Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 15.djvu/535

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TREATY WITH THE' SACS AND FOXES. Fmanuiuzr 18, 1867. 503 buildings, for the support of the school; and after settlement of the tribe upon their new reservation the sum of five thousand dollars of the income of their funds may be annually used, under the direction of the chiefs, in the support of their national government, out of which last-mentioned amount the sum of five hundred dollars shall be annually paid to each of the chiefs. Anricrns XI. After the words “Thomas J. Miles " strike out the word "and." Same article. After the words “Hattie Miles " insert the words : “ Emma Ke-o-kuck, Hannie Ke-o-kuck, Mo-Co-P-quah." Same article. After the words " each eighty acres " insert the words: “ Man-a-tab, Pah-me-che-kaw-paw, Henry Jones, Wilson McKinney, and Carrie C. Capper, each one hundred and sixty acres." Same article. After the words " unimproved lands " insert the following words: “ Provided, That the parties herein named shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior within three months after the ratification of this treaty the sum of one dollar per acre for said lands, the avails of which shall be used for the benent of the Sacs and Foxes in the same manner as the other funds arising from the sales of their lands: Provided ako, That George Powers, the present Government Interpreter, for valuable services rendered and uniform kindness towards the nation, shall have patented to him, in fee simple, three hundred and twenty acres of land, to be located by the agenf: Provided, also." Same article. After the word " selections " insert the following words: " and on payment therefor or [as] hereinbefore provided." Anrxcna XIII. Strike out the words “Thomas C. Stephens and Company," and insert in lieu thereof the words : “John K. Rankin." Same article. After the words " agreed that," strike out the word “ the ." Adrrcnn XVI. Strike out the words " or other persons specially," and insert in lieu thereof the words: " to be.” ARTIGLE XVII. Strike out the words " and have since died," and insert in lieu thereof the words: " not less than one dollar and twenty-Eve cents per acre." At the end of Article'XIX. add the following words: " not to exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars." Strike out all of Article XX., and insert in lieu thereof the following ` words: “'I`he chiefs and headmen of the Sacs and Foxes having permitted their employees to cultivate farms, which, together with the farms of Ke-o-kuck and other chiefs, are embraced within an area two miles by four, and the said Sacs and Foxes believing that the lands comprising the said area having been made valuable by reason of said occupancy, and in order that they may receive a fair compensation for said area of land, bounded and described as follows, except as heretofore specially excepted, and the mill and mission building, to wit: Commencing at the northwest corner of section thirty-three, township sixteen, range seventeen, thence east two and a quarter (2}) miles to the reservation line; thence south along said line four miles; thence west two and a fourth (2;) miles to the southwest corner of section sixteen, township seventeen, range seventeen; thence north along the section line to the place of beginning, are hereby withdrawn from sale, as is provided for the sale of their lands in this treaty, and that the said area of land, as above described, shall be sold by the chiefs and agent for the tribe at the best price obtainable ; and they are hereby empowered to make warrantee deeds for the same, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, at not less than two dollars per acre in addition to the appraised value of the improvements. The avails of said lands shall be expended by the agent under the direction of the chiefs for the benelit of the nation.