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transact all business concerning the leasing and dividing 

 the said land or lands into equal shares, to each person and 

 family, and they shall be obliged to render a true and just 

 account of all their proceedings, from time to time, to the 

 National Council. 



Art. 8. From the Lines of Property, 1 a certain tract of 

 woodland shall be reserved for the benefit of both parties, 

 to wit : the farmers of the states, and the farmers of the 

 proprietors of the Oneida nation, to prevent any difficul- 

 ties that may arise on either side. 



Art. 4. A tract of land of four miles in breadth, and 

 extending from the Line of Property to the western boun- 

 dary of the Oneida territory, secured by the treaty of 

 Fort Stanwix, shall be rented out for the sole benefit of 

 the said nation : which said land shall stand for a town- 

 ship forever. 



Art. 5. The Oneida territory, (except that which is 

 fixed by treaty), to be rented out must be equally divided 

 into equal shares, to every man, woman and child of the 

 Oneida nation, without any exception. One tract of this 

 said land to remain forever, as a national fund, without 

 any part thereof being alienated : and the revenues, aris- 

 ing from the same, are to defray all public charges that 

 may or shall hereafter accrue. The administration of 

 this said tract, to be ordered and directed by the Chiefs 

 in Council, who shall render a true and just account, 

 twice in every year, to the Grand Assembly of the said 

 nation. 



Art. 6. No man, woman or child, of the said Oneida 

 nation, shall have it in his or her power, to sell one foot 

 of land that shall fall to his or her lot or share, except it 

 be to one of their own nation. All other bargains for 

 such land shall be void and of none effect. 



1 This line agreed upon in a treaty with Sir William Johnson, Nov. 5, 

 1768, commenced on the Tennessee River and ended at Wood Creek. It 

 here extended from the source of the Unadilla river to a point on the 

 creek about seven miles west of Rome. 



