June 20. 1866. except as is provided in article 11. Which is this: ARTicLE XI. The stipulations of this treaty are to be a full settlement of all claims of said Creek Nation for damages and losses of every kind growing out of the late rebellion and all expenditures by the United States of annuities in clothing and feeding refugee and destitute Indians since the diversion of annuities for that purpose consequent uon the late war with the socalled Confederate States. and the Creeks hereby ratiy and confirm all such diversions of annuities heretofore made from thefunds of the Creek Nation by the United States. and the United States agree that no annuities shall be diverted from the objects for which they were originally devoted by treaty stipulations with the Creeks. to the use of refugee and dostittte Indians ether than the Creeks or members of the Creek Nation after the close of the present fiscal year. June 30. 1866. So that if it is the opinion of the Senate that by the term 1 annuities due thie Creek Nation" wasmeant this ornhan fund to individuals. there is ground for the argument of the Senators from Minnesota and from Ohio.