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 404 TREATY WITH THE KASKASKIAS, ETC. 1832. Cession by ARTICLE IV. The United States cede to the combined tribes of Kas- hundred and fifty sections of land forever, or as long as they live upon it as a tribe, to include the present Peoria village, west of the State of Missouri, on the waters of Osage river, to be bounded as follows, to wit: North by the lands assigned to the Shawanoes; west, by the western line of the reservation made for the Piankeshaws, Weas and Peorias; and east by lands assigned the Piankeshaws and Weas. Annuity. ARTICLE V. In consideration of the foregoing cessions and relinquishments, the United [States] agree to pay to the said united Kaskaskia and Peoria tribes (composed as aforesaid) an annuity of three thousand dollars for ten successive years, to be paid on the lands assigned them in common, either in money, merchandise, or domestic stock, at their option; if in merchandise, to be delivered to them free of transportation. Claims O; pu,. ARTICLE VI. And whereas, the said Peoria tribe, and the bands ries wlqnds in united with them as aforesaid, assert in Council, that they never under- M’”°“"‘ stood the 5th article of the treaty of Edwardsville of 25th September 1825, as ceding to the United States their claims to lands in Missouri, on which they had been settled for a length of time previous to that treaty, and of which they had had possession for more than sixty years,-— and now demand an equivalent for those claims. The Commissioners with a view of quieting forever the said claims and all demands of whatever nature which said Peoria tribe and the several bands united therewith as aforesaid, have against the government or citizens of the United States, agree to pay, viz :—-To the Peorias in common with the Kaskaskias, the sum of sixteen hundred dollars; to the Kaskaskias alone, for seven horses lost by them, and for salt annuities due to them by the treaty of Fort Wayne aforesaid, three hundred and fifty dollars; to the Peorias alone for improvements on the lands they moved from, two hundred and fifty dollars; to the united Peorias and Kaskaskias, there shall be paid and delivered on their land as soon as practicable after the ratification of this treaty, cows and calves and other stock to the amount of four hundred dollars, three iron bound carts, three yoke of oxen, and six ploughs. There shall also be built for said tribes, four log houses ;-—for breaking up ground and fencing the same, three hundred dollars ;—for agricultural implements, iron, and steel, fifty dollars per annum for four years. There shall also be paid to the said united tribes, on the signing of this treaty, eight hundred dollars in goods suited to their wants. Assistance shall also be given the Kaskaskias in moving to their lands, and provisions for one year after their removal, to the amount of one thousand dollars. It is understood that any stipulations in this or the preceding articles, for the benefit of the Peorias or Kas-kaskias separately, or united, shall embrace, in either case the bands before mentioned, united with either, or both tribes, as the case may be. Relinquish- ARTICLE VII. In consideration of the stipulations contained in the gwgic _¤l¤*£,¤ preceding articles, the Peoria and Kaskaskia tribes and the bands of Y °°n°S’ °' Michigamia, Cahokia and Tamarois Indians united with them, hereby forever cede and relinquish to the United States, their claims to lands within the States of Illinois and Missouri, and all other claims of whatsoever nature which they have had or preferred against the United States or the citizens thereof, up to the signing of this treaty. Tmatybgnding ARTICLE VIII. This treaty after the same shall be ratified by the when ratified. President and Senate of the United States, shall be obligatory on the contracting parties.
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