Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 7.djvu/512

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ARTICLES OF A TREATY April 22, 1836. Made and concluded between John A. Bryan, commissioner on the Ti?"' partpf the United States, and William Walker, John Barnett, roclamation, , . . . May 16, 1836. and eacoch, chufs and principal men of the Wyandot tribe of Indians in Ohio, acting for and on behalf of the said tribe. Land ceded to Am-. 1. The WVyandot tribe of Indians in Ohio cede to the United the U· S- States a strip of land five miles in extent, on the east end of their reservation in Crawford county in said State—also, one section of land lying in Cranberry Swamp, on Broken Sword creek, being the one mile square specified and set forth in the treaty made with the said tribe on Ante, p. 160. the twenty-ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen—also, one hundred and sixty acres of land, which is to be received in the place and stead of an equal quantity set apart in a supplemental treaty made with the said Indians on the seventeenth day of September in the following year, all situate and being in the said county of Crawtbrd. To be survey- Arvr. 2. The said five mile tract, as also the additional quantities rd ““d s°ld· herein set forth, are each to be surveyed as other public lands are surveyed by the Surveyor General, and to be sold at such time and place, allowing sixty days’ notice of the sale, as the President may direct. A register and Ama 3. A Register and Receiver shall be appointed by the President rvwiyvr ¤¤ be and Senate, in accordance with the wishes of the delegation of chiefs, “pl’°'“"’d· whose duties shall be similar to those of other Registers and Receivers. They shall receive such compensation for services rendered, not exceeding five dollars per day for every day necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties, as the President may determine. Expgpggg to bd ART. 4. All expenses incurred in the execution of this treaty, and in defruyed Gm Of the sale of the lands included in it, shall be defrayed out of the funds iQ;dS°l° °f°h° raised therefrom, including such expenses and disbursements as may `have been incurred by the delegation to Washington-and such allowance to individuals who have assisted in the negotiation, as the chiefs in council, after a full and fair investigation, may adjudge to be reasonable and just, shall in all cases be made. Roads, Aer. 5. Such portion of the monies arising from the sales as the S¢h<><>lS. &¤· chiefs may deem necessary for the rebuilding of mills, repair and improvement of roads, establishing schools, and other laudable public objects for the improvement of their condition, shall be properly applied under their direction, and the remainder to be distributed among the individuals of said tribe as annuities are distributed. M,,,,,,,,,, how Ama 6. The monies raised by the sales of the lands for all the above payable. mentioned objects, except the last, shall be paid by the Receiver on the order of the chiefs ;—and such order, together with the receipt of the persons to whom payment shall be made, shall be the proper voucher for the nnal settlement of the accounts of the Receiver ;—but the funds for the tribe shall be distributed by the Register aud Receiver to each person entitled thereto. Am. 7. By the 2lst article of the treaty concluded at the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, dated the twenty-ninth day of Sep- (502)