Sept. 27, 1833.

Cession of land to U. S.

Chiefs and head-men parties to treaty.

Moneys to be paid for lands relinquished.

Goods, provisions, &c.

Annuities.

Indians to remove in three

years.

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY,

To the treaty made at Chicago, in the State of Illinois, on the 26th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree, between George B. Porter, Thomas J. V. Owen and William Weatherford, Commissioners on the part of the United States, of the one part, and the United Nation of Chippewa, Ottowa and Potawatamie Indians, of the other part, concluded at the same place on the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, between the said Commissioners on the part of the United States of the one part, and the Chiefs and Head-men of the said United Nation of Indians, residing upon the reservations of land situated in the Territory of Michigan, south of Grand river, of the other part.

ARTICLE 1st-The said chiefs and head-men cede to the United States, all their land situate in the Territory of Michigan south of Grand river, being the reservation at Notawasepe of 4 miles square contained in the 3d clause of the 2d article of the treaty made at Chicago, on the 29th day of August 1821, and the ninety-nine sections of land contained in the treaty made at St. Joseph on the 19th day of Sept. 1827;—and also the tract of land on St. Joseph river opposite the town of Niles, and extending to the line of the State of Indiana, on which the villages of To-pe-ne-bee and Pokagon are situated, supposed to contain about 49 sections.

ARTICLE 2d-In consideration of the above cession, it is hereby agreed that the said chiefs and head-men and their immediate tribes shall be considered as parties to the said treaty to which this is supplementary, and be entitled to participate in all the provisions therein contained, as a part of the United Nation; and further, that there shall be paid by the United States, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars: to be applied as follows.

Ten thousand dollars in addition to the general fund of one hundred thousand dollars, contained in the said treaty to satisfy sundry individuals in behalf of whom reservations were asked which the Commissioners refused to grant; - the manner in which the same is to be paid being set forth in the schedule "A," hereunto annexed.

Twenty-five thousand dollars in addition to the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars contained in the said Treaty, to satisfy the claims made against all composing the United Nation of Indians, which they have admitted to be justly due, and directed to be paid according to Schedule "B," to the Treaty annexed.

Twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid in goods, provisions and horses, in addition to the one hundred thousand dollars contained in the Treaty.

And forty thousand dollars to be paid in annuities of two thousand dollars a year for twenty years, in addition to the two hundred and eighty thousand dollars inserted in the Treaty, and divided into payments of fourteen thousand dollars a year.

ARTICLE 3d-All the Indians residing on the said reservations in Michigan shall remove therefrom within three years from this date,

during which time they shall not be disturbed in their possession, nor in hunting upon the lands as heretofore. In the mean time no interruption shall be offered to the survey and sale of the same by the United States. In case, however, the said Indians shall sooner remove the Government may take immediate possession thereof.

ARTICLE 4th-By the last clause of the 3d article of the treaty of St. Joseph, made on the 27th day of September, 1828, there is granted to Madeline Bertrand, wife of Joseph Bertrand, one section of land; and as the same has not been located it is requested by the said chiefs and head men that it shall be purchased by the United States. It is therefore agreed that the same shall be purchased by the United States, if it can be done for the sum of eight hundred dollars. Also, the reservation in the treaty, concluded at Camp Tippecanoe, dated the 20th of Oct. 1832, to Me-saw-ke-qua and her children, of two sections of land, at Waw-us-kuk's village, shall be considered as a grant in fee simple to the said Me-saw-ke-qua, her heirs and assigns, forever; provided, that no sale of the same shall be valid unless approved by the President of the United States.

The 4th article has been inserted at the request of the said chiefs, and as the individuals named are desirous of accompanying their friends on their removal to the west, it has been assented to by the Commissioners, with the express understanding that the rejection of this article by the President and Senate of the United States shall not vitiate the treaty.

These supplementary articles after the same shall have been ratified by the President and Senate of the United States shall be binding on the contracting parties.

