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 592 TREATY WITH THE CHIPPEWAS. 1842. running from the American Fur Company’s trading post on the Fond du Lac river to the intersection of the line of the treaty made with the A‘“°> P· 536* Chippewas of the Mississippi July 29th 1837. ARTICLE Il. Hunting The Indians stipulate for the right of hunting on the ceded territory, €'°““d· with the other usual privileges of occupancy, until required to remove by the President of the United States, and that the laws of the United States shall be continued in force, in respect to their trade and intercourse with the whites, until otherwise ordered by Congress. ARTICLE III. U¤¢¢d¤dl¤¤d¤ It is agreed by the parties to this treaty, that whenever the Indians °;,}";$°";'f":,’:c shall be required to remove from the ceded district, all the unceded indians? lands belonging to the Indians of Fond du Lac, Sandy Lake, and Mississippi bands, shall be the common property and home of all the Indians, party to this treaty. ARTICLE IV. Sums to be In consideration of the foregoing cession, the United States, engage fgijsgifg S· to pay to the Chippewa Indians of the Mississippi, and Lake Superior, ` annually, for twenty-five years, twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) dollars, in specie, ten thousand five hundred (10,500) dollars in goods, two thousand (2,000) dollars in provisions and tobacco, two thousand (2,000) dollars for the support of two blacksmiths shops, (including pay of smiths and assistants, and iron steel &,c.) one thousand (1,000) dollars for pay of two farmers, twelve hundred (1,200) for pay of two carpenters, and two thousand (2,000) dollars for the support of schools for the Indians party to this treaty; and further the United States engage to pay the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars as an agricultural fund, {nam, demic to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. And also be paid by U.S. the sum of seventy-five thousand (75,000) dollars, shall be allowed for the full satisfaction of their debts within the ceded district, which shall be examined by the commissioner to this treaty, and the amount to be allowed decided upon by him, which shall appear in a schedule hereunto annexed. The United States shall pay the amount so allowed within three years. Provision for Whereas the Indians have expressed a strong desire to have some h‘*lf‘b'°°d¤· provision made for their half breed relatives, therefore it is agreed, that fifteen thousand (15,000) dollars shall be paid to said Indians, next year, as a present, to be disposed ot, as they, together with their agent, shall determine in council. ARTICLE V. Division of an- Vi/hereas the whole country between Lake Superior and the Missis- ““"Y· sippi, has always been understood as belonging in common to the Chippewas, party to this treaty; and whereas the bands bordering on Lake Superior, have not been allowed to participate in the annuity payments of the treaty made with the Chippewas of the Mississippi, at St. Peters A“*°> P·536· July 29th 1837, and whereas all the unceded lands belonging to the aforesaid Indians, are hereafter to be held in common, therefore, to remove all occasion for jealousy and discontent, it is agreed that all the annuity due by the said treaty, as also the annuity due by the present treaty, shall henceforth be equally divided among the Chippewas of the Mississippi and Lake Superior, party to this treaty, so that every person shall receive an equal share. Indians on mi- ARTICLE VI. giaiéciliarxi The Indians residing on the Mineral district, shall be subject to romoval. moval therefrom at the pleasure of the President of the United States.