"Article 10. It is agreed with the Senecas that they shall have for
themselves and their friends the Cayugas and Onondagas residing among
them, the easterly part of the tract set apart for the New York Indians,
and to extend so far west as to include one-half section (three hundred
and twenty acres) of land for each soul of the Senecas, Cayugas and
Onondagas residing among them; and if on removing west they find there is
not sufficient timber on this tract for their use, then the President
shall add thereto timber land sufficient for their accommodation and they
agree to remove from the State of New York to their new homes within five
years, and to continue to reside there. And Whereas, At the making of
this treaty, Thomas L. Ogden and Joseph Fellows, the assignees of the
State of Massachusetts have purchased of the Seneca Nation of Indians, in
the presence and with the approbation of the United States Commissioner,
appointed by the United States to hold said treaty or convention, all the
rights, title, interest and claim of the said Seneca Nation to certain
lands by a deed of conveyance, a duplicate of which is hereunto annexed,
and whereas, the consideration money mentioned in said deed, amounting to
two hundred and two thousand dollars, belonging to the Seneca Nation, and
the said nation agrees to receive the same, to be disposed of as follows,
The sum of one hundred thousand dollars to be invested by the President
of the United States in safe stock, for their use, the income of which is
to be paid to them at their new homes annually, and the balance, being
one hundred and two thousand dollars, is to be paid to the owners of the
improvements on lands so deeded according to an appraisement of said
improvements, and a distribution and award of said sum of money among the
owners of said improvement, to be made by appraisers hereafter to be
appointed by the Seneca nation, in the presence of the United States'
Commissioner hereafter to be appointed, to be paid by the United States
to the individuals who are entitled to the same, according to said
appraisal and award, and their severally relinquishing their respective
possessions to the said Ogden and Fellows."