Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-04-04
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ANDREW JOHNSON, President OF the United
e-s States Of America.

TO ot1 and sisguldr to gtons these presents shall
come. greeting.
whereas supplemental Treaty was made
ana concluded at the city Of Washington. In
the District Of Columbia, on the tenth day OF
Marea, In the year of our Lord one thonsand
elgnt hundred and sixty five, by and between
william +. Dole, Commissioned on the part
OF the United states, and Wah- gah. sap -pi or
IRON WhiP, G'st-tah- wah-gu, or Strong Walk
ASH name kah- gah-he, or Lone. Chief, and
Ian-ton. ga. nuz-zhe, or Standing Buffalo,
Chiefs and Headmen Of the Ponca tribe of In
dIans, on the part of said Indians, and duly
autnoiized thereto by them, which Treaty is
In thewords and figures folio wing, to wit:
Supplemental Treaty between the United
States OF America and the Ponca tribe of
Indians, made at the city OF Washington on
the tenth day Of March, A. D. 1865, between
VIM. +. Dole, Comm issioner, on the part OF
the United States, and WaR. eah .sah. ri, or
Wo,s Iron Whip; Gish- tab wah. gu, or Strong
Cerre; Ash nan kah -gah he, or Lone
Ohief; fah.ton- -ga-nu zhe, or Standing
Buffalo. on the part Of the Ponca tribe of
powered by the said tribe, as follows, viz:
~ ARTICLE lsT.
The Ponca tribe of Indians hereby cede and
relinquish to the United States all that portion
OF their present reservation as des cribed in the
first article OF the treaty of March 12, 1858,
lying west OF the range line between town
ships numbers t32) thirty-two and gay thirty.
three north, ranges (10) ten and (lI) eleven
west Of the (6) sixth principal meridian, ac-
cording to the Kansas and Nebraska survey.
estimated to contain thirty thousand acres, be
the same more or less.
. ARTICLE 2ND.
In consideration of the cesson or release OF
that portion of the reservation above described
by the Ponca tribe of Indians to the govern
ment of the United States, the government Of
the United States. by way of rewarding them
for their constant fidelity to the government
and citizens thereof, and with a vie W Of re-
turning 70 the said tribe OF Ponca Indians their
old burying-grounds and corn fields, hereby
cede and relinquish to the tribe Of Ponca In
dlans the following described fractional town.
range (7) seven west; also fractional township
(32) thrty-two north, ranges (6,) six. M seven
le,) eight 10 nine, and Qo) ten west; also frac.
uonal township 1887 thirty three north ranges
(7)seven and (s)eight west; and also that portion
Of township (33) thirty-th north, ranges (9)
nine and {lO) ten west, lying south Of Ponca
creek; and also all the islands in the Niobrara
or Running Water river lying in front of lands
or townships above ceded by the United States
TO the Ponca tribe OF Indians. But IL is ex.
pressly understood and agreed that the United
States shall not be called upon to satisfy or
pay the claims Of any settlers for improve
ments upon the lands above eeded by the Uni
ted States to the Poncas, but that the Ponca
tribe OF Indians shall, out of their own funds
and at their own expense, satisfy said claim.
ants, should any be found upon said lands
above ceded by the United States to the Ponca
tribe OF Indians.
ARTICLE 3Rp
I Inc government Of the United States, in COM
pllance with the first paragrap oh of the second
article OF the treaty OF March IL, 1858 hereby
supuiate and agree to pay to the Ponca tribe
OF Indians for Indemnity for spoliation COM
mltted upon them, satisfactory evidence of
which has been lodged in the ONCE of the
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, and payment
recommended by that officer, and also by the
Secretary OF the Interior, the sum of fifteen
thousand and eighty dollars.
r-f.-e ARTICLE 9TH. rrA
The expenses attending the negotiation of
mus I'M Ieaty or agreement shall be paid by the
United States. -
In testimony whereof, the said Vim. p. Dole
signed, chiefs Of the Ponca tribe of Indians
have herennto set their hands and seals at the
place ana on the day hereinSefOTe n written;
WAH-GAH-sAP-PI, or Iron whip, his
mark -tsp.r1
G1sT;TAH-wAI.au or Strong Walker. AL
WAsH,ooN- MO: M, or Mitchell p Cerre,
his mark. rseA1l
AsH-NAN-E-KAH GAH-HE. or Lone
Onief @ ms mark. [sEAL.l
r,a bnmaio, ms mark [sEAL.l
Executed in the presence Of -.. -
CHAs. SINS.
" STEPHEN A. DOLE.
O. NEWTON EDMUNDs. -.>-.s Ego -f
j. SHAW GREGORY. Hf.-..v e-.--
GEO. n. PROPER. ..--.-
And whereas the said Treaty ha wing haan
submitted. to the Senate of the United States
for its constitutional action thereon, the senate
did, on the second day OF March, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, advise and
consent to the ratification of the same bv
resolution in the words and figures following.
to wit: -
. ..... In ExnUrIyK SESSION.
G. = ... SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. !:
March I'd, 1867. \
Resolrcd, That the Senate advise and consent
TO the ratification of the supplemental treaty
with the Ponca tribe Of Indians, concluded al
Washington, March 10, 1865. - '4-lE -
Attest: J. w. FoRNRY Secretarv
Now, therefore, be it known that [. ANDREW
JOHNSON, President of the United States OF
America, do, in pursuance of the ad vice and
consent of the Senate, as expressed in its reso.,
luton of the second of March, one Thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven accept, ratify,
and confirm the said Treaty. = = . -
In testimony whereof have hereto signed
my name, and caused the seal OF the United
States to be affixed 8 .H ~. '29T . -
Done 1.-The city of Washington, this twenty
eighth day Of March In the wear of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
lsEAL. and sixty seven, and of the Indepen
dence of the United States of America
the ninety first.
= ANDREW JOHNSON.
WM. HI. SEWARD. Secretary of State /