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 TREATY WITH THE OSAGES. 1825. 243 by this Treaty, and to be kept up at said villages, so long as said Mis- ` sions shall be usefully employed in teaching, civilizing, and improving, the said Indians. ARTICLE 11. To preserve and perpetuate the friendship now happily subsisting be- Ninth article tween the United States and the said tribes or nations, it is hereby <>f weary of fort agreed, that the provisions contained in the ninth article of the Treaty  b° ‘“ concluded and signed at fort Clark, on the tenth day of November, one Ante, p.'10?7. thousand eight hundred and eight, between the United States and the said tribes or nations, shall, in every respect, be considered as in full force and applicable to the provisions of this Treaty, and that the United States shall take and receive, into their friendship and protection, the aforesaid tribes or nations, and shall guaranty to them, forever, the right to navigate, freely, all water-courses, or navigable streams, within the tract of country hereby ceded, upon such terms as the same are or may be navigated by the citizens of the United States. ARTICLE 12. It is further agreed, that there shall be delivered as soon as may be, Merchandise after the execution of this treaty, at the Osage villages, merchandize to *° l’°&l°l¤V°¤'¤d the amount of four thousand dollars, first cost, in St. Louis, and two to n mm' thousand dollars in merchandize, before their departure from this place; and horses and equipage, to the value of twenty-six hundred dollars; which, together with the sum of one hundred dollars, to be paid to Paul Loise, and the like sum to Baptiste Mongrain, in money, shall be in addition to the provisions and stipulations hereby above contained, in full satisfaction of the cession, hereinbefore agreed on. ARTICLE 13. Whereas the Great and Little Osage tribes or nations are indebted to Amvrgnf due Augustus P. Chouteau, Paul Balio, and William S. Williams, to a large £1‘dP5,§]“;°r‘;“‘;)““ amount, for credits given to them, which they are unable to pay, and be in part paid have particularly requested to have paid, or provided for, in the present by the U- S- negotiation; it is, therefore, agreed on, by and between the parties to these presents, that the United States shall pay to Augustus P. Chouteau, one thousand dollars; to Paul Balio, two hundred and fifty dollars, and to William S. Williams two hundred and fifty dollars, towards the liquidation of their respective debts due from the said tribes or nations. ARTICLE 14. These articles shall take effect, and become obligatory on the con- Trwyto be tracting parties, so soon as the same shall be ratified by the President, Q:t*{g;é°'Y‘*h°“ by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States. ` In testimony whereof, the said William Clark, Commissioner, as aforesaid, and the Deputation, Chiefs, Head men, and Warriors, of the Great and Little Osage Nations of Indians, as aforesaid, have hereunto set their hands and seals, this second day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty- five, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-ninth. WILLIAM CLARK. Clairmont, Vanonpachais, or He that is not afraid, Pahusca, or White Hair, Khigaischinga, or Little Chief, Chingawasa, or Handsome Bird, Wataiiiga, or Fool, Wasabaistanga, or Big Bear, Jean Lafond, Waharsaehais, Wachinsabais, or Black Spirit, Cuchcstawasca, or He that sees far, Hurachais, The War Eagle,