Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 7.djvu/230

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220 TREATY WITH THE OTTAWAS, ETC. 1821. To Madeline Bertrand, wife of Joseph Bertrand, a Potawatamie woman, one section of land at the Parc aux Vaches, on the north side of the river St. Joseph. To Joseph Bertrand, junior, Benjamin Bertrand, Laurent Bertrand, Theresa Bertrand, and Amable Bertrand, children of the said Madeline Bertrand, each one half of a section of land at the portage of the Kankakee river. To John Riley, son of Me-naw-cum-a·go·quoi, one section of land, at the mouth of the river An Foin, on the Grand River, and extending up the said River. To Peter Riley, the son of Me-naw-cum-e-go-qua, one section of land, at the mouth of the river An Foin, on the Grand River, and extending down the said river. To Jean B. Le Clerc, son of Moi-qua, one half of a section of land, above and adjoining the tract granted to Pierre Le Clerc. To Joseph La Framboise, son of Shaw-we-no-qua, one section of land upon the south side of the river St. Joseph, and adjoining on the upper side the land ceded to the United States, which said section is also ceded to the United States. Grams not The Tracts of Land herein stipulated to be granted, shall never be

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,:i‘°°t °°"' ever, without the permission of the President of the United)eStates. And

Tracts to be such tracts shall be located after the said cession is surveyed, and in l°¤¤¤¢d ¤f¤¤¤ conformity with such surveys as near as may be, and in such manner as mw"' the President may direct. Payment for Andi. 4. In consideration of the cession aforesaid, the United States md °°°¤°“· engage to pay to the Ottawa nation, one thousand dollars in specie annually forever, and also to appropriate annually, for the term of ten years, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, to be expended as the President may direct, in the support of a Blacksmith, of a Teacher, and of a person to instruct the Ottawas in agriculture and in the purchase of cattle and farming utensils. And the United States also engage to pay to the Potawatamie nation five thousand dollars in speeie, annually, for the term of twenty years, and also to appropriate annually, for the term of iiheen years, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be expended as the President may direct, in the support of a Blacksmith and a Teacher. Land mba ya. And one mile square shall be selected, under the direction of the Presi- ¤*>¥V¤d YQ? dent, on the north side of the Grand River, and one mile square on the

 south side of the St. Joseph, and within the Indian lands not ceded,

upon which the blacksmiths and teachers employed for the said tribes, respectively, shall reside. Rights; tn. Am-. 5. The stipulation contained in the treaty of Greenville, reladi¤¤¤¤>h¤¤¤¤¤ five to the right of the Indians to hunt upon the land ceded while it I"'"! "°d°d' continues the property of the United States, shall apply to this treaty. U.S. may Amr. 6. The United States shall have the privilege of making and E:§;g‘L‘£]¤£m using al road through the Indian country, from Detroit and Fort Wayne, ,,,,,,m,.y_ respectively, to Chicago. Treaty sinding Ama 7. This Treaty shall take e&`ect and be obligatory on the con- "h°” ”u6°d· tracting parties, so soon as the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advise and consent of the Senate thereo£ In testimony whereof, the said Lewis Cass and Solomon Sibley, Commissioners as aforesaid, and the Chiefs and Warriors of the said Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatamie nations, have hereunto set