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 55`4 TREATY WITH THE NEW YORK INDIANS. 1838. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE ONONDAGAS RESIDING ON · THE SENECA RESERVATIONS. Iuvggtmentfqr Armou: 12. The United States agree to set apart for the Onondagas, 6*** 0¤¤¤d¤z¤¤. residing on the Seneca reservations, two thousand five hundred dollars, &‘°‘ on their removing west, and to invest the same in safe stocks, the income of which shall be paid to them annually at their new homes. And the United States further agree to pay to the said Onondagas, on their removal to their new homes in the west, two thousand dollars, to be disposed of as the chiefs shall deem equitable and just. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE ONEIDAS RESIDING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Payment to Arvrrcnn 13. The United States will pay the sum of four thousand certain persons dollars, to be paid to Baptists Powlis, and the chiefs of the first Chrisfm °°m°°°’&'°‘ tian party residing at Oneida, and the sum of two thousand dollars shall be paid to William Day, and the chiefs of the Orchard party residing there, for expenses incurred and services rendered in securing the Green Bay country, and the settlement of a portion thereof; and they hereby agree to remove to their new homes in the Indian territory, as soon as they can make satisfactory arrangements with the Governor of the State of New York for the purchase of their lands at Oneida. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE TUSCARORAS. Tug6m,,.,,,, Awrrcnu I4. The Tuscarora nation agree to accept the country set agreetoremove apart for them in the Indian territory, and to remove there within five Ig'; 5"° Y°°”· years, and continue to reside there. It is further agreed that the Tus- °' caroras shall have their lands in the Indian country, at the forks of the Neasha river, which shall be so laid off as to secure a sufficient quantity of timber for the accommodation of the nation. But if on examination they are not satisfied with this location, they are to have their lands at such place as the President of the United States shall designate. The United States will pay to the Tuscarora nation, on their settling at the West, three thousand dollars, to be disposed of as the chiefs shall deem Tum,,,,,,,,, most equitable and just. Whereas the said nation owns, in fee simple, convey certain five thousand acres of land, lying in N iugara county, in the State of l:3dt'°&U· Ss m New York which was conveyed to the said nation by Henry Dearborn S ’ °' and they wish to sell and convey the same before they remove West: Now therefore, in order to have the same done in a legal and proper way, they hereby convey the same to the United States and to be held in trust for them, and they authorize the President to sell and convey the same, and the money which shall be received for the said lands, exclusive of the improvements, the President shall invest in safe stocks for their benefit, the income from which shall be paid to the nation, at their new homes, annually; and the money which shall be received for improvements on said lands shall be paid to the owners of the improvep,0c,,€d of ments when the lands are sold. The President shall cause the said improvements lands to be surveyed, and the improvements shall be appraised by such Lzvlzzglmilhzzéglf persons as the nation shall appoint; and said lands shall also be ap- ° praised, and shall not be sold at a less price than the apprisal, without the consent of James Cusick, William Mountpleasant and William Chew, or the survivor, or survivors of them; and the expenses incurred by the United States in relation to this trust are to be deducted from the moneys received before investment. And whereas, at the making of this treaty, Thomas L. Ogden and Joseph Fellows, the assignees of the State of Massachusetts, have purchased of the Tuscarora nation of Indians, in the presence and with the approbation of the commissioner appointed on the part of the United States to hold said treaty or convention, all the right, title, interest, and