Southern shield., 1850-12-14
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pointed by the President of the United States, and the undersigned, Head Chief and Deputies of the Wyandot tribe of h. dians, duly authorized and empowered to act for their tribe, with the following
 AMENDMENT.
 'Strike out the preamble, and all the other articles of the Treaty, except the twelfth, and insert as follows:
 "WhereaS, By the treaty of March l7th, lS42, between the United States and the Wyandot nation of Indians, then chiefly residing within the limits of the State of Ohio the said nation of Indians agreed to sell and transfer, and did thereby sell and transfer to the United States their reserva- tions of land, one hundred and nine thousand acres of which was in the State of Ohio and six thousand acres was in the State off Michigan, and to remove to the west of the Mississippi river. And 1ohereaS among other stipulations it was agreed that the United States should convey to said Indians tract of country for their permanent set tIement in the Indian territory west of the Mississippi river 10 contain one hundred and forty eight thousand acres of land.-I And a0Aereas the said Indians never did re- ceive the said one hundred and forty-eght thousand acres of land from the United States, but were forced to purchase lands from the Delaware nation of Indians, which purchase was agreed 10 and ratified by the United States: Now, in order to settle the claim of the Wyandot tribe of Indians to said land the United States having appoint ed A. $. Loughery a commissioner on their part, who, with the undersigned delegates from the Wyandot nation, have agreed to the following treaty:
 PARTICLE I.
 "The United States, in consideration that the Wyandot nation of Indians shall and do hereby release, relinquish and give upI all claim to the said one hundred and forty eight thousand acres of land agreed to be | assigned and given to them by the treaty of March IT, lS42, hereby stipuIate and agree 10 pay 10 the said Wyandot tribe of Indians the sum of one hundred and eighty five thousand dollars, being at and after the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre in the manner and form following, 10 | wit: One hundred thousand dollars to be invested in United States stocks, bearing five per cent. interest per annum, which in- terest shall be paid to them at the time and in the manner in which their present an- nuities are pad-and for the purpose off enabling the Wyandot Indians to pay and extinguish all their just debts, as we'll Whatis now due to the Delawares for the purchase of their lands as 10 others, the balance off said sum, being the sum of eighty-fye 1 thousand dollars, shall be paid 10 the Wyan- dot nation, or on their drafts specifically | describing, for what the drafts are given.
 "Change article twelve to article two"
 Now, therefore, be it known. that l, WILLARD FILLMORE, President of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate. as expressed iu their resolution of tIe twenty fourth day of September, one thousandI eight hundred and fifty, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty, as modified with the amendments set forth in the said reso lutiOn.
 In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same with my hand.
 Done at the city of Washington this
 twenty-eighth day of September, A.
 D. thousand eight hundred and fifty L. S.. and of the independence of the
 United States of America the seven-
 ty-ffth.
 WILLARD FILLMORE By the President:
 DANL. WEBSTER, Secretary of Slate.