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 TREATY WITH THE SACS, ETC. 1830. 329 the Missouri and Desmoines, passing to said high lands along the dividing ridge between the forks of the Grand River; thence along said high lands or ridge separating. the waters of the Missouri from those of the Demoine, to a point opposite the source of Boyer River, and thence in a direct line to the upper fork of the Demoine, the place of beginning, But it is understood that the lands ceded and relinquished by pn Own, this Treaty, are to be assigned and allotted under the direction of the whidiithe lands President of the United States, to the Tribes now living thereon, or to m,;;) be °P' such other Tribes as the President may locate thereon for hunting, and P ` other purposes. Anrrcrn II. The confederated Tribes of the Sacs and Foxes, cede Cession by and relinquish to the United States forever, a tract of Country twenty the Sacs and miles in width, from the Mississippi to the Demoine; situate south, and F°‘°’· adjoining the line between the said confederated Tribes of Sacs and Foxes, and the Sioux; as established by the second article of the Treaty of Prairie du Chien of the nineteenth of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. Anrrcuz III. The Medawah·Kanton, Wah-pa-coota, Wahpeton and gm;,,,, by the Sisseton Bands of the Sioux cede and relinquish to the United States Medawah—Kanforever, a Tract of Country twenty miles in width, from the Mississippi t°"¤ &*°· to the Demoine River, situate north, and adjoining the line mentioned in the preceding article. Anrrcu: IV. In consideration of the cessions and relinquishments gnnsid,,.minn_ made in the first, second, and third articles of this Treaty, the United States agree to pay to the Sacs, three thousand dollars,——and to the Annuities, Foxes three thousand dollars; To the Sioux of the Mississippi two thousand dollars ;—-To the Yancton and Santie Bands of Sioux three thousand dollars ; —-To the Omahas, two thousand five hundred dollars; -— To the Ioways two thousand five hundred dollars ;-—-To the Ottoes and Missourias two thousand five hundred dollars, and to the Sacs of the Missouri River five hundred dollars; to be paid annually for ten successive years at such place, or places on the Mississippi or Missouri, as may be most convenient to said Tribes, either in money, merchandize, or domestic animals, at their option; and when said annuities or any portion of them shall be paid in merchandize, the same is to be delivered to them at the first cost of the goods at St. Louis free of trans-portation. And the United States further agree to make to the said Tribes and Furtherallow- Bands, the following allowances for the period of ten years, and as long M1068- thereafter as the President of the United States may think necessary and proper, in addition to the sums herein before stipulated to be paid them; that is to say; To the Bands of the Sioux mentioned in the third article, one Blacksmith at the expense of the United States, and the necessary tools; also instruments for agricultural purposes, and iron and steel to the amount of seven hundred dollars;-—To the Yancton and Santie Bands of Sioux, one Blacksmith at the expense of the United States, and the necessary tools, also instruments for agricultural purposes to the amount of four hundred dollars; To the Omahas one Blacksmith at the expense of the United States, and the necessary tools, also instruments for agricultural purposes to the amount of five hundred dollars ;-—'I‘o the Ioways an assistant Blacksmith at the expense of the United States, also instruments for agricultural purposes to the amount of six hundred dollars; To the Ottoes and Missourias one Blacksmith at the expense of the United States, and the necessary tools, also instruments for agricultural purposes to the amount of five hundred dollars; and to the Sacs of the Missouri River, one Blacksmith at the expense of the United States and the necessary tools; also instruments for agricultural purposes to the amount of two hugdrgd dollars. 42 C