The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-03
TREATY WITH THE wYANDOr IN
DIANs.



States OF America.
To all and singular to whom these presents shal
come, greeting:
Whereas, treaty was made and concluded Il
the city OF Washington, on the fret day Of A pril
one thousand eight hundred and fifty, by and be
tween Ardavan ). Doughery. Commissioner espe
cially appointed by the President of the Unites
States, OF the one part, and the undersigned, Heac
Chief and Deputies Of the Wyando Tribe of In
dams, duly authorized and empowered to act for
their tribe Of the other part; which treaty is in the
words following, TO Wit
article, Of contention oonelllded IN m. eifv q,
Warrington, this frst day af Apri, one housano
,elght hundred and fifty, by and tef,cssen 4rdapay
y Loughuy, Conmissfoner sspecialy appoinise
by the PIesidento Of the United States and ne under
rgnSd, Head ChiG and Deputiss Of the Pyando
ttbe Of indiGns duly authorized and empowered {,
act for D.sir ttts:
Whereas the people composing the Wyando
tribe or nation Of INDIANS have manifested an lou
desire TO eItinguish their tribal or national char
ecter and become citizens OF the United States
believing their condition will thereby not ONLY
be ameliorated, but their welfare and pros
perity greatly promoted-They have arrived al
this conviction in view Of the fact that new ter.
ritory will, at distant period, be organized by
the Government Of the United StAtos which vii
embrace within it's limits their present lands and
Possessions, and thus they will again be surrounded
by citizens Of the United states-alter q full con.
sultation with their people, and upon mature re-.
heotion, the undersigned Representatives Of th.
WyandOt nation entertain the belief that the evil
effects always 10 be spprehended from such state
OF things Will be avoided by their becoming citi.
zens OF tho United States, and having the IA nos and
other property sccruing under Treaty stpulstions,
nov beld ia common by their people, fairly and
equally divided among the individual owners, and
secured 20 them In stpuaify.
And whereas by the first article Of the treaty con-
cluded between the United States and the w yandot
nation or tibe Of Indiana the nth day of March
One thousand eight hundred and forty two the said
mai tur aen. rlfrso.s -. r.
all the lands and Possessions owned or claimed bv
them within the limits Of the States Of Ohio and
Michigan; In confederation Of which cesaiop the
United States, BY the second article Of the treaty
Aforesaid, supUlate and agree 10 " grant 20 the
NyandOt nauOn a tract OF land wet Of the Mis-.
sissippi river, 20 contain one hundred and forty
eight thousand acres, and 10 be located upon any
lands OVned by the United States now set apart.
or may IN future set apart, for Indian use, and
not already assigncd 10 any other tribe or rs.
ton" and in further consideration Of the Aforesaid
cession by the Nyandot nation, the United States
by the third and succeeding articles Of said treaty
agree "to pay the Nysndot nation a perpetual
annuity Of seventeen thousand FIVE hundred dol.
lars y u 500 In specie" besides making other
provision for the benefit Of ,ad nation "a follows:
blacksmith and assistant, $780, iron and steel for
shop, $40; and for education purposes, 300
al OF which 70 be furnished and paid nnnunllv-it
being eSpressly stipulated in the third article Of
the treaty before mentioned that the annuity Of
seventeen thousand five hundred dollars should in
clude "aa former Gnnuifiss"
And whereas the Wyandot tribe Of Indiana were
not put in possession OF the one hundred and fortv
eight thousand acres Of land ss stipulated 10 The
second article Of the treaty aforesaid and thew
that, in consequence Of the United States having
failed 10 comply with that stipulation by not Dc,
signating and conveying TO them a country IL for
farming purposes and suited 20 their wants they
we're compelled 90 purchase home Of which they
were then destitute from another tribe Of Indians
Accordingly on the fourteenth day Of December
one thousand eight hundred and forty three they
entered into contract with the Delaware nation
oi Indians, by which they purchased Of the last
mentioned nation tract Of land containing thirty
SIX sections, tor twenty three tbousand and forty
ncres,) and had granted 20 them a, a donation
three sectiOns, Cor nineteen hundred and twenty
hcrcs,) IN ADDITION, Get forth in the lat md "a
arbclts 81 sad contract or treaty vyberc;r ,be,o
two tracts or scctions Of land arc descrihed
~ follows: Three sections Of Ina eor,.t.l
ing elk hundred and forty acres 49, 49,.
and being situated at the point of The 3,rSl,iass
Of the Missouri and Kansas rivers.n "a -
thirty six sections Of land. each CONTAINING $40
acres, situated between tho aforesaid Nisson,i
and kanzas rivers, and adjoining ON the yr,, tho
Aforesaid three donated sections, making, in ali
thirty nine sections Of land. bounded as folloys
VIZ Commanding at the point at the junction OF
the Aforesaid Missouri and kansas rivers, running
west along the Ksnzss river sufficiently far 10 in.
clude the aforesaid thirty nine sections: thence
running north TO the Missouri river; thence down
the said river, with it's mesnders 10 The place of be-
ginning; 70 be surveyed in 81 near n square form
ss the rivers and territory ceded will admit Of"