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TREATY WITH THE OTTAWA INDIANS. Jmtm 24, 1862. 1241 treaty at the time stipulated, it shall be the duty of theagent to dispossess him as an intruder upon the lands, and his advances, payments, and all his improvements, shall enure to the benefit of the Ottawasyand the land shall be sold for their benefit, as herein provided. But no person under this article shall be entitled to enter more than 320 acres. ` And all the lands which are not thus entered with the agent within two years from the ratification of this treaty may, upon the request of the council, be offered for sale at not less than $1.25 per acre, upon a credit of one year, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior; and if any lands thereafter remain unsold, they may be sold upon such terms as the council of said tribe and the Secretary of the Interior shall mutually agree upon. And all the moneys derived from the sales of the abovedescribed lands shall be paid at the time and place where the Secretary of the Interior may direct. . Arrrrcrrz X. And it is stipulated that .the United States shall pay to Ottawa tots the said Ottawas the claims for stolen ponies, cattle, and timber, already gd zplgs wl reported and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, amounting to Pegg., .,,;;;:,5:: $13,005 {{,5,,. And also other claims for damages within two years, or since the taking of testimony for the abovementioned damages, upon the presentation of sufficient proof: Provided, Such lastmentioned claims shall not exceed $3,500. ARTICLE XI. It is hereby made the duty of the Indian Department to mummy. appoint an interpreter for said tribe, in the customary manner, to be continued during the pleasure of the Secretary of the Interior. And it ig expressly understood that all expenses incurred by the stipulations of this Expenses ot treaty shall be paid out of the funds of the aforementioned tribe of Otta~ Ws *·"’**·T· was, and their armuities shall be paid semi-annually. In testimony whereof, the said Wm. P. Dole, commissioner, as afore- sagum, said, and the undersigned chief and councilmen of the United Bands of Blanchard`s Fork and of Roche de Bteuti in Franklin county, Kansas, have hereunto set their hands and seals at the place and on the day and year hereinbefore written. WM. P. DOLE, Oommissiamr. san. PEM-ACH-WUN G, his x mark. snnn. JOHN T. JONES. sean. WILLIAM HURR. sms:.. JAMES WIND. sun. Interpreted by John T. Jones, and signed by the respective parties m presence of — Cnmron C. Hurcnmsou, Indian Agent. Cusunss E. Mix. Auroxmc Gomzr, his x mark, United States Bvleapnter. And whereas the said treat having been submitted to the Senate of _1tati¤ms¤¤. the United States for its consthutional action thereon, the Senate did, on me "“°“°·"‘°”° the sixteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, advise and consent to the ratification of the same by a resolution, and with an amendment, in the words and figures following, to wit: In Smurn or crm: UNITED Snrns, July 16th, 1862. Resolved (two thirds of the Senators present concurring;} That the Senate advise and consent to the ratincation of the articles o agreement and convention, made and concluded at Washington city, on the twenty- fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, by and between William P. Dole, commissioner, on the part of the United States, and the following named chief and councilmen of the Ottawa Indians of the United Bands of B1anchard’s Fork and of Roche de Boeut, now m