TREATY WITH THE STOCKBRIDGE- INDIANS. Nov. 24, 1848. 957 quished to the United_States, and to be paid to the individuals claiming said improvements according to the schedule and assessment herewith transmitted. Awrxcnn VII. It is further stipulated and agreed ‘that the said Stockbridge tribe Said tribe may may remain upon the lands they now occupy for one year after the !°¤¤¤i¤ °¤ the ratiiication ofthis agreement, and that they will remove to the country }?QgSb,?2:,;°}g; set apart for them, or such other west of the Mississippi River as they one yen- atm may be able to secure, where all their treaty stipulations with the gov- f;§ff;2Q“ °f ernment shall be carried into effect. y' Anrrcm VIII. Whenever the said Stockbridge tribe shall signify their wish to emi- yvlieaeyer saia grate, the United States will defray the expenses of their removal west jzgheglthjf of the Mississippi, and furnish them with subsistence for one year after the U.S. tithetheir arrival at their new home. gzipé 1I.' , and subsistence f Arvrrctn IX. tiilereaitlei-. wu It is further stipulated and agreed, that, for the purpose of making $16,§00 to be provision for the rising generation of said tribe, the sum of sixteen :;;*€d:;¤*<;°l¤*? thousand five hundred dollars shall be invested by the United States in WMC? ,:2, ge stock, bearing an interest of not less than live per cent. per annum, paid annually. the interest of which shall be paid annually to said tribe, as other annuities are paid by the United States. Anrrcnn X. It is agreed that nothing herein shall prevent a survey of said lands, lsuyygy of wa at any time aiter the ratification of this agreement, and that said tribe lx15S P¥°V*d°d shall commit no waste or do unnecessary damage upon the premises ' occupied by them. Ax·r1cr.n XI. The United States will pay the expenses incurred by th sachem U_ stm, to Hind headmen, amounting to three thousandt dollars, m attending to the gg gl? tz2P;!; business of said tribe since the year 1843. chan ,,,4 img. ' atten — Egutoulzlge busx · SS 0 88.1 `Awrrcnn XII. hike. This agreement to‘be binding and obligatory upon the contracting iT,,,,,, to bg parties from and after its ratification by the government of the United gngnggessbsggg States- U. States. In witness whereof, the said commissioners, and the sachcm, councillors, and headmen of said tribe, have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year above written. Morgan L. Martin, [1:.. s.] John Metoxen, A UWA_ [L- Q-] Albert G. Ellis, [1.. s.] John W. Quinney, g duo"' [L. S,.] Augustin E. Quinney, •achem,_[r.. n.] Samuel Miller,[L- 9-]
