Washington telegraph., 1851-02-12


vision made by the commissioners, and said re-
port and proceedings approved by tho chiefs
aLd national councils of the nation, they shall be
considered as adopted by the Wyandot people
one copy whereof, with the accompanying map,
shall be given to the chiefs and national council,
to be hereafter deposited by them in the office OF
the Secretary of the State Territory wherein
their lands may be situated; and another copy to
be transmitted TO the Secretary of the Interior at
Washington; and whenever the report and pro-
ceedings aforesaid are approved by the President
Of the United States, patent shall be granted
to each individual for his her portion OF said
land, in the same manner that patents issued
to other citizens of the United States; and upon
the same report, and in like manner, shall certh
Gates of stock, stipulated for in the Sd and 4th
articles be issued to the individuals thus shown to
be entitled thereto, with the reservation and res
friction, only, contained in the following article:
ART. TX. For the purpose OF protecting the
Wyandots. made citizens by this treaty in the
lands and other property which they are hereaf-
| ter to hold in severalty, it is hereby mutually
agreed between the commissioner OH behalf of
the United States and the Chief and Deputies of
the Wyandot nation, that they shall not possess
the right, until after the expiration of FIVE years
from the ratification of this treaty to ALLEVIATE, BY
sale otherwise. either their land stock,
herein provided for And any sale or transfer
made of such land or stock, or any portion there
of, before the expiration of FIVE years as afore
said, shall be considered null and void: Provided,
hODeper, That if any individual or individuals OF
the Wyandot people produce satisfactory proof
that such sale or transfer can be made, beneficial
ly to themselves, then it may be done under the
approval and sanction of the President of the
United States
ART. x. All persons adjudged to be incompe-
tent to take Of their property for the
and in the manner set forth in the 9Th article of
this treaty, shall become the wards of the Uni
ted States; and all property acquired by them un-
der the provisions Of this treaty, shall be held in
trust accordingly, until trustees and guardians
can be legally appointed by a court of law pos
sessng competent jurisdiction over the same;
and, in the time, trustees and guardians
shall be designated by the Board of Commission
ers hereinbefore mentioned, who shall in this
pect take into consideration and act upon the re-
Communications of the chiefs and council OF the
Wyandot nation, and the selections thus made
shall be approved by said chiefs and council.
Each and every trustee aud guardian thus to be
designated and appointed over the persons and
property of the orphans others not qualified to
manage their own affairs, before mentioned,
shall be required to give bonds with sufficient
curity to the President of the United States,
dtioned for the faithful performance of the trust
conided in them, and said bonds be approved by
the President before any moneys or other property
accruing under this treaty shall be placed in their
hands for the education and maintenance Of these
wards of the United States, for any other pur
pose whatsoever on their account.
ART xI. All former treaties between the Uni
ted States and the Wyandot nation of Indians
abrogated and declared null and void by this treaty
except such provisions May have been made
for the benefit of private individuals of said nation
by grants of reservations of lands, otherwise,
which considered as UcSted rights, and not to
be affected by any thing contained ia this treaty.
ART. 1xn "a All the reasonable expenses a.
tending the negotiation of this treaty, including
reasonable allowances for the expenses OF the dce-
CATION, signers hereto, in coming to W Washlngton,
whilst here on the business connected herewith,
and in returning to their nation shall be betrayed
by the United States.
ART. XIII. This treaty shall take Effect and be
binding and obligatory upon the contracting parties
as soon as it shall be ratified by the President, by
and with the advice and consent Of the Senate OF
the United States, and by the chiefs aud National
Council of the Wyandot nation.
In testimony whereof the said commissioner on
the part of the Unned States, and the said head
chief and deputies, delegates on the part of the
Wyandot tribe or nation of Indians, have here
unto sci their hands, at the city of Washington,
d. c., this first day of April, in the year OF our
Lord, eighteen hundred and fifty.
ARDAVAN S. LOUGHERY, [Ls.l
United States Commissioner
F a. HICK, LIS
GEORGE J. CLARK, LIS.
JOEL WALKER, [L.s.l
WILLIAM B. WAUGH, Secretary.
In presence Of
X. w. JOHNSON,
JAMES x MCLANAHAN,
GEORGE +. WooD,
JAMES MYER,
A. M. MITCHELL,
JOHN q. CAMP,
RICHARD FIELDS,
s. &. STAMBAUGH,
SAMUEL J. PorTs
And achereas the said treaty having been sub
mitted to the Senate Of the United States for lis
constitutional action thereon, the said Senate did.
on the twenty fourth day Of September, one thou
sand eight hundred aud fifty, resolve as follows VIZ:
"ResoiUed, two- thirds of the Senators present
concurring,) That the Senate advise aud consent
to the ratification of the articles of convention
concluded in the city Of Washington, the first day
of April, eighteen hundred and fifty, by and be-
tween Ardavan S. Loughery, Commissioner espe-
ciaily appointed by the President OF the United
States, and the undersigned, Head Chief and
Deputies of the Wyandot tribe of Indians. duly
authorized and empowered to act for their tribe,
with the following
AMENDMENT.
"Strke out the preamble, and all the otter arti-
cIes of the Treaty, except the twelfth, and insert
as follows:
sWhereas, By the treaty Of March 18th, 1912.
between the United States aud the Wyandot ma
ton of Indians then chiefly residing within the
limits of the State Of Ohio the said nation of In
dams agreed to sell and transfer, and did thereby
sell and transfer the United STATES their reser
vations of land, one hundred and niue Thousand
acres Of which was in the State OF Ohio and SIX
thousand acres was in the Slate Of Michigan, and
to remove to the west OF the Mississippi river.
And Uhereas among other stpulations 1t was
agreed that the United States should convey to
said Indians attract of country for their permanent
settlement in the Indian territory west oil the Mis-
sssippi river to contain hundred aud forty
eight thousand acres of land. And Uhereas the
said Indians never did receive the said one hundred