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TREATY WITH THE KASKASKIAS, &c. MAY 30, 1854. 1083 the quantity of land therefrom, to which they may be respectively entitled as specified in the second article hereof; and that the selections shall be so made, as to include in each case, as far as possible, the present residences and improvements of each——and where that is notrpracticable, the selections shall fall on lands in the same neighborhood; and if by reason of absence or otherwise the above mentioned selections shall not all be made before the expiration of said period, the chiefs of the said united tribe shall proceed to select lands for those in default; and shall also, after completing said last named selections, choose the ten sections reserved to the tribe; and said chiefs, in the execution of the duty hereby assigned them, shall select lands lying adjacent to or in the vicinity of those that have been previously chosen by individuals. All selections in this article provided for, shall be made in conformity with the legal subdivisions of the United States lands, and shall be reported immediately in writing, with apt descriptions of the same, to the agent for the tribe. Patents for the lands selected by or for individuals or families may be issued subject to such restrictions respecting leases and alienation, as the President or Congress of the United States may prescribe. When selections are so made or attempted to be made, as to produce injury to, or controversies between individuals, which cannot be settled by the parties, the matters of ditliculty shall be investigated, and decided on equitable terms by the council of the tribe, subject to appeal to the agent, whose decision shall be final and conclusive. Anzrrcrn 4. After the aforesaid selections shall have been made, the 5,,;,, of Nsgdus President shall immediately cause the residue of the ceded lands to be offered forsale at public auction, being governed in all respects in conducting such sale, by the laws of the United States for the sale of public lands, and such of said lands as may not be sold at public sale, shall be subject to private entry at the minimum price of United States lands, for the term of three years; and should any thereafter remain unsold, Congress may, by law, reduce the price from time to time, until the whole of said lands are disposed of, proper regard being had in making the reduction, to the interests of the Indians, and to the settlement of the P _° cds of country. And in consideration of the cessions hereinbefore made, the ,,1; °° United States agree to pay to the said Indians, as hereinafter provided, all the moneys arising from the sales of said lands after deducting therefrom the actual cost of surveying, managing, and selling the same. ARTICLE 5. The said united tribe appreciate the importance and Grant to the usefulness of the mission established in their country by the Board of $g‘:';,fi:;*i0{;*B; the American Indian Mission Association, and desiring that it shall con- 80mm,},, tinue with them, they hereby grant unto said board a tract of one section of six hundred and forty acres of land, which they, by their chiefs, in connection with the proper agent of the board, will select; and it is . agreed that after the selections shall have been made, the President shall issue to such person or persons as the aforesaid board may designate, a patent for the same. Anrremz 6. The said Kaskaskias and Peorias, and the said Piankc- B,e1inquishshaws and Weis, have now, by virtue of the stipulations of former gxfigggglsxji treaties, permanent annuities amounting in all to three. thousand eight ,,1 claim, u,,,;,,. hundred dollars per annum, which they hereby relinquish and release, former treaties. and from the further payment of which they forever absolve the United States; and they also release and discharge the United States fiom all Ppymgptegor claims or damages of every kind by reason of the non-fulfilment ot former ““° m S ‘ treaty stipulations, or of injuries to or losses of stock or other property by the wrongful acts of citizens of the United States; and in consideration of the relinquishments and releases aforesaid, the United States agree to pay to said united tribe, under the direction of the President, the sum of sixty-six thousand dollars, in six annual instalments, as follows: In the month of October, in each of the years one thousand eight hun-