Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-04-11
EVENING STAR.
@ r r L I A L.
ANDREW JOHNSON.

, PREsInxEr or THE UNITED STATES or
AnERICA,
10 Gil and sisgGlar 10 .uhom Ds<se prsssRts Ssou
eone,-gTeetiHg:
whereas . treaty was made and concluded
NJ the city Of Washington. in the District Of
Columbia, on the eighth day Of March, in the
year Of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-hve, by and between William p.
Dele, Clark W. Thompson, and st. A. ID. Bal
sombe, Commissioners, on the part Of the
United States, and Lizzie Hill, Little Dacoria,
Whirling Thunder, Young Prophet, Good
Thunder Young Crane, and White Breast
Chiefs Of The Winnebago Tribe Of Indians on
the par. of said tribe OF Indians, and
duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty
rs in the words and figures following, TO wit
Articles OF treaty m ade and concluded at Wash
ington, ID. C., between the United States of
America, by their commissioners. VIM p
Dole, &. W. Thompson, and ST. A. ID BaI
sombe, and the Winnebago tribe of Indians
by their Chiefs Little Hill, Little Decor a.
Thunder, and W hite Breast, on the Stn
day Of March, 1866
ARTICLE LIST. The WinHebago tribe of In
dams hereby cede, sell, and convey TO the
pnited States all their right title and interest
IN and 20 their present reservation In the terri
tory of Dakota, IT Usher's Landing, the
Missouri river, the metes and bounds whereof
being on file in the Indian Department
ARTICLE 2nd. Ia consideration OF the FORE
going cession, and the valuable improvements
thereon, the United states agree TO set apart
for the occupation and future home of the
g Wlnnebago Indians, forever, all that certain
tract or parcel of land ceded to the United
States ey the Omaha tribe of Indians on the
sixth day of March, A. D. 1865, situated in the
Territory of Nebraska and described as fol-
lows, yiZi Commencing at point on the Mis-
sourl river four miles due south from the north
boundary line OF said reservations; thence west
ten mIles; thence south four miles; thence west
10 the western boundary line of the reserva-
lion; thence north to the northern boundary
line; thence east to the Missouri river: and
thence south along the river to the place Of be-
ginning.
ARTICLE Ord. In further consideration of the
foregoing cessiOn, aud in order that toe Win
nebagoes may be as well situated as they We're
when they were moved from Minnesota, the
United States agree TO erect on their reserva-
ton, hereby set apart, q good steam mill.
with grist-mili attached, and TO break and
fence one hundred acres of land for each band,
and supply them with seed. TO SOW and plant
the same, and shall furnish them with two
thousand dollars worth of guns, sixty horses,
one hundred cows, twenty yoke of oxen and
wagons, two chains each, and five hundred
dollars worth of agricultural implements,
IN addition to those on the reserve hereby Ce-
0eG.
ARTICLE, 4th. The United States further
agree 10 erect on said reservation an agency
building. schooi-house, warehouse, and suit
able buildings, for the physician, interpreter,
miller, engineer, carpenter, and blacksmith,
and honse Is by 2i feet, one and a half story
high, well shingled and substantially finished,
Tor each chief
ARTICLE 5th. The United States also stip-
Mate and agree to remove the Winnebago tribe
of Indians and their properly 20 their new
home, and TO subsist the tribe one year after
their arrival there.
In testimony whereof, the said VIM p Dole
Clark w Thompson, and ST. A. ID. Balcombe.
commissioners as aforesaid, and the under
signed chiefs and delegates of the Winnebago
tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands
and seals a. the place and on the day herein
w. p. DOLE,
CLARK w. THOMPSON,
ST. A. ID. BALCOMBE-
Commissioners.
his X mark. lsEAL.l
LITTLE DACORIA,
his X mark fsEAL.l
-WHIRLING THUNDER,
his K mark TsEAL.l
YOUNG PROPHET.
GOOD rHu IN : TaFk, LsE'Ll
his mark. IsEAL.l
YOUNG CRANE,
his mark. [sEALl
WHITE BREAST,
his mark [sEALl
MITCHELL ST; CYR, United States Interpreter.
ALEXANDER PAWN,
r. W. FURNAs, U. s. Agt. for Omahas
BENZ. F. LUsHBAUsH, Us. Indian Agent.
AUGUSTUS koUETZE.
e. HAZLETT.
And whereas the said Treaty having been
submitted to the Senate of the United States
for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate
did, on the thirteenth day OF February, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, advise
and consent 10 the ratification of the same,
with an amendment, by a resolution in the
words and figures following, to WIT:
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
February l3, 1866.
ResOired, (two-thirds of the Senators present
soncuTring,) That the Senate adyi and con-
sent 10 the ratification of the treaty made and
concluded NJ Washington, ID. c. between the
United States of America, by their commits
sloners, William p. Dole, T.. w. Thompson,
and ST. A. ID. Baleombe, and the winnebago
Tribe Of Indians. by their chiefs Little Hill,
Little Decorlee, [Dacoria,} Whirling Thunder
fou,'d YoungI Prophet. GoOd'Thunder, and
White Breast on the Stu day of March, 1865,
with the following
AMENDMENT:
Article Sd, line 10th, strike out the word
"s!Ity,' and insert the words four hundred
Attest: j. w. FORNEY, Secretary.
And whereas information Of the foregoing
amendment aaving been given to the Chiefs Of
the Winnebago Tribe Of Indians whose names
are subscribed 70 the writing hereto following
they die, on the twentieth day Of February
one thousand eight hundred and -sixty-sx,
give their free ana voluntary assent to said
amendmentin the words and figures following,
to-wit:
OMAHA INDIAN AGENCY,
NEBRASKA TERRITORY, Feb. ~, 1866
BE II known 6atwe, the chiefs OF the VIM
nebago Tribe of Indians, IN council assembled
being informed by Superintendent f. 3. Tay-
Iors through acting agent X. w. Furnas, that
the treaty entered INTO by our chiefs and legal
Representatives, on our part, ard the United
States, by commissioners. on as ftheir part. in
March, le63, mas been so amended as TO provide
for four hundred head Of horses instead OF
sixty head, as originally stipulated, we hereby
agree TO said amendment, and consent to its
being made part of the original treaty
In testmony whereof weAereto set our hands
and seals the day and year above written
LITTLE HILL,
o his mark [sEAL.l
GOOD HEART,
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GOOD THUNDER.
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THOMAS JET ERSON
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COO-NA-HUT-TA TAXA
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YOUNG FRENCH
his mark lsEAL.l
OLD ROGUE,
his 4 mark IsEAL.I
WHlRLING THUNDER,
his \ mark lsEAL.l
YOUNG PROPHET,
his Y mark fsEAL.l