ART. 6. This treaty to be obligatory on the contracting parties, when ratified by the President and Senate of the United States. Done at Castor Hill, in the county of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, this twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and of the independence of the United States the fifty-seventh. Wm. Clark, Frank J. Allen, WEAS. Wa-pon-ke-ah, swan, his x mark, PIANKESHAWS. Mah-son-shau, thunder, his x mark, James Kemmly, Secretary, Baptiste Peoria, his x mark, In- Pierre Menard, William Radford, U. S. Navy, SENECAS AND SHAWNEES. [CONCLUDED DECEMBER 29, 1832-ratified maRCH 22, 1833.] Articles of agreement, made and concluded at the Seneca agency, on the head waters of the Cowskin river, this 29th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, by and between Henry L. Ellsworth and John F. Schermerhorn, commissioners on behalf of the United States, and the chiefs and head men of the "United Nation" of the Senecas and Shawnee Indians, on behalf of said tribe or nation. Whereas, certain articles of agreement and convention were concluded at Lewistown, Ohio, on the 20th day of July, A. D. 1831, by and between the United States and the chiefs and warriors of the mixed band of the Senecas and Shawnee Indians, residing at or near Lewistown, in the State of Ohio: And whereas, by the 2d article of said agreement, the United States stipulated and agreed, with said tribe, in the words following, to wit: "to grant by patent, in fee simple, to them, and their heirs forever, as long as they shall exist as a nation and remain on the same, a tract of land, to contain sixty thousand acres, to be located under the direction of the President of the United States, contiguous to the lands granted to the Senecas and Sandusky, by the treaty made with them at the City of Washington, on the 28th of February, 1831, and the Cherokee settlements-the east line of said tract shall be within two miles of the west line of the lands granted to the Senecas of Sandusky; and the south line shall be within two miles of the north line of the lands held by the Cherokees-and said two miles between the aforesaid lines, shall serve as a common pass-way between the beforementioned tribes, to prevent them from intruding upon the lands of each other." And the treaty aforesaid was ratified and confirmed by the President and Senate of the United States, on the 6th day of April, A. D. 1832: And whereas, the said mixed band of Senecas and Shawnees removed from their homes in Ohio to settle upon the lands assigned them west of the Mississippi, in pursuance of the provisions and stipulations of the treaty aforesaid: And whereas, the said Senecas from Sandusky, and the mixed band of Senecas and Shawnees, have lately formed a confederacy, and have expressed their anxiety to unite as one tribe or nation, to be called the "United Nation of Senecas and Shawnees," to occupy their land as tenants in common; and have the whole of the country provided for them by the United States located on the east side of Ne-o-sho or Grand river, which runs through and now divides the same: For the purpose of affording a more convenient and satisfactory location to said United Nation, the parties aforesaid do, therefore, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: ART. 1. The United Tribe of Senecas and Shawnee Indians do hereby cede, relinquish, and forever quit claim to the United States, all the land granted to them on the west side of Ne-o-sho or Grand river, by treaties made respectively with the Senecas of Sandusky, and the mixed band of Senecas and Shawnees of Lewistown, Ohio, on the 20th day of July, 1831, and on the 28th day of February, 1831. ART. 2. In consideration of said lands, described and ceded as aforesaid, the United States will grant, by letters patent, to the tribe or nation of Indians aforesaid, in manner as hereinafter mentioned, the following tract of land lying on the east side of Ne-osho or Grand river, viz: Bounded on the east by the west line of the State of Missouri; south, by the present established line of the Cherokee Indians; west, by Ne-o-sho or Grand river; and north, by a line running parallel with said south line, and extending so far from the present north line of the Seneca Indians from Sandusky, as to contain sixty thousand acres, exclusive of the land now owned by said Seneca Indians, which said boundaries include, however, all the land heretofore granted said Senecas of Sandusky, on the east side of Grand river. And the United States will grant said tract of land, by two letters patent; the north half, in quantity, to be granted to the mixed band of the Senecas and Shawnees of Ohio, and the south half to the Senecas from Sandusky, aforesaid: the whole to be occupied in common, so long as the said tribes or bands shall desire the same. The said patents shall be granted in fee simple; but the lands shall not be sold or ceded without the consent of the United States. ART. 3. The United States, at the request of said "United Nation," agree to erect immediately a grist mill, a saw mill, and a blacksmith's shop, and furnish the necessary tools and machinery in anticipation of a re-imbursement from sales of land, ceded to the United States by the treaties aforesaid, of 28th of February, 1831, and July 20th, 1831, and so far in fulfilment of the same. ART. 4. The United Nation of Senecas and Shawnees having presented a claim for money advanced by them for forage while removing to their new homes in the west, and for horses and other property lost on the journey, the United States, in order to a final settlement of such claim, agree to pay one thousand dollars, as follows, viz: six hundred dollars to the Seneca tribe of Indians from Sandusky; and the sum of four hundred