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 TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. 1804. 85 and up the same to a point which shall be thirty-six miles in a direct line from the mouth of the said river, thence by a direct line to the point where the Fox river (a branch of the Illinois) leaves the small lake called Sakaegan, thence down the Fox river to the Illinois river, and down the same to the Mississippi. And the said tribes, for and in consideration of the friendship and protection of the United States which is now extended to them, of the goods (to the value of two thousand two hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents) which are now delivered, and of the annuity hereinafter stipulated to be paid, do hereby cede and relinquish forever to the United States, all the lands included within the abovediscribed boundary. ART. 3. In consideration of the cession and relinquishment of land Goods to be` made in the preceding article, the United States will deliver to the said ?€gY€’*°;*iQ° the tribes at the town of St. Louis or some other convenient place on the SI; fgug c65e?;, Mississippi yearly and every year goods suited to the circumstances of year. the Indians of the value of one thousand dollars (six hundred of which are intended for the Sacs and four hundred for the Foxes) reckoning that value at the first cost of the goods in the city or place in the United States where they shall be procured. And if the said tribes shall hereafter at an annual delivery of the goods aforesaid, desire that a part of their annuity should be furnished in domestic animals, implements of husbandry and other utensils convenient for them, or in compensation t0 useful artificers who may reside with or near them, and be employed for their benefit, the same shall at the subsequent annual delivery be furnished accordingly. Arvr. 4. The United States will never interrupt the said tribes in the Iadiansto be_ possession of the lands which they rightfully claim, but will on the con- "°“’f‘l m *2;* trary protect them in the quiet enjoyment of the same against their own p°ss8`S1°nS’ ' citizens and against all other white persons who may intrude upon them. . And the said tribes do hereby engage that they will never sell their lands or any part thereof to any sovereign power, but the United States, nor to the citizens or subjects of any other sovereign power, nor to the citizens of the United States. . Amr. 5. Lest the friendship which is now established between the Retaliation United States and the said Indian tribes should be interrupted by the I‘gg,“l*?,€d· misconduct of individuals, it is hereby agreed that for injuries done by bmhcgdggstgn individuals no private revenge or retaliation shall take place, but, instead be apprehended thereof, complaints shall be made by the party injured to the other-—by Wd P“mSh€d· the said tribes or either of them to the superintendant of Indian affairs or one of his deputies, and by the superintendant or other person appointed by the President, to the chiefs of the said tribes. And it shall be the duty of the said chiefs upon complaint being made as aforesaid to deliver up the person or persons against whom the complaint is made, to the end that he or they may be punished agreeably to the laws of the state or territory where the offence may have been committed; and in like manner if any robery, violence or murder shall be committed on any Indian or Indians belonging to the said tribes or either of them, the person or persons so offending shall be tried, and if found guilty, punished in the like manner as if the injury had been done to a white man. _ And it is further agreed, that the chiefs of the said tribes shall, to the Stolen horses utmost of their power exert themselves to recover horses or other pro- *0 bf Fesmfed perty which may be stolen from any citizen or citizens of the United ;°:,,E,;,l"°p°r _ States by any individual or individuals of their tribes, and the property, so recovered shall be forthwith delivered to the superintendant or other é person authorised to receive it, that it may be restored to the proper owner; and in cases where the exertions of the chiefs shall be ineffectual , in recovering the property stolen as aforesaid, if sufficient proof can be ' H