Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1837-05-17
ANDREW JACKSON.

ANDREW JACkSON,
PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA.
10 all and nng,aar 10 sehon these presents atall
come, Greeting:
WHEREAS, convention was made and
concluded on the twenty-seventh
day Of September, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-six, be.
tween Henry Dodge, Superinten-
den: Of Indian Affairs on the part Of
the United States, and the chiefs,
braves: and principal men Of the
Sac aud Fox tribe Of Indians; which
convention is in the words follow
ing, to wit:
In a convention held this twenty
seventh day Of September, 1886, be-
tween Henry Dodge Superintendent
Of Indian Affairs, and the chiefs, braves,
and principal men Of the Sac and Fox
tribe Of Indians, it has been represen.
ted, that according to the stipulations
OF the first article Of the treaty of
Prairie du Chen, of the 18th July
1880, the country thereby ceded, is
"to be assigned and allotted under the
direction Of the President Of the Uni
ted States, TO the tribes now living
thereon, or to such other tribes as the
President may locate thereon for hunt.
ing and other purposes. And, where
as, It Is further represented to US, the
chiefs, braves, and principal men Of
the tribe aforesaid, TO be desirable that
the lands lying between the State of
Missouri and the Missouri river should
be attached to and become part Of
said State, and the Indian title thereto
be entirely extinguished; but that not
withstanding, as these lands compose
part Of the country embraced by the
provisions of the said first article Of
the treaty aforesaid, the stipulations
thereof will be strictly observed until
the assent Of the Indians interested,
is given to the proposed measure.
Now, we tho chiefs, braves, and
principal men of the Sac and Fox
tribe Of Indians, fully understanding
the subject and well satisfied from the
local position Of the lands in question,
that they can never be made available
for Indian purposes, and that an at.
tempt to place an Indian population
on them must inevitably lead to col.
lisions with the citizens Of the United
States; and further believing that the
extension Of the State line in the di-
rection indicated, would have happy
effect, BY presenting natural bounda-
~ between the whites and Indians;
and, willing moreover, to give the
United States renewed evidence Of
our attachment and friendship, do
hereby, for ourselves, and on behalf 81
our respective tribes (having full pow.
er and authority to this cHect) forever
cede, relinquish, and quit claim to the
United States, all our right, title, and
interest OF whatsoever nature in, and
to. the lands lying between the State 81
Missouri and the Missouri river, and do
freely and fully exhonerate the United
States from any guarantee, condition,
Or Limitation, expressed or implied,
under the treaty Of Prairie du Chen
aforesaid, or otherwise, as to the en-.
tire and absolute disposition Of the
said lands, fully authorizing the Uni.
ted States TO do with the same what.
ever shall seem expedient or necessary.
In testimony whereof, we have
hereunto set our hands and seals, the
day and year frst above written.
Executed in ptesence Of