shelter among tice; and further agree, to use all necessary exertions to apprethem, &c. hend and deliver the same to the agent, who shall receive orders to compensate them agreeably to the trouble and expenses incurred.

A commissioner and

appointed.

Art. 8. A commissioner, or commissioners, with a surveysurveyor to be or, shall be appointed, by the president of the United States, to run and mark, (blazing fore and aft the trees) the line as defined in the second article of this treaty, who shall be attended by a chief or warrior, to be designated by a council of their own tribe, and who shall receive, while so employed, a daily compensation of three dollars.

Grounds on

which the objections of the tribes to cer

tain lands are

founded.

Said Indians request the grant in fee simple of certain lands to Col. Humphreys and Steph, Rich

ards.

Art. 9. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and tribes, having objected to their concentration within the limits described in the second article of this treaty, under the impression that the said limits did not contain a sufficient quantity of good land to subsist them, and for no other reason: it is, therefore, expressly understood, between the United States and the aforesaid chiefs and warriors, that should the country embraced in the said limits, upon examination by the Indian agent and the commissioner, or commissioners, to be appointed under the 8th article of this treaty, be by them considered insufficient for the support of the said Indian tribes; then the north line, as defined in the 2d article of this treaty, shall be removed so far north as to embrace a sufficient quantity of good tillable land.

Art. 10. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and tribes, have expressed to the commissioners their unlimited confidence in their agent, Col. Gad Humphreys, and their interpreter, Stephen Richards, and, as an evidence of their gratitude for their services and humane treatment, and brotherly attentions to their wants, request that one mile square, embracing the improvements of Enehe Mathla, at Tallahassee (said improvements to be considered as the centre) be conveyed, in fee simple, as a present to Col. Gad Humphreys. -And they further request, that one mile square, at the Ochesee Bluffs, embracing Stephen Richard's field on said bluffs, be conveyed in fee simple, as a present to said Stephen Richards. The commissioners accord in sentiment with the undersigned chiefs and warriors, and recommend a compliance with their wishes to the president and senate of the United States; but the disapproval, on the part of the said authorities, of this article, shall, in no wise, affect the other articles and stipulations concluded on in this treaty.

In testimony whereof, the commissioners, William P. Duval, James Gadsden, and Bernard Segui, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals. Done at camp, on Moul

trie creek, in the territory of Florida, this eighteenth day
of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-
three, and of the independence of the United States the
forty-eighth.

Whereas Nea Mathla, John Blunt, Tuski Hajo, Mulatto Additional arKing, Emathlochee, and Econchatimico, six of the principal ticle. chiefs of the Florida Indians, and parties to the treaty to which this article has been annexed, have warmly appealed to the commissioners for permission to remain in the district of

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country now inhabited by them; and, in consideration of their friendly disposition, and past services to the United States, it is, therefore, stipulated, between the United States and the aforesaid chiefs, that the following reservations shall be surveyed, and marked by the commissioner, or commissioners, to be appointed under the 8th article of this treaty: For the use of Nea Mathla and his connexions, two miles square, embracing the Tuphulga village, on the waters of Rocky Comfort creek. For Blunt and Tuski Hajo, a reservation, commencing on the Apalachicola, one mile below Tuski Hajo's improvements, running up said river four miles; thence, west, two miles; thence, southerly, to a point two miles due west of the beginning; thence, east, to the beginning point. For Mulatto King and Emathlochee, a reservation, commencing on the Apalachicola, at a point to include Yellow Hair's improvements; thence, up said river, for four miles; thence, west, one mile; thence, southerly, to a point one mile west of the beginning; and thence, east, to the beginning point. For Econchatimico, a reservation, commencing on the Chatahoochie, one mile below Econchatimico's house; thence, up said river, for four miles; thence, one mile, west; thence, southerly, to a point one mile west of the beginning; thence, east, to the beginning point. The United States promise to guarantee the peaceable possession of the said reservations, as defined, to the aforesaid chiefs and their descendants only, so long as they shall continue to occupy, improve, or cultivate, the same; but in the event of the abandonment of all, or either of the reservations, by the chief or chiefs, to whom they have been allotted, the reservation, or reservations, so abandoned, shall revert to the United States, as included in the cession made in the first article of this treaty. It is further understood, that the names of the indivi duals remaining on the reservations aforesaid, shall be furnished, by the chiefs in whose favour the reservations have been made, to the superintendent or agent of Indian affairs, in the territory of Florida; and that no other individuals shall be received or permitted to remain within said reservations, without the previous consent of the superintendent or agent afore said; And, as the aforesaid chiefs are authorized to select the individuals remaining with them, so they shall each be separately held responsible for the peaceable conduct of the towns, or the individuals residing on the reservations allottei them. It is further understood, between the parties, that this agreement is not intended to prohibit the voluntary removal, at any future period, of all or either of the aforesaid chiefs and their connections, to the district of country south, allotted to the Florida Indians, by the second article of this treaty, whenever either, or all may think proper to make such an election; the United States reserving the right of ordering, for any out

