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 TREATY WITH THE QUAPAWS. 1824. 233 Am`. 4. The Quapaw Tribe of Indians will hereafter be concentrated and confined to the district of country inhabited by the Caddo Indians, and form a part of said Tribe. The Said nation of Indians are to com- To be conmwd menoe removing to the district allotted them, before the twentieth day to the ,;,8,,,,,, of of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. cggingy glcsu- Ama 5. For the purpose of facilitating the removal of the said Tribe, Ifiaddoy Indians to the district of country allotted them, and as a compensation for the losses sustained, and the inconveniences to which they may be exposed _ by said removal, the United States will furnish them with corn, meat, and salt, for six months, from the first day of January, one thousand Quapawa eight hundred and twenty-six. The United States further agree to furnish a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be expended by their agent, to facilitate the transportation of the said Tribe to the district of country herein assigned them. An Agent, Sub Agent, or Interpreter, shall be appointed to accompany said Tribe, and to reside among them. ART. 6. From th cession aforesaid, there shall be reserved to JAMES Scum., in consideration of a debt of seven thousand five hundred dollars, due to him from the Quapaw Nation, and recognised in open Counci}, two sections of land commencing on the Arkansas river, opposite to rg;i_€g,j‘;;’° Mrs. Embree’s, and running up and back from said river for quantity. Jaynes Scull_ And the United States guaranty to the Quapaw Nation the payment of the said debt of seven thousand five hundred dollars, either by the ratification of the grant made in this article, or by the payment of said amount in money, exclusive of the amount stipulated to be paid to the said nation by this Treaty. Am. 7. There shall be granted by the United States, to the following persons, being Indians by descent, the following tracts of Land: To Francois Imbeau, one quarter section of land, commencing at a point on the Arkansas river, opposite the upper end of Wright Daniel’s farm, rggigggzgl and thence, up and back from said river, for quantity. To Joseph Du- 5,,,, persons, chassien, one quarter section of land, commencing at the lower corner Indians by deof the quarter section granted to Francois Imbeau, and running down “°m· and back from said river for quantity. To Saracen, a half breed Quapaw, eighty acres of land, to be laid off so as to include his improvement, where he now resides, opposite Vaugine’s. To Batiste Socie, eighty acres of land, laying above and adjoining Saracen’s grant. To Joseph Bonne, eighty acres of land, lying above and adjoining Socie’s grant. To Baptiste Bonne, eighty acres of land, lying above and adjoining Joseph Bonne’s grant. To Lewis Bartelmi, eighty acres of land, lying above and adjoining Baptiste Bonne’s grant. To Antoine Duchassin, eighty acres of land, lying above and adjoining Bartelmi’s grant. To Baptiste Imbeau, eighty acres of land, lying above and adjoining A. Duchassin’s grant. To Francois Conpot, eighty acres of land, lying above and adjoining Baptiste Imbeau’s grant. To Joseph Valliere, eighty acres of land, lying above and adjoining Francois Coupot’s grant. All the said tracts of land shall be laid oft, so as to conform to the lines of the United States’ surveys, and binding on the Arkansas river. ART. 8. This treaty shall take effect, and be obligatory on the con- ,¥Vl}°¤*° ‘“l‘° tracting parties, so soon as the same shall be ratified by the Senate of ° °° ' the United States. In testimony whereof the Commissioner on the part of the United States, Ronnnr Cnxrrnivnniv, and the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the said Nation, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their Seals. 30 U2