Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-25
BY AUTHORITY:
FRANKLIN PIERCE.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
4H AMERICA:
To .4R and Singular to schons these Pres
ents shall come, Creating: l
WHEREAS treaty was made and concluded
at the city Of Washington, on the thirty-frst
day Of January, in the year of our lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, by Geo.
w. ManyPenny, as commissioner on the part
Of the United States, and the following named
chiefs and delegates Of the Wyandott tribe of
Indians, viz: Tan-roo-mee, Mathew Mudeater,
John Hicks, Siias Armstrong, George j. Clark,
and Joel Walker, they being thereto duly auth
orsed by said tribe, which treaty is in the words
following, to wit:
Articles of agreement and convention, made
and concluded at the city Of Washington, on
the thirty-frst day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-hve, by George w. Ma
nypenny, as commissioner on the part OF the
United States, and the following named chiefs
and delegates of the Wyandctt tribe Of Indians,
viz: Tan-roo-mee, Mathew Mudeater, John
Hicks, Silas Armstrong, George j. Clark, and
Joel Walker, they being duly authorised by
said tribe.
ARTICLE I. The Wyandott Indians having
become sufficiently advanced in civilization,
and being desirous of becoming citizens, it is
hereby agreed and stipulated, that their organ
lzation, and their relations with the United
States, as an Indian tribe, shall be dissolved
and terminated, on the ratification of this agree
ment; except SO far the further and tempo
rary continuance of the same may be necessary
In the execution of some of the stipulations
herein; and from and after the date of such rat
ihcation, the said Wyandott Indians, and each
and every Of them, except as hereinafter pro-
vided, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared,
tObe citizens of the United States, to ali intsnts
and purposes; aud shall be entitled to all the
rights, privileges, and immunities of such citi-
zens; and shall in all respects be subject to the
laws OF the United States, and of the Territory
g.. Nth riti-
zens OF the Territory; and the jurisdiction of
the United States and of said Territory. shall
be extended over the Wyandott country in the
same manner as over parts of said Territoav
But such of the said Indians as may so desire
and make application accordingly, to the COM
missioners hereinafter provided for, shall be
exempt from the immediate operation of the
Preceding provisions, extending citizenship to
the Wyandott Indians, and shall have continued
to them the assistance and protection of the
United States, and an Indian agent in their vi
einity, for such limited period or periods OF
Time, according to the circumstances of the case,
as shall be determined by the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs; and on the expiration of such
period or periods, the said exemption, protec-
Ion, and assistance shall cease and said per-
sons shall then, also, become citizens of the
united States, with all the rights and privileges,
defined.
ARTICLE 2 The wyandott nation hereby
uo anu IeIuqaisu 10 TIE United states, all
nelr right title, and interest in and to the tract
or country situate in the fork OF the Missouri
and Kansas rivers, which was purchased by
them of the Delaware Indians, by an agree
nent dated fourteenth day Of December. one
thousand eight hundred and forty-three. and
sanctioned by joint resolution Of Congress-
approved July twenty-fifth, one thousand eight
aandred and forty-eight, the object OF which
cession is, that said lands shall be sabdivided,
assigned, and reconveyed, by patent, in fee SIM
Pc, In the manner hereinafter provided for, to
tae individuals and members Of the Wyandott
1Tsstion, in severalty except as follows, viz !:
Inc portion now enclosed and used as public
oaIying ground, shall be permanently reserved
aa appropriated for that purpose; two acres,
ppinelude the church building Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and the present burying
- ssiound connected Herewith, are hereby resery-
-, -, granted, and conveyed TO that church and
aces, to include the church building of the
rasst ras.nodist Episcopal Church South, are hereby
ponr granted, and conveyed to said church.
Nv Is a, acres, at and adjoining the Wyandott fer
~. 4, across and near the mouth Of the Kansas
the snail also be reserved, and, together with
/. r9snts OF the Wyandotts in said ferry, shall
aots ' na, 20 the highest bidder. among the WAN
f''P's. and the proceeds of sale paid over