548 TREATY WITH THE SAGANAWS. 1837. A location to Arvrrcnn 2d. The United States agree to reserve a location for said b°.*'°$‘?"°d lb? tribe on the head waters of the Osage river, in the country visited by a md mb°' &°' delegation of the said tribe during the present year, to be of proper extent, agreeably to their numbers, embracing a due proportion of wood and water, and lying contiguous to tribes of kindred language. Nor shall anything contained in the sixth article of the treaty of the 14th A¤t¢,1>-530- January 1837, entitle them, at this time, to a location in the country west of Lake Superior. The U. S. not Awrrcu: 3d. Nothing embraced in the fifth article of said treaty shall °bliS¤d,§° ¤d· obligate the United States, at the present time, to advance from the
- ‘;,°,;,;u§;Q°,;y Treasury, the entire amount appropriated by the said tribe in the fourth
5th art. treaty article of said treaty; but the President shall have authority to direct 14;** hn- $37- such part of the said moneys to be paid for the objects indicated, so far P,::?;;`as the same are not hereinafter modified, as he may deem (proper: Provided, That the whole sum so advanced, shall not excee seventy-five thousand dollars. And the reduction shall be made upon the several l’roviso. items ratably, or in any other manner he may direct; Provided, That the balance of said appropriations, or of any item or items thereof, shall be paid out of the proceeds of the ceded lands, as soon as the fund will permit, and the President may direct. GHZ; <3f¤'6¤lY Aivrrcnn 4th. The tirst and second clauses of the fourth article of the ,83·,,,b,,;’;,,,d_ treaty of the 14th of January 1837, and the tenth article of said. treaty, ° are hereby abrogated; and in lieu thereof it is agreed, that the United States shall pay to said tribe in each of the years l838 and 1839, respectively, an annuity of five thousand dollars, and goods to the amount of ten thousand dollars, to be advanced by the Treasury, and to be refunded out of the first proceeds of their lands. But no further annuity, nor in any higher amounts, shall be paid to them, by virtue of the treaty aforesaid, untill the same shall be furnished by the interest of the proceeds of their lands, vested in conformity with the provisions of the third article of said treaty. Division of Aarrcnn 5th. Several of the chiefs entitled to payments by schedule P¤Y¤!¤¤i¤_d¤¢ A, aflixed to the treaty aforesaid, having died within the year, it is °°m°m °h‘°fS‘ agreed, that the proportion of the fund, to which they would have been entitled, may be redivided in such manner as the President may direct. [This article ARTICLE 6th. The said tribe set apart nine thousand eight hundred ¤¥fi<=k¢¤ OM by dollars, out of the fund arising from the sale of their lands, to be paid lh° S°"°‘°°‘] to the individuals named in a list of claims hereunto annexed. No pre-emp- Amrcnn 7th. No act of Congress shall confer upon any citizen, or
- i°¤ Fight *0 be other person, the right of pre-emption to any lands ceded to the United
g""“°d’ &'°' States by the treaty of the 14th of January 1837, herein above referred to. Nor shall any construction be put upon any existing law, respecting the public lands, granting this right to any lands ceded by said treaty. Expenses ,0 Arvrrcnr: 8th. The United States will pay the expenses of this negobe paid of this tiation, together with the unpaid expenses of the prior negotiations, with
- 1£%g;;¤Y¤€g0· said tribe, of the 24th of May 1836, and of the 14th of January 1837.
In testimony whereof; the commissioner above named, and the chiefs and headmen of said tribe, have hereunto aflixed their signatures at the time and place above recited, and of the independence of the United States the sixty-second year. HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT, Commissioner.
