Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-06-13

A"h'iDbNr VI THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO all and singular, TO whom these
Presents shall come, greeting:
Whereas, a Treaty between the
United States of America, and the tribe
of Kickapoos of the Vermillion, was
made and concluded, at Fort Harrison,
on the thirtieth day of August, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen, by Commits
sioner on the part of the said United
States, and certain Chiefs, Warriors, and
head men, of the tribe aforesaid, on the
part and in behalf of the said tribe /;
which Treaty is in the words following,
to wit:
A treaty made and concluded by
Benjamin Parke, commissioner on the
part of the United States of America, of
the one part, and the Chiefs, Warriors,
and head men, of the tribe of KickapooS
OF the Vermillion, of the other part.
article l. The Chiefs, Warriors, and
head men, of the said tribe, agree to
cede and hereby relinquish to the United
States, all the lands which the said tribe
has heretofore possessed, or which they
may rightfully claim, on the Wabash
river, or any of its waters.
.6rticle Q. And to the end that the
United States may be enabled to fix
with the other Indian tribes boundary
between their respective claims, the
Chiefs, Warriors, and head men, of the
said tribe, do hereby declare, that their
rightful claim is as follows, viz begin
ming at the north west corner of the
Vincennes tract; thence, westwardly,
by the boundary established by treaty
with the Piankeshaws, on the thirtietll
day of December, eighteen hundred and
five, to the dividing ridge between the
waters of the Embarras and the Little
Wabash; thence, by the said ridge, to
the source of the Vermilliop river;
thence, by the same ridge, to the head
ofPine creek thence, by the said creek,
to the Wabash river; thence, by the
said river, to the mouth of the Vermil-
lion river; and thence, by the Vermil-
lion and the boundary heretofore estab-
lished, to the place of beginning.
article 8. The said Chiefs, Warriors,
and head men, of the said tribe, agree to
relinquish, and they do hereby exonerate
and discharge the United States from
the annuity of 1000 dollars, to which
they are now entitled. In considerations
whereof, and Of the cession hereby made,
| the United States agree to pay the said
tribe, two thousand dollars annually, IN
specie, for ten years, which, together
with three thousand dollars now deliver
ed, is to be considered full compen,
sation for the cession hereby made, as
also of ali annuities, or other claims of
the said tribe against the United States,
by virtue of any treaty with the said
United States.
article 4. As the said tribe contem-
plate removing from the country they
now occupy, the annuity herein pro-
vided for shall be paid at such place as
may be hereafter agreed upon between
the United States and said tribe.
article S. This treaty after the same
shall be ratified by the President and
Senate of the United States shall be-
binding on the contracting parties.
In testimony whereof, the said Benja-
min Parke, Commissioner as afore-
said, and the Chiefs, Warriors, and
head men, of the said tribe, have
hereunto set their hands, at Fort
Harrison, the thirtieth day OF Au-
gust, in the year eighteen hundred
and nineteen.
b. PARKE,
Wagohaw, his x mark
Tecumcena, his mark
Kaahna, his mark
Macacanaw, his mark
La Ferine, his mark
hIacatewaket, his mark
pelecheah, his mark
Kechemaquaw, his mark
Pacakinqua, his mark
In thepresence of
John Law, Sec'ry to the Commissioners
William Prince, Indian Agent,
William Markle,
Andrew Brooks,
Pierre Lapiante,
James C. Turner,
Samuel l.. Richardson,
Michel Drouillet, U. S. Interpreter.
Now, therefore, be it known that T.
James Monroe, President of the United
States of America, having seen and con-
sidered the said treaty, have, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate,