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 TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTT INDIANS. MARCH 17, 1842. 583 Cherokee Boy, a Wyandott chief, one section of land to contain six hundred and forty acres, and whereas the said Horonu did, during his lifetime, sell and convey to James Whitaker one quarter—section of said land containing 160 acres, which sale was confirmed by the President of the United States. The said Horonu died in the month of March, 1826, having by his last will bequeathed the remaining three quarter-sections, containing 480 acres, to Squeendehtee and Sooharress, or Isaac Williams, they being the nearest of kin to the deceased, now to the intent that the purposes of the testator may be fully complied with, it is hereby agreed the 480 acres of land, as aforesaid, shall be immediately sold under the directions of the President of the United States, and the nett proceeds, after deducting all expenses, be paid over to the heirs aforesaid. ARTICLE XIII. The chiefs of the Wyandott nation hereby agree to re- Removal. move their whole people to the west of the Mississippi River without any other cost to the United States than the sum of ten thousand dollars ; five thousand dollars of which is to be paid the said chiefs when the first detachment of their people sets out on their journey to the west, and the remaining five thousand dollars on -the arrival of the whole nation at the place of their destination in the west. ARTICLE XIV. The United States agree to grant by patent in feesimple Grant to certain to each of the following named persons, and their heirs, all of whom are p°"“°”“‘ Wyandotts by blood or adoption, one section of land of six hundred and forty acres each, out of any lands west of the Mississippi * River set apart Post, p. 585. for Indian use, not already claimed or occupied by any person or tribe, viz 1 Silas Armstrong, John M. Armstrong, liatthew R. Walker, William Walker, Joel Walker, Charles B. Garrett, George Garrett, George J. Clark, Irwin P. Long, Ethan A. Long, Joseph L. Tennery, Robert Robertaile, Jared S. Dawson, Joseph Newell, John T. Walker, Peter D. Clark, James Rankin, Samuel McCulloch, Elliot McCulloch, Isaiah Walker, William M. Tennery, Henry Clay Walker, Ebenezer Z. Reed, and Joel WValker Garrett, and to the following chiefs and councillors one section each, Francis A. Hicks, James Washington, Squeendehtee, Henry Jaques, Tauroonee, Doctor Grey Eyes, George Armstrong, Warpole, John Hicks, Peacock, and George Punch. The lands hereby granted to be selected by the grantees, surveyed and patented at the expense of the United States, but never to be conveyed by them or their heirs without the permission of the President of the United States. ARTICLE XV. The United States agree to pay to William Walker and rayment for Joel Wallrer, each, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, and to John S°"‘°°S· M. Armstrong the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, for services rendered as interpreters in theprogress of the negotiation ; and to Warpole, a former chief of the Wyandott nation, one hundred and fifty dollars, money expended by him as one of the party who accompanied Joseph McCutehen, a former commissioner of the United States, to the city of Washington in September, 1839. ARTICLE XVI. In the year 1812 the houses, barns, stables, fences, horses, Grant to Cath cattle, and hogs, with farming utensils and household furniture, to a large "“‘° W”‘1k°‘"‘ amount, the property of the late William Walker, of Brownstown, in the Territory of Michigan, was destroyed by the enemy, while in the occupancy of the United States forces; and by reason of his attachment to the cause of his country, being a native citizen, taken prisoner in early life by the Wyandott Indians, intermarried, and ever after living among them, the evidence of all which is ample and conclusive. There is therefore granted unto Catharine Walker, widow of the said William Walker, and to his heirs, the sum of three thousand dollars, in full satisfaction of their claim, to be paid by the United States to her or them, after the ratification of this treaty. it The word “Missouri " substituted for “Mississippi " by Senate amendment. Post, p. 147.