whereof the said commissioners do hereunto ailix their names at Atoka, Indian Territory, this the twenty-third day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. GREEN McCUa·r.m·z, B. M. Hluzms, Principal Chief. Governor. J. S. Semmnrmr, Isaac O. Lnwrs, N. B. Amswonrn, Homms Commnr, Bmw Hsxrron, Bonner L. DIURRAY, Wmsrrsr Anmsnsou, Wrnrum Pmmzr, Amos Hmmr, R. L. Born, D. C. GARLAND, Chickasaw Commission. Choctaw Commission. FRANK C. ARMSTRONG, Acting Chairman. Ancnrnnrn S. McKean0N, Tnonus B. Clnnuss, ALEXANDER B. Moivroommzr, Commission to the Five Civilizcd Tribes. H. M. Jscowsr, Jr.,. · Secretary, Five Tribes Commission. vox. xxx-453