United States, ten thousand dollars shall be retai- 1836 ned by the treasury, and shall be paid to the said Indians in annuities of one thousand dollars a year for ten years; and the residue of the fund shall be vested by the Secretary of the treasury in the purchase of some State stock, the interest of which shall be annually paid to the said Indians like other annuities: Provided, that if at any time hereafter the said Indians shall desire to have the said stock sold, and he proceeds paid over to them, the same may be done, if the President and Senate consent thereto. Art. 3. The United States will advance to said Indians on the ratification of this treaty, to be deduced from the avails of these lands, the sum of two housand five hundred dollars and also goods to the alue of four thousand dollars to be purchased in New York and delivered in bulk, at their expense, to the roper chiefs at Detroit or at such point on Lake St. Clare as the chiefs may request together with the exenses of the treaty, the journeys of the Indians to nd from Washington and their subsistence and other Expenses at the seat of Government. Art. 4. The United States will furnish the said Inlians eight thousand three hundred and twenty acres or thirteen sections of land, west of the Mississippi northwest of St. Anthony's Falls to be located by an gent or officer of the Government and the evidence of such location shall be delivered to the chiefs. In testimony whereof the said Henry R. Schoolcraft commissioner as aforesaid and the undersigned chiefs of the said hands of Chippewas have hereunto set their hands at Washington the seal of Government the day and year above exppressed. H. R. SCHOOLCRAFT. (Suivent les signatures des Indians et des témoins.) 1836 85. Convention entre les Etats-unis de l'Amérique septentrionale et les nations indiennes des Ottawa et Chippewa. Signée le 38. Mai 1836. (Acts of the first Session of the 24 Congress of the United States. Washington, 1836. Append. p. 63-72) Proclamation du Président des Etats-unis. Andrew Jackson, To all and singular to whom these presents stall come, Greeting: Whereas a treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, between Henry R. Schoolcraft, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Indians by their chiefs and delegates, on the twenty-eighth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty six; and an article supplementary thereto was also agreed upon on the thirty first day of March in the same year; which Treaty and supplementary article are in the following words to wit: off Articles of a treaty made and concluded at the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, between Henry R. Schoolcraft, commissioner on the part the United States, and the Ottawa and Chippewa na tions of Indians, by their chiefs and delegates, Article First. The Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Indians cede to the United States all the tract of country within the following boundaries: Beginning at the mouth of Grand river of Lake Michigan on the north band thereof, and following up the same to line called for, in the first article of the treaty οἱ Chicago of the 29th of August 1821, thence, in a direct line, to the head of Thunder-bay-river, thence with the line established by the treaty of Saganaw of the 24th of September 1819, to the mouth of said river, thence northeast to the boundary line in Lake Huron between the United States and the British province of Upper Canada, thence northwestwardly, 1836 following the said line, as established by the commissioners acting under the treaty of Ghent, through the straits, and river St. Mary's to a point in Lake Superiororth of the mouth of Gitchy Seeling, or Chocolate iver, thence south to the mouth of said river and ip its channel to the source thereof, thence, in a lirect line to the head of the Shonawba river of Green ay, thence down the south bank of said river to its nouth, thence in a direct line, through the ship hannel into Grenbay, to the outer part thereof, hence south to a point in Lake Michigan west of the orth cape or entrance of Grand river, and thence ast to the place of beginning, at the cape aforesaid, omprehending all the lands and islands, within these mits not hereinafter reserved. Article Second. From the cession aforesaid the ibes reserve for their own use, to be held in comon the following tracts, namely: One tract of fifty housand acres to be located on the north shore of rand Traverse bay, one tract of seventy thousand cres to be located on, or, north of the Piere Marquetta river, one tract of one thousand acres to be ocated by Chingassanoo, or the Big Sail, on the Cheboigan. One tract of one thousand acres, to be ocated by Mujeekewis, on Thunder-bay river. Article Third. There shall also be reserved for he use of the Chippewas living north of the straits of Michilimackinac, the following tracts, that is to say: Two tracts of three miles square each, on the north hores of the said straits, between Point-au-Barbe nd Mille Coquin river, including the fishing grounds n front of such reservations, to be located by a council of the chiefs The Beaver islands of Lake Michigan