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1038 TREATY IVITH THE OTTOES AND MISSOURIAS. MARCH 15, 1854. FRANKLIN PIERCE, March 15, 1854. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: ·ro Am. mn smounan ·ro wuom rumen rnssnurs SHALL coma, emanrxuos Wnnanas, a Treaty was made and concluded at the City of Washington, on the fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- four, by George W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, acting as Commissioner on the part of the United States and the confederate tribes of the Ottoe and Missouria. Indians, which treaty is in the words following, to wit: Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the City of Washington, this fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, by George W. Manypenny, as Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the following named Chiefs of the bonfederate tribes of the Ottoe and Missouria Indians, viz: Ar-ke-kee-tah, or Stay By It; Heh-cah-po, or Kickapoo; Shaw-ka-ha.w—wa, or Medicine Horse; Mi-ar—ke-tah-hun-she, or Big Soldier; Cha·won-a-ke, or Buffalo Chief; Ah-hah·che-ke-saw-ke, or Missouria Chief; and Maw-thra-ti—ne, or White Water; they being thereto du_ly authorized by said confederate tribes. Csssion of Anrionn 1. The confederate tribes of Ottoe and Missouria Indians $dS;gt;g“ Uni' cede to the United States all their country west of the Missouri River, excepting a strip of land on the waters of the Big Blue River, ten miles in width and bounded as follows: Commencing at a point in the middle of the main branch of the Big Blue River, in a west or southwest direction from Old Fort Kearney, at a place called by the Indians the “Islands ;" thence west to the western boundary of the country hereby ceded ; thence in a northerly course with said western boundary, ten miles ; thence east to a point due north of the starting point and ten miles therefrom ; thence to the place of beginning: Provided, That in case the said initial point is not within the limits of the country hereby ceded, or that the western boundary of said country is not distant twenty-five miles or more from the initial point, in either case, there shall he assigned by the United States to said Indians, for their future home, a tract of land not less than ten miles wide by twenty-five miles long, the southeast corner of which tract kmivc f°”h° shall be the initial point above named. And such portion of such tract, if ` any, as shall prove to be outside of the ceded country, shall be and the 5,,, h-(my same is hereby granted and ceded to the confederate tribes of Ottoe and of Dec. 9, 1854, Missouria Indians by the United States, who will have said tract prop°”* P' 1130’ perly set off by durable monuments as soon after the ratification of this instrument, as the same can conveniently be done. Indians to va- ARTICLE 2. The said confederate tribes agree, that as soon after the fxgsthe °°d°d United States shall make the necessary provision for fulfilling the stipu- ' lations of this instrument, as they can conveniently arrange their aifairs, and not to exceed one year after such provision is made, they will vacate the ceded country, and remove to the lands herein reserved for them. Relinquish- Arvrxonn 3. The said confederate tribes relinquish to the United States, mf f°m" all claims, for money or other thing, under former treaties, and all claim which they may have heretofore, at any time, set up, to any land on the