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 976 TREATY WITH THE CHICKASAWS. JUNE 22, 1852. In presence of -— CHARLES E. Mix, Ohief Oler/e, Ojiee Indian Afairs, L. R. Suoor, T. R. CRUTTENDEN, H. MILLER, AAaoN V. Bnown, Interpreter. 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 August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, amend the same by a resolution in the words and Figures following, to wit: IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE or THE UNITED STATES, August 13th 1852. Resolved, (two thirds of the Senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of a treaty concluded at Washington on the 22d of June, eighteen hundred and fifty- two, between Kenton Harper, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and Colonel Edmund Pickens, Benjamin S. Love, and Sampson Folsom, Commissioners duly appointed for that purpose by the Chickasaw tribe of Indians; with the following AMENDMENTS : At the end of the Fourth Article add the following: rmviso. Provided, That the provisions of this article shall not be so construed as to impose any obligation on the United States to reimburse any expenditures heretofore made in conformity with the stipulations contained in the treaties of 1832 and 1834: And provided further, That the United States shall not be liable to repay moneys held in trust for the benefit of orphan and incompetent Chickasaws, in any case in which payment of such moneys has been made upon the recommendation or certificate of the persons appointed for that purpose in the Fourth Article of the Treaty of 1834, or of their successors, and in other respects in conformity with the provisions of that article: And provided further, That the United States shall not be held responsible for any reservation of land or of any sale, lease, or other disposition of the same, made, sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of, in conformity with the several provisions of said treaties of 1832 and 1834. After Article Nine add the following new article: Payments: to ARTICLE 10. And it is further stipulated, That in no case hereafter, g2g: °° l" shall any money due or to be paid under this treaty or any former treaty between the same contracting parties be paid to any agent or attorney; but shall in all cases be paid directly to the party or parties primarily entitled thereto. Attest,—·· ASBURY DICKINS, Secretary. And whereas the said amendments having been submitted and explained to the Chickasaw Indians in Council assembled, the said Chickasaws did, on the sixteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, assent to said treaty as amended by the Senate, in words following, to wit: Whereas by an act of the General Council of the Chickasaws, passed 7th February, 1852, Colonel Edmund Pickens, Benjamin S. Love, and Sampson Folsom, were appointed Commissioners on behalf of the Chickasaw people to negotiate a Treaty with the United States, and the said Commissioners having, on the 22d June, 1852, concluded a Treaty with