1836. move within one year. ARTICLE II. The said chiefs head men and warriors of the said nation do voluntarily relinquish their possession to the terThe Indians to re- ritory of land aforesaid and promise to remove at their own expense out of the boundaries of the United States and the territories belonging and appertaining thereto within the period of one year from and after the signing of this treaty and never more return to live settle or establish themselves as a nation tribe or community of people within the same. Money, &c. to be paid for cession. An agent of the nation to be ap ARTICLE III. In consideration of the aforesaid cession relinquishment and removal it is agreed that the said United States shall pay to the said nation of Caddo Indians the sums in goods, horses, and money hereinafter mentioned, to wit— Thirty thousand dollars to be paid in goods, and horses, as agreed upon to be delivered on the signing of this treaty. Ten thousand dollars in money to be paid within one year from the first day of September next. Ten thousand dollars, per annum in money for the four years next following so as to make the whole sum paid and payable eighty thousand dollars. ARTICLE IV. It is further agreed that the said Caddo nation pointed by them. of Indians shall have authority to appoint an agent or attorney in fact, resident within the United States for the purpose of receiving for them from the said United States all of the annuities stated in this treaty as the same shall become due to be paid to their said agent or attorney in fact at such place or places within the said United States as shall be agreed on between him and the proper Officer of the Government of the United States. ARTICLE V. This treaty, after the same shall have been ratified and confirmed by the President and Senate of the United States, shall be binding on the contracting parties. In testimony whereof the said Jehiel Brooks Commissiouer as aforesaid and the chiefs head men and warriors of the said nation of Indians have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals at the place and on the day and year above written. Tarshar J. BROOKS [L. S. s.] T. J. HARRISON, Capt. 3d reg't inf. com'g detachment. G. P. FRILE, Bvt. 2d Lieut. 3d reg't U. S. infantry. HENRY QUEEN. JOHN W. EDWARDS, Interpreter. Agreeably to the stipulations in the third article of the treaty there have been purchased at the request of the Caddo Indians and delivered to them goods and horses to the amount of thirty thousand dollars. As evidence of the purchase and delivery as aforesaid, under the direction of the commissioner and that the whole of the same have been received by the said Indians the said commissioner, Jehiel Brooks, and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the whole Caddo nation of Indians have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. J. BROOKS L. S.] [L. S.] his x mark L. S. 1336. 1836. Certain grants made by the In Articles supplementary to the treaty made at the agency house in the Caddo nation and State of Louisiana on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five between Jehiel Brooks Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the Chiefs head men and Warriors of the Caddo nation of Indians concluded at the same place, and on the same day between the said Commissioner on the part of the United States and the Chiefs Head men and Warriors of the said nation of Indians, to wit WHEREAS the said nation of Indians did in the year one thousand eight hundred and one give to one Francois Grappe and to his three sons then born and still living, named Jacques, Dominique and Belthazar, for reasons stated at the time and repeated in a memorial which the said nation addressed to the President of the United States in the month of January last, one league of land to cach, in accordance with the Spanish custom of granting land to individuals. That the chiefs and head men, with the knowledge and approbation of the whole Caddo people did go with the said Francois Grappe, accompanied by a number of white men, who were invited by the said chiefs and head men to be present as witnesses, before the Spanish authority at Natchitoches, and then and there did declare their wishes touching the said donation of land to the said Grappe and his three sons, and did request the same to be written out in form and ratified and confirmed by the proper authorities agreeably to law. And WHEREAS Larkin Edwards has resided for many years to the present time in the Caddo Nation-was a long time their true and faithful interpreter and though poor he has never sent the Red man away from his door hungry. He is now old and unable to support himself by manual labor and since his employment as their interpreter has ceased possesses no adequate means by which to live: Now therefore ARTICLE I. It is agreed that the legal representatives of the dians confirmed. said Francois Grappe deceased and his three sons Jacques, Dominique, and Belthazar Grappe, shall have their right to the said four leagues of land reserved to them and their heirs and assigns for ever. The said land to be taken out of the lands ceded to the United States by the said Caddo Nation of Indians as expressed in the treaty to which this article is supplementary. And the said four leagues of land shall be laid off in one body in the southeast corner of their lands ceded as aforesaid, and bounded by the Red river four leagues and by the Pascagoula bayou one league, running back for quantity from each, so as to contain four square leagues of land, in conformity with the bounda ries established and expressed in the original Deed of Gift made by the said Caddo nation of Indians to the said Francois Grappe and his three sons Jacques, Dominique, and Belthazar Grappe. ARTICLE II. And it is further agreed that there shall be reserved to Larkin Edwards his heirs and assigns for ever one section of land to be selected out of the lands ceded to the United States by the said nation of Indians as expressed in the treaty to which this article is supplementary in any part thereof not otherwise appropriated by the provisions contained in these supplementary articles. ARTICLE III. These supplementary articles, or either of them, after the same shall have been ratified and confirmed by the President and Senate of the United States, shall be binding on the contracting parties otherwise to be void and of no effect upon the validity of the original treaty to which they are supplementary. In testimony whereof the said Jehiel Brooks Commissioner as aforesaid and the Chiefs Head men and Warriors of the said nation of Indians have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals at the place and on the day and year above written. Tarshar J. BROOKS [L. S. 1836. L. S. In presence of HENRY QUeen. JOHN W. EDWARDS, Interpreter. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN, That I, ANDREW JACKSON, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said treaty, do, by and with the advice and consent 1836. of the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of the twentysixth of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, accept, ratify, and confirm the same, and every clause and article thereof. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same with my hand. DONE, at the City of Washington, this second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and of [1. s.] the independence of the United States, the sixtieth. By the President: Secretary of State. ANDREW JACKSON. ANDREW JACKSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, To all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting: WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded between the United States of America, and the Comanche and Witchetaw Indians, and their associated bands, at Camp Holmes, on the eastern border of the Grand Prairie, near the Canadian river, in the Muscogee nation, the 24th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Which treaty is in the words following, to wit: For the purpose of establishing and perpetuating peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Comanche and Witchetaw nations, and their associated bands or tribes of Indians, and between these nations or tribes, and the Cherokee Muscogee, Choctaw, Osage, Seneca and Quapaw nations or tribes of Indians, the President of the United States has, to accomplish this desirable object, and to aid therein, appointed Governor M. Stokes, M. Arbuckle Brigdi Genl United States army, and F. W. Armstrong, Actg Supdt Western Territory, commissioners on the part of the United States: and the said Governor M. Stokes and M. Arbuckle, Brigdi Genl United States army, with the chiefs and representatives of the Cherokee, Muscogee, Choctaw, Osage, Seneca, and Quapaw nations or tribes of Indians, have met the chiefs, warriors, and representatives of the tribes first above named at Camp Holmes, on the eastern border of the Grand Prairie, near the Canadian river, in the Muscogee nation, and after full deliberation, the said nations or tribes have agreed with the United States, and with one another upon the following articles: ARTICLE 1. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizens of the United States of America, and all |