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 384 TREATY WITH THE CHICKASAWS. 1832. before n1entioned officers, and clerks, are to be employed entirely in business of the nation, appertaining to preparing and selling the land, they will of course be paid out of the proceeds of the sales of the ceded lands. That the Chickasaws, may now understand as near as may be, the expenses that will be incurred in the transacting of this business- Salaries or It is proposed and agreed to, that the salary of the Surveyor General be SW/¤Y¤¤'·z¤¤¤· fifteen hundred dollars a year, and that the Register and Receiver of "L &°‘ monies, be allowed twelve hundred dollars a year each, as a full com. pensation for their services, and all expenses, except stationary and postages on their official business, and that each of the clerks and draftsman be allowed seven hundred and fifty dollars a year, for their services and all expenses.* No ,,,,_,_,,,,,,_ Anrrcu: VII. It is expressly agreed that the United States shall not tion rights to be grant any right of preference, to any person, or right of occupancy in E""**° bY U·S· any manner whatsoever, but in all cases, of either public or private sale, they are to sell the land to the highest bidder, and also that none of the lands be sold in smaller tracts than quarter sections or fractional sections of the same size as near as may be, untill the Chickasaw nation nfay Cgmbingtigng require the President to sell in smaller tracts. The Chiefs of the nation ¤¤¤¤¤8 Pm'- have heard that at some of the sales of the United States lands, the gggzfwz b° people there present, entered into combinations, and united in purchasing much of the land, at reduced prices, for their own benefit, to the great prejudice of the Government, and they express fears, that attempts will be made to cheat them, in the same manner when their lands shall be offered at public auction. It is therefore agreed that the President will use his best endeavours, to prevent such combinations, or any other plan or state of things which may tend to prevent the land selling for its full value. ,;,,,],,0,,,,,, of Arvrrcna VIII. As the Chickasaws have determined to sell their price, &c. country, it is desirable that the nation realize the greatest possible sum for their lands, which can be obtained. It is therefore proposed and agreed to that afier the President shall have offered their lands for sale and shall have sold all that will sell for the Government price, then the price shall be reduced, so as to induce purchasers to buy, who would not take the land at the Government minimum price ;—and it is believed, that five years from and after the date of the first sale, will dispose of all the lands, that will sell at the Government price. If then at the expiration of five years, as before mentioned, the Chickasaw nation may request the President to sell at such reduced price as the nation may then propose, it shall be the duty of the President to comply with their request, by first offering it at public and afterwards at private sale, as in all other cases of selling public lands. Ag,,,,, ,0 be Arvrrcnn IX. The Chickasaw nation express their ignorance, and continued _ incapacity to live, and be happy under the State laws, they cannot read “‘“°"g Ch'°k°‘ and understand them, and therefore the will alwa s need a friend to SKWS. s . . y y advise and direct them. And fearing at some day the Government of the United States may withdraw from them, the agent under whose instructions they have lived so long and happy-They therefore request that the agent may be continued with them, while here, and wherever they may remove to and settle. It is the earnest wish of the United States`Government to see the Chickasaw nation prosper and be happy, and so far as is consistent they will contribute all in their power to render them so—therefore their request is granted. There shall be an agent kept with the Chickasaws as heretofore, so long as they live within word occurs the first and third times, of the words, " by and with the advice and consent of the Senate-"
 * This article was amended, previous to ratification, by the insertion, after “President," where tim