TREATY WVITH THE MENOMONEE INDIANS. MAY 12, 1854. 1065 ARTICLE 2. In consideration of the foregoing cession the United States _ HQ¤¤¤ Pmridsd agree to give, and do hereby give, to said Indians for a home, to be held :,5;;:,; °f °°°h as Indian lands are held, that tract of country lying upon the Wolf River, ` in the State of Wisconsin, commencing at the southeast corner of township 28 north of range 16 east of the fourth principal meridian, running west twenty-four miles, thence north eighteen miles, thence east twenty- four miles, thence south eighteen miles, to the place of beginning- the same being townships 28, 29, and 30, of ranges 13, 14, 15, and 16, according to the public surveys. Anrrcxln 3. The United States agree to pay, to be laid out and applied Y¤Y¤¤¤¤*¤· under the direction of the President, at the said location, in the establishment of a manual labor school, the erection of a grist and saw mill, and other necessary improvements, fifteen thousand dollars; in procuring a suitable person to attend and carry on the said grist and saw mill, for a period of fifteen years, nine thousand dollars, in continuing and keeping up a blacksmith shop, and providing the usual quantity of iron and steel for the use of said tribe, for a period of twelve years, commencing with the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, eleven thousand dollars; and the United States further agree to pay the said tribe, to be applied under the direction of the President, in such manner and at such times as he may deem advisable, for such purposes and uses as in his judgment will best promote the improvement of the Menomonees, the forty thousand dollars stipulated to be applied to their removal and subsistence west of the Mississippi. It being understood that all other beneficial stipulations in said treaty of 1848 are to be fulfilled as therein provided. ARTICLE 4. In consideration of the difference in extent between- the Further psy- lands hereby ceded to the United States, and the lands given in exchange, m°¤*’· and for and in consideration of the provisions hereinbefore recited, and of the relinquishment by said tribe of all claims set up by or for them, for the diH`erence in quantity of lands supposed by them to have been ceded in the treaty of eighteenth of October, eighteen hundred and forty- eight, and what was actually ceded, the United States agree to pay said tribe the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,°" in fifteen annual instalments, commencing with the year 1867; each instalment to be paid out and expended under the direction of the President of the United States, and for such objects, uses, and purposes, as he shall judge necessary and proper for their wants, improvement, and civilization. ARTICLE 5. It is further agreed that all expense incurred in negotiat- Expense gfthig ing this treaty shall be paid by the United States. *Y°¤·W· ARTICLE 6. This treaty to be binding on the contracting parties as soon as it is ratified by the President and Senate of the United States.]" In testimony whereof, the said Francis Huebschmann, superintendent as aforesaid, and the chiefs, headmen, and warriors of the said Menomonee tribe, have hereunto set their hands and seals, at the place and on the day and year aforesaid. FRANCIS HUEBSCHMANN, [L. s.] Superintendent of Lzdian Afairs. WAU-KE-CHON, his x mark. [L. s. WIS-KE-NO, his x mark. L. s. WAY-TAN-SAH, his x mark. L. s. CARRON, his x mark. L. s. SHO-NE-NIEW, his x mark. L. s. LAMOTTE, his x mark. [L. s.
- See amendment, post, p. 1067.
T See amendment, post, p. i067. von. x. ’1‘nnA:r. -— 134