for the use of the Beaver island Indians. Round island, opposite Michilimackinac, as a place of encampment for the Indians, to be under the charge of the Indian department. The islands of the Chenos, with a part of the adjacent north coast of Lake Huron, corresponding in length, and one mile in depth. Sugar island, with its islets, in the river of St. Mary's Six hundred and forty acres, at the mission of the Little Rapids. A tract commencing at the mouth of the Pississowining river, south of Point Proquois, thence 1836 running up said stream to its forks, thence westward, in a direct line to the Red water lakes, thence across the portage to the Tacquimenou river, and down the same to its mouth, including the small islands and fishing grounds, in front of this reservation Six hundred and forty acres, on Grand island, and two thousand acres, on the main land south of it. Two sections, on the northern extremity of Green bay, to be located by a council of the chiefs. All the locations, left indefinite by this, under the directions of the President. It is understood that the reservation for a place of fishing and encampment, made under the treaty of St. Mary's of the 16th of June 1820, remains unaf fected by this treaty. Article Fourth. In consideration of the foregoing cessions, the United States engage to pay to the Oana and Chippewa nations, the following sums namely: 1st. An annuity of thirty thousand dollars per annum, in specie, for twenty years, eighteen thousand dollars to be paid to the Indians between Grand river and the Cheboigan; three thousand six hundred dollars, to the Indians on the Huron shore, between the Che boigan and thunder bay river; and seven thousand four hundred dollars, to the Chippewas north of the straits, as far as the cession extends; the remaining one thousand dollars, to be invested in stock by the Treasury Department and to remain incapable of being sold, without the consent of the President and Senate, which may, however, be given, after the expiration of twenty one years. 2nd. Five thousand dollars per annum, for the purposes of education, teachers shoolhouses, and books in their own language, to be continued twenty years, and as long thereafter as Congress may appropriate for the object. 3rd. Three thousand dollars for missions, subject to the conditions mentioned in the second clause of this article. 4th Ten Thousand dollars for agricultural implements, cattle mechanics tools, and such other objects as the Presi dent may deem proper. 5th. Three hundred dollars per annum for vaccine matter, medicines, and the services of physicians, to be continued while the Indians remain on their reservations. 6th. Provisions to the amount of two thousand dollars; six thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco; one hundred barrels of salt, and five hundred fish barrels, annually for twenty 1836 years. 7th. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars, n goods and provisions, on the ratification of this treaty, o be delivered at Michiliminack. Article Fifth. The sum of three hundred thousand lollars shall be set apart for the payment of just debts gainst the said Indians. All claims for such debts hall be examined by a commissioner to be appointed by the President and Senate, who shall act under uch instructions as may be given to him, by the orler of the President, for the purpose of preventing the allowance of unjust claims. The investigation shall be alowed, except such as were contracted by Indians living ithin the district of country hereby ceded, and to citizens r residents of the United States. No claim shall be paid ut of this fund unless the claimant will receive the um allowed to him, as full payment of all debts, due him by the said Indians. If the fund fall short f the full amount of just debts, then a ratable divigion shall be made. If it exceed such amount, the baance shall be paid over to the Indians, in the same nanner, that annuities are required by law to be paid. Article sixth. The said Indians being desirous of making provision for their half breed relatives, and he President having determined, that individual reserations shall not be granted, it is agreed, that in lieu hereof, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand lollars shall be set apart as a fund for said half breeds. No person shall be entitled to any part of said fund, inless he is of Indian descent and actually resident within the boundaries described in the first article of his treaty, nor shall any thing be allowed to any such person, who may have received any allowance at any previous Indian treaty. The following principles, shall regulate the distribution. A census shall be taken of all the men, women, and children, coming within this article. As the Indians hold in higher consideration, some of their half breeds than others, and as there is much difference in their capacity to use and take care of property, and consequently, in their power to aid their Indian connexions, which furnishes a strong ground for this claim, it is therefore agreed, that at the council to be held upon this subject, the commissioner shall call upon the Indian chief's to de |