In consideration of the cessions and relinquishments made in the first,
second, and third articles of this Treaty, the United States agree to
pay to the Sacs, three thousand dollars,—and to the Foxes three thousand
dollars; To the Sioux of the Mississippi two thousand dollars;—To the
Yancton and Santie Bands of Sioux three thousand dollars;—To the Omahas,
two thousand five hundred dollars;—To the Ioways two thousand five
hundred dollars;—To the Ottoes and Missourias two thousand five hundred
dollars, and to the Sacs of the Missouri River five hundred dollars; to
be paid annually for ten successive years at such place, or places on
the Mississippi or Missouri, as may be most convenient to said Tribes,
either in money, merchandise, or domestic animals, at their option; and
when said annuities or any portion of them shall be paid in merchandise,
the same is to be delivered to them at the first cost of the goods at
St. Louis free of transportation. And the United States further agree to
make to the said tribes and Bands, the following allowances for the
period of ten years, and as long thereafter as the President of the
United States may think necessary and proper, in addition to the sums
herein before stipulated to be paid them; that is to say; To the Bands
of the Sioux mentioned in the third article, one Blacksmith at the
expense of the United States, and the necessary tools; also instruments
for agricultural purposes, and iron and steel to the amount of seven
hundred dollars;—To the Yancton and Santie Bands of Sioux, one
Blacksmith at the expense of the United States, and the necessary tools,
also instruments for agricultural purposes to the amount of four hundred
dollars;—To the Omahas one Blacksmith at the expense of the United
States, and the necessary tools, also instruments for agricultural
purposes to the amount of five hundred dollars;—To the Ioways an
assistant Blacksmith at the expense of the United States, also
instruments for agricultural purposes to the amount of six hundred
dollars;—To the Ottoes and Missourias one Blacksmith at the expense of
the United States, and the necessary tools, also instruments for
agricultural purposes to the amount of five hundred dollars; and to the
Sacs of the Missouri River, one Blacksmith at the expense of the United
States and the necessary tools; also instruments for agricultural
purposes to the amount of two hundred dollars.
ARTICLE X
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