Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-12-12

and eight hundred usd fJlx by and Cef,c..n a.
desas s Lssgkery. Commissioner ssDee;oJ,
sppoinled ty ike President Of Tie United ,No,.s.
and Ae sndeysigned, Heod Ctief and Drpus,,,
| Of tie Wyandes Tribe Of ladians, duh an,Aa,
lied and empowered 70 al for Their sri5e.
| (Wheress, the people composing the WAN.
dot tribe or nation Of Indians, have msnifested A.
anxious desire to exiinguish their fri6ul or No.
iionai character and become citizens Of the Uni
ted Staies-believing their conduion will, there
tby, not only be amefIorased but their welfare and
prosperity greatly promoted. They have arrived
at this conviction in view Of the fact that a new
territory, will, At no distant PERIOD be organized
| by The Government of the United States. WHICH
vii embrace within Its limits their present land.
and professions, and thus they will sgain be sur-
rounded by citizens OF the United ales. AGe,
q full consultation with their people, and upon
mature reflection, the undersigned, representa-.
lives Of the Wyandot nation, entertain the be.
lief that The evil effects always to be apprehend.
ed from such STATE of things, will be avoided
by their becoming citizens Of the United State.
and having the lands and other property acorn.
Ing under treaty stlpulsiions, now held in com.
mon by their people, fairly and equally divided
among the ne1udua5 0vners, and secured 10
then IN sssgrn)lg:
concluded betweeo The United States and ,ba
Wyandpnn&iea o. Tribe Of Indians, on the I7,s
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-jwo, the said nation ceded and relipou,sb-
ed TO the United Stats, ali the lands and possps.
sions owned or clsidsed BY them, within the lin.
It's of the States Of Ohio and Michigas-in con.
sideralion Of which ce-siou, the United STATE,
by the second article Of the treaty aforesaid sim.
ulated and agreed 70. .grsnt 10 the Wyando, ma.
lion tract oil laud West Of the Mississippi ry.
er, TO contain one hundred and forty eight tbou.
sand acres, and to be located upsn suy ispds
owned by the United States, now set apar,. ar
may In future set apart, for Indian use, and no,
already assigned to any other nation.n And =,
further consideration Of the aforesaid cessiop bv
the Wyandot nation, the United States BY the
third aud succeeding articles of s,ld treary agree
= TO pay the Wysndot nation perpetual anau,v
Of -eventeen thousand five hunured doilarsfSl7.
SOY in specie" besides making other provisions
Tor the benefit Of said nation, as follows: BIack.
smith and assistant. S750-Iron and steel f,r
shop, S27O-snd tor education purposes, S5OO-
sll Ut which to be furnished aud paid annually.
Il being expressly stipulated in the Third article
81 the treaty before Geh Toned, that the annuity
1f seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. should
include :" all former anntiiies.'
And, whereas, The Wysndo, tribe Of Ind ans
we're not put in possession of the one hundred
nd ioriy-eIeht thousand acres OF land. as s::pu-
ated In the second article Of the treaty afore-
'ad; and they aver that in Consequence of the
y nited States having failed to comply with that
It puia;ion, by no, designating and conveying 10
hem country 6l for farming purposes aud suit
I'd to their wants, they were compelled To pur-
:lase a home, Of which they were then desiI-
ute. OF another Tribe oil Indians. Accordingly,
N the fourteenth day of December, oGe thou
and eight hundred and forty three, they enter
I into a contract with the Delaware nstion of
adams, by winch they purchased of the last
nation, a tract oil land Containing
iirIy-slx secil0rs, Tor tweny-lhree Thousand
nd forty acres, and had granted To them as a
onaiIon, three seetions Tor nineteen hundred
I'D twenty acles,l IN addition, as Sc, forth In
he LIST and second articles OF said Contract or
Teaty, wherein these two Tracts or sections OF
md are described, as follows: "Tnree secIious
land, containing SIX hundred and forty acres
acb, lyin, and being situated at the point ofthe
Iuctica OF the Missouri and the Kansas riyers'
and the "thirty SIX sections OF land, each
obtaining GAO acres, situated between the d.
,resaid Missouri and Kansas rivers, and adloln-
lg on the west the Aforesaid three donated Sec
uns, making In all thirty -nIne sections OF lani,
bundled as follows, VIZ: Commencing al tis
pint at the junction of the aforesaid Missouri
nd Kansas rivers. running west along the Kan
= river sufficiently far to lncluie the aforesaid
riy-nine Sections; thence running north to
issouri river; thence down the ssic rive. with
5 meanders to the place OF beginning; to DC
rveyed IN as near a square foru as the rivers
I'd territory will admit oi."
And, whereas, this said contract or treaty was
titled and confirmed by the United States, by
Joint resou OF Congress, approved July3,
40; and which contains only tie following
oviso: THAT the Wyandoi Indian nation shIl
lie no better right or interes. III and 10 saidLrHds
nn is nor uested ia lie Ueiacare mutton Of Ia
aus"
u Representatives. of the Wyandot nation,
erefore. present a claim against the United
a,es tor the price Of one Funded aud forty
,ht thousand acres 0. Iasd granted by the u
iicle of the aforesaid treaty ol March IL, loI2
fixing that price at one dollar and twenty i've
ats per acr,-snj h.ch clam, they CONCEIVE,
Strengthened 1t not rendered valid, By the
;ogni. Ion .. their purchdse from the Delaware
dams ON the part Of the United States, as
own py the reso utlon coniiuna,ory thereof,
I'VE ci1cd And they ask that the SUN OF
e hundred and eighty-ivs thousand doiliFs De
owed and pail to the Wyans.ot people in co4i-
itafsOn oI S1lu cidIin.
And, whereas, the Commissioner on behalf OF
, United States, baving carefully and attentive
examines! the application presented to him on
halt OF The Wyandot nation, both IN regard 10
,ir drsire to become citlzens of The United
,tes and OF their claim for payment, IN money,
the lands granted 10 lheo, by the treaty oi
II; and having, alsu, examined the pubic doc
tents ard other proofs, having reference 10 Tie
beet, he Is induced To believe, frst-thai The
yandot people have 80 far advanced IN cvii'-
Ion 10 be capable generally OF managing
'sr own affairs, and are qualified anu cacaa'
10 become useful citizens, large port'n
sreof being already engaged in agricultural
suits; and secondly, tina: they have an eqult,
g Claim on the United States Tor the value oil
lands granted 10 them by the treaty Of loi2,
resaid, but of winch lands they were not pos,
sed, in compliance with the stipolaiions Oh
d treaty. In arriving at this conclusion how
=, 1t Is expressly understood that Ii Is MOTTO
considered Us an ADMISSION by the United
tee of either the policy or expedlency Of
nmuting lands granted 10 Indian tribes under
,ty s,ipuxiIons, for money, or in hxlug the
ue Of such lands 30 % 10 serve as a precedent
eafter. Bur, under the peculiar ciicuuistsn-
Of thu case. ard especially III view OF the
fandot tribe OF indians agreeing to extingulSa
If national existence anI become c,lizens o.