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688 TREATY WITH THE OSAGE INDIANS. Ssrrnunnn 29, 1865. Proceeds. to the credit of said Indians, the remaining proceeds of sales shall be placed in the treasury of the United States to the credit of the "civilization fund," to be used, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the education and civilization of Indian tribes residing within the limits of the United States. C¤¤¤¤¤¤ <>*` ARTICLE II. The said tribe of Indians also hereby cede to the United ¥j:§;g”§;z,th° States a tract of land twenty miles in width from north to south, off the to be held in north side of the remainder of their present reservation, and extending my- _ 1 its entire length from east to west; which land is to be held in trust for ,,,,,3: ;:,?§§,_ said Indians, and to be surveyed and sold for their benefit by the Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he may from time to time prescribe, under the direction of the commissioner of the proceeds or general land office, as other lands are surveyed and sold. The proceeds

  • ¤l°¤ *h°*°°f· of such sales, as they accrue, after deducting all expenses incident to

the proper execution of the trust, shall be placed in the treasury of the HOW to l>¤ ex- United States to the credit of said tribe of Indians; and the interest p°°d°d‘ 'thereon, at the rate of five per centum per annum, shall be expended annually for building houses, purchasing agricultural implements and stock animals, and for the employment of a physician and mechanics, and for providing such other necessary aid as will enable said Indians to com- Proviso. mence agricultural pursuits under favorable circumstances: Provided, That twenty-five per centum of the net proceeds arising from the sale of said trust lands, until said percentage shall amount to the sum of eighty Schoolfuud- thousand dollars, shall be placed to the credit of the school fund of said Indians; and the interest thereon, at the rate of five per centum per annum, shall be expended semi-annually for the boarding, clothing, and education of the children of said tribe. Ono section Anrrcrm III. The Osage Indians, being sensible of the great benefits Qgégézhfu they have received from the Catholic mission, situate in that portion of trust, and with their reservation herein granted and sold to the United States, do hereby P¤‘iVil¤S°» &°- stipulate that one section of said land, to be selected by the commissioner of Indian affairs so as to include the improvements of said mission, shall be granted in fee·simple to John Schoenmakcr, in trust., for the use and benelit of the society sustaining said mission, with the privilege to said Schoenmaker, on the payment of one dollar and twenty-Eve cents per acre, of selecting and purchasing two sections of land adjoining the section above granted; the said selection to be held in trust for said society, and to be selected in legal subdivisions of surveys, and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Corwin loyal Anrxcmt IV. All loyal persons, being heads of families and citizens of l)’§’§;];§h;‘:“g,sc_ the United States, or members of any tribe at peace with the United maybuyaiqusr. States, having made settlements and improvements as provided by the

¤';;°*l°¤ mh, pre-emption laws of the United States, and now residing on the lands pro-

’vided to be sold by the United States, in trust for said tribe, as well as mg? aglillgéz [upon] the said lands herein granted and sold to the United States, shall ’P g ‘ have the privilege, at any time within one year after the ratidcation of this treaty, of buying a quarter section each, at one dollar and twenty Eve cents per acre; such quarter section to be selected according to the legal subdivisfion of surveys, and to include, as far as practicable, the improvements o the settler. ,,€g’;';lg°A¥·B(j°f· Anrtenn V. The Osages being desirous of paying their just debts to C;,,,,,];,, to be James N. Coffey and A. B. Canville, for advances in provisions, clothing, paintball- and other necessaries of life, hereby agree that the superintendent of In- °l“‘““· dian affairs for the southern superintendency and the agent of the tribe shall examine all claims against said tribe, and submit the same to the tribe for approval or disapproval, and report the same to the Secretary of the Interior, with the proofs in each case, for his concurrence or rejection; and the Secretary may issue to the claimants scrip for the claims thus allowed, which shall be receivable as cash in payment for any of