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 1072 TREATY WITH THE IOWVAYS. MAY 17, 1854. necessary under specific heads, may be expended in the settlement of their affairs, preparatory to removal. Amucnn 13. The object of this instrument being to advance the interests of the Ioway people, it is agreed, if it prove insufficient, from causes which cannot new be foreseen, to effect these ends, that the President may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, adopt such policy in the management of their affairs, as, in his judgment, may be most beneficial to them; or Congress may hereafter make such provision by law as experience shall prove to be necessary. Ancrxcnn 14. This instrument shall be obligatory on the contracting parties whenever the same shall be ratified by the President and the Senate of the United States. In testimony whereof, the said George W. Manypenny, commissioner as aforesaid, and the delegates of the Ioway tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and seals, at the place and on the day and in the year hereinbefore written. GEORGE W. MANYPENNY, Commissioner. [L. s.] NAN-CHEE-NING·A, or No Heart, his x mark. L. s. SHOON-TY—ING-A, or Little Wolf, his x mark. EL. sd WAH-MOON-NA-KA, or The Man who Steals, his x mark. L. s. NAR-GE-GA—RASH, or British, his x mark. {L. sa Executed in the presence of- Jss. D. Knmz. Jas. T. Wrmm. N. Qnncxnnnusn. WM. B. WAUGH. D. VANDERSLIOE, Indian Agent. JOHN B. R01', his x mark, UZ S Interpreter. Wu. B. WAUGH, witness to signing of John B. Rm;. 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 eleventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, ratify the same by a resolution in the words following, to wit: IN Exnonrrvn SESSION, Saturn on crnn UNITED Srarrns, Jute 11, 1854. Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the City of Washington this seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, by George W. Manypenny, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the following named delegates of the Ioway tribe of Indians, viz: Nan-chee-ning-a, or No Heart; Shoon-ty-ing-a, or Little Wolf; Wah—moon-a-kah, or the Man who Steals; and Nar-ge-ga-rash, or British; they being thereto duly authorized by said tribe. Attest: ASBURY DICKEN S, Secretary. Now, therefore, be it known that I, FRANKLIN PIERCE, President of the United States of America, do in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of the eleventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty.