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 -530 TREATY WITH THE SAGANAWS. 1837. Payment of dations, committed by them, shall be paid, under such precautions for the *“°“°YS $9* ascertaining the justice of the indebtedness or claim, as the President gg? M d°bw’ may direct, but no payment shall be made, under either head, which is not supported by satisfactory proof, and sanctioned by the Indians ci and if any balance of either sum remains, it shall be immediately divided by the disbursing officer, among the Indians. The other items of expenditure, mentioned in this article, shall be disbursed, under the usual regulations of the Indian Department, for insuring faithfulness and accountability in the application of the money. The U_ S_wm ART. 5th. The United States will advance the amount set apart in advance the the preceding article for the purchase of goods and provisions, and the '“E’““*· 3 payment of debts, and depredations by the Indians, also the several ,,,,5; gitjygm sums stipulated to be paid to the chiefs, and distributed to the Indians 20, 1837, p. 548. as an annuity in 1837, and the amount set apart for claims allowed by the Indians, together with the expense of this negociation. Removal of ART. 6th. The said tribe agrees to remove from the State of Michi- Indians. gan, as soon as a proper location can be obtained. For this purpose, a deputation shall be sent, to view the country, occupied by their kindred ·•= see mt, 2, tribes, west of the most westerly point of Lake Superior,* and if an ¤‘¢·>¤¤Y ¤f DSG- arrangement for their future and permanent residence can be made in 20*1837’p'548‘ that quarter, which shall be satisfactory to them, and to the Government, they shall be permitted to form a reunion, with such tribes, and remove thereto. If such arrangement cannot be effected, the United States will afford its influence in obtaining a location for them at such place, west of the Mississippi, and southwest of the Missouri, as the legislation of Congress may indicate. The agency of the exploration, purchase, and removal will be performed by the United States, but the expenses attending the same shall be chargeable to said Indians at the Treasury, to be refunded out of the proceeds of their lands, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem proper. The Smmps Arvr. 7th. It is agreed, that the smith’s shop shall be continued among shop, &.c. robe the Saganaws, together with the aid in agriculture, farming utensils, ¢<>¤¤¤¤°d» &°· and cattle, secured to them under the treaty of September 24th 1819, as fixed, in amount, by the act of Congress of May 15th 1820. But the President is authorized to direct the discontinuance of the stated farmers should he deem proper, and the employment of a supervisor or overseer, to be paid out of this fund, who shall procure the services, and make the purchases required, under such instructions as may be issued by the proper department. And the services shall be rendered, and the shop kept, at such place or places, as may be most beneficial to the Indians. It shall be competent for the Government, at the request of the Indians, seasonably made, to furnish them agricultural products, or horses and saddlery, in lieu of said services, whenever the fund will Provisor justify it. Provided, That the whole annual expense, including the pay of the supervisor, shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, fixed by the act herein above referred to. Payment for Amr. 8th. The United States, agree to pay to the said tribe, as one M0 ¢€F¤¤1¤1'¤· of the parties to the treaty, concluded at Detroit, on the 17th of No- S°,l;,T2?;?j05_ vember 1807, the sum of one thousand dollars, to quiet their claim, to two reservations of land, of two sections each, lying in Oakland county, in the State of Michigan, which were ceded to the Government by the Pottowatomies of St. Joseph’s, on the nineteenth of September 1827. This sum will be paid to the chiefs, who·are designated in the schedule referred to, in the fourth article, at the same time and place, that the annuities for the present year are paid to the tribe. And the said tribe