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TREATY WI'1`H THE MIAMIES. 1826. 301 agreed, that payment for these goods shall be made by the Miami tribe Further agree- Gug of their annuity, if this treaty be not ratified by the United States, ment- And the United States further engage to deliver to the said tribe, in Additional pay- the course of the next summer, the additional sum of $26,259 47 in ment in goodsds. gojind it is also agreed, that an annuity of thirty-five thousand dollars, Annuity. ten thousand of which shall be in goods, shall be paid to the said tribe in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, and thirty thousand dollars, five thousand of which shall be in goods, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; after which time, a permanent annuity of twenty-five thousand dollars shall be paid to them, as long as they exist together as a tribe; which several sums are to include the annuities due by preceding treaties to the said tribe. And the United States further engage to furnish a wagon and one Aw,,g,,,,,&c_ yoke of oxen for each of the following persons: namely, Joseph Richard- to be furnished ville, Black Raccoon, Flat Belly, White Raccoon, Francois Godfrey, °°'°°*” P°'s°¤S· Little Beaver, Mettosanea, Seek, and Little Huron; and one wagon and a yoke of oxen for the band living at the forks of the Wabash. And also to cause to be built a house, not exceeding the value of six A house fmhundred dollars for each of the following persons: namely, Joseph ¤¤¤·¤i¤ PHS0H8- Richardville, Francois Godfroy, Louison Godfroy, Francis Lafontaine, White Raccoon, La Gros, Jean B. Richardville, Flat Belly, and Wauwe-as-see. And also to furnish the said tribe with two hundred head of cattle, game, &,,_g·,,· from four to six years old, and two hundred head of hogs; and to cause saidtribta to be annually delivered to them, two thousand pounds of iron, one thousand pounds of steel, and one thousand pounds of tobacco. And to provide five labourers to work three months in the year, for Further- pmvia the small villages, and three labourers to work three months in the year, ¤i<>¤· for the Mississinewa band. ARTICLE 5. The Miami tribe being anxious to pay certain claims existing against Claims against them, it is agreed, as a part of the consideration for the cession in the 5**% g*l’%l°Sb° first article, that these claims amounting to $7,727 47, and which are pm Y' stated in a schedule this day signed by the Commissioners, and transmitted to the War Department, shall be paid by the United States. ARTICLE 6. The United States agree to appropriate the sum of two thousand dol- Appropriation lars annually, as long as Congress may think proper, for the support of gfx? S‘:g¥‘;‘:d poor infirm persons of the Miami tribe, and for the education of the infirm_P youth of the said tribe; which sum shall be expended under the direction of the President of the United States. ARTICLE 7. It is agreed, that the United States shall purchase of the persons, Furtheragreonamed in the schedule hereunto annexed, the land therein mentioned, mma; 189 which was granted to them by the Treaty of St. Mary’s, and shall pay ’ P' ' the price affixed to their names respectively; the payments to be made when the title to the lands is conveyed to the United States. ARTICLE S. The Miami tribe shall enjoy the right of hunting upon the land {]¤di€¤¤l=::<;¢;;¤J°Y lésrein conveyed, so long as the same shall be the property of the United {“f“§§g’ 6,,, tates. ARTICLE 9. This treaty, after the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate, Treaty binding Shall be binding upon the United States. 2 A wh'"' “‘"H°d'