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TREATY WITH THE SIOUX. Jury 23, 1851. 951 HOA};-shes-dan-wash-tay, (Good Boy,) Tape-ta-tan—ka, (His Big me,) Ee—tay-tcho-ka, (Face int e midst,) Ma- ’pee—ya-h’na·shkan-shkan, (Moving Hay-ha-hen-day—ma-za, (Metal Horn,) Cloud,) Am-pay-too-sha, (Red Day,) Wa-na—pay—a, (The pursuer,) Eesh-ta-humba-koash-ka, (Sleepy Eyes Ee·tcha-shkan—shkan-ma-nee, (Who walks young,) shakin ,) A na-wang-ma-nee, (Who goes galloping Ta—wIa;klan£e·day-ma-za, (His Metal 1 tnin , Ma-lilgiie-wee—tchash-ta, (Cloud man,) Ee-tavEi1oo·ta?()Red Face,) Tan—pa-hee-da, (Sounding Moccasin,) Henok-mar i-yahdinape, (Reappearing Eenk·pa, (the upper end,) Cloud,) Wee-yoa—kee·yay, (Standard,) Tchau-hedaysh-ka-ho-toan-ma-nee, (the Wa-kan·ma-nee, (Walkiiig Spirit,) moving sounding Harp) Ee-tay-sha, (the one that reddens his Ma-zaku-te-mafni, (Metal walks shootace, in , Ta-kia—ghi>.y, (Elk maker,) A—kee-Iciiee-ta, (Standing Soldier.) Signed in presence of Thomas Foster, Secrets . Nathaniel McLean, Indian Agent. Alexander Faribault, Stephen It. Riggs, lliiterpreters. A. S. H. White; Thos. S. Williamson; W. C. Henderson; A. Jackson; James W. Boal; W. G. Le Duc; Alexis Bailly; H. L. Dousman; Hugh Tyler. To the Indian names are subjoined marks. AND WHEREAS the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the twenty-third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, amend the same by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit: IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, June 23d, 1852. Resolved, (two thirds of the Senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the Articles of a Treaty made and concluded at Traverse des Sioux, upon the Minnesota River, in the Territory of Minnesota, on the twenty-third day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, between the United States of America, by Luke Lea, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Alexander Ramsey, Governor and ex-qjicio Superintendent of Indian Affairs in said Territory, Commissioners duly appointed for that purpose, and the See-see-toan and Wah-pay-toan bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians with the following AMENDMENTS : · Strike out the third article of the treaty and add the following sup· ,,,5)§P1°m°"m plemental article. lst. The United States do hereby stipulate to pay the Sioux bands ,,,,,§?Q£,°:£t M of Indians, parties to this treaty, at the rate of ten cents per acre, for the lands included in the reservation provided for in the third article of the treaty as originally agreed upon in the following words: "ARTICLE 3. In part consideration of the foregoing cession, the United States do hereby set apart for the future occupancy and home of the Dakota Indians, parties to this treaty, to be held by them as Indian lands are held, all that tract of country on either side of the Minnesota River, from the western boundary of the lands herein ceded, east, to the 'I`chay·tam-bay River on the north, and to Yellow Medicine River on the south side, to extend, on each side, a distance of not less than ten miles from the general course of said river; the boundaries of said tract to be marked out by as straight lines as practicable, whenever deemed expedient by the President, and in such manner as he shall direct:” which article has been stricken out of the treaty by the Senate, the said pay- ment to be in lieu of said reservation : the amount when ascertained under instructions from the Department of the Interior, to be added to the trust fund provided for in the Fourth article. L,,,,,; to bg set 2d. It is further stipulated, that the President be authorized, with apart forsaidmthe assent of the said bands of Indians, parties to this treaty, and as soon d"‘“S·