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and up the same to a point which shall be thirty-six miles in a direct linefrom the mouth of the said river, thence by a direct line to the point wherethe Fox river (a branch of the Illinois ) leaves the small lake called Sakae-gan, thence down the Fox river to the Illinois river, and down the sameto the Mississippi . And the said tribes, for and in consideration of thefriendship and protection of the United States which is now extendedto them, of the goods (to the value of two thousand two hundred andthirty-four dollars and fifty cents) which are now delivered, and of theannuity hereinafter stipulated to be paid, do hereby cede and relinquishforever to the United States , all the lands included within the above-discribed boundary.

Art. 3. In consideration of the cession and relinquishment of landmade in the preceding article, the United States will deliver to the saidtribes at the town of St. Louis or some other convenient place on theMississippi yearly and every year goods suited to the circumstances ofthe Indians of the value of one thousand dollars (six hundred of whichare intended for the Sacs and four hundred for the Foxes ) reckoningthat value at the first cost of the goods in the city or place in the UnitedStates where they shall be procured. And if the said tribes shall here-after at an annual delivery of the goods aforesaid, desire that a part oftheir annuity should be furnished in domestic animals, implements ofhusbandry and other utensils convenient for them, or in compensationto useful artificers who may reside with or near them, and be employedfor their benefit, the same shall at the subsequent annual delivery befurnished accordingly.

Art. 4. The United States will never interrupt the said tribes in thepossession of the lands which they rightfully claim, but will on the con-trary protect them in the quiet enjoyment of the same against their owncitizens and against all other white persons who may intrude upon them.And the said tribes do hereby engage that they will never sell theirlands or any part thereof to any sovereign power, but the United States ,nor to the citizens or subjects of any other sovereign power, nor to thecitizens of the United States .

Art. 5. Lest the friendship which is now established between theUnited States and the said Indian tribes should be interrupted by themisconduct of individuals, it is hereby agreed that for injuries done byindividuals no private revenge or retaliation shall take place, but, insteadthereof, complaints shall be made by the party injured to the other—bythe said tribes or either of them to the superintendant of Indian affairsor one of his deputies, and by the superintendant or other person ap-pointed by the President, to the chiefs of the said tribes. And it shallbe the duty of the said chiefs upon complaint being made as aforesaidto deliver up the person or persons against whom the complaint is made,to the end that he or they may be punished agreeably to the laws of thestate or territory where the offence may have been committed; and inlike manner if any robery, violence or murder shall be committed onany Indian or Indians belonging to the said tribes or either of them, theperson or persons so offending shall be tried, and if found guilty, pun-ished in the like manner as if the injury had been done to a white man.And it is further agreed, that the chiefs of the said tribes shall, to theutmost of their power exert themselves to recover horses or other pro-perty which may be stolen from any citizen or citizens of the UnitedStates by any individual or individuals of their tribes, and the propertyso recovered shall be forthwith delivered to the superintendant or otherperson authorised to receive it, that it may be restored to the properowner ; and in cases where the exertions of the chiefs shall be ineffectualin recovering the property stolen as aforesaid, if sufficient proof can be

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Goods to bedelivered to theIndian tribes atSt. Louis everyyear.

Indians to besecured in theirpossessions,&c.

Retaliation

restrained.

Offenders onboth sides tobe apprehendedand punished.

Stolen horsesto be restoredto the properowner.