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 676 TREATY WI'I`I·I THE STOCKBRIDGES AND MUNSEES. FEB. 1856. consent to the ratification of the same, with amendments, by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit: IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE or THE UNITED STATES. April 18, 1856. Resolved, (two third 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 Stockbridge, in the State of Wisconsin, on the fifth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, between Francis Huebschmann, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the Stockbridge and Munsee tribes of Indians assembled in general council, and such of the Munsees, who were included in the treaty of September 3, 1839, but are yet residing in the State of New York, by their duly authorized delegates, William Mohawk and Joshua Willson, with the following AMENDMENTS. Am¤¤<1¤¤¤¤t¤· ARTICLE II. Add thereto, the following: "And the further sum of eighteen thousand dollars, (twelve thousand for the Stockbridges, and six thousand for the Munsees,) to be expended, at such time, and in such manner, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, in the purchase of stock and necessaries, the discharge of national or tribal debts, and to enable them to settle their af}`airs." ARTICLE XVI. Insert the name of “John IV. Abrams " in the list of persons provided for in this article; and in the column opposite his name, the words " lot No. 59 "-—and insert his name also after the name of “Levi Konkapot,” in the paragraph below the list of names. Attest: ASBURY DICKIN S, Secretary. And whereas the said amendments were, at Stockbridge, Wisconsin, on the twenty-ninth day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, laid before the general council of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribes of Indians, and after having been read and fully explained to said council, were ratified and accepted by said council, by a written instrument in the words and figures following, to wit: IN GENERAL COUNCIL or THE STCCKBRIDCE AND MnNsEE Tnnsns or INDIANS. Stockbridge, lWsc0nsin, July 29, 1856. The Senate of the United States having advised and consented to the ratification of the articles of agreement and convention, made and concluded at Stockbridge, in the State of `Wisconsin, on the fifth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, between Francis Huebschmann, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the Stockbridge and Munsee tribes of Indians, assembled in general council, and such of the Munsees, who were included in the treaty of September 3d, 1839, but were yet residing in the State of New York, by their duly authorized delegates, William Mohawk and Joshua lVillson, with the following AMENDMENTS. Amendments' ARTICLE II. Add thereto, the following: “And the further sum of eighteen thousand dollars, (twelve thousand for the Stockbridges, and six thousand for the Munsees,) to be expended, at such time, and in such manner, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, in the purchase of stock and nccessaries, the discharge of national or tribal debts, and to enable them to settle their affairs." ARTICLE XVI. Insert the name of “John W. Abrams " in the list of persons provided for in this article; and in the column opposite his name, the words, " lot No. 59 "-and insert his name also after the name of “Levi Konkapot" in the paragraph below the list of names—we, the