5l’4 TREATY WITH THE POTTAWATIIVIIES. 1836. In testimony whereof, the said Abel C. Pepper, commissioner as aforesaid, and the said chiefs and headmen and their band have hereunto set their hands this twentieth day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six. ABEL C. PEPPER. Wa-we-sah, or To·i-sa’s brother, Min-tom-in, Me-mot-way, Shaw-gwok-skuk, Che-quaw-ka-ko, Mee-kiss, or Kawk’s widow. Wrrunssss :-J. B.Duret,Secty. Allen Hamilton. Cyrus Taber. Geo. W. Ewing. James Moree. Abram Burnett. To the Indian names are subjoinad marks. ARTICLES OF A TREATY s,,p,_ Q2, 1g3S_ Mide and concluded at Chippewanaung-—in the State mf Indiana
between A. C. Pepper, commissioner on the part if the United
Feb, ie, 1837,, States and DIo—sach, chief of the Potawattimie tribe of Indians and his band, on the twentysecond day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six. Land ceded Am. l. The above-named chief and his band hereby cede to the to the U. S. United States four sections of land reserved for him and his band by the 2nd article of the treaty between the United States, and the Potawattimie Ante, p. 399. tribe of Indians, on Tippecanoe river, on the 27th day of October, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Pa ment Am`. 2nd. In consideration of the cession aforesaid, the United States V . . . therefor- stipulate to pay the above-named chief and his band the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars, on or before the first of May next. Indians to re- ART. 3d. The above—named chief and his agree to remove to move Wnnin the country west of the Mississippi river provided for the Potawattimie "'v° Y""' nation by the United States within two years. Payment of Am. 4. At the request of the above-named chief and his band, it is Indian dsbw- stipulated that after the ratification of this treaty the United States shall appoint a commissioner who shall be authorized to pay such debts of the said band as may be proved to his satisfaction to be just, to be deducted from the amount stipulated in the second article of this treaty. U. S. to pay Aivr. 5. The United States stipulate to provide for the payment of
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Treaty binding Am. 6. This treaty after the same shall be ratified by the President “’h°“ ““‘H€d· and Senate of the United States, shall be binding upon both parties. In testimony whereoi the said A. C. Pepper, commissioner as aforesaid, and the said chief and his baud, have hereunto set their hands, the day and year first above written. A. C. PEPPER, Commissioner. Mo-sack, Spc-tee, Nawb-bwitt, Naw-squi-base, Skimcheesh, Moss-so. Wrrsrzssns :-J. B. Duret, Secty. Geo. W. Ewing. Andrew Gosselin. Bennack. To the Indian names are suhioined marks.
