The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-06

unite An one common country, and again become one
people, and receive their annuites and other benefits
an common and 10 abolish all minor distinctions OF
bands by which they have heretofore been divided
and are anxious TO be known only as the Porro-
~AuroarH NArIOE, thereby reinstatng the national
Character aud hercss the United States are also
anxious 10 restore and concentrate said tribes 10
state desirable and necessary for the happiness OF
their people, as well A. 10 enable the government 10
arrange and manage its intercourse with them: now,
therefore, the United States and the said Indians do
hereby agree that said people shall hereafter be
known as a nation, 20 he called the PoTrowAuroMIs
NAuOs; and 10 the following
Articles Of a treaty made and concluded at the
Agency on the Missouri river, near Council Bluffs,
on the fifth day of June, and at Potta waiomie creek,
near the Usage river, south and Of the State Of
Missouri, on the seventeenth day ofthe same month,
IN the year Of our Lord ope thousand eight hun
dred and forty-Six, between Il. p. Andrews, Thorn
as II. Harvey, and Gideon G. Matloek, commits
sonep on the part Of the United States. on the one
part, and the various bands Of the Potto wautomie
Chippewas, and ottawas Indians on the other part:
ARrIcLE |. IL Is solemnly agreed that the peace
and friendship which 30 happily exist between the
people Of the United States and the Potto
Indians shall Continue forever, the said tribes Of In
dams giving assurance hereby, ofhdety and friend
ship to the government aAd people Of the United
States; and the United States giving, at the same
time, promise Of all proper care and parental pro-
lection.
ARrIeLE .. The said tribes Of Indians hereby
agree 10 sell and cede and do hereby sell and eede
10 the United States, all the lands 10 which they
have claim Of any kind Whatsoever. and especially
the tracts parcels Of lands coded TO them by the
treaty OF Chicago, and subsequent thereto, and now
IN whole or IN part, possessed by their people, lying
and being north OF the river Missouri, and embraced
in the limits Of the Territory Of Iowa; and also all
that tract OF country lying and being on OF near the
Usage river, and west Of the State Of Missouri, II
the title Of said Indians TO any grants or reservations
made 10 them by former treaues.
ARTICLE 3. In consideration Of the foregoing ces-
sons, or sales Of land TO the United States, il is
agreed to pay TO said tribes Of Indians the sum Of
eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars, subject to
the conditions, deductions, and liabilities provided
for in the subsequent articles of this treaty.
ARTICLE T. The United States agree to grant to
the said united tribes Of Indians possession and
title to tract or parcel Of land containing five hun
dred and seyenty-slx thousand acres, being thirty
miles square, and being the eastern part Of the lands
coded TO the United States by the Kansas tribe Of
Indians by treaty concluded on the l4th day Of jan
uary, and ratified on the fifteenth Of April of the
present year, lying adjoining the Shawnees on the
south, and the Delawares and Shawnees on the
east both sides of the Kansas river and TO guar
antee the full and complete possession Of the TO
the Potowautome nation, parties TO this treaty as
their land and home forever; for which they are to
pay the United States the Of eighty-seven
thousand dollars, to be deducted from the gross sum
promised to them in the Sd article of this treaty.
ARTICLE S. The United States agree to pay
said nation of Indians, at the first annuity payment
after the ratification Of this treaty. and after APP
preparation shall have been made by Congress, the
sum of fifty thousand dollars, out OF the aggregate
sum granted in the third article of this treaty, to
enable said Indians to arrange their affairs, and pay
their just debts before leaving their present homes;
to pay for their improvements; to purchase wagons,
L. - r
individuals for the loss of property necessarily
sacrificed in moving TO their new homes; said sum
to be paid in open council, by the proper agents OF
the Uoited States, and in such just proportions,
to each band, as the President or ts unireu oss.so
may direct. -.. ....... ..........
ARTICLE 6. The said tribes of Indians agree to
remove to their new homes on the Kansas river,
within two years from the ratification of this treaty;
and further agree To set apart the sum of twenty
thousand dollars to the upper bands, (being ten dol
lars per head and ten thousand dollars TO the lower
bands, (being five dollars per head, to pay the ac-
tual expenses of removing; and the sum of forty
thousand dollars for all the bands, as subsistence
money for the first twelve months after their arrival
at their new homes; to be paid TO them so soon as
their arrival at their new homes is made known TO
the government and convenient arrangements can be
made to pay the same, between the parties to this
treaty; the aforesaid sums to be also deducted from
the aggregate sum granted by the United States TO
said tribes of Indians by the Sd article of this
treaty
ARTICLE 7. The balance Of the said sum of eight
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, after deductng
the of removal and subsistence &c it is agreed
shall remain with the United States, in trust for
said Indians, and interest of five per cent annu-
ally paid thereon, commencing at the expiration OF
one year after the removal of said Indians, DC,
continuing for thirty years; and until the nation
shall be reduced below one thousand souls II after
the expiration of thirty years, any period thereaf-
ter it shall be ascertaned that the nation Is re-
duced below that number, the said annuity shall
thenceforh be paid pro rata SO long as they shall eX
list as a separate and distinct nation, in proportion
as the present number shall bear to the number then
in existence. .t . ..,.-... ..a..., ....
ARTICLE 8. 1t is agreed upon by the parties to
this treaty that, after the removal Of the Potowau-
tonne nation to the Kansas country, the annual IN
terest of their Improvement fund.- shall be paid
out promptly and fully, for their benefit, at their
new homes: If, however, at any time thereafter the
President of the United States shall be of opinion
that it would DO advantageous to the Pottowautome
nation, and they should request the same to be done,
to pay them the interest of said money in lieu of the
employment of persons or purchase of machines or
implements, he is hereby authorized to pay the
same or any part thereof, in money their annui-
ties are paid at the time of the general payment OF
annuites. 1t is also agreed that after the expiration
of two years from the ratification of this treaty. the
school fund of the Pottowautomes shall be expend-
ed, entirely in their own country, unless their peo-
pie in council, should at any time EXPRESS desire
to have any part of the same expended in different
manner.
ARTICLE 9. 1t is agreed by the parties to this trca-
ty that the buildings occupied as missionary esab-
lishment including twenty acres of land now under
fence shall be reserved for the use of the govern
ment agency; also the houses used for blacksmith
house and shop shall be reserved for the use of the
Pottowautomie smith; but should the property
cease to be used for the Aforementioned purposes,
then it shall revert to the Of the Potto wautome
nation.
ARTICLE TO- 1t is agreed that hereafter there shall
be paid to the Pottowautomie nation annually the
sum Of three hundred dollars in lieu of the two
thousand pounds Of tobacco, fifteen hundred pounds
Of iron and three hundred and fifty pounds OF steel,
stipulated to be paid to the Pottowautomies under
the third article of the treaty ofSeptember 20, 1928
In testimony whereof, I. P. Andrews, Thomas
H. Harvey, and Gideon G. Matlock, aforesaid COM
missioners, and the chiefs and principal men Of the
Pottowautomie, Otowa, and Chippewas tribes of In
dams have set their hands at the time and place
first mentioned