The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-07-28

value for the lands awarded to such persons shall
cause patents to issue in pursuance OF ssucn a.
ATTEST: AsBURY DICKINs, Secretary"
And whereas the foregoing amendment having
been fully interpreted and explained 70 Ine ai9 I
did, on the fourth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty, at the Kansas agency.
in the Territory of Kansas, agree 10 ana fatiiy
the same in the words and figures following, to
wit
ecutive session, did, on the 27th day of June, A.
D. 1860 advise and consent to the ratification OF
the ARTICLES of agreement and convention made
and concluded at the Kansas, on the fifth day OF
October, eighteen hundred and fifty nine, be-
tween Alfred B. Greenwood, commissioner on
the part OF the United States, and certain chiefs
and headmen representing the Kansas tribe OF In
dams, with the following
Amendment, viz.
At the end of the fourth article add the follow
ing: Provided, That all those who had in good
faith, settled and made improvements upon said
reservation, prior to the second day OF Decem-
ber eighteen hundred and ffty-six, Chat being
the day when the survey was certified by the a.
gent of the tribe,) and who would have been en-
titled to enter their improvements under any ge-
neral special presumption law, chad their i'm
proyements not fallen within the reservation)
such settlers shall be permitted to enter their i'm
provements at the sum OF one dollar and seventy
five cents per acre. in cash; said entries to be
made in legal subdivisions, and in such quanti-
ties as the presumption laws under which they
may claim entitle them to locate; payments to
be made on or before day to be made on or be-
fore day to be named by the Secretary OF the
Interior And provided, further, That all those
who had in good faith settled upon that portion
of the reservation retained by this treaty for the
future homes of the Kansas tribe of Indians, and
had made bona fide improvements thereon prior
to the second day of December, eighteen hundred
and fifty six, aforesaid, and who would have been
entitled to enter their lands under the general
presumption law at one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre, had their improvements not fall
len upon the reservation, such settlers shall be
entitled to receive a fair compensation for their
improvements, to be ascertained by the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of
the Interior; such compensation to be paid out
of the proceeds of the lands sold in trust for said
tribe of Indians All questions growing out OF
this amendment, and rights claimed in conse-
quence thereof, shall be determined by the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs, to be approved by
the Secretary of the Interior. And in all cases
where licensed traders, Others lawfully there
may have made improvements upon said reserva-
ton, the Secretary of the Interior shall have
power to adjust the claims of each upon fair and
equitable terms, they paying fair value for the
lands awarded to such persons, and shall cause
patents to issue in pursuance of such award
We, the undersigned, chiefs and headmen,~rc
presenting the Kansas tribe of Indians, having
heard the foregoing amendment read, and the
same ing been fully e. planned to us by our a
gent, do hereby agree and ratify the same.
Done at Kansas agency this fourth day of Octo-
Der, A. d. 1860.
Signed in the presence Of
NJ. G. DICKEY, Z. s. Sub-Agent,
A. B. GREENWOOD, Commissioner,