The Arkansas banner., 1847-02-24

teenth day of October, in the year one
 thousand eight hnedred and forty six, be-
 tween the United States on the one part,
 by their commissioners, Albion K. Paris, John J.JAbert, and T. P. Andrews, and the Winnebago tribe of Indians of the other
 part, by fail delegation of said tribe spe-
 ciaIly appointed by the chiefs, head men,
 and warriors thereof: which treaty is word
 for word, as follows, to vii:
 Articles of a treaty made and concluded at
 the city of Washington, on the thirteenth
 day of October, in the year one thousand
 eight hundred and forty-six, between the United States, on the one part, by their
 commissioners, Albion K Paris, John J. Albert, and T. P. Andrews, and ihe Win
 nebago tribe of Indians, Of the other part, by full delegation of said tribe specially
 appointed by the chiefs, head men, and warriors thereof.
 Art l. lt is solemniy agreed, that the peace and friendship which exist between the peo- pie of the United States and the Winnebago Indians shall be perpetual. The said tribe of Indians giving assurance, hereby, of fi- delity and friendship to the government and people of the United States, and the United States giving to them, at the same time, pro- mise of all proper care and parental prolec- ton.
 Art g. The said tribe of Indians, hereby agree to cede and sell, and do hereby cede and sell 10 the United States, all right, title, interest, claim and privilege to all lands, wherever situated, now or heretofore occu- pied or claimed by said Indians, within the States and Territories of the United States, and especially to the country now occupied, inhabited, or in any way used by them, call ed the s'Neutral Ground" which tract of country was assigned to said Indians by the 2nd article of the treaty of Fort Armstrong, concluded on the 18th day of September, l832, and ratified on the 18th day of Febru- ary, following
 Art 3. In consideration of the foregoing purchase from, or cesslon by the said indians, as their home, to be held as all Indian lands are held, tract of country north of St. Pe- lers and west of the Mississippi rivers, of not less than eight hundred thousand acres, which shall be suitable to their habits, wants, and wishes Prorided, Such lands can be
 
 Art 4. The United States agree to pay the said tribe of Indians the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the land, and the sum oi forty thousand dollars for release of hunting privileges, on the lands adjacent to their present home, making the sum of one hundred and ninety thousand dollars, being further consideration of the cession or sale made to the United States by the 2nd article of this treaty; be paid as follows Forty thousand dollars to enable them to comply with their present just engagements, and to cover the expenses of exploring and select ing (by their own people, or by an agent of their own appoinimenD their own home twenty thousand dollars in consideration of their removing themselves, and twenty thou- sand dollars in consideration of their subsis- ting themselves the first year after their re- moval; ten thousand dollars to be expended for breaking up and fencing lands, under the direction of the President of the United States, at their new home; ten thousand dol lars to he set apart and applied under the di- rection of the President 10 the creation and carrying on of one or more manual labor schools for the benefit of said tribe of h. dians, and five thousand dollars for building a saw and gris, mill The balance of said sum of one hundred and ninety thousand dollars, viz: eighty-five thousand dollars, to remain in trust with the United States, and five per cent interest thereon, to he paid annually to said tribe, or applied for their benefit as the President of the United States may, from time to time direct. for the period of thirty years, which shall be in full payment of the said balance: Prorided, That no part of the sasd consideration moneys shall be paid un- til after the arrival of said tribe of Indians al theIr new home, and appropriations shall have becn made by Congress; and that the sums fer meeting their present engagements, for removal and subsistence, and fer expio-- ring their new home, shall be paid to inc chiefs in open council, in such manner as they in said council shall request.
 Art. 5. IL is further agreed by the parties to this treaty that the sand tribe of Indians shall remove to their new home within one year after the ratification of this treaty, and their new home shall have been procured for them, and they duly notified of the same.
 Art. 6. It Is further agreed by the parties to this treaty, that the President may, at his discretion, (should he at any time be of opin- ion that the interest of the Indians would be thereby promoted,) direct that any portion of the money, not exceeding ten thousand dol lars per annnm, now paid in goods, as provi. ded for by the last clause of the 4th article of the treaty of the list of November, 1897, be applied to the purchase of additional pro- visions, or to other purposes.
 In testimony whereof, the commissioners, Albion k. Paris, John J. Albert, and T. P. Andrews, and the undersigned chiefs, head men, and delegates of the Winnebago tribe Of Indians, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed ibeir seals, at the city of Washington, this thirteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. c;. ALBION K. PARRiS, [Lsl So" JOHN J. ABERT. l. sf
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