TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. 1832. 375 and extending downwards, so as to include Ke-o—kuck’s principal village on its right bank, which village is about twelve miles from the Mississippi river. Amrcrn III. In consideration of the great extent of the foregoing Anm,,ty_ cession, the United States stipulate and agree to pay to the said confederated tribes, annually, for thirty successive years, the first payment _ to be made in September of the next year, the sum of twenty thousand dollars in specie. Amrern IV. It is further agreed that the United States shall establish Blacksmith and maintain within the limits, and for the use and benefit of the Sacs wd g¤¤¤mith’s and Foxes, for the period of thirty years, one additional black and gun “h°P* &°· smith shop, with the necessary tools, iron and steel; and finally make a yearly allowance for the same period, to the said tribes, of forty kegs of tobacco, and forty barrels of salt, to be delivered at the mouth of the Ioway river. Anrrcnn V. The United States, at the earnest request of the said Payment to confederated tribes, further agree to pay to Farnham and Davenport, Famham &· Indian traders at Rock Island, the sum of forty thousand dollars without D"°“p°"‘ interest, which sum will be in full satisfaction of the claims of the said traders against the said tribes, and by the latter was, on the tenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, acknowledged to be justly due, for articles of necessity, furnished in the course of the seven preceding years, in an instrument of writing of said date, duly signed by the Chiefs and Headmen of said tribes, and certified by the late Felix St. Vrain, United States’ agent, and Antoine Le Claire, United States’ Interpreter, both for the said tribes. Aivrrcuz VI. At the special request of the said confederated tribes, Grant to A. Le the United States agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, to Antoine Cl°“`°· Le Claire, Interpreter, a part Indian, one section ofland opposite Rock Island, and one section at the head of the first rapids above said Island, within the country herein ceded by the Sacs and Foxes. Aivrrcna VII. Trusting to the good faith of the neutral bands of Sacs 1),,;;,.,,,,, of and Foxes, the United States have already delivered up to those bands pyisoners by the the great mass of prisoners made in the course of the war by the United med S““°’· States, and promise to use their influence to procure the delivery of other Sacs and Foxes, who may still be prisoners in the hands of a band of Sioux Indians, the friends of the United States; but the following named prisoners of war, now in confinement, who were Chiefs and Hostages, Headmen, shall be held as hostages for the future good conduct of the late hostile bands, during the pleasure of the President of the United States, viz :—hluk-ka-ta-mish-a-ka-kaik (or Black Hawk) and his two sons; Wan-ba-kee-shik (the Prophet) his brother and two sons; Napope; We-sheet Ioway; Pamaho; and Cha-kee-pa-shi-pa-ho (the little stabbing Chief) Anrrcuz VIII. And it is further stipulated and agreed between the Hostile hands parties to this treaty, that there shall never be allowed in the confedc- to be dW¤d¤d· rated Sac and Fox nation, any separate band, or village, under any chief or warrior of the late hostile bands; but that the remnant of the said hostile bands shall be divided among the neutral bands of the said tribes according to blood——the Sacs among the Sacs, and the Foxes among the Foxes. ARTICLE IX. In consideration of the premises, peace and friendship Fence and are declared, and shall be perpetually maintained between the United f¤¤¤dSl¤P· States and the whole confederated Sac and Fox nation, excepting from the latter the hostages before mentioned. Anrrcnn X. The United States, besides the presents, delivered at the
