The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-06-21
JAMES MONROE,


PRESIDENT OF TnE UNITED STATES OF
AuERIcA,
70 aU Gnd singular 81 whom these hresen..
shaA como, Greeting
Whereas, a T,ssty between the Unre,
Sta,os of America, and the tribe OF Kick
poos OF The VermiIion, was made and cor
cluded, al Fort Harrison, on the ,hiuieth d.,
OF August: 10 the year of our Lord one thou
sand eighr shund, ed and nineteen, by a Con,
missioner on the part Of the said Uai,et
States, aod certain Chiefs, Warriors, and
nesd men, Of The tsibs aforesaid, on the pa
and 10 behalf Of the said ,ribe; Which Treaty
is IN the words following, to wits;
A ,rcaiy made end concluded by Benz amin
Psrke, q commissioners on the part OF the
Unitcd States Of ame,ica, of the ono ri,
Aod the Caicfs, Wsrsio,s, and head men, Of
tho tribe OF K;-k4psos pfi the VcsMiIlion, 81
he oiher part.
Arfiele /. The Chiefs, Warriors, and head
men, Of the ssid tribe, agree 10 cede and
hereby re,iuquish to the United S,ses, all
he lands which the said tfibc has heretofore
possessed, or which they msy rightsulIy
alsim, on the Wabash river, or any Ct i,s
waters.
Article 3. And to the end that the Uo,,d
States may be enabled TO FIX with the oshet
Indian tribes 4 boundary between their res
pcctise claims, the Chiefs, Warriors, and
head mco, of the said tribe, do hereby declare,
that 'hcir rightful claim is ss follows, viz I:
beginning Al the north west colscr OF the
Vincc0nes trsc' thence, weswardiy. by tho
boundary estx. ished BY treaty with the Pi-
ankeshaws, 90 the ,hr,icsh dsy of December,
eighteen hundsc ed and 6ye,to the dividing
idge between the waters Of the Embarrss
and the Little Wabash lhence, BY The ssid
sidge, TO tho soIfce Of the Vermiiiioo river; I;
iheacc, by the ssme ridge, to The heed OF
Pine creek thence, BY the said creek, 20 the
Wabash river !; thsose, by the said river, to
yhe mouth Of tho VermiIIioo river aod
hence, BY the Ve.milIion and the boundary
heretofore established, to The place OF begin
ming.
Irneie 5. The said Chiefs, Warriors, and
head men, Of the saId tribe, agree 10 rcIin.
quish, and they DO hereby cxonera,e and dis
charge tho u. S.stes from the annuity Of 1000
dollars, 70 which they ere now entitled. In
confederation whereof, and Of the ssion
he cby made, the United S,s,es sgree TO pay
the said tfibe, two thousand dollars annually,
IN specie, tor ten yeas, which, togethcs with
three thousand dollars nov delivered, is 10
be considered : foil compensation for the
cession hereby made, as also Of eli snnuities,
OF Other claims of the said tribe against ihs
United S,sses, by virSe Of any treaty With
the said Uoited States.
/. lriri<s A. the said tribe contemplate
remoting from The eouns'y they now occ upy,
he annuity hersin provided for shall be paid
at such place ss may be hereafter agreed up
.on between the Uoised States snd ssid tribe.
.lrneie s. Tbis treaty after The same shall
ne rsii6 d by the Pfssideot end Senate Of the
Uaiscd States, sbaII be binding on the con-
acting parties.
In testimony whereof, the sAid Benjsmin
Psske, Com missioner - sfoesssid, sod
tbs Chiefs, Warriors and head men, q
The said tribe, have hsreuaso Get their
hsnds, ., Fort Hsrrison, the shirrieth
day os Auguss. 10 the ysas eishtssp hun.
dfsd snd nineteen.
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