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assigned for this determination, by them, being reported in the journal of the said commissioner, which will be transmitted with this agreement.)

And whereas after failing in the object last stated, the said George B. Porter endeavored to procure the assent of the said chiefs and headmen of the Menominee nation to the best practicable terms short of those proposed by the Senate of the United States; and after much labor and pains, entreaty and persuasion, the said Menominees consented to the following, as the modifications which they would make; and which are reduced to writing, in the form of an agreement, as the best practicable terms which could be obtained from them, short of those proposed by the Senate of the United States, which they had previously positively refused to accede to. And as the modifications so made and desired, have been acceded to by the New York Indians, with a request that the treaty thus modified might be ratified and approved by the President and the Senate of the United States, it is the anxious desire of the Menominees also, that the treaty, with these alterations may be ratified and approved without delay, that they may receive the benefits and advantage secured to them by the several stipulations of the said treaty, of which they have so long been deprived.

The following is the article of agreement made between the said George B. Porter, commissioner on the part of the United States, specially appointed as aforesaid, and the said Menominee nation, through their chiefs and headmen on the part of their nation.

FIRST. The said chiefs and headmen of the Menominee nation of Indians do not object to any of the matters contained in the proviso annexed to the resolution of the Senate of the United States, so far as the same relate to the granting of three townships of land on the east side of Winnebago Lake, to the Stockbridge Munsee and Brothertown tribes; to the valuation and payment for their improvements, &c. (ending with the words " and which lands are to be relinquished by said Indians.") They therefore assent to the same.

SECOND. The said chiefs and headmen of the Menominee nation of Indians, objecting to all the matters contained in the said proviso annexed to the resolution of the Senate of the United States, so far as the same relate to the running of a new line parallel to the south-western boundary line or course of the tract of five hundred thousand acres, described in the first article of the treaty, and set apart for the New York Indians, to commence at a point on the southwestern side of Fox river, and one mile above the Grand Shute, on Fox river, and at a sufficient distance from the said boundary line, as established by the said first article, as shall comprehend the additional quantity of two hundred thousand acres of land, on and along the west side of the Fox river, without including any of the confirmed private land claims, on the Fox river, to compose a part of the five hundred thousand acres intended to be set apart for the Six Nations of the New York Indians and St. Regis tribe, agree in lieu of this proposition, to set off a like quantity of two hundred thousand acres as follows: The said Menominee nation hereby agree to cede for the benefit of the New York Indians along the south western boundary line of the present five hundred thousand acres described in the first article of the treaty as set apart for the New York Indians, a tract of land; bounded as follows. Beginning on the said treaty line, at the old mill dam on Fox river, and thence extending up along Fox river to the little Rapid Croche; from thence running a northwest course three miles; thence on a line running parallel with the several courses of Fox river, and three miles distant from the river, until it will intersect a line, running on a northwest course, commencing at a point one mile above the Grand Shute; thence on a line running northwest, so far as will be necessary to include, between the said last line and the line described as the southwestern boundary line of the

Objects.

Grant of land

to the Stockand Brotherbridge, Munsee town Indians.

Cession of land for New York

Indians.

Boundaries.

Reservation.

Treaty binding when ratified.

Presents.

five hundred thousand acres in the treaty aforesaid, the quantity of two hundred thousand acres; and thence running northeast until it will intersect the line, forming the southwestern boundary line aforesaid; and from thence along the said line to the old mill dam, or place of beginning, containing two hundred thousand acres. Excepting and reserving therefrom the privilege of Charles A. Grignon, for erecting a mill on Apple creek, &c. as approved by the Department of War on the twentysecond day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one and all confirmed private land claims on the Fox river. The lines of the said tract of land so granted to be run, marked and laid off without delay, by a commissioner to be appointed by the President of the United States. And that in exchange for the above, a quantity of land equal to that which is added to the southwestern side shall be taken off from the northeastern side of the said tract, described in that article, on the Oconto creek, to be run, marked and determined by the commissioner to be appointed by the President of the United States, as aforesaid, so that the whole number of acres to be granted to the Six Nations and St. Regis tribe of Indians, shall not exceed the quantity of five hundred thousand acres.

THIRD. The said chiefs and headmen of the Menominee nation agree, that in case the said original treaty, made as aforesaid, and the supplemental articles thereto, be ratified and confirmed at the ensuing session of the Senate of the United States, with the modifications contained in this agreement, that each and every article thereof shall be as binding and obligatory upon the parties respectively, as if they had been sanctioned at the times originally agreed upon.

In consideration of the above voluntary sacrifices of their interest, made by the said Menominee nation, and as evidence of the good feeling of their great father, the President of the United States, the said George B. Porter commissioner as aforesaid, has delivered to the said chiefs, headmen, and the people of the said Menominee nation here assembled, presents in clothing to the amount of one thousand dollars: five hundred bushels of corn, ten barrels of pork, and ten barrels of flour, &c. &c.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, at the Agency House, at Green Bay, this twenty-seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty

two.

