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950 TREATY WITH THE SIOUX. JULY 23, 1851. 1st. To the Chiefs of the said bands, to enable them to settle their at}`a.irs and comply with their present just engagement; and in consideration of their removing themselves to the country set apart for them as above, which they agree to do within two years or sooner, if required by the President, without further cost or expense to the United States, and in consideration of their subsisting themselves the first year after their removal, which they agree to do without further cost or expense on the part of the United States, the sum of two hundred and seventy-five proviso_ thousand dollars ($275,000): Provided, That said sum shall be paid to the Chiefs in such manner, as they, hereafter, in open Council shall request, and as soon after the removal of said Indians to the home set apart for them, as the necessary appropriation therefor shall be made by Conress. g 2d. To be laid out under the direction of the President, for the establishment of manual labor schools; the erection of mills and blacksmith shops, opening farms, fencing and breaking land, and for such other beneficial objects as may be deemed most conducive to the prosperity and happiness of said Indians, thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.) The balance of said sum of one million six lnmdred and sixty-five thousand dollars ($1,665,000) to wit: One million, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($1,360,000,) to remain in trust with the United States, and five per cent. interest thereon to be paid, annually, to said Indians for the period of fifty years, commencing the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two (1852,) which shall be in full payment of said balance, principal and interest, the said payment to be applied under the direction of the President, as follows to wit: 3d. For a general agricultural improvement and civilization fund, the sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.) $4th. For educational purposes, the sum of six thousand dollars, 6,000. ( 5th. Tor the purchase of goods and provisions, the sum of ten thousand dollars, ($10,000.) 6th. For money annuity, the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000.) Lam MPM_ Anrzonn 5. The laws of the United States prohibiting the introducing liquor to rs- tion and sale of spirituous liquors in the Indian country shall be in full mé¤d;gh{g{¤°¤¤ force and effect throughout the Territory hereby ceded and lying in ' Minnesota until otherwise directed by Congress or the President of the United States. Rum may be Anrrcnn 6. Rules and regulations to protect the rights of persons prescribed, and property among the Indians, parties to this Treaty, and adapted to their condition and wants, may be prescribed and enforced in such manner as the President or the Congress of the United States, from time to time, shall direct. In testimony whereof, the said Commissioners, Luke Lea and Alexander Ramsey, and the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of the aforesaid See-see-toan and Wah-pay-toan bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, have hereunto subscribed their names and atlixed their seals, in duplicate, at Traverse des Sioux, Territory of Minnesota, this twenty-third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. L. LEA, [sehr,. ALEX. RAMSEY, [SEAL.} Een-yang-ma-neo, (Running Walker or Wa—ma-ksoon-tay, ("Walnut," or Blunt " the Gun,") headed arrow,) Wee-tehan-h’pee-ee-tay-toan, (the Star Ma-za·sh’a, (Metal Sounding,) face or the "Orpha.n,") Ya.-shea-pee, (The wind instrument,) Ee-tay-wa-keen-yan, ("Limping Devil “Noan-pa keen-yan, (Twice Flying,) or “Thunder Face,") Wash-tay-da, (Good, a little,) Eesh-ta·hum-ba, (" Sleepy Eyes,") Wa-keen-yan-ho-ta, (Grey Thunder,) Oo-pp;-y1aShen·day-a, (Extending his Wa-shec—3choon-ma-za, (Iron French- , man,