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544 TREATY WITH THE WINNEBAGOES. 1837. _Balance to be dred and fifty-seven thousand four hundred dollars ($157,400,) and to ""’°“'°d‘ guaranty them an annual income of not less than five per cent. thereon. Imerestnhow Third. To apply the interest herein guaranteed, in the following to be apphed. manner: For the support of a blacksmith’s establishment, one thousand dollars (S1 000) per annum. For the support of a farmer, the supply of agricultural implements and assistance, and other beneficial objects, sixteen hundred dollars ($1,600) per annum. For the support of a teacher and the incidental expenses of a school, seven hundred and seventy dollars ($770) per annum. The balance of the interest, amounting to forty-five hundred dollars ($4,500,) shall be delivered at the cost of the United States, to said Sac and Fox Indians, in money or merchandise, at the discretion of the President, and at such time and place as he may direct. Expenses of Arvricnn 3d. The expenses of this negotiation and of the chiefs and mls "my “Z b° delecrates signing this treaty to this city and to their homes to be paid paid by U. S. ¤ . by the United States. Trenfy binding Amrtcrm 4th. This treaty to be binding upon the contracting parties, “'h°“ "‘"6°d* when the same shall be ratified by the United States. In witness whereofi the said Carey A. Harris and the undersigned chiefs and delegates of said tribe, have hereunto set their hands at the city of Washington, this 21st day of October, A. D. 1837. C. A. HARRIS. &zcs. Foxes. Po-ko·mah (The Plum) Sa-ka-pa (son of Quash-qua—mi) Nes-mo-ea The Wolf) A—ka-ke The Crow ( ( D Au-ni-mo-ni (The Sun Fish) In presence of Chauncey Bush, Secretary. Joshua Pilcher, Ind. Agt. W. Thompson. Tu the Indian name: are aubjuined marks. ARTICLES OF A TREATY NO, 1, 1837. Made at the city of Washington, between Carey A. Harris, thereto ——··—·¢· specially directed by the President of the United States, and Proclamation, h b . I . . . June 15, 1838_ the time ago nation of ndzans, by their chiefs and delegates. Lands ceded Aivrrcnn lst. Tim Winnebago nation of Indians cede to the United tn ,1,,, U_ S_ States all their land east of the Mississi i river. PP Indians relin, Arvrrcnn 2d. The said Indians further agree to relinquish the right quish theirright to occupy, except for the purpose of hunting a portion of the l_and held ‘° "°°“f’Y* "’?" by them west of the Mississippi, included between that river and a line cept forhuntmg, d f . . . nnmnn land_ rawn rom u point twenty miles distant therefrom on the southern boundary of the neutral ground to a point, equidistant from the said river, on the northern boundary thereof They,-min not But this stipulation shall not be so construed, as to invalidate their

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u e . Anrrcm: tid. The said Indians agree to remove within eight months from the ratification of this treaty, to that portion of the neutral ground