prehend the additional quantity of two hundred thousand acres of Îand, 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 southwestern 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 the 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 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, etc., as approved by the Department of War on the twenty-second 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. ART. 3. The said chiefs and head men 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, head men, 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, etc. etc. 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. G. B. Porter, Commissioner of the U. S. Kausk-kan-no-naive, grizzly bear, his x mark, L. S. L. S. Osh-rosh, the brave, (by his brother fully empowered to act,) L. s. A-ya-mah-ta, fish spawn, his x mark, Osh-ke-e-na-neur, the young man, his x mark, L. S. L. S. Pe-wait-enaw, rain, his x mark, L. S. Che-na-po-mee, one that is looked at, his x mark, L. S. Ko-ma-ni-kin, big wave, his x mark, L. S. Ke-shee-a-quo-teur, the flying cloud, his x mark, L. S. Wain-e-saut, one who arranges the circle, (by his son, Wa his x mark, kee-che-on-a-peur,) his x mark, Ma-concee-wa-be-no-chee, bear's child, his x mark, Wa-bose, the rabbit, his x mark, Shaw-e-no-ge-shick, south sky, his x mark, L. S. Ke-shoh, the sun, (by his son, A-pa-ma-chao, shifting cloud,) L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. Paw-a ko-neur, big soldier, (by his representative, Che-kaw mah-kee-shen,) his x mark, Sealed and delivered, in the presence of George Boyd, U. S. Ind. Agent, Henry S. Baird, Samuel Abbott, Charles A. Grignon, Interpreter, Joshua Boyer, Secretary, James M. Boyd, L. S. R. A. Forsyth, Paymaster U. B. B. Kercheval, Ebenezer Childs. Richard Pricket, his x mark, Interpreter, APPENDIX. To all to whom these presents shall come, the undersigned, chiefs and head men 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 harrassing 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 head men of the said Menominees, and George B. Porter, Governor of Michigan, commissioner especially 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 tirbes 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. G. B. Porter, Commissioner on behalf of the U. S. For, and on behalf of, the Stockbridges and Munsees. John Metoxen, L. S. L. S. For, and on behalf of, the Six Nations and St. Regis tribe. PIANKESHAWS AND WEAS. [CONCLUDED OCTOBER 29, 1832-RATIFIED February 12, 1833. ] Articles of a treaty 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. ART. 1. 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. ART. 2. 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 the 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. ART. 3. 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 merchandise and cash paid at the signing of this treaty, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by said tribe. ART. 4. 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 merchandise, 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. ART. 5. The United States will also support a blacksmith's shop for five years at a convenient place between the lands hereby ceded the 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. |