360 TREATY WITII THE OTTAWAS. 1831. Am ,05 by the treaty made at·Detroit on the 17th day of November, 1807, to c' P'wit, the tract of six miles square above Roche dc Baeuf to mclude the village where Tondagonie (or Dog) formerly lived; and also three miles square at the Wolf rapids aforesaid, which was substituted for the three miles square granted by the said treaty of Detroit to the said Ottoways " to include Presque Bk," but which could not be granted as stipulated in said treaty of Detroit, in consequence of its collision with the grant of twelve miles square to the United States by the treaty of Greenville; making in the whole cession made by this article twenty-eight thousand one hundred and fifty-seven acres, which is exclusive of a grant made to Yellow Hair (or Peter Minor) by the 8th article of the treaty at the A 160 foot of the Rapids of Miami, on the 29th of September, 1817, and for m' p'which said Minor holds a patent from the General Land Office for 643 acres. Removal of Arvrrcnn III. In consideration of the cessions made in the first article p“**“’°5 ’€¤ld· of this convention, the United States agree to cause the band of Otto-
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’said, consisting of about two hundred souls, to be removed, in a convenient and suitable manner, to the western side of the Mississippi river; G,,,,, 0,- md and will grant, by patent in fee simple, to them and their heirs for ever, to said band. as long as they shall exist as a nation, and remain upon the same, a tract of land to contain thirty-four thousand acres, to be located adjoining the south or west line of the reservation equal to fifty miles square, Ame P ,,8, granted to the Shawnees of Missouri and Ohio on the Kanzas river and ’ '" ‘ its branches, by the treaty made at St. Louis, November 7th, 15*25. Om, ycaps Anrxcmz IV. The United States will defray the expense of the resupport, &c. moval of the said band of Ottoways, and will moreover supply them with a sufficiency of good and wholesome provisions to support them for one year after their arrival at their new residence. S2000 ,0 be Anrrcw V. In lieu of the improvements which have been made on advanced for the lands ceded by the first article of this convention, it is agreed that i*¤PY<>V€m°¤*¤· the United States shall advance to the Ottoways of Blanchard’s fork and Oquanoxa’s village, the sum of two thousand dollars, to be reimbursed from the sales of the lands ceded by the said first article. And it is expressly understood that this sum is not to be paid until the said Ottoways arrive at their new residence, and that it is for the purpose of enabling them to erect houses and open farms for their accommodation and subsistence in their new country. A fair and equitable distribution of this sum shall be made by the chiefs of the said Ottoways, with the consent of their people, in general council assembled, to such individuals of their band as may have made improvements on the lands ceded bly the first article of this convention, and may be properly entitled to t e same. Farming ,,,e,,_ Anrrcnm VI. The farming utensils, live stock and other chattel prosils, livestock, perty, which the said Ottoways of Blanchard’s fork and Oquanoxa’s &“· village now own, shall be sold, under the superintendence of some suitable person appointed by the Secretary of War; and the proceeds paid to the owners of such property respectively. Sak, 0,-hmdsAnrronm VII. The United States will expose to sale to the highest ceded by said bidder, in the manner of selling the public lands, the tracts ceded by band- the first article of this convention, and after deducting from the proceeds of such sales the sum of seventy cents per acre, exclusive of the cost of surveying, and the sum of two thousand dollars advanced in lieu of improvements; it is agreed that the balance, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be hereby guaranteed for the payment of the debts, which the said Ottoways of Blanchard’s fork, and Oquanoxafs village
