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 AND CHEYENNE INDIANS. Fm:. 18, 1861. 1167 N A-KO—HAIS—TAH, his x mark, Tall Bear. A-AM-A-NA-CO, his x mark, