As the receipts from the sales of the lands cannot now be determined, it
is agreed that the whole subject shall be referred to the President of
the United States, who may, from time to time, prescribe how much of the
proceeds thereof shall be paid out to the Ioway people, and the time and
mode of such payment, and also how much shall be invested in safe and
profitable stocks, the principal of which to remain unimpaired, and the
interest to be applied annually for the civilization, education, and
religious culture of the Ioways and such other objects of a beneficial
character as may be proper and essential to their well-being and
prosperity: provided, that if necessary, Congress may, from time to
time, by law, make such regulations in regard to the funds arising from
the sale of said lands, and the application thereof for the benefit of
the Ioways, as may in the wisdom of that body seem just and expedient.
ARTICLE 6
The President may cause the country the Ioways have reserved for their
future home, to be surveyed, at their expense, and in the same way as
the public lands are surveyed, and assign to each person or family such
portion thereof as their industry and ability to manage business affairs
may, in his opinion, render judicious and proper; and Congress may
hereafter provide for the issuing to such persons, patents for the same,
with guards and restrictions for their protection in the possession and
enjoyment thereof.
ARTICLE 7
Appreciating the importance and the benefit derived from the mission
established among them by the board of foreign missions of the
Presbyterian Church, the Ioways hereby grant unto the said board a tract
of three hundred and twenty acres of land, to be so located as to
include the improvements at the mission, and also a tract of one hundred
and sixty acres of timbered land, to be selected by some agent of the
board from the legal subdivisions of the surveyed land; and the
President shall issue a patent or patents for the same, to such person
or persons as said board may direct. They further grant to John B. Roy,
their interpreter, a tract of three hundred and twenty acres of land, to
be selected by him in “Wolf’s Grove,” for which the President shall also
issue a patent.
ARTICLE 8
The debts of Indians contracted in their private dealings as
individuals, whether to traders or otherwise, shall not be paid out of
the general fund.
ARTICLE 9
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