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TREATY WITH THE POTTAWATOMIE INDIANS. FEB. 27, 1867. 531 Treaty between the United States of America and the Pottawatomie Tribe of Indians. Ooncluded February 27, 1867; Ratification advised, with Amendments, July 25, 1868; Amendments accepted August 4, 1868; Procluimed August 7, 1868. ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, T0 su. Ann smoumn ro wuom mess: rnssnms sun:. coun, enum-mo: F.,b,q1,1ss7, Wumnnas a treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washington, pmciammon, in the District of Columbia, on the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by and between Lewis V. Bogy, W. H. Watson, Thomas Murphy, and L. R. Palmer, commissioners on the part of the United States, and Mazhee, Mianco, Sbawgwe, B. H. Bertrand, J. N. Bourassa, M. B. Beaubien, L. H. Ogee,_and George L. Young, of the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: Articles of agreement concluded at Washington, D. C., on the twenty- Contracting seventh day of February, 1867, between the United States, repre- P°”i°°· sented by Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, W. H. Watson, Special Commissioner, Thos. Murphy, Sup’t of Indian Affairs for Kansas, and Luther R. Palmer, U. S. Indian Agent, duly authorized, and the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, represented. by their chiefs, braves, and headmen, to wit: Mazhee, Mianco, Shawgwe, B. II. Bertrand, J. N. Bourassa, M. B. Beaubien, L. H. Ogee, aud G. L. Young. Whereas the Pottawatomies believe that it is for the interest of their $¤<>1>¤•#.p·536- tribe that a home should be secured for them in the “Indian country " south of Kansas, while there is yet an opportunity for the selection of a. suitable reservation ; and whereas the tribe has the means of purchasing such reservation from funds due and to become due under the provisions of previous treaties, without interfering with the exclusive rights of those of their people who hold their lands in common: Now, therefore, it is a.greed— Anrrcmt I. It being the intention of the government that a commis— Commission sion shall visit the Indian country as soon as practicable after the ratifi— l`;g‘;T° “ r°"°"' cation of the treaties contemplating the removal of certain tribes from Kansas, accompanied by delegates from the several tribes proposing to remove, it is agreed that a delegation of the Pottawatomies may accompany said commission in order to select, if possible, a suitable location for their people without interfering with the locations made for other Indians; and if such location shall be found satisfactory to the Pottawatomies, Extent of resand approved by the Secretary of the Interior, such tract of land, not °“’**“°“· exceeding thirty miles square, shall be set apart as a reservation for the exclusive use and occupancy of that tribe; and upon the survey of its lines and boundaries, and ascertaining of its area, and payment to the United States for the same, as hereinafter mentioned and set forth, the said tract shall be patented to the Pottawatomie nation: Provided, That P¤>Vl¤°· if the said Potrawatomies shall prefer to selecta new home among the Cherokees, by agreement with the said Cherokees for a price within the