8th. The United States shall cause to be fenced and ploughed ten acres of land (if required,) for every person who shall settle at either of the places above named, and furnish to each family such farming utensils, spining wheels and looms as may be necessary, and seed wheat, corn, potatoes and garden seeds, the two first years; and shall also furnish to each settler one yoke of oxen, one cow, five sheep, and two swine, and build a house on the tract occupied by the settler for his use, the cost of which shall not exceed one hundred dollors. And if any Indian shall kill or destroy any of said animals belonging to another person, the value thereof shall be deducted from his annuity, and the agent shall purchase another like animal therewith, and deliver the same to the person whose animal was destroyed.

9th. The United States shall also establish schools at each of the said places in which the children of the inhabitants of the said Territory shall be admitted, when in the opinion of the Superintendent, and at the request of the chiefs, schools shall be required; and the sum of twenty thousand dollars, shall be set apart for said purpose and invested in stock, until it shall be so required, and the interest accruing thereon, shall be re-invested annually. And the superintendent or Governor shall appoint teachers for the said schools, and also employ millers to tend the mills when erected, and farmers and, mechanics, and workmen, at each of said places, to teach the said Indians how to cultivate the earth, and also the most useful mechanic arts. Female teachers shall likewise be employed at each of said stations, to teach the Indian women the arts of domestic life; and to each of said persons, an adequate compensation for their services shall be paid by the United States, not exceeding five hundred dollars to each person per annum; but the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, may be allowed to the male and female superintendents whenever they shall become necessary. A blacksmith's house and shop shall be built at each of said places, and a blacksmith employed for each, and supplied with iron and steel, and the whole cost at each place shall not exceed one thousand dollars annually. And five thousand dollars shall be annually expended by the United States, in the purchase of medicines, and the support of physicians at each of said settlements, if required.

10th. An agent for the upper See-see-ah-to band shall be appoint

ed to reside at Ea-ton-kah, who shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, and hold his office during good behavior, and be removable by the President; and also one at Emin-ne-zha-dah for the lower See-see-ah-to band; one at Eah-sha-ah-kah for the lower Wof-pato band; one at Ea-dah for the upper Wof-pato band; and one at Mukahto for the Wof-pa-koota band, with like salaries; and the said agents shall be the interpreters for the said bands. It shall be the duty of said agents to take charge of the affairs and interests of the said bands, as well as those of the Government, and to see that the stipulations of this treaty are fulfilled by each of the parties thereto, and shall also perform such other duties as shall be required of them by the United States; and said agents shall be in all respects under the orders and direction of the Superintendent or Governor of the said Territory. Houses shall be built for the said agents, the cost of which shall not exceed eight hundred dollars. And all payments to be made by the United States to the said bands, shall be made at the said places last named. The half breeds or persons of the Indian or mixed blood may settle at either of the above named places. The preceding stipulations for the employment of farmers, millers, mechanics, blacksmiths, teachers and agents, shall continue in force for the term of twenty years.

11th. The superintendent or Governor of the said Territory shall appoint a trader for each band for the term of four years, unless sooner removed by the President for cause, who shall give such security as shall be required of him by the Governor, that he will comply with all the laws for the regulation of trade with the Indians, and for the government of said territory, and will furnish to the said band such goods as shall be required of him by the chiefs and their agent, and keep a sufficient supply constantly on hand. And whenever a family or band shall require any article of merchandize and desire to purchase it of the said trader, they shall first obtain the permission of their agent, who shall keep an account of the articles he allows each person to purchase, and his name. The trader shall also keep a si milar account in which he shall also charge the price of the article! and such trader shall be allowed to sell to two-thirds of the amount of the annuity due to each Indian, and the same shall be paid to him by

