1058 '1`REATY WITH THE SHAWNEES. MAY 10, 1854. And provided, that if such amount shall exceed that sum, thena reduction shall be made, pro rata, from each claim, until the aggregate is lowered to that amount. If less than that amount be adjudged to be due, the residue, it is agreed, shall be appropriated as the council shall direct. Con may Anrxcnn 12. It, from causes not now foreseen, this instrument should mak? $6* t, prove insufficient for the advancement and protection of the welfare and §f§§,‘§}g”,h;°§,f interests of the Shawnees, Congress may hereafter, by law, make such jectofthistreuty. further provision not inconsistent herewith as experience may prove to be necessary, to promote the interests, peace, and happiness of the Shawnee people. Right of way ARTICLE 13. It is agreed that all roads and highways, laid out by OVBY ¤¤l¤<>¤¤d authority of law shall have a right of way through any of the reserved mms' assigned, and selected lands, on the same terms that the law provides for their location through the lands of citizens of the United States; and railroad companies, when the lines of their roads necessarily pass through any of said lands, shall have the right of way, on payment of a just compensation therefor in money. _G¤¤<i¤<=¢¤fI¤- Anmrcnn 14. The Shawnees acknowledge their dependence on the d‘““”‘ government of the United States, and invoke its protection and care. They will abstain from the commission of depredations, and comply, as far as they are able, with the laws in such cases made and provided, as they will expect to be protected, and to have their rights vindicated. Provision Anrxcrn. 15. The Shawnees agree to suppress the use of ardent
- %‘;*¤:i *;*3;%%* spu·its among their people, and to resist, by all prudent means, its mtro·
· · duction into their settlements. s . pgfsmqou at Ancrxcnn 16. The United States reserve, at the site of the Agency
- 1*;*315 g:~8°¤°7 house in the Shawnee country, including the improvements, one hundred
' and sixty acres of land. Amsrcmc 17. The foregoing instrument shall be obligatory on the corétzgxlctipg pzptieéshps lspopcgsélliei same shall be ratified by the President an e ena o e ni a es. In testimony whereof, the said George W. Manypenny, commissioner aforesaid, and the undersigned delegates representing the bands of Shaw— nees who were parties to the treaties of seventh November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and eighth of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, have hereunto set their hands and seals, at the place, and on the day and year, first hereinbefore written. GEORGE W. MANYPENNY,C'nnn1zis:ian¢v·. 1.. s. JOSEPH PARKS, his x mark. 1.. s. BLACK HOOF,(l1is(§-Axxiark. k L. s.] GEORGE MoD U , his xmar . 1.. s. LONGTAIL, his x mark. L. S.] GEORGE BLUE JACKET, his x mark. L. s.} GRAYHAM ROGERS, L. s. WA-\VAH—CHE-PA-E-KAR Or Black Bob, his x mark. , 1.. s. HENRY BLUE JACKET, his x mark. 1.. s. Executed in presence of Cnanizns CALVERT, Eil¥£“o$;.E§¥E’ JAMES Lmnsnr, , Annan Cnsrmsn, WM. B. WAUGH, B. F. Remus0N, Indian Agent, Cass. Bum JAo1<m·, ZZ S. Interpreter.
