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TREATY WITH THE POTTOWAUTOMIES. J UNE 5 AND 17, 1846. 855 continuing for thirty years, and until the nation shall be reduced below one thousand souls. If] after the expiration of thirty years, or any period thereafter, it shall be ascertained that the nation is reduced below that number, the said annuity shall thenceforth be paid pro rata so long as they, shall exist as a separate and distinct nation, in proportion as the present number shall bear to the number then in existence. ARTICLE VIII. It is agreed upon by the parties to this treaty that, after the re- 0,.****9,; ’,°'_}°"*l moval of the Potfowautomie Nation to the Kansas country, the annual meyinunuixjl interest of their " improvement fund" shall be paid out promptly and ¤¤¤ of their imfully, for their benefit, at their new homes. Ii; however, at any time {’;'{,;°',;°§§t,,T,';€ thereafter, the President of the United States shall be of opinion that homes. _ it would be advantageous to the Pottowautomie nation, and they mgrhe P;°S‘d°{‘; should request the same to be done, to pay them the interest of said mgiigy li.? lieu money in lieu of the employment of persons or purchaseof machines ¤f ¢mi>!<>yi¤2 or implements, he is hereby authorized to pay the same, or any part §§';';"° O`;-” ifs; thereof; in money, as their annuities are paid at the time of the gen- ehiues, &c. eral payments of annuities. It is also agreed that, after the expiration of two years from the ratification of this treaty, the school fund of the lggfj Pottowautomies shall be expended entirely in their own country, un- · axpcndcain nicnless their people, in council, should, at any time, express a desire to ¤°¤¤¤1· have any part of the same expended in a different manner. An·r1cr.n IX. It is agreed by the parties to this treaty that the buildings occupied Buildings now as a missionary establishment, including twenty acres of land now ;i%;‘;l;;°gsQ;b£'§; under fence, shall be reserved for the use of the government agency ; ment to be realso the houses used for blacksmith house and shop shall be reserved ¤°"°d f°' *h° for the use of the Pottowautomie smith; but should the property ali;-gg5i,],,,,),,,,,;,), cease to be used for the aforementioned purposes, then it shall revert house and shop to the use of the Pottowautomie nation. ig, bfZ,,,,;°:g:;,_ mie smith. Arvrrcma X. It is agreed that hereafter there shall be paid to the Pottowautomie Money to be nation, annually, the sum of three hundred dollars, in lieu of the two Egégccgi heiliogf thousand pounds of tobacco, fifteen hundred pounds of iron, and and steel, stipu; three hundred and fifty pounds of steel, stipulated to be paid to the m ""V °f hgégwautomies under the third article of the treaty of September 20, 1mi_ mage, wi, _ 1, p. 31 . In testimony whereof, T. P. Andrews, Thomas H. Harvey, and s;,,,,.,.; 3.,.,., 5 Gideon C. Matlock, aforesaid Commissioners, and the Chiefs and Prin- and 17, 1846. cipal Men of the Pottowautomie, Ottowa, and Chippewas tribes of Indians, have set their hands, at the time and place first mentioned. T. P. ANDREWS, TH. H. HARVEY,} Commissioners. G. C. MATLOCK, Mi—au-mise, (the Young Miami,) Puck-quon, (or the Rib,) OP-fc-gee-shuck, (or Half Day,) Sena-tche-wan, (or Swift Current,) Wa-sow-o-ko-uck, (oi- the Lightning,) Straub-poi-tuck, (the Man goes through,) Kem-me-kas, (or Bead,) Wah-sai, (or White Skin,) Mi-quess, (or the Wampum,) Shaum-num·teh, (or Medicine Man,) Wab-na-ne-me, (or White Pigeon, Nah-o-sab, (the Wallrer,) Na-no-no-uit, (or Like the Wind,) Keahb, Patt—co-shuck, junior, N e-ah-we-quot, (the Four Faces,) Catte-nab·mee, (the Close Observer,) We-sash—kuck, (or the Grass Turner,) Wap·que-shuck, (or White Cedar,) Ke-ton-ne-co, (or the Kidneys,) Vox., IX. TREAT.- 6