702 TREATY WITH CREEKS AND SEMINOLES. AUGUST 7, 1856. claims of individual Creek Indians, as may be found to be equitable and just by the general council of the nation: Provided however, That no part of the three last-mentioned sums shall be allowed or paid to any other person or persons, whatsoever, than those who are actual and bond jide members of the Creek Nation and belonging, respectively, to the three classes of claimants designated; said sums to be remitted and paid as soon as practicable after the general council 'shall have ascertained and designated the persons entitled to share therein. And provided further, That any balance of the said sum of seventy thousand dollars, which may be found not to be actually necessary for the adjustment and settlement of the claims for which it is set apart, shall belong to the nation, and be applied to such object or objects of utility or necessity as the general council shall $a00,00o to be direct. The remaining sum of two hundred thousand dollars shall be reggggfgleglll of tained by the United States, until the removal of the Seminole Indians, mow, and than now in Florida, to the country west of the Mississippi River herein propaid or invested. vided for their tribe; whereupon the same, with interest thereon, at tive per cent., from the date of the ratitieation of this agreement, shall be paid over to, or invested for the benefit of the Creek Nation, as may then be requested by the proper authorities thereof Provided however, That if so paid over, it shall be equally divided and paid per capita to all the individuals and members of the Creek Nation, or be used and applied only for such objects or purposes of 'a strictly national or beneficial character as the interests and welfare of the Creek people shall actually require. 1;,;,,6,,,,0,,], Anricma VII. It being the desire of the Creeks to employ their own &<=-, funds, to teachers, mechanics, and farmers, all of the funds secured to the nation for Egaxjg °° educational, mechanical, and agricultural purposes, shall as the same be- ` come annually due, be paid over by the United States to the treasurer of the Creek Nation. And the annuities in money due the nation under former treaties, shall also be paid to the same officer, whenever the general council shall so direct. - Release of ARTICLE VIII. The Seminoles hereby release and discharge the S<>¤¤i¤°l° °l”·im¤- United States from all claims and demands which their delegation have set up against them, and obligate themselves to remove to and settle in the new country herein provided for them as soon as practicable. In consideration of such release, discharge, and obligation, and as the Indians must abandon their present improvements, and incur considerable expense in reestablishing themselves, and as the government desires to secure their assistance in inducing their brethren yet in Florida to emigrate and settle with them west of the Mississippi River, and is willing to offer liberal in- Payment for ducements to the latter peaeeably so to do, the United States do therefore ¤¤°h ’°l°*‘5°· agree and stipulate as follows, viz: To pay to the Seminoles now west, the sum of sixty* thousand dollars, which shall be in lieu of their present improvements, and in full for the expenses of their removal and establishing themselves in their new country; to provide annually for ten years the sum of three thousand dollars for the support of schools; two thousand dollars for agricultural assistance ; and two thousand two hundred dollars for the support of smiths and smith shops among them, said sums to be applied to these objects in such manner as the President shall direct. Also to invest for them the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, at five per cent. per annum, the interest to be regularly paid over to them per capita as annuity; the further sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars shall be invested in like manner whenever the Seminoles now remaining in Florida shall have emigrated and joined their brethren in the west, whereupon the two sums so invested, shall constitute a fund belonging to the united tribe of Seminoles, and the interest on which, at the rate aforesaid, shall be annually paid over to them per capita as an annuity; but no portion of the principal thus invested, or the interest thereon annu-
- See Amendment, substituting ninety for sixty, post p. 706.
