Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-05-10


be made, showing tht lands assiSncd to each
family or individual, and the quantity thereof.
They shall also make up carefully prepared lists
of all the individuals aud members Of the W.
audott tribe-which lists shall exhibit those Of
each Sepaaate family; being arrqnged together
first, those fvmilies the heads Of
which the commissioners after doe inquiry and
shall be satisfied are sufficiently
intelligent, competent and prudent to control
and manage their affairs and interests, and
also all peysous without families.
Those families the heads Of which are not
competent and proper persons to be entrusted
with their shares Of the money, payable under
this agreement, and third, those who are orpha
ms, idiots, or insane. Accurate copies Of the
lists of the second and third Of the above elias
scs, shall be furnished by the commissioners
to tho Wyahdott council, whcreupon said coun.
Gil shall proceed to appoint or designate thep pro.
per person or persons to be recognized as The
representatives Of those Of :he second class, for
the purpose Of receiving and properly applying
the sums Of money due and payable to or for
them, as hereinafter provided, and also those
who are to be entrusted with the guardianship
of the individuals Of the third class, aod tho
custody and management of their right and in
tsrests.. the said acts or proceeding of the co.
uncil, duly authenticated, to be forwarded to
the commissioner Of Indian AFFAIR.", and filed in
his Office, and the same shall be annually ren-
scd by the said council, until the payment Of
the last instalment of the moneys payable to
the Wyandotts, under tho agreement and such
change or changes made therein, Us may, from
casualties or otherwise, become necessary, such
revisions and changes, duly authenticated; to
bo communicated to, and subject to the appro.
val of the commissioner Of Indian affairs.
The said commissioners shall likewise prepa-
re lisi of such persons and families, among
the WyandOtt people, rs may Upply to be tenn
pororiIy exempted from citizenship, and for
continued protection and assistance from the
United Stalos and an indian agent, as provid-
ed for in the first article Of this agreement. The
agedt through and by whom such protection and
assistance is to bd furnished shall be designa-
ted by the commissioner Of lnd:an affairs.
The afosesaid plat and schedule, and lists Of
persons, duly authenticated by the cOmuissio-
crs shall lie forwarded to the commissioner Of
udiun affairs. and Glcd in his Office, md copies
Of the said plat and schedule, and Of the list Of
persons temporarily exempted from citizenship
and entitled to the continued pfotectOn and
assistance Of the Uniled States end m Indian
agent, duly attestcd by the commissioners,
shall be filed by them in each Of y Offices Of
the Secretary of the Territory Of Kansas, and
the clerk of the county in which the WyaniOtt
lands are situated
Article ;. On lhereceipt of the commission
lists Of perSous, and of the first proceedings OF
the Wyandott council, mentioned in the next
preceding article patents shall he issued by
by the General land Office Of the United States
under the Advisement Of the commissioner Of
Indian affUrs to the individuals Of the Wyan-
lott tribe for the lands severally assigned to
them, as provided for III the third article Of this
agreement, in the following manner to wit: TO
those reported by the commissioners to be cem-
petpnt to be entrusted with the control and ana
nagcmcnt Of their affairs and interests, the pa
tents shall contain an absolute and unconditio-
nal grant in fee simple, ond shall be delivered
to them by the commissioner of Indian aIlairs
MS soon MS the can be prepared and recorded in
the general land Office. but to those not 70 COM
peient, s.thc patents shell contain an express
condition, that the lands are not 10 he soln or o.
Iicnated for period Of five years; and Otthen
withoutthe express consent of the President OF
the United States first being obtained, and the
said patents may be withheld by the commissl-
oner of Indian affairs, so long as in his judg-
ment, their heing so withheld may be made to
operate henefcaly uron the character and CON-
inrt of the individuals entitled to them.
None of the lands to bu thus assigned and pa
tented to the Wyandotts, shall be subject to ta.
, xation far period Of FIVE years from and after
the organization Of state government over
the Territory Mhere they reside, and those Of tht
incompetent classes shall not be alicncd or lea
spd for longer period than two years, and
shall be exempt from levy, sale, or forfelture,
until otherwise provided by state legislation
=, with the assent Of Congress.
Article 5. DesintereSted persons, not to ex'
:, cede three shall bo appointed by the commits
sioner Of Indian affairs, to made n just and fai
: apprusemcnt of the parsonage houses, and o
thtr improvements connected Herewith, on th
!. Wyandott lands, belonging tc the Methods
4, Episcopal Church, and the Methodist Episcopa
> Church south, the amounts of which apprOisc
a Nents shall be paid to the said churches, REG
q pcctvely, by the individual or individuals o
:, the WyandOtt tribe, to whom the lands on whic
' sNid houses and Improvements are, shall hav
been assigned under the provisions of thts a
= greemcnt, said payments to be made within
y reasonable time, in one or uore instalments
to bo determined by said appraisers, and unit
4 made in full, no patent or Other evidence Of II
!, tlc to the lands so assigned to said individuO
! or individuals shall be issued or given to them
v Article 6. The Wyandott natiOn hereby re
linquish, and release the United States from
' hll their rights and claims to annuity, schoc
moneys, blacksmith, assistance and materials
n employment of an agent for their benefit. o
i any other object or thing, Of national charOc
4 ter, and from all the stipulations and guaran
h tees or that character, provided for OF contni
b. ned in former treaties, MS well MS from my an
|. oil other claims or demands whatsoever, as
!. nation, arising under any treaty or tronsactlC
q between them and the government Of the, Uni
tcA States. in consideration of which rcleas