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 TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. 1837. 541 Second. To pay the debts of the confederated tribes, which may be Payment of ascertained to be justly due, and which may be admitted by the Indians, dcbls d¤° bY to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) provided, I"d'°"°' that if all their just debts amount to more than this sum, then their creditors are to be paid pro rata upon their giving receipts in full; and if said debts fall short of said sum, then the remainder to be paid to the Indians. And provided also, That no claim for depredations shall be Pf<>vi¤¤· paid out of said sum, Third. To deliver to them goods, suited to their wants, at cost, to Goods. the amount of twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars ($28,500.) Fourth. To expend, in the erection of two grist mills, and the sup- GriSt.m;]]s_ port of two millers for five years, ten thousand dollars ($10,000.) Fifth. To expend in breaking up and fencing in ground on the land Breakin up retained by said confederated tribes, and for other beneficial objects, Z,fg¤¤d· (éc- fourteen thousand dollars ($14,000.)* p_ "°l° °“ Sixth. To supply them with provisions to the amount of five thousand provisions_ dollars ($5,000) a year, for two years.*‘ Seventh. To expend in procuring the services of the necessary num- Laborers. ber of laborers, and for other objects connected with aiding them in agriculture, two thousand dollars ($2,000) a year, for five years. Eighth. For the purchase of horses and presents, to be delivered to Horses and the chiefs and delegates on their arrival at St. Louis, four thousand five P¥°¤<·>¤*¤· hundred dollars ($4,500,) one thousand dollars ($1,000) of which is in full satisfaction of any claim said tribe may have on account of the stipulation for blacksmiths in the treaty of 1832. Mnth. To invest the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) _ $200,000 to be in safe State stocks, and to guarantee to the Indians, an annual income g}V¤S¢¤d {0F I¤· of not less than five per cent. the said interest to be paid to them each m"' year, in the manner annuities are paid, at such time and place, and in money or goods as the tribe may direct. Provided, That it may be Proviso. competent for the President to direct that a portion of the same may, with the consent of the Indians, be applied to education, or other purposes calculated to improve them. Anrrcns 3d. The two blacksmith’s establishments, and the gun- Blacksmitlfs Smith’s establishment, to which the Sacs and Foxes are entitled under ;;gb€;(":;';(*sS treaties prior to this, shall be removed to, and be supported in the coun- ,0 ,,0 ,0,,,0,00, try retained by them, and all other stipulations in former treaties, moon- &_e. sistent with this, or with their residence, and the transaction of their business on their retained land are hereby declared void. Aurrcu: 4th. The Sacs and Foxes agree to remove from the tract 1;,0,0,0,0,- ceded, with the exception of Keokuck’s village, possession of which Indians. may be retained for two years, within eight months from the ratification of this treaty. · Amicus 5th. The expenses of this negotiation and of the chiefs and U_ S; to pay delegates signing this treaty to this city, and to their homes,t0 be paid ¤Xp¤_¤S¢S ¤Y , . making treaty. by the United States. Anrrcna 6th. This treaty to be binding upon the contracting parties Treaty binding when the same shall be ratified by the United States. Wim] Tanned- In witness whereof the said Carey A. Idarris, and the undersigned chiefs and delegates of the said tribes, have hereunto set their hands at the city of Washington, this 21st October A. D. 1837. C. A. HARRIS. 2 V