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 166 TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS, ETC. 1817. and ferries for the accommodation of travellers, should the same be found necessary. G,.,,,,,, fm, ART, 15. The tracts of land herein granted to the chiefs, for the use from taxes. of the Wyandot, Shawnese, Seneca, and Delaware Indians, and the reserve for the Ottawa Indians, shall not be liable to taxes of any kind so long as such land continues the property of the said Indians. G,.,,,,,{0,.,h,, Ama 16. Some of the Ottawa, Ohippewa, and Idotawatomy tribgg, education ofln- being attached to the Catbolick religion, and believing they may wish dm °l”ld“’“· some of their children hereafter educated, do grant to the rector of the Catholick church of St. Anne of Detroit, for the use of the said church, and to the corporation of the college at Detroit, for the use of the said college, to be retained or sold, as the said rector and corporation may judge expedient, each, one half of three sections of land, to contain six hundred and forty acres, on the river Raisin, at a place called Macon; and three sections of land not yet located, which tracts were reserved, for the use of the said Indians, by the treaty of Detroit, in one thousand eight hundred and seven; and the superintendent of Indian affairs, in the territory of Michigan, is authorized, on the part of the said Indians, to select the said tracts of land. rmpmvemems Am-. 17. The United States engage to pay to any of the Indians, t0 be paid fm"- the value of any improvements which they may be obliged to abandon in consequence of the lines established by this treaty. Cession by the, ART. 18. The Delaware tribe of Indians, in consideration of the Delawares. stipulations herein made on the part of the United States, do hereby forever cede to the United States all the claim which they have to the thirteen sections of land reserved for the use of certain persons of their tribe, by the second section of the act of congress, passed March the WOT ch. 49. third, one thousand eight hundred and seven, providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States between the United States' Military Tract and the Connecticut Reserve, and the lands of the United States between the Cincinnatti and Vincennes districts. Gmntgo James ART. 19. The United States agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, ¤¤d Silas Arm- to Zeeshawau, or James Armstrong, and to Sanondoyourayquaw, or Bu-°ng' Silas Armstrong, chiefs of the Delaware Indians, living on the Sandusky waters, and their successors in office, chiefs of the said tribe, for the use of the persons mentioned in the annexed schedule, in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions, provisions, and limitations, as is hereinbefore provided for the lands granted to the Wyandot, Seneca, and Shawnese, Indians, a tract of land, to contain nine square miles, to join the tract granted to the Wyandots of twelve miles square, to be laid  as negrly in a square form as practicable, and to include Captain ipes vi age. Gmmmthe ART. 20. The United States also agree to grant, by patent, to the Ottawas. chiefs of the Ottawas tribe of Indians, for the use of the said tribe, tract of land, to contain thirty-four square miles, to be laid out as nearly in a square form as practicable, not interfering with the lines of the Ante, p. 49. tractsreserved by the treaty of Greenville on the south side of the Miami river of Lake Erie, and to include Tushquegan, or M*Carty’s village; which tracts, thus granted, shall be held by the said tribe, upon the usual conditions of Indian reservations, as though no patent were 1ssued. T,-my Obugaf Anr. 21. This treaty shall take effect, and be obligatory on the congry when rati- tracting parties, as soon as the same shall have been ratified by the · . Igesédenz ofhthe United States, by and with the advice and consent of e ena e ereo.