TREATY WITH THE KANSAS. 1825. 245 ARTICLE 2. From the cession aforesaid, the following reservation for the use of Reservation the Kansas nation of Indians shall be made, of a tract of land, to begin fvr the use cf twenty leagues up the Kansas river, and to include their village on that me K““S"’· river; extending West thirty miles in width, through the lands ceded in the lirst Article, to be surveyed and marked under the direction of the President, and to such extent as he may deem necessary, and at the expense of the United States. The agents for the Kansas, and the persons attached to the agency, and such teachers and instructors as the President shall authorize to reside near the Kansas, shall occupy, during his pleasure, such lands as may be necessary for them within this reservation. ARTICLE 3. In consideration of the cession of land and relinquishments of claims, Payment to made in the first Articles, the United States agree to pay to the Kansas *}*****3 f" *h°i¥ nation of Indians, three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, for °°°"`°n' twenty successive years, at their villages, or at the entrance of the Kansas river, either in money, merchandize, provisions, or domestic animals, at the option of the aforesaid Nation; and when the said annuities, or any part thereof, is paid in merchandize, it shall be delivered to them at the first cost of the goods in Saint Louis, free of transportation. ARTICLE 4. The United States, immediately upon the ratification of this conven- Cattle, hogs, tion, or as soon thereafter as may he, shall cause to be furnished to the @0,; *3 E9 {3**% Kansas Nation, three hundred head of cattle, three hundred hogs, five ms e y‘ hundred domestic fowls, three yoke of oxen, and two carts, with such implements of agriculture as the Superintendant of Indian Affairs may think necessary; and shall employ such persons to aid and instruct them in their agriculture, as the President of the United States may deem expedient g and shall provide and support a blacksmith for them. ARTICLE 5. Out of the lands herein ceded by the Kanzas Nation to the United Land to be States, the Commissioner aforesaid, in behalf of the said United States, 2‘,£lgc,§‘§0f:PP°“ doth further covenant and agree, that thirty-six sections of good lands, ` on the Big Blue river, shall be laid out under the direction of the President of the United States, and sold for the purpose of raising a fund, to be applied, under the direction of the President, to the support of schools for the education of the Kanzas children, within their Nation. ARTICLE 6. From the lands above ceded to the United States, there shall be made Reservations the following reservations, of one mile square, for each of the half fm' the u¤° °f breeds of the Kanzas nation, viz: For Adel and Clement, the two chil- haH`br°8dS' dren of Clement; for Josette, Julie, Pelagie, and Victoire, the four children of Louis Gonvil ; for Marie and Lafleche, the two children of Baptiste of Gonvil; for Laventure, the son of Francis Laventure; for Elizabeth and Pierre Carbonau, the children of Pierre Brisa ; for Louis Joncas; for Basil Joncas; for James Joncas; for Elizabeth Datcherute, daughter of Baptiste Datcherute; for Joseph Butler; for William Rodgers; for Joseph Cote; for the four children of Cicili Compare, each one mile square; and one for Joseph James, to be located on the North side of the Kanzas river, in the order above named, commencing at the line of the Kanzas reservation, and extending down the Kanzas river for quantity. v 2
