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retain possession of the Fort Gibson military reservation until aban- 
doned, when it shall revert to the Cherokees. The United States re- 
serve the right to establish post and military roads and forts in any 
part of the Cherokee country. 
4, The United States agree to extinguish for the Cherokees the Osage 
half-breed titles to reservations under the treaty of 1825 for the sum of 
$15,000. The United States agree to pay to the American Board of Com- 
missioners for Foreign Missions the appraised value of their improve- 
ments at Union and Harmony missions. 
5. The United States agree that. the land herein guaranteed to the 
Cherokees shall never, without their consent, be included within the 
limits or jurisdiction of any State or Territory. The United States 
also agree to secure them the right to make and carry into effect such 
laws as they deem necessary, provided they shall not be inconsistent 
with the Constitution of the United States and such acts of Congress 
as provide for the regulation of trade and intercourse with the Indian 
tribes; and provided also they shall not affect such citizens and army 
of the United States as may travel or reside in the Indian country by 
permission granted under the laws or regulations thereof. 
6. Perpetual peace shall exist between the United States and the 
Cherokees. The United States shall protect the Cherokees from domestic 
strife, foreign enemies, and from war with other tribes, as well as from 
the unlawful intrusion of citizens of the United States. The Cherokees 
shall endeavor to maintain peace among themselves and with their 
neighbors. 
7. The Cherokees shall be entitled to a delegate in the United States 
House of Representatives whenever Congress shall make provision for 
the same. 
5. The United States agree to remove the Cherokees to their new home 
and to provide them with one year’s subsistence thereafter. Those de- 
siring to remove themselves shall be allowed a commutation of $20 per 
head therefor, and, if they prefer it, a commutation of $334 per head in 
lieu of the one year’s promised subsistence. Cherokees residing outside 
the limits of the nation who shall remove within two years to the new 
Cherokee country shall be entitled to the same allowances as others. 
9, The United States agree to make an appraisement of the value of 
all Cherokee improvements and ferries. The just debts of the Indians 
shall be paid out of any moneys due them for improvements and claims, 
The Indians shall be furnished with sufficient funds for their removal, 
and the balance of their dues shall be paid them at the Cherokee Agency 
west of the Mississippi. Missionary establishments shall be appraised 
and the value paid to the treasurers of the societies by whom they were 
established. 
10. The President of the United States shall invest in good interest- 
paying stocks the following sums for the benetit of the Cherokee peo 
ple, the interest thereon only to be expended: $200,000, in addition to 
