"Article 14 The Tuscarora Nation agree to accept the country set apart
for them in the Indian Territory, and to remove there within five years,
and continue to reside there. It is further agreed that the Tuscaroras
shall have their lands in the Indian country, at the forks or the Neasha
River, which shall be so laid off as to secure a sufficient quantity of
timber for the accommodation of the nation. But if on examination, they
are not satisfied with this location, they are to have their lands at
such a place as the President of the United States shall designate. The
United States will pay to the Tuscarora Nation, on their settling at the
west, three thousand dollars, to be disposed of as the chiefs shall deem
most equitable and just.
"Whereas, The said nation owns, in fee simple, five thousand acres of
land lying in Niagara county, in the State of New York, which was
conveyed to the said nation by Henry Dearborn, and they wish to sell and
convey the same before they remove west.
"Now, therefore, in order to have the same done in a legal and proper
way, they hereby convey the same to the United States, and to be held in
trust for them; and they authorize the President to sell and convey the
same, and the money which shall be received for the said lands, exclusive
of the improvement, the President shall invest in safe stock for their
benefit, the income from which shall be paid to the nation at their new
homes annually; and the money which shall be received for improvements on
saidlands shall be paid to the owners of the improvements, when the lands
are sold. The President shall cause the lands to be surveyed, and the
improvements shall be appraised by such persons as the nation shall
appoint; and said lands shall also be appraised, and shall not be sold at
a less price than the appraisal, without the consent of James Cusick,
William Mount Pleasant and William Chew, or the survivor or survivors of
them. And the expenses incurred by the United States in relation to this
trust are to be deducted from the moneys received before investment. 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 Tuscarora Nation of Indians, in the presence and with the approbation
of the commissioner appointed on the part of the United States, to hold a
treaty or convention, all the right, title, interest, and claim of the
Tuscarora Nation to certain lands, by a deed of conveyance, a duplicate
of which is hereunto annexed; and whereas, the consideration money for
said lands has been secured to the said nation to their satisfaction, by
Thomas L. Ogden and Joseph Fellows. Therefore the United States hereby
assent to the said sale and conveyance, and sanction the same.
"Article 15. The United States hereby agree that they will appropriate
the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, to be applied from time to
time, under the direction of the President of the United States, in such
proportions as may be best for the interests of the said Indians, parties
to the treaty, for the following purposes to wit: To aid them in removing
to their new homes, and supporting themselves the first year after their
removal; to encourage and assist them in education, and in being taught
to cultivate their lands, in erecting mills and other necessary houses;
in purchasing domestic animals and farming utensils, and acquiring a
knowledge of the mechanical arts."