Kaush-kau-no-naive, Grizzly Bear,

Osh-rosh, the Brave, (by his brother fully
empowered to act.)

Osh-ke-e-na-neur, the Young Man,
A-ya-mah-ta, Fish Spawn,
Pe-wait-enaw, Rain,

Che-na-po-mee, One that is looked at,
Ko-ma-ni-kin, Big Wave,
Ke-shee-a-quo-teur, the Flying Cloud,
Wain-e-saut, One who arranges the circle,
(by his son, Wa-kec-che-on-a-peur,)

G. B. PORTER,
Commissioner on behalf of the U. S.

Ke-shoh, the Sun (by his son, A-pa-ma-
chao, Shifting Cloud,)
Ma-concee-wa-be-no-chee, Bear's Child,
Wa-bose, the Rabbit,

Shaw-e-no-ge-shick, South Sky,
Ac-ca-mut, the Prophet,
Mas-ka-ma-gee,
Sho-ne-on, Silver,

Maw-baw-so, Pale Color,

Paw-a-ko-neur, Big Soldier, (by his representative, Che-kaw-mah-kee. shen.)

Sealed and delivered, in the presence of, George Boyd, U. S. Indian Agent. Charles A. Grignon, Interpreter. Samuel Abbott. Joshua Boyer, Secretary. James M. Boyd. Richard Prickett, Interpreter. Henry S. Baird. R. A. Forsyth, Paymaster U. S. A. B. B. Kercheval.

Ebenezer Childs.

To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal.

APPENDIX.

To all to whom these presents shall come, the undersigned, Chiefs and Oct. 27, 1832. Headmen of the sundry tribes of New York Indians, (as set forth in the specifications annexed to their signatures,) send greeting:

Whereas a tedious, perplexing and harassing dispute and controversy have long existed between the Menominee nation of Indians and the New York Indians, more particularly known as the Stockbridge, Munsee and Brothertown tribes, the Six Nations and St. Regis tribe. The treaty made between the said Menominee nation, and the United States, and the conditional ratification thereof by the Senate of the United States, being stated and set forth in the within agreement, entered into between the chiefs and headmen of the said Menominees, and George B. Porter, Governor of Michigan, commissioner specially appointed, with instructions referred to in the said agreement. And whereas the undersigned are satisfied, and believe that the best efforts of the said commissioner were directed and used to procure, if practicable, the unconditional assent of the said Menominees to the change proposed by the Senate of the United States in the ratification of the said treaty: but without success. And whereas the undersigned further believe that the terms stated in the within agreement are the best practicable terms, short of those proposed by the Senate of the United States, which could be obtained from the said Menominees; and being asked to signify our acceptance of the modifications proposed as aforesaid by the Menominees, we are compelled, by a sense of duty and propriety to say that we do hereby accept of the same. So far as the tribes to which we belong are concerned, we are perfectly satisfied, that the treaty should be ratified on the terms proposed. by the Menominees. We further believe that the tract of land which the Menominees in the within agreement, are willing to cede, in exchange for an equal quantity on the northeast side of the tract of five hundred thousand acres, contains a sufficient quantity of good land, favorably and advantageously situated, to answer all the wants of the New York Indians, and St. Regis tribe. For the purpose, then, of putting an end to strife, and that we may all sit down in peace and harmony, we thus signify our acceptance of the modifications proposed by the Menominees: and we most respectfully request that the treaty as now modified by the agreement this day entered into with the Menominees, may be ratified and approved by the President and Senate of the United States.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, at the Agency House at Green Bay, this twenty-seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

For and on behalf of the Stockbridges

and Munsees.

John Metoxen,
John W. Quinny,
Austin Quinny,
Jacob Chicks,
Robert Konkopa,
Thos. J. Hendrick,
Benjamin Palmer,
Sampson Medyard,
Capt. Porter,

G. B. PORTER,
Commissioner on behalf of the U. S.

For, and on behalf of the Brothertowns.

William Dick,
Daniel Dick,
Elcanah Dick.

For, and on behalf of the Six Nations

and St. Regis tribe.

Daniel Bread,

John Anthony Brant,

Henry Powles,

Nathaniel Neddy,

Cornelius Stevens,

Thomas Neddy.

Acceptance, on the part of

the tribes interested, of the

modifications proposed by the Menomonies.

Sealed, and delivered, in the presence of George Boyd, U. S. Indian Agent. R. A. Forsyth, Paymaster U. S. A. Charles A. Grignon, Interpreter. Samuel Abbott. Joshua Boyer, Secretary. B. B. Kercheval. Eben. Childs. Henry S. Baird. Peter B. Grignon. Hanson Johnson. James M. Boyd. Richard Pricket, Interpreter.

To the Indian names are subjoined marks.

Proclamation, Feb. 12, 1833.

ARTICLES OF A TREATY

Oct. 29, 1832. Made and concluded at Castor Hill in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, between William Clark, Frank J. Allen, and Nathan Kouns, Commissioners on the part of the United States, of the one part, and the undersigned Chiefs, Warriors and Counsellors, of the Piankeshaw and Wea tribes of Indians, in behalf of their said tribes, of the other part.