dollars to the Senecas and Shawnees from Lewistown, Ohio, to be distributed by their respective tribes among the claimants, as they may deem just and equitable; and to be received by them in full payment and satisfaction of all the claims aforesaid. ART. 5. Nothing in these articles of agreement shall be construed to affect the respective rights of the Seneca tribe of Indians from Sandusky, and the Senecas and Shawnees from Lewistown, Ohio, as secured by existing treaties, except so far as said treaties are inconsistent with the provisions of the articles aforesaid. ART. 6. This agreement or treaty shall be binding and obligatory upon the contracting parties from and after its ratification by the President and Senate of the United States. In testimony whereof, the said Henry L. Ellsworth and John F. Schermerhorn, commissioners, and the chiefs and head men of the United Nation of Seneca and Shawnee Indians, have hereunto signed their names and affixed their seals, on the day and year above written. Henry L. Ellsworth, John F. Schermerhorn, L. S. L. S. SENECA Comstick, (first chief Seneca nation,) his x mark, L. s. CHIEFS, Seneca Steel, his x mark, L. S. Small Cloud Spicer, his x mark, L. S. George Curly Hair, his x mark, L. S. Tall Chief, his x mark, L. S. Captain Good Hunter, his x mark, L. S. Hard Hickory, his x mark, Joseph Smith, his x mark, Captain Smith, his x mark, CHIEFS OF MIXED BAND, Me-tho-mea, or Civil John, (first chief Senecas and Shawnees,) his x mark, Civil John's son, his x mark, L. S. L. S. L. S. S. L. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. Yankee Bill, his x mark, Big Ash, his x mark, Civil John's young son, his x mark, Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of us : S. C. Stambaugh, Secretary to Commissioners, St. John F. Sane, Indian Agent, Wm. Young, George Herron, Seneca Interpreter, Baptiste Peoria, Shawnee Interpreter. CHEROKEES. [CONCLUDED FEBRUARY 14, 1833—RATIFIED APRIL 12, 1834.] Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at fort Gibson, on the Arkansas river on the 14th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, by and between Montfort Stokes, Henry L. Ellsworth, and John F. Schermerhorn, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the Cherokee nation of Indians west of the Mississippi, they being duly authorized and empowered by their nation. Whereas, articles of convention were concluded at the city of Washington, on the sixth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, between James Barbour, Secretary of War, being specially authorized therefor by the President of the United States, and the chiefs and head men of the Cherokee nation of Indians west of the Mississippi, which articles of convention were duly ratified. And whereas, it was agreed by the second article of said convention as follows: "That the United States agree to possess the Cherokees, and to guaranty it to them forever, and that guarantee is solemnly pledged, of seven millions of acres of land, said land to be bounded as follows, viz: commencing at a point on Arkansas river, where the eastern Choctaw boundary line strikes said river, and running thence with the western line of Arkansas territory to the southwest corner of Missouri, and thence with the western boundary line of Missouri till it crosses the waters of Neasho, generally called Grand river, thence due west, to a point from which a due south course will strike the present northwest corner of Arkansas territory, thence continuing due south on and with the present boundary line on the west of said territory, to the main branch of Arkansas river, thence down said river to its junction with the Canadian, and thence up, and between said rivers, Arkansas and Canadian, to a point at which a line running north and south, from river to river, will give the aforesaid seven millions of acres, thus provided for and bounded. The United States further guaranty to the Cherokee nation a perpetual outlet west, and a free and unmolested use of all the country lying west of the western boundary of the above described limits; and as far west as the sovereignty of the United States and their right of soil extend. And whereas, there was to said articles of convention and agreement, the following proviso, viz: "Provided nevertheless, that said convention shall not be so construed as to extend the northern boundary of said perpetual outlet west, provided for and guarantied in the second article of said convention, north of the thirtysixth degree of north latitude, or so as to interfere with the lands assigned, or to be assigned, west of the Mississippi river, to the Creek Indians who have emigrated, or may emigrate, from the States of Georgia and Alabama, under the provision of any treaty, or treaties, heretofore concluded between the United States and the Creek tribe of Indians-and provided further, that nothing in said convention shall be construed to cede, or assign, to the Cherokees any lands heretofore ceded, or assigned, to any tribe or tribes of Indians, by any treaty now existing and in force, with any such tribe or tribes." And whereas, it appears from the Creek treaty, made with the United States, by the Creek nation, dated twenty-fourth day of January, eighteen hundred and twentysix, at the city of Washington; that they had the right to select, and did select, a part of the country described within the boundaries mentioned above in said Cherokee articles of agreement-and whereas, both the Cherokee and Creek nations of Indians west of the Mississippi, anxious to have their boundaries settled in an amicable manner, have met each other in council, and, after full deliberation, mutually agreed upon the boundary lines between them-Now, therefore, the United States on one part, and the |