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470 TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. Oocroemt 1, 1859. E,,,,,,,,,, of ARTICLE VIII. All the expenses connected with and incident to the me treaty,&o. making of this agreement, and the carrying out its provisions, shall be defrayed out of the funds of the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi. Roads and ARTICLE IX. It is agreed that all roads and highways laid out by highways. authority of law shall have right of way through the lands within the reservation hereinbefore specified, on the same terms as are provided by law when roads and highways are made through lands of citizens of the Railroads. United States; and railroad companies, when the lines pass through the lands of said Indians, shall have right of way on the payment of a just compensation therefor in money. h lgiigd :¤d d An·rrcLn X. The Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi being anxious ,,*},0,,, ggmzxgu to make some suitable provision for their mixed and half bloods, and intermarriod such of their women, (whole bloods,) who have intermarried with white mth ‘”h‘°° “‘°“· men, it is agreed that there shall be assigned to the mixed and half bloods of their tribe, and to such whole blood females as have intermarried with white men, at the date of this agreement, three hundred and twenty acres P0¤¢,p· 499- each; the location and allotments of said lands to be made out of that portion relinquished by this treaty to the United States in trust, provided the mixed or half bloods, and such females of their tribes as have intermarried with white men, desire to do so. The allotments to such of the mixed or half bloods as may be minors to be made by the agent of the tribe, subject to the confirmation and approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and in allotting lands to those provided for in this article, said allotments shall be made so as to include their improvements, (if any,) provided it can be done, and at the same time make said allotments con- Th°m” C°¤· fbrm to the public surveys. And it is further agreed between the parties muy' to this agreement, that Thomas Connelly, a halfibreed, and a member of the tribe who has been uniformly kind to his people, shall be permitted to so locate his three hundred and twenty acres as to include Randal’s dwelling and trading-house, if it can be done so as to harmonize with the public surveys; and provided the said Connelly shall pay to the owner of said improvements a fair valuation therefor. The lands granted by this article shall remain inalienable except to the United States or members of the tribe, nor shall the mixed or half bloods, or such females as have intermarried with white men, participate in the proceeds of the lands herein ceded. h ffpglzwiihé ARTICLE Xl. The United States also agree to cause to be paid to the GOL vH_°P{",§Q,;_ tribe any fiinds that may have heretofore been withheld under the provisions of the fifth article of the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, the same to be extended for their benetit, or paid in money, as the Secretary may direct. Treaty when Awrxcnm XII. This instrument shall be obligatory on the contracting °° °“k° °°`°"‘ parties whenever the same shall be ratified by the President and the Senate of the United States. E¤¤<=¤¤l°¤- In testimony whereof, the said Alfred B. Greenwood, commissioner as aforesaid, and the said chiefs and delegates of the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, have hereunto set their hands and seals at the place and on the day and year hereinbefore written. ALFRED B. GREENWOOD. [L. s.] Sacs. KE-O-KUK, his x mark. [L. s. MACK-AH-SAH-PEE, his x mark. L. si SHAW·1’AH-CAW, his x mark. L. s. MAT-TAH-TAH, his x mark. L. s. MY-AH-PIT, his x mark. L. s. KAW-AH·I(EE, his x mark. [L. s.