ARTICLES OF A TREATY March26, 1836. Made and concluded at camp in Turkey Creek Prairie, in the
State of Lzdiana, between Abel O. Pepper commissioner of the
June 4. 1836- Unite States and Mes-quaw-buck, a 0h1g" if the Pottawatamy tribe of Indians and his band, on twenty-six-th day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six-. cmiimofisnd Am. 1. The above named chief and his band hereby cede to the W U· S- United States the four sections of land reserved for them by the second article of the treaty between the United States and the Pottawatamy Ante, p. 399. Indians, on Tippecanoe river on the twenty-seventh day of October 1832. piiymmi Am. 2. In consideration of the cession aforesaid the United States lhervfor- stipulate to pay the above named chief and his band the sum of twenty- tive hundred and sixty dollars in specie at the next payment of annuity after the ratification of this treaty. Expenses of Am. 3. The United States stipulate to provide for the payment of the
tas? ig be necessary expenses attending the making and concluding this treaty.
Indinlnn in i.n_ Ama 4. The above named chief and his band agree to yield peacemove within able possession of the above sections of land and remove to the country "'° Y°"’· west of the Mississippi provided for the Pottawatamy nation by the United States, within two years from this date. Tim,. binding Am. 5. This treaty shall be binding upon both parties from the date when ratified. of its ratification by the President and Senate of the United States. piovisinn in Anr. 6. Whereas, Henry Ossum has lived many years on the lands f¤v¤r Of Henry of the above named chief and his band-has furnished them with provi- 0”“m· sion and blankets when they were poor and destitute——has made valuable improvements on the said land, and whereas, the said chief and his band acknowledge themselves to be justly indebted to the said Henry Ossum in the sum of three thousand dollars, it is hereby stipulated that from the cession aforesaid a reservation of two of the above four sections is made for Henry Ossum to be patented to him by the United States, the said reserve is to include Ossums improvement on which he now lives and Mis-quaw-bucks village. If this article shall be ratified by the President and Senate of the United States, then twelve hundred and eighty dollars of the above consideration shall be withheld from the aforesaid chief and his band in the payment for the cession aforesaid; but if this article of the treaty shall not be approved and ratified by the President and Senate of the United States, it is expressly understood that the rejection thereof shall not viciate or make void any other article or stipulation of the above treaty."" In testimony whereof the said A. C. Pepper commissioner on the part of the United States, and the above named chief and head men for themselves and their band, have hereunto subscribed their names, the day and year above written. A. C. PEPPER.
- This article (Art. 6) was not ratified.
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