Washington telegraph., 1851-02-12
occupants of the SOIL or acquired by virtue of treaty

| ART. II. The Wyandot nation aforesaid, IN
further consideration of the stipnlatons contained
| IN the Following articles, hereby stIpulate and
| agree that their existence, as nation or tribe,
snail terminate and become extinct upon the rati-
ncatlon Of this treaty by the President and Senate
OF the United States, and by the Chiefs and
National Council of their nation. And In like
manner do they reIiuquish all claims held by the
WyaLdot people, in their national or collective
capacity against the United States, either on ac-
count OF annues arising out of treaty stiPulations,
or OF any other character or description whalso-
ever; and, that after the ratification o. this treaty
IN the manner before mentioned, they will have
no claim to be recognised by the Government of
the United states in their tribal or national ca
pacIty. except SO far it may he necessary to
carry into effect the several stiPulations of this
treaty.
ART ILL., In consideration of the foregoing
grants aud conditions, and for the purpose of graft
lying the laudable desire expressed by the Wy
andot people to become citizens of the United
States, it is hereby stipulated and agreed, that
the United States will pay them Qhe Wyandot
peOplel for the one hundred and forty eight thou
sand acres of land, promised to them by the treaty
OF March IL, lS42, at the rate of one dollar and
twenty five cents per acre, amounting to the sum
OF one hundred and eighty-hve thousand dollars,
in the manner following, to wit: One hundred
thousand dollars shall be invested in United States
stock, to bear interest from the ratification of this
treaty, at the rate of five per cent. per annum,
redeenable at the pleasure of the Government
of the United States--certificates Of which stock
the Wyandot nation, in the manner and form
hereinafter prescribed. And for the purpose of
enabling the Wyandot Indians preparatory to
their becoming citizens of the United Staies) TO
pay and extinguish all their just debts aud abili-
ties, contracted in their national or coIlectsue
capacity. either on account Of the purchase of
their lands from the Delaware nation or otherwise
the balance of eighty five thousand dollars SHALL
upon the ratification of this treaty by the Senate
be advanced by the United States IN specie to the
Chief and Deputies, signers hereto, or upon the
draft or drafts drawn by them, any two Of
them And the said Chief and Deputies are
hereby made accountable for the faithful appli-
cation of this fund, each and every draft or order
they may draw upon it, will explicitly state the
nature aud character of the CLAIM, and show that
the debt or debts were fairly contracted by the
properly constituted authorities of the Wyandot
nation, and on account of the business of said
nation; and after dsohGrgng all the national
debts and liabilities of their tribe, they will dis
tribute the balance, if any among their people,
per capita.
ART. ". The United States further agree to a
commulation of the annuity and other claims of
the Nyando, Indians arising out OF former treaty
being all embraced in the treaty of March IT,
1912! These annuiies and other claims, pro-
ducng an annual payment to the Wyandot nation
of eighteen thousand nine hundred and ninety
dollars, are hereby commuted for the sum of three
hundred aud seventy nine thousand eight hundred
dollars, ($379,S00) And this sum of three hun
dred and seventy-nine thousand eight hundred
dollars, shall be added to the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars stipulated to be funded, by the
Sd article of this treaty; and the aggregate amount
of four hundred and seventy-nine thousand eight
hundred dollars, shall constitute general fund,
TO be equally divided among the Wyandot people,
and certificates of stock to be issued therefor,
mentioned in the preceding article, so that each
and every Wyandot citizen shall have an equal
share of the common property thus to be divided
ART. The Wyandot tribe Or nation having,
by the first article of this treaty. exlnguished their
Indian occupant title to all lands claimed or
occupied by them the United States for the con-
sideraton herenbefore set forth, do hereby retro
cede, convey, and GUARANTY in fee simple to the
Wyandot people, all the lands conveyed or ill.,
tended to be conveyed TO them by the Delaware
nation, in the treaty or contract entered into on
the l4th Of December, 1912, and ratified by the
President and Congress Of the United States, July
25, lS4S, DIS fully shown in the preamble to this
treaty: said tract or tracts Of land containing
thrty-nne sections, or twenty-iour thousand nine
hundred and sixty acres. And the United States
agree to cause accurate survey of The boundary
of these lands, to be made soon after the ratif
cation Of this treaty possible in accordance with
the siipula,ioDs contained III the said contract be-
tween the Delaware aud Wyandot tribes.
ART. W. In order that fair and equitable
partition and apportonment of the Wyandot lands
mentioned in the foregoing article, may be made
SO that they may hereafter be held Individually
and severally, IL is hereby mutually agreed be-
tween the contracting parties that commissioner
on the part of the United States, and three COM
missoners on the part Of the Wyandot people,
shall be appointed for that purpose--ihe latter to
be appointed by the Chiefs and National Council
Of the WYandot nation The duty OF the Board
of Commissioners thus constituted, shall be to take
a census of all the individuals belonging to the
Wyandot nation, and entitled to personal benefits
accrung under this treaty--to make accurate
register of their names, ages occupations and
general condition And after these facts are as
certaiued to the satisfaction of said Board of Com
missoners, then they shall proceed to make just
partition and apportonment of the lands afo esaid,
among the individuals OF the Wyandot nation who,
at the ratification OF this treaty, reside upon the
lands as citizens of said nation, and who are ascrr-
tanned to be entitled TO share therein, according
to the laws, usages or agreements oil SAID nation
ART. VII. 1t is expressly agreed and under
stood between the parties to this treaty, that the
commissioners aforesaid in making the partition
and dvlson provided lor IN Tie preceding afticie,
shall not interfere with the build ngs and improve
ments of individual Wyandots; and in all cases,
of this kind, such buildings and other improve
ments shall be embraced within the portion OF the
land allotted to the person who is properly IL pos
session and owner Of the same, unless. by doing
papabIe injustice will be done to other Wyandot
citizens; and in all cases, the quality aud location
of the land must be taken into consideration in
making allotment Of quantity 10 individuals Pro-
,Io1 bo,r AT her
construed as to authorize the value of the build
ings or improvements (beng individual property
in estimating the value of the lands.
ART VIII The commissioners agreed upon in
the foregoing articles, shall be appointed within
six months after the ratification of this treaty;