Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-06-08
The Strip Contract.


The contract for the purchase OF
the Cherokee Strip as signed by
Chief Harris and the delegation,
after reciting the original agree
ment, is as follows:
THE CONTRACT.
Therefore, in consideration of
the premises above recited, the
United States, party of the first
part, agrees to pay the Cherokee
nation of Indians, party of the Sec
ond part, in addition to said sum
of 1895, 1856 for all the right, title,
interest and claims which said ma
ton of Indians may have in and to
the hereinbefore described land,
the sum of IS, 300, 900 in five equal
annual installmsnts, commencing
on the fourth day Of March, 1895,
and ending on the fourth day Of
March, 1899, the deferred pay.
ments to bear interest at the rate
of four per cent. annually from
March 4, 1898, subject, however,
to the following considerations,
namely: That from the first pay.
ment OF 81 100000 there shall be
deducted 81 $40 for land allotted
under the fifth provision of the
second article of said original
agreement with the Cherokee COM
mission, referred to in said section
10, and the remainder, to-wit,
81 $50, 100, with its accrued inter.
est, under the terms, of this con-
tract shall remain in the treasury
of the United States to be paid TO
the Delaware and Shawnee Indians
for their pro rata share in the pro-
ceeds of said Outlet, also to cover
the necessary amount to pay the
freedmen or their legal representa-
tives, who are citizens of the Cher.
okee Nation, FOR claims which may
be adjudged by the courts of the
United States to be due them from
said Cherokee nation under the
treaty between said nation and the
United States, and if any part
thereof remain after satisfying
claims of the Delawares, Shawnees
and freedmen citizens in full, it
shall be paid to said Cherokee ma
tion Of Indians as a part Of the
first of said payments and interest
under this contract.
THE CHEROKEE COVENANT.
The said Cherokee Nation, party
of the second part, hereby accepts,
ratifies and confirms the agreement
made with the Cherok e commits
sion on the nineteenth day Of Dec
ember, 1891, as amended by sec
ton 10 Of an act of Congress,
approved March 3, 1898, and in
consideration Of the premises here
inbefore enacted, agrees that from
the first annual payment of 81 $50, =
900 there shall be deducted 81 $40
for allotments due as above men
toned and that the remainder, to
wit: 81 ,652, 100, with accrued inter-
est, may be retained in the Treas
ury Of the United States to satisfy
the claims of the Delaware and
Shawnee Indians, and freedmen
who are citizens Of the Cherokee
Nation; the balance, after satisfy
ing said several claims and deduct
ing for the allotted land, as afore-
said, to be paid TO said Cherokee
Nation.
And said Cherokee Nation, in
consideration Of the payment, to
wit: The sum OF S295, 736 in cash
the receipt Of which is hereby ac-
knowledged, and in further consid.
Grafton of the covenant Of the Uni.
ted States to pay said sums ol
money as herein set forth, hereby
cedes, relinquishes and conveys Il
the United States all of its title,
claim and interest of every kind
and character in and TO said tracl
of land known as the Cherokee
Outlet and more fully desert bed al
follows; That part Of the Indian
Territory bounded on the west by
the one hundredth degree of wesl
longitude, on the north by the
state Of Kansas, on the east by the
ninety-sixth degree of west longi-
tude, and on the south by the Greek
Nation, the territory OF Oklahoms
and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
reservations, created and defined
by executive order, dated August
10, 1859, and containing s, 144, ,682.,
81 acres, more or less, together
with all appurtenances thereuntC
belonging, TO have and to hold unto
the United States forever.