Cession to U. S., &c.

Cession by U.S.

Payments to Piankeshaws.

Payments to Weas.

ARTICLE I. The undersigned Chiefs, Warriors, and considerate men, for themselves and their said tribes, for and in consideration of the stipulations hereinafter made, do hereby cede and relinquish to the United States forever, all their right, title and interest to and in lands within the States of Missouri and Illinois-hereby confirming all treaties heretofore made between their respective tribes and the United States, and relinquishing to them all claim to every portion of their lands which may have been ceded by any portion of their said tribes.

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ARTICLE II. The United States cede to the Piankeshaw and Wea tribes, for their permanent residence, two hundred and fifty sections of land within the limits of the survey of the lands set apart for the Piankeshaws, Weas, and Peorias, bounded east by the western boundary line of the State of Missouri for fifteen miles; north, by the southern boundary of the lands assigned to the Shawanoes; west by lands assigned to the Peorias and Kaskaskias, and south by the southern line of the original tract surveyed for the Piankeshaws, Weas and Peorias,said tract being intended to include the present villages of the said Piankeshaws and Weas.

ARTICLE III. As a full equivalent to the said Piankeshaw tribe for their claim for salt annuities, for improvements on the lands they moved from within the State of Missouri, and for horses lost when moving, the United States agree to pay them after the ratification of this treaty, cattle, hogs, and such farming utensils as may be required by said tribe on their land, to the amount of five hundred dollars annually, for five years; -the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars will also be expended in assistance to said tribe in agriculture, and improvements on the land hereby ceded to them, together with the sum of two hundred dollars in merchandize and cash paid at the signing of this treaty, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by said tribe.

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ARTICLE IV. As a full equivalent to the Wea tribe, for the improvements made by them on the lands of the United States which they removed from,-for horses lost in consequence of such removal, and for all other claims which they have preferred, the United States agree to pay them after the ratification of this treaty, cattle, hogs, and farming utensils on their land to the amount of five hundred dollars, together with two hundred dollars this day paid them in cash and merchandize, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. The United States will also afford some assistance to that part of the Wea tribe now residing

in the State of Indiana, to enable them to join the rest of their tribe on the lands hereby assigned them, and will also furnish said portion of the tribe with provisions for one year after their arrival.

ARTICLE V. The United States will also support a blacksmith's shop Blacksmith's for five years at a convenient place between the lands hereby ceded the shop.

said Piankeshaws and Weas, and the lands assigned to the Kaskaskias and Peorias; which shop is to be for the benefit of the said tribes of Piankeshaws, Weas, Peorias, and Kaskaskias, in common.

ARTICLE VI. This treaty to be obligatory on the contracting parties, when ratified by the President and Senate of the United States.

Done at Castor Hill in the county of St. Louis in the State of Missouri, this twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the fifty-seventh.

Weas.

Wa-pon-ke-ah, Swan,
Shin-ga-rea, Diving Duck,

Go-te-goh-pa, Stands by himself.

WM. CLARK,

FRANK J. ALLEN,
NATHAN KOUNS.

Piankeshaws.

Mah-son-shau, Thunder,

Nah-he-comma, To do right.

Signed in presence of Jas. Kennerly, Secretary. A. Shane, U. S. Interpreter. Jacques Mette, U. S. Interpreter. Jesse Elder. Joseph Guion. Baptiste Peoria, Interpreter. Pierre Menard. William Radford, U. S. Navy. G. S. Rousseau, U. S. A. Meriwether Lewis Clark, Lieut. 6th Inf'y.

To the Indian names are subjoined marks.

Treaty binding

when ratified.

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT,

Made and concluded at the Seneca agency, on the head waters of the Cowskin river, this 29th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, by and between Henry L. Ellsworth and John F. Schermerhorn, Commissioners, on behalf of the United States, and the Chiefs and Headmen of the "United Nation" of the Senecas and Shawnee Indians, on behalf of said Tribe or Nation.

Dec. 29, 1832.

Proclamation, March 22, 1833.

Preamble.

WHEREAS certain articles of agreement and convention were concluded at Lewistown, Ohio, on the 20th day of July, A. D. 1831, by Ante, p. 351. and between the United States and the Chiefs and Warriors of the mixed band of the Senecas and Shawnee Indians, residing at or near Lewistown, in the State of Ohio: And whereas, by the 2nd article of said agreement, the United States stipulated and agreed, with said Tribe, in the words following, to wit: "to grant by patent, in fee simple, to them, and their heirs forever, as long as they shall exist as a nation and remain on the same, a tract of land, to contain sixty thousand acres, to be located under the direction of the President of the United States, contiguous to the lands granted to the Senecas of Sandusky, by the treaty made with them at the City of Washington, on the 28th of February 1831, and the Cherokee settlements-the east line of said tract shall be within two miles of the west line of the lands granted to the Senecas

Ante, p. 348.

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