The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-06
BY tho President
LKwIs Cas-, Secretary Of State.
JAMES BUCHANAN,


President of the United States OF America.
10 an and Singular 70 phom Aes presents shall ooD greeting
Whereas treaty was made and concluded, at the city
Of Washington, on the nineteenth day of June,
thousand eight hundred and hty-eght, by Charles f.
Mix Commissioner on the part Of the United States and
the following named chiefs and headmen Of the Sseeton
and Wahpaton bands Of the Dakota Sioux tribe OF
Indians viz BIaz-zah shaw, Wamdupidutah, Ojup and
Hahutana, on the part of the Sseetons, and Mazzo-
Nance Muz- zakoote- nance, Upiyahideyaw, Umpeduto
kechaw, and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, the part Of the
Wahpatons they being duly authorized and empowered
to act for said bands which treaty is in the words and
figures following, to wit a.s ...
Articles Of agreement and convention made and concu
ded at the city of Washington the ninteenth day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and fty-eght, by
Charles E Mix commissioner the part Of the Uni
ted States and the following named chiefs and head
men of the Sisseeton and Wahpaton bands of the Da
kota or Sioux tribe of Indians, viz MAJ zah- shaw,
Wamdupdutah, 0jup and Hahutanai on the part Of
the Sisseetons and Maz-zo nance Muz- zakooe nance
Upiyahideyaw, Umpedutokechaw, and Tachandupaho-
anka on the part of the Wahpatons they being duly
authorized and empowered to act for said bands
.. n. ARTICLE l. ...
IL Is hereby agreed and stipulated that, soon as
practicable after the ratification of this agreement so
much of that part of the reservation tract of land now
held and possessed by the Sseeton and Wahpaon bands
Of the Dakota or Sioux Indians and which is described
in the third article of the treaty made with them the
twenty third day of july thousand eight hundred
and fifty one which lies south southweswardy of the
Minnesota river shall constitute reservation for said
bands aud shall be surveyed and eighty acres thereof
as near as may be in conformity with the public surveys
be allotted in severalty to each head of family single
person the age of twentone years. in said bands of
Indians said allotmens to be SO made as TO include
proper proportion of tmbered land II the be prac
tcabIe in each of said aotments The residue of said
part of said reservation not allotted shall be held by
said bands In common, and as other Indian lands are
held Procded however, that eighty acres thereof,
near as may be- shall in like manner above provided
for be allotted to each of the minors of said bands
his her attaining their majority or on becoming heads
of families by contracting marriage, neither OF the
parties shall have previously received land All the
cesary expenses of the surveys and aotments thus pro-
yded shall be betrayed out of the funds of said bands
of Indians in the hands Of the government of the United
States Al E 80. er-sr 80 .-. -....... ..-.. Ia.
AS the members of said bands become capable of man
aging their business and affairs the President of the Uni
ted States may his discretion patents to be is
sued to them for the tracts of land allotted TO them re-
specvey in conformity With this article said tracts
to be exempt from levy taxation, sale, or forfeiture,
until otherwise provided for by the legislature of the
State in which they situated with the assent Of Con-
gres nor shall they be sold aenated in fee be in
any other manner disposed of except to the United States
or to members of said bands. tH9af E# as .. l ."T
. Ia ' Article g. i, ...,- 49,. .l...
Whereas by the treaty with the sisseeton and Wah-
patton bands of Sioux Indians concluded at Traverse DIES
Sioux on the twenty third day of July, thousand
eight hundred and fifty one, said bands retained for THEN
culture occupancy and home, ''to be held by them as
Minnesota river from the western boundary of the
sion therein made 'east of the ba river the
north and to the yellow Medicine river ON the south
side extend each side distance of not less than
ten miles from the general course of said Minnesota
And whereas the Senate Of the United States amend
ed said treaty to strike therrom the provision setting
apart the said land home for said band and made
provision for the payment to said bands lat the rate of
cents per acre. for the land included in the said tract
retained and set apart for the occupancy and home
of said bands and also provided in addition thereto
that there should be se apart by appropriate land marks
and boundaries such tracts of country without the limits
of the cesson made by the first article of the said treaty
shall be satisfactory for their future occupancy and
home - said Senate amendment providing also THAT the
President may with the consent of these Indians vary
the conditions aforesaid If deemed expedent all of
which provisions in said amendment assented to by
said Indians ADJ s4 E~s,., e-s .-s- XII ..-E- .
And whereas the President SO far varied the conditions
of said Senate Amendment to permit said bands to To-
cate for the time being upon the tract originally reserved
by said bands for home, and ''no tract of country
without the limits of the cesson made in the said rea
ty has been provided for offered to said bands
And Whereas by the act making appropriations for the
current and contingent expenses Of the Indian Depart
nen and for fulfilling treaty stpuations with various
Indian tribes, approved July 81 1854, the President
authorized "to confirm to the Sioux Of Minnesota for
ever the the Minnesota river, occupied
by them, upon such conditions he may deem just
And whereas although the President has not directly
confirmed said reserve to said Indians they claim that
as they entitled to receive "such tracts of
try as should abe satisfactory for their future occupancy
and horne and as other country than this
ton was ever provided for offered to Them and val
liable improvements have been made said reservation
with the moneys belonging to said bands, it agreed
and stipulated that the question shall be submitted to the
Senate for decision whether they have such title and
they have what compensation shall be made TO them for
that part of said reservation tract of land lying the
north side of the Minnesota river whether they shall be
allowed specific of money therefor, and If so, how
much or whether the shall be sold for their bene
fit they receive the proceeds of such SALE deducng
the necessary expenses incident thereto Such SALE If de
Oded in favor of by the Senate shall be made under and
according to regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary
of the Interior and in such will to them
the largest il may be practicable to obtain for said
land. s-sg ..4
ARTICLE B.. E....r r...s...T
land designated in article of this to be sold
or shall prescribe TO be paid to said bands for
their interest in said tract provision shall be made by
which the chiefs and headmen Of said bands may in their
discretion in open council authorize to be paid out OF
the proceeds of said tract such may be
found necessary and proper not exceeding seventy thou
sand dollars to satisfy their just debts and obligations
and TO provide goods be taken by said chiefs and head
men TO the said bands their return Provided hOoepe
That their said determinations shall be approved by the
superintendent of Indians affairs for the northern super
intendency for the time being and the said payments be
authorized by the Secretary of the Interior.
ARTICLE 4. .....
The lands retained and TO be held by the members of
the Sisseeton and Wahpaton bands Of Dakota Sioux
Indiana under and by virtue of the first article Of this
AGREEMENT sha to all ntents and purposes whatever