The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-17
| nee Council. with tho consent of the Uni
ted States agent for that tribe.


may have been legally married to a Shaw
nee according to the customs of that peo-
pie, and adopted By them /; and to all mi
nor orphan children of Shawnees, and of
persons who have been adopted as Shaw
nees, who shall not have received their
shares with any family, and all incom
petent persons, shall have selections made
for them adjacent, or as near as practica-
bic to their friends or relatives, which Sc
lections shall be made by some disinter-
ested person or persons appointed by the
Shawnee Council, and approved by the
United States agent. In the settlement,
knowna as Black Bob's Settlement, in which
he hasan Improvement whereon he. resides,
and in thai known as Long Tails Settle
ment, in which he has an improvement
whereon he resides, there are number of
Shawnees who desire to hold their lands
in common it is, therefore, agreed that
all Shawnees, including the epersonsadopt-
ed as aforesaid, and incompetent persons,
and minor orphan children, who reside in
said settlements respectively, and all who
shall, within sixty days after the APPROX
al of the surveys hereinafter provided
for signify to the United States agent
their election to join either of said COM
munities and reside with them, shall
have quantity of land assigned and set
of to them, in compact body, at each
of the settlements aforesaid, equal to two
hundred acres to every individualin each
of said communities. A census of the
Shawnees residing at each of these set
Elements, and of the minor orphan chill
dren of their kindred, and of those elect
ing to reside in said communities, shal,
be taken by the United States agent, for
the Shawnees, in order that quantity of
land equal to two hundred acres for each
person, may be set off and allotted them
to hold in common as aforesaid. After
all the Shawnees and other persons here
in provided for, shall have received their
shares of the two hundred thousand acres
of land reserved, it is anticipated that
there will still be residue and as there
are some Shawnees who have been for
years separated from the tribe, it is agreed
that whatever surplus remains after pro-
vision is made for all present members of
the tribe, shall be set apart in one body
of land, in compact form, under the di-
rection of the President of the United
States; ;andall such Shawnees as return to,
and unite with the tribe within FIVE years
from the proclamation of this instrument,
shall be entitled to the same quantity of
land out of said surplus, and in the same
manner, and subject to the same iimita-
tons and provisions as are hereinbefore
made for those now members of the said
tribe and whatever portion of said sur
plus remains unassigned after the expira-
ton of said FIVE years, shall be sold, as
hereinafter provided-the proceeds of
all such sales shall be retained in the
treasury of the United States, until the
expiration of ten years from the proclama-
ton of this instrument, after which time,
should said absent Shawnees not have re-
turned and united with the tribe, all the
moneys then in the treasury, or that may
thereafter be received therein, as proceeds
of the sales of such surplus lands, shall
be applied to or invested, for such bene-
fetal or benevolent objects among the
Shawnees, as the President of the United
States, after consulting with the Shawnee
Council, shall determine-and should
any such absent Shawnees return and
unite with the tribe after the expiration OF
the period of five years hereinbefore
mentioned, and provided for, and be-
fore the expiration of the said period OF
ten years, the proper portion OF any
of said residue of lands that may
then remain unsold, shall be assigned
to such persons-and if all said lands
have been disposed of, an equitable pay
ment in money shall be made to them out
of the proceeds of the said sales. The
Aforesaid assignment and selections of
said lands in the tract lying between the
Missouri State line and the said parallel
line shall be made within ninety days
after the approval of the survey of said
tract; and if there be any individuals rec
ognized as at present entitled to lands
therein, under the provisions of this ar
ticle, who shall not have selected, or had
selected for them, within said ninety days,
their proper shares of lands, the Shawnee
Council shall select one or more disinter-
ested persons, who shall Immediately
after the expiration of such ninety days,
make selections of lands for them, in the
same manner and subject to the same re-
strictions as herein before, provided for
minor orphan children not members of a
family, and for incompetent persons
And those residing on improvements
west of the said parallel line, shall, with
in sixty days after the approval of the
survey of the land on which they live,
make the selections of lands as, and to
the amount, they are herein before au-
thorized to do. 1t is agreed that all the
tracts of land in this article assigned, or
provided to be assigned, or selected, shall
be assignedand selected according to the
legal subdivisions of the United States
lands, and according to the laws of the
United States respecting the entry of
public lands, SO far as said laws are
applicable; and no portion of this in
strument shall be SO construed as to null
hfy or impair this stipulation. And the
said Indians hereby cede, relinquish, and
convey to the United States, all tracts or
parcels of land which may be sold, or
are required to be sold in pursuance oi
any article of this instrument.
ART. 3. In consideration of the cession
and sale herein made, the United States
agree to pay to the Shawnee people, the
sum of eight hundred and twenty mine
thousand dollars, in manner as follows,
viz: Forty thousand to be invested By
the United States, at rate of interest moi
less than FIVE per centum per annum,
which, as it aeerues, is to be applied to
the purposes of education; that amount,
with the addition of the three thousand
dollars of perpetual annuities provided
| by the treaties of August third, one thous-
and seven hundred and ninety-fve, and
September twenty-ninth, one thousand
eight hundred and seventeen, and now
hereby agreed 10 be likewise so applied,
together with the sum to be paid by the
/ MISSIONARY Sooiofv Of fha MafboJ;SS