In testimony whereof the said George B. Porter, Thomas J. V. Owen and William Weatherford and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the said United Nation of Indians have hereunto set their hands at Chicago the said day and year.

Ne-see-waw-bee-tuck,

We-saw,

Ne-kaw-nosh-kee,

Wai-saw-o-ko-ne-aw,

Po-ka-gou,

Kai-kaw-tai-mon,

Pe-pe-ah,

Kitchee-bau,

Pee-chee-ko,

Nai-gaw-geucke,

Wag-maw-kan-so,

Mai-go-sai,

Nai-chee-wai,

Aks-puck-sick,

Kaw-kai-mai,

Mans-kai-sick,

Pam-ko-wuck,

No-taw-gai,

Kauk-muck-kisin,

Shay-o-no,

Ash-o-nees,

Mix-i-nee,
Ne-wah-ox-see,
Sauk-e-mau,

Shaw-waw-nuk-wuk,

Mo-rah,

Suk-see,

Quesh-a-wase,

Pat-e-go-to,
Mash-ke-oh-see,
Mo-nase,
Wab-e-kaie,
Shay-oh-new,

Mo-gua-go,

Wee-see-mon,

Mo-so-ben-net,

Kee-o-kum,

Maatch-kee,

Pe-qua-shuc,

A-muwa-noc-sey,

Kau-ke-che-ke-to,

Shaw-waw-nuk-wuk (1st)

In presence of Wm. Lee D. Ewing, Sec. to the Commission. E. A. Brush. Lu ther Rice, Intr. James Conner, Interpreter. Joseph Bertrand, Jur. Interpreter. Geo. Kercheval, sub. Ind. agt. Geo. Bender, Major 5th regt. infy. D. Wilcox, Capt. 5th regt. J. M. Baxley, Capt. 5th Infy. R. A. Forsyth, U. S. A. L. Y. Jameson, Lt. U. S. A. O. K. Smith, Lt. 5th Infy. J. L. Thompson, Lt. 5th Inf. J. Allen, Lt. 5th inf. P. Maxwell, asst. surgeon Ú. S. A. Geo. F. Turner, asst. surn. U. S. Army. B. B. Kercheval. Thomas Forsyth. Daniel Jackson, of New York, J. E. Schwarz, Adjutn. Genl. M. M. Robt. A. Kinzie. G. S. Hubbard. L. M. Taylor. Pierre Menard, fils. Jacob Beeson. Samuel Humes Porter. Edmd. Roberts. Jno. H. Kinzie. Jas. W. Berry. Gabriel Godfroy, jr. Geo. Hunt. A. H. Arndt. Andw. Porter. Isaac Nash. Richard J. Hamilton.

To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal.

SCHEDULE "A,"

Referred to in the Article suplementary to the Treaty, containing the sums payable to Individuals, in lieu of Reservations of Land.

Mary Chandonai

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Charles Chandonai For each of whom R. A. Forsyth is

400

Sept. 27, 1833.

Agreeably to the stipulations contained in the Articles supplementary to the Treaty, there have been purchased and delivered at the request of the Indians, Goods, Provisions and Horses to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars (leaving the balance to be supplied hereafter ten thousand dollars.)

As evidence of the purchase and delivery as aforesaid under the direction of the said Commissioners, and that the whole of the same have been received by the said Indians, the said George B. Porter, Thomas J. V. Owen and William Weatherford, and the undersigned Chiefs and Head-Men on behalf of the said United Nation of Indians have hereunto set their hands the twenty-seventh day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-three.

In presence of Wm. Lee D. Ewing, Secry. to the Commission. R. A. Forsyth, U.S. A. Jno. H. Kinzie. Madn. F. Abbott. Saml. Humes Porter. Joseph Bertrand, Junr. Andw. Porter. J. E. Schwarz, Adtj. Genl. M. M. James Conner, Interprt.

