The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-17

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ID to them in common; and such selec-
ions shall be made in all respects in con-
formity with the rule herein provided to
govern those who shall, in the first In
stance, make separate selections.
ART. s. The lands heretofore de-
lying between the Missouri State
line aud the parallel line thirty miles
west of it, as soon after the ratification of
this instrument as can conveniently be
done, shall be surveyed in the same man
ner as the public lands of the United
States are surveyed. the expenses thereof
to be borne by the United States and the
Shawnees in due proportion; and no
white persons or citizens shall be permit
ted to make locations or settlements with
in said limits until after all the lands shall
have been surveyed, and the Shawnees
shall have made their selections and To-
cations, and the President shall have set
apart the surplus.
ART. 6. The grants of land above
made to Missionary Societies and church
es shall be subject to these conditions
The grant to the Missionary Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
at the Indian Manual Labor School, shall
be confirmed to said Society, or to such
person or persons as may be designated
by it, by patent from the President of the
United States, upon the allowance to the
Sbawnees, by said Society, of ten thous-
and dollars, to be applied to the educa-
ton of their youth which it has agreed to
make. The grants for the schools estab
lished by the Baptists and Friends, shall
be held by their respective Boards of
Missions, SO long as those schools shall
be kept by them-when no longer used
for such purpose by said Boards, the
lands, with the Improvements, shall, un
der the direction of the President, be
sold at public sale to the highest bidder,
upon such terms as he may prescribe, the
proceeds to be applied by the Shawnees
to such general beneficial and charitable
purposes as they may wish: Provided,
That the Improvements shall be valued,
and the valuation deducted from the pro-
ceeds of sale, and returned to said Boards
respectively.
ART. 7. Inasmuch as Joseph Parks
and Black Hoof, who have in times past
rendered important services to the Shaw
nee nation, would not, by reason of the
small number ofpersons in their families,
be entitled, under the provisions of Ar
ticle g, to quantity of land equal to that
which will be generally received by the
other members of the tribe, it is agreed,
at the request of the Shawnees, that Jo-
seph Parks, in lieu of the land which he
would have right to select under the
provisions of Article 2, shall have guam
tity of land equal to two sections, or
twelve hundred and eighty acres, to in
clude his present residence and improve
ment; and Black Hoof, in lieu of that
which he would have right to select as
aforesaid, shall have a quantity of
land equal to one section or six hundred
and forty acres, to include his present
residence and improvement; and they
shall make selection of the land hereby
granted them, in the same manner and
subject to the same limitations, as are
prescribed in Article 9, for such as shall
make separate selections, in severalty,
under the provisions thereof.
ART. 8. Such of the Shawnees as are
competent to manage their affairs, shall
receive their portions of the aforemen-
toned annual installments in money. But
the portions of such as shall be found in
competent to manage their affairs, wheth-
er from drunkenness, depravity, or other
cause, shall be disposed of by the Presi-
dent, in that manner deemed by him best
calculated to promote their interests, and
the comfort of their families; the Shawnee
Council being first consulted with respect
to such persons, whom, it is expected,
they will designate to their agent. The
portions of orphan children shall be ap,
propriated by the President in the man
ner deemed by him best for their interest
ARTS. Congress may hereafter, pro-
vide for the issuing, to such of the Shaw
nees as may make separate selections, pat
ents for the same with such guards and
restrictions as may seem advisable for theiI
protection therein.
ART. 10. No portion of the money
stipulated by this instrument to be paid
to the Shawnees, shall be taken by the
Government of the United States, by is
ageno or Otherwise, to pay deb-s contract
ed by the Shawnees as private indiviIu-
ais; nor any part thereof for the payment
of national debts or obligations contracted
by the Shawnee Chiefs or Council !; pro-
yided that this article shall not be con
strued to prohibit the council from set
ting aparta portion of any annual payment,
for purposes strictly national in their
character, and for the payment of nation
al and tribal debts, first to be approved
by the President. s q s. p
ART. IL. 1t being represented that
many of the Shawnees have sustained
damage i'll the loss and destruction oi
their crops, stocks, and other property,
and otherwise, by reason of the great
emigration which has, for several years,
passed through their country, and Of
other causes, in violation, as they allege,
of guarantees made for their protection
by the United States it is agreed that
there shall be paid, in consideration there
of, to the Shawnees, the sum of twenty
seven thousand dollars, which shall be
taken and considered in full satisfaction
not only y of such claim, but-of all others
of what kind soever, and in release of all
demands and stipulations arising under
former treaties, with the exception of the
perpetual annuities, amounting to three
thousand dollars herein before mentioned
and which are set apart and appropriated
in the third article hereof All Shawnees
who have sustained damage by the emf
grafton of citizens of the United States,
or by other acts of such citizens, shall,
within six months after the ratification OF
this treaty, file their claims for such dam.
ages, with the Shawnee agent, to be SUBJ
mitted by him to the Shawnee Council,
for their action and decision, and the
amount, in each case approved, shall be
paid by said agent: Provided, The whole
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