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 1082 'I`REA'I`Y WVITH THE KASKASKIAS, 8:0. MAY 30, 1854. FRANKLIN PIERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: ro ALL AND smeunan TO wnom THESE PRESENTS smlm. conn, ennnrms: May eo, 1854. WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded on the thirtieth day of ·—————-—-—— May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, by George W. Many- penny, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the following named delegates of the united tribes of Kaskaskia and Peoria, Piankeshaw and Wea Indians, viz: Kio·kaw-mo-zan, David Lykius ; Sawa-ne-ke-ah, or Wilson; Sha-cah-qua, or Andrew Chick ; Ta-co-nah, or Mitchell; Che—swa-wa, or Rogers; and Yellow Beaver, thereto duly authorized by said tribes; which treaty is in the words following, to wit: Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the City of Washington this thirtieth 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 representing the united tribes of Kaskaskia and Peoria, Piankeshaw and Wea Indians, viz: Kio-kaw-mo-zan, David Lykins; Sa-wa-ne-ke-ah, or Wilson ; Shacah-quah, or Andrew Chick; Ta·ko-nah, or Mitchel ; Che-swa-wa, or Rogers; and Yellow Beaver, they being duly authorized thereto by the said Indians. Assent of the ARTICLE 1. The tribes of Kaskaskia and Peoria Indians, and of United Sims *0 Piankeshaw and Wea Indians, parties to the two treaties made with E;mP%g§§kg; them respectively by William Clark, Frank J. Allen, and Nathan Kouns, ankeshaw, ahd Commissioners on the part of the United States, at Castor Hill, on the Wm I¤d‘““°· twenty-seventh and twenty-ninth days of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, having recently in joint council assembled, united themselves into a single tribe, and having expressed a desire to be recognized and regarded as such, the United States hereby assent to the action of said_ joint council to this end, and now recognize the delegates who sign and seal this instrument as the authorized representatives of said con- ·solidated tribe. qsssion to the ARTICLE 2. The said Kaskaskias and Peorias, and the said Pianke- Umwd S“"’“· shaws and Weas, hereby cede and convey to the United States, all their right, title, and interest in and to the tracts of country granted and assigned to them, respectively, by the fourth article of the treaty of October twenty-seventh, and the second article of the treaty of October twenty- Vo1.vii.p. 410- ninth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, for a particular description of said tracts, reference being had to said articles; excepting Reservation. and reserving therefrom a quantity of land equal to one hundred and sixty acres for each soul in said united tribe, according to a schedule attached to this instrument, and ten sections additional, to be held as the common property of the said tribe,-—and also the grant to the American Indian Mission Association, hereinafter specifically set forth. DiSP<>Siti<>¤ of ARTICLE 3. It is agreed that the United States, shall as soon as it nm °°d°d 1“dS‘ can conveniently be done, cause the lands hereby ceded to be surveyed m%°l°¤¥?°¤ of as the public lands are surveyed; and, that the individuals and heads of ‘ families shall, within ninety days after the approval of the surveys, select