rage or misconduct, the aforesaid chiefs, or either of them, with their connections, within the district of country south, aforesaid. It is further stipulated, by the United States, that, of the six thousand dollars, appropriated for implements of husbandry, stock, &c. in the third article of this treaty, eight hundred dollars shall be distributed, in the same manner, among the aforesaid chiefs and their towns; and it is understood, that, of the annual sum of five thousand dollars, to be distributed by the president of the United States, they will receive their pro= portion. It is further stipulated, that, of the four thousand five hundred dollars, and two thousand dollars, provided for by the 5th article of this treaty, for the payment for improvements and transportation, five hundred dollars shall be awarded to Nea Mathla, as a compensation for the improvements abandoned by him, as well as to meet the expenses he will unavoidably be exposed to, by his own removal, and that of his connections.

In testimony whereof, the commissioners, William P. Duval, James Gadsden, and Bernard Segui, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals. Done at camp, on Moultrie creek, in the territory of Florida, this eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twentythree, and of the independence of the United States the forty-eighth.

The following statement shows the number of men retained by the chiefs who have reservations made them, at their respective villages:

Now, therefore, be it known, that I, James Monroe, pres dent of the United States of America, having seen and consdered the said treaty, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the senate, as expressed by their resolution of the twenty-third of last month, accept, ratify, and confirm the same, and every clause and article thereof, with the exception of the tenth article of said treaty.

In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the Unite! States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same wit my hand.

Done at the city of Washington, this second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and of the independence of the United States the forty-eighth.

By the President:

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,

Secretary of State.

JAMES MONROE.

Treaty with the Tetons, Yanctons and Yanctonics.

Admit them

selves within the limits of

CHAPTER XXXII.

Treaty with the Teton, Yancton, and Yanctonies bands of the Sioux Indians.

No. 1. For the purposes of perpetuating the friendship which has heretofore existed, as also to remove all future cause of discussion or dissension, as it respects trade and friendship between the United States and their citizens, and the Teton, Yancton, and Yanctonies bands of the Sioux tribe of In- || dians, the president of the United States of America, by brigadier-general Henry Atkinson, of the United States' army, and major Benjamin O'Fallon, Indian agent, with full powers and authority, specially appointed and com missioned for that purpose, of the one part, and the undersigned chiefs, head men, and warriors of the Teton, Yancton, and Yanctonies bands of the Sioux tribe of Indians, on behalf of said bands or tribe of the other part, have made and entered into the following articles and conditions, which, when ratified by the president of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall be binding on both parties—to wit:

Art. 1. It is admitted by the Teton, Yancton and Yanctonies bands of Sioux Indians, that they reside within the terthe U. S. and ritorial limits of the United States, acknowledge their supremacy, and claim their protection. The said bands also admit U. S. to regu- the right of the United States to regulate all trade and interlate trade with course with them.

under their protection.

them.

U. S. to ex

kindness to

Art. 2. The United States agree to receive the said Teton, tend acts of Yancton, and Yanctonies bands of Sioux Indians into their friendship, and under their protection, and to extend to them, from time to time, such benefits and acts of kindness as may be convenient, and seem just and proper to the president of the United States.

them.