The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-06-05
THE OSAGE TREATY MADE.

The treaty with the Usage Indians, in
regard to which SO many contradictory
statements have been published, has at
last been made. The following state
ment of its provisions-copied from the
Lawrence Journals, i'll the main, cor
rect:
Article LIST declares that whereas the
Osages are DESTROYS to remove from
their home in Kansas to the Indian Ter
ritory, and wishing to dispose of their
lands in Kansas, and being DESTROYS ia
sell so as to aid i'll the speedy eXtention
of the LeavenW Orth, Lawrence and
Galveston Road to and through the In
dian Territory, being the only road i'll
process of construction passing direct
| through said Territory, which is to be
| their future home. the Government is
willing that said Company shall be the
purchaser of said lands on terms favor
able to the Osages and the settlers. be-
cause said Road viii be a great Trunk
Line from the Missouri to the Gulf
| therefore, said Railroad Company shall
have the privilege of purchasing the
present Reservation and the Trunk
Lines (about 100000 acres.) OH the
| following tcIiDs: Within three months
after the ratification and PRONUNCIATION
tary of the Interior 100000 cash, and
shall execute their bonds for 81 400, 900,
! (said bonds TO bear interest at the rate
of five per cent. per annuln,) to be paid
in semi-annual payments alter the In
dians remove from their present Reser-
Vation, in yearly payments of 100000
each year. An appraisement of the
lands by three Commissioners, tie eX-
pcnse paid by the Company, is to be
made. and upon the second payment of
100000, patents will be issued for the
1-l5th of the lands in value will be is
sued. The Company are required to
sell the lands to settlers within five
yeaIs from date of patent. If the Com
pany fail to make the payments, the
lands are to be surveyed and appraised
by three Commissioners and offered for
sale to settlers for one wear. at the aE-
praised value. the balance, at the close
of The wear, to be sold at 10 less than
tile appraised value. The proceeds of
the sale are TO be invested in United
States registered stock. and the interest
ON the same to be paid in seIni-annual
payments 10 the Indians. The Company
IS forbidden 10 sell TO ali assignee until
the patent is issued.
The payments TO the Indians are TO be
as follows: $1,000 to schools $1,000 to
the Council of the Nation for govern
ment purposes; $500 thereof to GO TO
the Chiefs and councillors. $1,000 for
the encouragement of agriculture; the
remaining S4,S00 to be expended for
general and necessary expenses under
the direction of the Council aud the
agent, and the balance, about $4,000,
TO be distributed per capita to the tribe
in money and goods. or provisions, as
the Condcil may direct.
4 N Ion he OF fl.o
signing of this treaty can purchase dur
ing one year from the ratification OF the
same I60 acres at s., rs per acre, said
quarter section not to be made up Of
parts of different SECTIONS.
The rights of half hoods. the heirs of
Joseph Swiss, are not impaired, and
half bloods arc to have the same rights
as full bloods.
The improvements Of half bloods up
on the lands sold to the appraised and
paid for within six months by the Com
pany buying the lands.
! All just debts are to be paid upon ex-
animation by the Superintendent and
Agent within one year from the ratifica-
ton of the treaty, evidence to be SUBJ
mitted to the National Council for their
rejection or approval, and the decision
to be forward to the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, whose decision shall be
final.
A head of family, being a member of
the tribe, wishing to cultivate ground,
is to have 800 acres in his own right.
a man not head of family is to have
eighty acres.
This Treaty has been signed on the
part of the Government. and by every
head chief, every second chief, and all
the leading braves of the Usage tribe.
The land treated for all lies in the State
of Kansas. Ii is fifty miles in width
from north TO south, and two hundred