Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-10-17
ARTICLES

ion concluded at OH hIhiet,oHo, 1@oen AStaio,
Illinois. between the United states oil Americ' ,,
by their commissioners MAJOR General WIN
4,5prn ScorT. of the United States Army, and
His Excellency JOHN REYNOLDS, Governor of
,be Safe of Illinois, and the contederated tribes
If Sac and Fox Indians, represented, in General
Conocjl, Sy the undersigned Chiefs, head men,
and Warriors.
WusRfAs. Under certain lawess and despe-
rate leaders. formidable band, constituting al
large portion of the Sac and Fox nation, left their
country inApril last, and, in violation OF treaties,
commenced an anprovoked war upon the unsuss
ing and &fenceless citizens of the U. States,
sparinC neaher age nor sex; and, whereas, the
United States, at great expense of treasure,
have subdled the said hostile band, killing or
capturing all ITS principal Chiefs and Warriors
the said States, partly as indemnity for the ex-
pense incurred, and partly to secure the future
safety and Tranquility of the invaded frontier.
demand of he said tribes, to the use OF the Unit
ed States, d cession of tract of the Sac and
Fox country bordering on said frontier, more than
proportonaIto the numbers of the hostile band
who have ben so conquered and subdued.
Article Accordingly, the confederated
tribes of Sals and Foxes hereby cede to the Y.
nted States forever, all the lands to which the said
tribes have tile or claim, with The exception OF
the Bounds, 70 wit: Beginning on The
Mississippi river at the point where the Sac and
Fox northern boundary line, as established by
the second article of the treaty of Prairie du
Chen, of the fifteenth Of July, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty, strikes said river, thence
up said boundary line to point fifty miles from
ths Mississippi, measured on said line, thence in
night line to the nearest point on the Red Ce-
dar # the Ioway, forty miles from the Mlssissip-
pi river, thence in right line to point in the
northern boundary line of the State of Missouri,
ffiy miles, measured on said boundary from the
Mississippi river, thence by the last mentioned
DO niary to the Mississippi river, and by the
we ern shore Of said river to the place of begin
nng: And the said confederated tribes of Sacs
and Foxes hereby stipulate and agree to remove
troln he lands herein ceded to the United States
on before the first day Of June next, and in
order to prevent any future misunderstanding, il
is expressly understood, that NJ band or party OF
the Sac or Fox tribes shall reside, plant, fish, or
hunt on any portion of the coded country after
the period just mentioned.
Article q Out OF The cession made in the pre-
cedIng article, the United States agree to a res
ervaton for the use of the said confederaed
tribes. Of tract oc land containing four hundred
square miles, to be laid off under the directions
of the President of the United States, from the
boundary line crossing the lowav river, in such
manner that nearly an equal portion of the reser-
walton may be on both sides of said river and
extending downwards so as to include Keo-
kuck's principal village on its right bank, which
village is about twelve miles from the Mississippi
river
Article 3. In consideration of the great ex-
tent OF the foregoing cession, the United States
-,..l 4 4.
ed tribes, annually, for thirty successive years
the first payment To be made in September of The
next year, the sum Of twenty thousand dollars in
specie.
Article 4. Ii is further agreed that the United
States shall establish and maintain within the linz
its and for the use and benefit If the Sacs aud
Foxes, for the pefiod Of thirty years, one addi-
tioga black and gtnsmith shop, with the necessa>
ry tpols, iron and steel, and finally make year
iy allowance for the same period to the said tribes
of 'arty kegs of tobacco and forty barrels of salt
to ne delivered al the mouth of the Ioway river.
article 5. The United States, at the earnest
rec 81 Of the said confederated tribes, further
agfeate pay to Farnham and Davenport, Indian
trades a. Rock Island, the sum of forty thou
SAND dollars, without interest, which sum will be
pa u full satifaction of the claims of the said
tra 5ys against the said tribes, and by the latter
was, "a the tenth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and thrty-one, acknow lodged to be just
ly due for articles of necessity furnished in the
course of the seven preceding years in an instru-
ment Of writing Of said date, duly signed by the
chiefs and head men Of said tribes, and certified
by the late Felix St. Vrain, United States agent
and Antoine LIE Claire, United States interpre.
ter, both for the said tribes.
Article g. At the special request of the said
confederated tribes, the United States agree to
grant, by patent, in fee simple, to Antoine LIE
Clare, interpreter, part Indian, one section Of
land opposite Rock Island, and one section at the
head of the first rapids above said Island, within
the country herein ceded by the Sacs and Foxes.
Article Z. Trusting to the good faith of the
neutral bands of Sacs and Foxes, the United
States have already delivered up to those bands
the great mass Of prisoners made in the course of
The war by tho Uniiod States, Bud promise to use
their influence to procure the delivery of the oth-
er sacs and Foxes who may still be prisoners in
the hands of band of Sioux Indians, the friends
of The United States; but the following named
prisoners of war, now in confinement, who were
chiefs and head men, shall be held as hostages
for the future good conduct of the late hostile
bands during the pleasure of the President Of the
United States, viz: Muk- ka-ta>wish-a ka .kaik,
tor Black Hapk, and his two sons, Wauba-ke
sink, (the Prophd his brother, and two sons,
Napope, Wee-shett, Ioway, Pauako, and Cha
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