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 SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLE T0 the Delaware Treaty, concluded at St. Mary’s in the State of Sept. 24, 1829. Ohio, on the 3d of October, 1818. arc 24, 1831. Wnmznas the foregoing Treaty stipulates that the United States shall AMP p' mg` provide for the Delaware Nation, a country to reside in, West of the Mississippi, as the permanent residence of their Nation; and whereas the said Delaware Nation, are now willing to remove, on the following conditions, from the country on J ames’ fork of White river in the State of Missouri, to the Country selected in the fork of the Kansas and Missouri River, as recommended by the government, for the permanent residence of the whole Delaware Nation; it is hereby agreed upon by the parties, that the country in the fork of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, extending up the Kansas River, to the Kansas Line, and up the Missouri River to Camp Leavenworth, and thence by a line drawn Westwarelly, leaving a space ten miles wide, north of the Kansas boundary line, for an outlet; shall be conveyed and forever secured by the United States, to the said Delaware Nation, as their permanent residence: And the United States hereby pledges the faith of the government to guarantee to the said Delaware Nation forever, the quiet and peaceable possession and undisturbed enjoyment of the same, against the claims and assaults of all and every other people whatever. And the United States hereby agrees to furnish the Delaware Nation Hmgfr W¤· with forty horses, to be given to their poor and destitute people, and the %;°$gh,,§'{;°; b° use of six waggons and ox-teams, to assist the nation in removing their Delawares. heavy articles to their permanent home; and to supply them with all necessary farming utensils and tools necessary for building houses, &c: and to supply them with provisions on their journey, and with one year’s provisions after they get to their permanent residence; and to have a griss and sawmill erected for their use, within two years after their complete removal. And it is hereby expressly stipulated and agreed upon by the parties, Additional pay. that for and in consideration of the full and entire relinquishment by m”E“€m°¤· the Delaware Nation of all claim whatever to the country now occupied mm}" by them in the State of Missouri, the United States shall pay to the said Delaware Nation, an additional permanent annuity of one thousand dollars. And it is further stipulated that thirty-six sections of the best land Reservation of within the limits hereby relinquished, shall be selected under the direc- land for S°h°°l tion of the President of the United States, and sold for the purpose of purposes' raising a fund, to be applied under the direction of the President, to the support of schools for the education of Delaware children. It is agreed upon by the parties that this supplementary article shall Country to be be concluded in part only, at this time, and that a deputation of a Chief, °XPl°"’d· &·°· or Warrior, from each town with their Interpreter shall proceed with the Agent to explore the country more fully, and if they approve of said country, to sign their names under ours, which shall be considered as finally concluded on our part; and after the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate of the United States, shall be binding on the contracting parties. In testimony whereof the United States Indian Agent, and the Chiefs and Warriors of the Delaware Nation of Indians, have hereunto set (327>