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 1116 TREATY WITH THE KANSAS TRIBE OF INDIANS. Ocr. 5, 1859. compensation to be paid out of the proceeds of the lands sold in trust for said tribe of Indians. All questions growing out of this amendment, and rights claimed in consequence thereof, shall be determined by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior. And in all cases where licensed traders, or others lawfully there, may have made improvements upon said reservation, the Secretary of the Interior shall have power to adjust the claims of each upon fair and equitable terms, they paying a fair value for the lands awarded to such per- DODS, and shall cause patents to issue in pursuance of such award. We, the undersigned, chiefs and headmen, representing the Kansas tribe of Indians, having heard the foregoing amendment read, and the same having been fully explained to us by our agent, do hereby agree and ratify the same. Done at Kansas agency this fourth day of October, A. D. 1860. Signed in the presence of-- M. C. Drcxzr, U S. Sub-Agerut, A. B. Gnnnnwooo, Commissioner, HUGH S. Wnsu, F. S. Hmrmxsx, Interpreter. KI-HE-GA-WAH-CHUFFEE, his x mark. [L. s. ISH-TAL-A·SA, his x mark. [L. s. NEE·I·IOO-JA-IN-GA, his x mark. [L. s. KI-HI-GA-WAT-TE-INGA, his x mark. [L. s. KI·HE·GAH·CHA, his x mark. [L. s. AL-LI-CAI-I-WAH·HO, his x mark. L. s. PAH-HOUS-GA-TUN·GAH, his x mark. L. s. KE·HAH-LAH-LA-HU, his x mark. L. s. EE—HE-SUM-GAH, his x mark. L. s. WA-PAH-JAH, his x mark. L. s. WAH—TAH-IN-GAH, his x mark. L. s. SHAH-KI}?-PAH, his x mark. L. s. OO-GA·SHA-MA, his x mark. L. s. WAH-E-LAH-GA, his x mark. L. s. PA-HA-NE-G-AH, his x mark. L. s. PA-TA·GO-HULLE, his x mark. L. s.] his x mark. L. s.] NI-HA-GA-HA, his x mark. L. s. SHE·GA-WA-SA, his x mark. L. s. MA-HlS·PA-WACHA, his x mark. L. s. MA-SHON-O-PUSHA, his x mark. L. s. CHA·HA-SHA-WATUNGA, his x mark. L. s. KLHE-GA-TUSSA, his x mark. L. s. KA-WA-LE-SHA, his x mark. L. s. WAH-HUNA·A-SHA, his x mark. L. s. WUMA-SUM-FAH, his x mark. L. s. LES-U-SHA, his x mark. L. s.] Proclaimed. by Now, therefore, be it known that I, JAMES BUCHANAN, Presi- Bhuzxggggi dent of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice ’and consent of the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of the twenty- seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, accept, ratif y, and confirm said treaty with the amendment as aforesaid. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto atlixed, having signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Washington, this seventeenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred [sm.L.] and sixty, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-fifth. JAMES BUCHANAN. By the President: Lnwxs Cass, Secretary of State.