members of said bands authorized to locate upon the respective reservations, as herein before specified, in such manner as may be directed by law; Goods, pro but no goods, provisions, groceries, or other articles—except materials visions, &c. not for the erection of houses and articles to facilitate the operations of agriculture shall be issued to Indians or mixed-bloods on either reservation unless it be in payment for labor performed or for produce delivered : Provided, That, when persons located on either reservation, by reason of age, sickness, or deformity, are unable to labor, the agent may issue clothing and subsistence to such persons from such supplies as may be pro to be issued to Indians, &c. unless. Proviso. No person to trade for furs and peltries. Members of bands only, except, &c. to locate on lands. Chiefs and headmen may adopt rules. Amendments assented to. vided for said bands. ARTICLE IX. The withdrawal of the Indians from all dependence upon the chase as a means of subsistence being necessary to the adoption of civilized habits among them, it is desirable that no encouragement be afforded them to continue their hunting operations as means of support, and, therefore, it is agreed that no person will be authorized to trade for furs or peltries within the limits of the land claimed by said bands, as specified in the second article of this treaty, it being contemplated that the Indians will rely solely upon agricultural and mechanical labor for subsistence, and that the agent will supply the Indians and mixed-bloods on the respective reservations with clothing, provisions, &c., as set forth in article eight, so soon as the same shall be provided for that purpose. And it is further agreed that no person not a member of said bands, parties hereto whether white, mixed-blood, or Indian, except persons in the employ of the government or located under its authority, shall be permitted to locate upon said lands, either for hunting, trapping, or agricultural purposes. ARTICLE X. The chiefs and headmen located upon either of the reservations set apart for said bands are authorized to adopt such rules, regulations, or laws for the security of life and property, the advancement of civilization, and the agricultural prosperity of the members of said bands upon the respective reservations, and shall have authority, under the direction of the agent, and without expense to the government, to organize a force sufficient to carry out all such rules, regulations, or laws, and all rules and regulations for the government of said Indians, as may be prescribed by the Interior Department: Provided, That all rules, regulations, or laws adopted or amended by the chiefs and headmen on either reservation shall receive the sanction of the agent. Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Secretary, by W. J. McDONALD, Chief Clerk. And whereas, the foregoing amendments having been fully explained and interpreted to the Chiefs and Headmen of the Sissiton and Warpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, whose names are hereinafter signed, they did on the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, give their free and voluntary assent to the said amendments, in the words and figures following, to wit: The foregoing amendments having been fully explained and interpreted to us, the Chiefs and Headmen of the Sissiton and Warpeton bands of Dacotah [Dakota] or Sioux Indians, now therefore, we, the Chiefs and Headmen of said bands, duly authorized by our people, do hereby accept, assent, and agree to the said amendments as above written, the same being fully understood by us. Witness our hands and seals this 22d day of April, 1867, at Washington, D. C. GABRIEL RENVILLE, head chief of Sissiton and Warpeton bands. WAMDIUPIDUTA, his x mark, head Sissiton Chief. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the fifteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, accept, ratify, and confirm the said Treaty, with the amendments as aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereto signed my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty[SEAL.] seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-first. By the President: ANDREW JOHNSON. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Proclamation Treaty between the United States of America and the Senecas, Mixed ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING : Feb. 23, 1867. Preamble. WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on the twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by and between Lewis V. Bogy, William H. Watson, Thomas Murphy, George C. Snow, and G. A. Colton, commissioners, on the part of the United States, and certain chiefs, delegates, and headmen of the Senecas, mixed Senecas and Shawnees, Quapaws, confederated Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, Contracting and Piankeshaws, Miamies, Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de parties. Boeuf, and certain Wyandottes, on the part of said Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: Articles of agreement, concluded at Washington, D. C., the twenty-third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, between the United States, represented by Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, W. H. Watson, Special Commissioner, Thomas Murphy, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, George C. Snow, and G. A. Colton, U. S. Indian agents, duly authorized, and the Senecas, represented by George Spicer and John Mush; the mixed Senecas and