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 212. TREATY WITH '1`HE CHOC'I`AWS. 1820. Ablanket, Am'. 5. For the purpose of aiding and assisting the poor Indians, k°“l°· &<?·*° who wish to remove to the country hereby ceded on the part of the
 * ,°;,l:,:Y°m°r United States, and to enable them to do well and support their families,

mg. the Commissioners of the United States engage, in behalf of said States, to give to each warrior a blanket, kettle, rifle gun, bullet moulds and nippers, and ammunition sufficient for hunting and defence, for one year. Said warrior shall also be supplied with com to support him and his family, for the same period, and whilst travelling to the country above ceded to the Choctaw nation. An agentfar Amr. 6. The Commissioners of the United States further covenant &°' in due time, for the benefit of the Choctaw Indians who may be permanently settled in the country ceded to them beyond the Mississippi river, and, at a convenient period, a factor shall be sent there with goods, to Ai,;,ck,m;,;,_ supply their wants. A Blacksmith shall also be settled amongst them, at a point most convenient to the population; and a faithful person appointed, whose duty it shall be to use every reasonable exertion to collect all the wandering Indians belonging to the Choctaw nation, upon the land hereby provided for their permanent settlement. Land to be Am. 7. Out of the lands ceded by the Choctaw nation to the United ¤¢;lg,f°¤’ ¤¤PP<>¤ States, the Commissioners aforesaid, in behalf of said States, further
 * }*8 ¤h<>¤¤¤w¤» and agree, on the part of said States, that an agent shall be appointed,
 * ,,,,,,0{°;°°w covenant and agree, that fifty-four sections of one mile square shall be

laid out in good land, by the President of the United States, and sold, for the purpose of raising a fund, to be applied to the support of the Choctaw schools, on both sides of the Mississippi river. Three-fourths of said fund shall be appropriated for the benefit of the schools here; and the remaining fourth for the establishment of one or more beyond the Mississippi; the whole to be placed in the hands of the President of the United States, and to be applied by him, expressly and exclusively, to this valuable object. An additional Aer. 8. To remove any discontent which may have arisen in the "*?Q* °f 1<?¤d;°*‘ Choctaw Nation, in consequence of six thousand dollars of their annuity Elsigg $,,32,, having been appropriated annually, for sixteen years, by some of the &c. I chiefs, for the support of their schools, the Commissioners of the United States oblige themselves, on the part of said States, to set apart an additional tract of good land, for raising a fund equal to that given by the said chiefs, so that the whole of the annuity may remain in the nation, and be divided amongst them. And in order that exact justice may be done to the poor and distressed of said nation, it shall be the duty of the agent to see that the wants of every deaf dumb, blind, and distressed, Indian, shall be first supplied out of said annuity, and the ballance equally distributed amongst every individual of said nation. pmgsion {O, Am-. 9. All those who have separate settlements, and fall within the Indiaps who limits of the land ceded by the Choctaw nation to the United States, r°'““““· &‘°· and who desire to remain where they now reside, shall be secured in a tract or parcel of land one mile square, to include their improvements. Any one who prefers removing, if he does so within one year from the date of this treaty, shall be paid their full value, to be ascertained by two persons, to be appointed by the President of the United States. An equiwhm Am-. 10. As there are some who have valuable buildings on the to such as lpgyg roads and elsewhere upon the lands hereby ceded, should they remove, xilgahgsdbuild- it is further agreed by the aforesaid Commissioners, in behalf of the ,5,,;,,,6,  United States, that the inconvenience of doing so shall be considered, and such allowance made as will amount to an equivalent. For this purpose, there shall be paid to the Mingo, Puckshenubbee, five hundred dollars; to Harrison, two hundred dollars; to Captain Cobb, two