To the Indian names are subjoined marks.

On behalf of the Chiefs and Head men of the United Nation of Indians who signed the treaty to which these articles are supplementary we hereby, in evidence of our concurrence therein, become parties thereto.

And, as since the signing of the treaty a part of the band residing on the reservations in the Territory of Michigan, have requested, on account of their religious creed, permission to remove to the northern part of the peninsula of Michigan, it is agreed that in case of such removal the just proportion of all annuities payable to them under former treaties and that arising from the sale of the reservation on which they now reside shall be paid to them at, L'arbre, Croche.

Witness our hands the said day and year.

Saw-ka-nosh,
Che-che-bin-quay,

Ah-be-te-ke-zhic,

Shab-e-nay,

O-cheep-pwaise,
Maug-e-sett,
Shim-e-nah,
Ke-me-nah-wah.

In the presence of Wm. Lee D. Ewing, Secry to the Commission. Jno. H. Kinzie. Rchd. J. Hamilton. Robert Stuart. R. A. Forsyth, U. S. A. Saml. Humes Porter. J. E. Schwarz, Adjt. Genl. M. M. James Conner, Interpr.

To the Indian names are subjoined marks.

The Commissioners certify that when these supplementary articles were ready for signature, the original paper of which the annexed is a copy was presented by Messrs. Peter and James J. Godfroy, and the due execution of it was made satisfactorily appear to the Commissioners, the subscribing witnesses R A Forsyth and Robert A Kinzie being present.— The Chiefs and Head men present recognizing this as a reservation, it was agreed that it shall be considered in the same light as though the

May 18, 1830.

purport of the instrument had been inserted in the body of the treaty ;with the understanding that the rejection of it by the President and Senate of the United States shall not affect the validity of the treaty.

G. B. PORTER,

TH. J. V. OWEN,

WILLIAM WEATHERFORD.

(Copy of the instrument referred to in the above certificate.-)

Know all men by these presents that we the undersigned Chiefs and Young men of the Potawatamie tribe of Indians living at Na-to-wa-se-pe in the Territory of Michigan, for and in consideration of the friendship and sundry services rendered to us by Peter and James J. Godfroy we do hereby by these presents give, grant, alien, transfer and convey unto the said Godfroys their heirs and assigns forever one entire section of land situate lying and being on our reserve of Na-to-wa-se-pe, in the Territory aforesaid to be located by said Godfroys wherever on said reserve they shall think it more to their advantage and benefit.

It is moreover the wishes of the undersigned Chiefs and Young men as aforesaid, that so soon as there shall be a treaty held between the United States and our said tribe of Pottawatamies, that our great father the President confirm and make good this our grant unto them, the said Godfroys by issuing a patent therefor to them and to their heirs forever.In so doing our great father will accomplish the wishes of his children.

Done at Detroit this eighteenth day of May,A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

In witness whereof we have hereunto signed, sealed and set our hands and seals the day and year last above written.

Signed, scaled and delivered in the presence of us, R. A. Forsyth, Robt. A. Kinzie, G. Godfroy, Witnesses to the signatures of Pierre Morin alias Perish and Wasa-gah. Richard Godfroy. Francis Mouton.

To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal.

Oct. 1, 1834.

THO. J. V. OWEN, Esqr.

U. S. Indian Agent.

Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 1, 1834.

FATHER: Feeling a disposition to comply with the resolution of Senate of the United States, and the views of the Government in relation to an alteration in the boundaries of the country ceded to the United nation of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatamie Indians at the treaty at Chicago in the State of Illinois, concluded on the 26th and 27th days of September 1833:-we therefore propose as the chiefs of the said united nation, and for and on their behalf that we will accept of the following alteration in the boundaries of the said tract of country viz:-Beginning at the mouth of Boyer's river; thence down the Missouri river, to a point thereon; from which a due east line would strike the northwest corner of the State of Missouri; thence along the said east line, to the