The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-05-01
BY AUTHORITY.
ANDREW JACKSON.
PaEsIpENT OF THE UNIrED STATES OF a


7,o an and angular to ,chom these presents |
shall come, Greeting: !
WHrnEAs a Treaty between the United
Etatss OF Amer rica and the Shawnee tribe OF
Indians was made and concluded at Wap-
sghkonneita, on the eighth day Of August, IN
the wear Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty one, By JAMES b: GAR
DINER. Commissioner, and JOHN MCELvAiN,
Indian Agent for tho Wyandots, Senecss.
and Shawnees, on the part Of the United
S,ates.-and the principal Chiefs, Headmen,
and Warriors Of the Tribe Of Shawnee To-
dams residing at Wspaghkonnetta end Hog
Creek, in the State Of Ohio % 81 part OF
said Tribe which Treaty is Ie following
words, TO wit:
Articles Of agreement snd Conuention, made
and concluded at Wapagh hkonneita, in The
county of Allen. and Stale Of Ohio, en- the
sth dan of August, in the gear o. our Lcrd
one thousand eight hundred and thirty one,
by and bsflceen James b. Gardiner, specially
APPOINTED commissioner on the part Of the
Uniied States, and John .McEipain. Indian
Agent for the ,Wyandots, Ssnecas, and
Sha,cnees, residing in theStdfe 81 Ohio. o"
the one part. and The undersigned prnc,'
pol Chiefs, head men, and Warriors 81 me
tribe of Shawase Indians residing NJ
Wdpaghkonneita and Hog creek, t0ithin the
territorial limits Of the organizsd county q
Allen, in the Sia,e Of Ohio.
Whereas the President Of the United
States under the authority OF lhs hct
os Congress. approved May %, 1880, has
,noointed a speciel commissioner 10 confer
with the different Indian tribes residing with.
in the constitutional limits of the State oi
Ohio. and to offer for their acceptance the
provisions Of the before recited acti;--hnd
whereas the tribe or band of Shawnee In
dians residing at Wapaghkonnct,a and on
Hog creek in the said State, have expressed
thar perfect assent to the condition oil the
said ACT. and their willingness and nnxiety
"a remove west of the Mississippi river, IN
order Ia obtain a more permanent and 40
vsntacious home for themselves and their
posterity: Therefore, in order to carry into
effect the aforesaid objects, tho following
articles of Convention have been agreed up
on by the aforesaid contracting parties. which.
wben ratified by the President OF the United
Sts.es bv and with the advice and consent
of tho Senate thereof, shall be mutually bind
ing upon the United States and the said
Shawnee Indians.
ARTIcLEI
The tribe or band Of Shawnee Indians re-
siding at Wapaghkonnetta ana on hog
creek. 10 the State of Ohio. IN consideration
Of the s,ipulaiions herein made on the Par'
of the United States do for ever cede, re
Tease, ana quIr cla'ni 10 the O'''eo o."'ss W
lands granted to them by patent IN Zee sun
ue nv the sixth section Of the treaty made o.
;he foo, Of The Rapids of The Miami liver o
Lake Erie on the 29,h day of September, II
she wear Of our Lord 1917, containing one
hundred aud twenty five sections or square
miles. and granted in two reservations, ant
Inscribed in the said sixth section OF the
+ foresaid treaty as follows "A tract OF iant
ton miles SQUARE, the centre of which shal
he he council house at Wapaghkonneua
and ga tract Of land containing twenty hv'
square miles, which Is to JOIN the tract gran
ted nt Wspa ghkonnetta. and 10 include IN
Shawnee settlement OF Hog creek, ana 70 o.
laid of as nearly as possible III squar'
form" which said two tracts or reservation
efiand were granted as aforesaid to the SAL
Shawnee Indians, by the patents, signed oy
the Commissioner of the General Ian
Of;ce, and certified BY The Secretary OF wal
dated the Goth day OF April, 1881. Aise
one other tract of land, granted to the sal
Shawnees BY the second article OF the treat
made at Saint Mary's in the State of Ohi'
ON the I7h day Of September in the yea
1918. and described therein as follows
eTwelve thousand eight hundred acres
land. to be laid off adjoining the east line
their reserve Of ten miles square at W"pagt
konnetta," making in the whole OF the afors
said cessious to the United States by III
aforesaid Shawnees, one hundred and tort
Ave sections or square miles, which includs
All tho land now owned or claimed W "
said band or tribe Of Shawnecs 10 the Stu
Of Ohio.
ARTICLE II.
In consideration Of the ccssons stipulatt
in the foregoing article, the United STATES
gree 10 cause the said tribe or band OF Sha'
uees. consisting Of about four hundred sou
to be removed 10 convenient ana so"ao
manner to the western side OF the Mississ'p
river, and will grant by patent IN lee si'nP
TO them and their heirs tor ever, as ions
they shall exist as q nation and remain up
the same, tract Of land, to contain one hu
dred thousand acres. TO be located under Y
direction of the President Of the Unit
States, within the tract of land equal TO ili
miles square, which was granted to the Sha
nee Indians Of the State of Missouri by l
escond article Of a treaty made at the city
Saint Louis in said Stafc, with tho said Sha
nees of Missouri, BY William Clark. Super
tendent of Indian Affairs, on the 9Th day
November, in the year 1926 and in which
Is provided that the grant aforesaid shall
for the Shawnee tribe Of Indians within I
State Of Missouri, sand for those ofthe sal
nation now residing in Ohio, who may here
ter emprate to the west Of the Mississippi
hut If there should not be a suficiency
good land unoccupied by the Shawnee
diops who have already settled on the tn
granted ns aforesaid by the said treaty
Saint Louis then the tract OF one hnndF
thousand acres, hereby granted 10 the 81
Shawnees Of Ohio, parties to this comps