the agent at the time of the payment of the annuity, if the Indian shall have traded to that amount with him, and the remaining third and the balance of the annuity, if any, which may be due to him, shall be paid in specie to each Indian. The said trader shall only be permitted by the agent at such periods of the year, when he shall be satisfied that the articles applied for by the Indians will be most useful to them; and the books of the trader shall be subject to the inspection of the Governor or agent, or either of them. The trader and the agent shall annually, in the month of December, make out an invoice of the goods which they shall deem necessary for the supply of the band the ensuing year, and the trader shall, without delay, take the proper steps to purchase them and have them at the establishment on or before the first day of July in each year. The said trader shall present his invoice of purchases to the Governor, who shall fix the prices at a reasonable rate per centum, upon the cost and charges, at which the goods shall be sold to the Indians, being first satisfied that the goods have been purchased at the usual rates. And the said trader shall sell the said goods to the Indians at such prices as shall be established by the Governor, and receive his payment accordingly from the annuity. The trader for the lower Wof-pato band shall reside at Eah-cha-ah-ka (Little Rapids,) on the Minnee-sota river; for the upper Wof-pato band at Ea-dah (Lac qui parle,) for the Wof-pakoota band, at Oe-yoo-war-ha (Traverse des Sioux,) for the lower See-see-ah-to band at Emin-nee-zha-dah (Petit Roche,) and for the upper See-see-ah-to band at such point as may be selected by the Governor on Eah-ton-kah lake. The interest of this provision for traders is, to secure the goods which the Indians require, at reasonable rates, and at those periods of the year when they are in the greatest need of them.

12th. To prevent disturbances, and to preserve peace among the nations to be settled in the said country, the United States shall erect forts and garrison them, so long as they may be necessary, on Eah-ton-kah lake, and on the bank of the Minne-sota river, directly opposite the mouth of the Muk-ah-to river. The United States shall also construct a good wagon road from Mindota (or the mouth of the St. Peters river) to the several places herein selected for the agri

cultural settlements; provided the said road shall not cost more than thirty thousand dollars; and shall also expend thirty thousand dollars in removing the obstructions to the navigation of the said Minne-sota river.

13th. The United States shall invest the sum of one million of dollars, in some safe stock, and pay to the said Indian bands on the first Monday in July, annually, forever, an income of not less than five per cent. thereon, in specie; and the President is hereby authorized to reserve one-third of the said income, in any year, and as often as it shall be required, as a contingent fund, to be expended for the benefit of the said bands equally, if in his judgment such reservation shall be necessary; and the amount so reserved shall be expended accordingly, or otherwise to be paid to the said bands in specie, at the next annual payment-said annuity to be paid in equal proportions to each of said three bands of Wofpatos, Wofpa-kootas, and See-seeah-tos, that is to say, the one third of the said annuity to each band aunually.

14th. The United States shall deliver to the said bands for the term of ten years, by the said agents, and at such seasons as the said agents shall deem most useful to them, one hundred and fifty barrels of pork, three hundred barrels of flour, and four thousand pounds of 'tobacco; and on the conclusion of this treaty, there shall be delivered to the chiefs of said bands at Oe-yoo-wora, to the amount of ten thousand dollars in goods and provisions, including those provisions which shall have been distributed at the making of this treaty. But the President may, whenever he shall be satisfied the said bands do not require the said pork or flour, or at the request of the chiefs of said bands, discontinue the delivery of the same, and pay the value thereof to the said bands in specie, as a part of their annuity. And five thousand dollars shall be expended by the United States in the purchase of horses, to be delivered to the chiefs and principal men of the said bands, within one year from the date of this treaty as a present to them. And the United States will pay the said bands eight thousand dollars in horses annually for ten years, being in lieu of provisions which it was at first agreed should be delivered to the said bands.

ARTICLE 3. Several claims of settlers and traders which are be

lieved to be just, having been presented to the commissioner, against the said bands, at the special request of said bands, it is agreed that all debts and claims against the said bands, shall be referred to the Governor of the Territory of Iowa, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs of Michigan, and the said commissioner, who are hereby authorized to adjudicate thereon: and such sum or sums, not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, as shall be found by a majority of them to be equitably and justly due to the said claimants, shall be paid by the United States, as a part of the consideration of the cession aforesaid.

ARTICLE 4. If either of the preceding articles or stipulations shall be rejected by the Senate of the United States, the whole of this treaty shall be null and void.

Done at Oe-yoo-wora, this 31st day of July, A. D. 1841.

Document K.

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REPORT TO GOV. DOTY.

His Excellency J. D. Dory, Governor of Wisconsin:

SIR. Having been appointed an agent to negotiate a canal loan, by his excellency Henry Dodge, late Governor of the Territory, under and in pursuance of the act of Feb. 1339 and Feb. 1841, I proceed in the discharge of the duties so imposed on me, and to some extent succeeded in the objects contemplated by the acts authorizing such appointment. I have the honor of submitting to you as the Executive of the Territory, designated by law as having exclusive control over this subject my proceeding under that appointment as the accredited agent of the Executive.

Having prepared a report to be submitted to the Legislature, setting forth at length not only my proceedings relative to the loan, but also