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 TREATY WITH THE PAWNEES. 1833. 449 Amr. V. The United States agree to allow one thousand dollars a p,,,,,;,;,,,, ,-0, year for ten years, for schools to be established for the benefit of said ¤¤h¤¤l¤- four bands at the discretion of the President. Ana-: VI. The United States agree to furnish two blacksmiths and B1acksmiths,&c. two strikers, with shop, tools and iron, for ten years, for said four bands, at an expense not exceeding two thousand dollars in the whole annually. Am-. VII. The United States agree to furnish each of said four tribes puma, 0,,,, with a farmer for live years, and deliver to said farmers for the benefit &¤¢- I i of said nation, one thousand dollars value in oxen and other stock. But said stock is not to be delivered into the hands of the said Pawnees, until the President thinks the same can be done with propriety and safety. Am-. VIII. The United States agree to erect, for each of said four com mm bands, a horse-mill for grinding corn. Arvr. IX. The Pawnee nation renew their assurance of friendship for Disputes with the white men, their fidelity to the United States, and their desire for °‘hF' ¤’ib°S W peace with all neighboring tribes of red men. The Pawnee nation mm°r' therefore agree not to molest or injure the person or property of any white citizen of the United States, wherever found, nor to make war upon any tribe with whom said Pawnee nation now are, or may be, at peace; but should any difficulty arise between said nation and any other tribe, they agree to refer the matter in dispute to such arbiter as the President shall appoint to settle the same. ART. X. It is agreed and understood that the United States shall Condition of not be bound to fulfil the stipulations contained in the fifth, seventh, 3***** ¤¤P¤l¤· and eighth articles, until said tribes shall locate themselves in conven- mm" ient agricultural districts, and remain in these districts the whole year, so as to give protection to the teachers, the farmers, stock and mill. Anr. XI. The United States, desirous to show the Pawnees the To promote advantages of agriculture, engage, in case the Pawnees cannot agree “€"°““'“'°- to remain to protect their domestic interest, to break up for each village a piece of land suitable for com and potatoes for one season; and should either village at any time agree to give the protection required, said village shall be entitled to the benefits conferred in said fifth, seventh, and eighth articles. Am. XII. In case the Pawnee nation will remain at home during Guns and nin. the year, and give the protection specified, the United States agree to ¤¤¤¤i¢i°¤· place twenty-five guns, with suitable ammunition, in the hands of the farmers of each village, to be used in case of an attack from hostile bands. ART. XIII. The United States further agree to deliver to said four Goods. bands collectively, on the execution of this treaty, the amount of sixteen hundred dollars in goods and merchandise, and the receipt of the same is hereby acknowledged by said bands. AM. XIV. These articles of agreement and convention shall be wgfgzgiggling obligatory and binding when ratified by the President and Senate of ' the United States. In testimony whereof, the said Henry L. Ellsworth, commissioner, and the chiefs and head-men of the four confederated bands of the Grand Pawnees, Pawnee Loups, Pawnee Repubgcarés, and Tap- 57 N