Shawnees, by John Whitetree, John Young, and Lewis Davis; the Quapaws, by S. G. Vallier and Ka-zhe-cah; the confederated Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, by Baptiste Peoria, John Mitchell, and Edward Black; the Miamies, by Thomas Metosenyah and Thomas Richardville, and the Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de Boeuf, by John White and J. T. Jones, and including certain Wyandott[e]s, represented by Tauromee, or John Hat, and John Karaho. Preamble. Whereas it is desirable that arrangements should be made by which portions of certain tribes, parties hereto, now residing in Kansas, should be enabled to remove to other lands in the Indian country south of that State, while other portions of said tribes desire to dissolve their tribal relations and become citizens; and whereas it is necessary to provide certain tribes, parties hereto, now residing in the Indian country, with means of rebuilding their houses, reopening their farms, and supporting their families, they having been driven from their reservations early in the late war, and suffered greatly for several years, and being willing to sell a portion of their lands to procure such relief; and whereas a portion of the Vol. x. p. 1159. Wyandottes, parties to the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, although taking lands in severalty, have sold said lands and are still poor, and have not been compelled to become citizens, but have remained withVOL. XV. TREAT. 33 Cession of land to the United States by the Senecas, &c. Further ces sion. Cession of lands to the United States by the Shawnees; by the Quapaws. Amended. Senecas to out clearly recognized organization, while others who did become citizens are unfitted for the responsibilities of citizenship; and whereas the Wyandottes, treated with in eighteen hundred and fifty-five, have just claims against the government, which will enable the portion of their people herein referred to to begin anew a tribal existence: Therefore it is agreed: ARTICLE I. The Senecas cede to the United States a strip of land on the north side of their present reservation in the Indian country; the land so ceded to be bounded on the east by the State of Missouri, on the north by the north line of the reservation, on the west by the Neosho river, and running south for the necessary distance, to contain twenty thousand acres; for which the government is to pay twenty thousand dollars upon the ratification of this treaty; the south line of said tract to be ascertained by survey, at the cost of the United States. ARTICLE II. The Senecas now confederated with the Shawnees, and owning an undivided half of a reservation in the Indian country immediately north of the Seneca reservation mentioned in the preceding article, cede to the United States one half of said Seneca and Shawnee reserve, which it is mutually agreed shall be the north half, bounded on the east by the State of Missouri, north by the Quapaw reserve, west by the Neosho river, and south by an east and west line bisecting the present Seneca and Shawnee reserve into equal parts, the said line to be determined by survey, at the expense of the United States; for which tract of land, estimated to contain about thirty thousand acres, the United States will pay the sum of twenty-four thousand dollars. ARTICLE III. The Shawnees, heretofore confederated with the Senecas, cede to the United States that portion of their remaining lands, bounded as follows, beginning at a point where Spring river crosses the south line of the tract in the second article ceded to the United States, thence down said river to the south line of the Shawnee reserve, thence west to the Neosho river, thence up said river to the south line of the tract ceded in the second article, and thence east to the place of beginning; supposed to contain about twelve thousand acres, the area to be ascertained by survey, at the expense of the United States; the United States to pay for the same at the rate of one dollar per acre, as soon as the area shall be ascertained. ARTICLE IV. The Quapaws cede to the United States that portion of their land lying in the State of Kansas, being a strip of land on the north line of their reservation, about one half-mile in width, and containing about twelve sections in all, excepting therefrom one half section to be patented to Samuel G. Vallier, including his improvements. Also the further tract within their present reserve, bounded as follows: Beginning at a point in the Neosho river where the south line of the Quapaw reserve strikes that stream, thence east three miles, thence north to the Kansas boundary line, thence west on said line to the Neosho river, thence down said river to the place of beginning; and the United States will pay to the Quapaws for the half-mile strip lying in Kansas at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, whenever the area of the same shall be ascertained; and for the other tract described in this article at the rate of one dollar and fifteen cents per acre, whenever the area of the same shall be ascertained by survey, said survey to be made at the cost of the tribe to which said tract is herein provided to be sold; and the land in Kansas herein ceded shall be open to entry and settlement, the same as other public lands, within sixty days after the completion of the survey thereof. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SENECAS. ARTICLE V. The Senecas now confederated with the Shawnees, the said Shawnees thereto consenting, agree to dissolve their connection with |