Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 10.djvu/999

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TREATY WITH THE SIOUX. Aueusr 5, 1851. 955 and Hcadmen of the Wah-pay-koo-tay band, in such manner as they, hereafter, in open {Council, shall respectively request, and as soon after the removal of said Indians to the home set apart for them as the necessary appropriations therefor shall be made by Congress. 2d. To belaid out, under the direction of the I?resident,for the establishment of manual labor schools; the erection of mills and blacksmith shops, opening farms, fencing and breaking land, and for such other beneficial objects as may be deemed most conducive to the prosperity and happiness of said Indians, thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.) The balance of said sum of one million four hundred and ten thousand dollars, ($1,410,000,) to wit: One million, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($1,160,000,) to remain in trust with the United States, and five per cent. interest thereon to be paid annually to said Indians for the period of fifty years, commencing on the nrst day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty two (1852,) which shall be in full payment of said balance, principal and interest: said payments to be made and applied, under the direction of the President as follows, to wit: 3d. For a. general agricultural improvement and civilization fund, the sum of twelve thousand dollars, ($12,000.) 4th. For educational purposes, the sum of six thousand dollars, ($6000.) 5th. For the purchase of goods and provisions, the sum of ten thousand dollars, ($10,000.) 6th. For money annuity, the sum of thirty thousand dollars, ($30,000.) Anrronm V. The entire annuity, provided for in the first section of the Th., annuity second article of the treaty of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred p¤‘<>‘~’i<l¢d i¤ _ and thirty seven (1837,) including any unexpended balance that may be (glp, V"' in the treasury on the tirst of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, (1852,) paid nf money. shall thereafter be paid in money. ARTICLEVI·Th€ laws of the United States prohibiting theintroduction Spirimcus lp and sale of spirituous liquors in the Indian country shall be in full force qucrs. and effect throughout the Territory hereby ceded and lying in Minnesota, until otherwise directed by Congress or the President of the United States. ARTICLE VII. Rules and Regulations to protect the rights of persons Rules and regu. and property among the Indians parties to this Treaty, and adapted to 1Mi0¤S· their condition and wants, may be prescribed and enforced in such manner as the President or the Congress of the United States, from time to time, shall direct. Antrxcnn VIII. The Half-Breeds of the Sioux Nation having failed pu (,,,;,,0 tho and refused to avail themselves of the provisions for their benetit in the Hs1f§r<=c<1¤_in ninth and tenth articles of the treaty concluded at Prairie du Chien on }f“t;gg]'°v2$§f the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty, it is hereby agreed at vn. p. sad.) their request, that, in lieu of the tract of land set apart for the occupancy of said Half-Breeds there shall be paid to them, by the United States, under the direction of the President, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars (35150,000) : Provided, That the non-ratification of this article shall, in no manner affect the other provisions of this Treaty.* In witness whereof, the said Luke Lea and Alexander Ramsey, Commissioners on the part of the United States and the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of the Med-ay-wa—kan-toan and Wah—pay—koo-tay bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at Mendota, in the Territory of Minnesota, this fifth day of August, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. L. LEA. ALEX. RAMSEY. it This article was struck out. Sec amendments, posi, p. 957.