Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora IndiansJohnson, Elias
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Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians
Johnson, Elias
Iroquois Indians; Tuscarora Indians
"It is further expressly understood and agreed that the rejection, by the
President and Senate, of the provisions thereof, applicable to one tribe
or distant branch of a tribe shall not be construed to invalidate as to
others; but as to them, it shall be binding and remain in full force and
effect.
"Article 8. It is stipulated and agreed that the accounts of the
commissioner and expenses incurred by him in holding a council with the
New York Indians, and concluding treaties at Green Bay and Duck Creek in
Wisconsin, and in the State of New York in 1836, and those for the
exploring party of the present treaty, shall be allowed and settled
according to former precedents."
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE ST. REGIS.
"Article 9. It is agreed with the American party of the St. Regis
Indians, that the United States will pay to the said tribe, on their
removal west, or at such time as the President shall appoint, the sum of
five thousand dollars, as a remuneration for moneys laid out by the said
tribe and services rendered by their chiefs and agents in securing the
title to the Green Bay lands, and in removal to the same, to be
apportioned out to the several claimants by the chiefs of the said party,
and a United States commissioner, as may be deemed by them equitable and
just. If is further agreed that the following reservation of land shall
be made to the Rev. Eleazar Williams of said tribe, which he claims in
his own right and that of his wife, which he is to hold in fee simple by
patent from the President, with full power and authority to sell and
dispose of the same, to-wit. Beginning at a point in the west bank of the
Fox River, thirteen chains above the old mill-dam at the rapids of the
little Kockalin, thence north fifty-two degrees and thirty minutes west,
two hundred and forty chains, thence north thirty-seven degrees and
thirty minutes east, two hundred chains, thence south fifty-two degrees
and thirty minutes east, two hundred and forty chains to the bank of the
Fox river, thence up along the bank of the Fox river to the place of
beginning."
SPECIAL PROVISION FOR THE SENECAS.
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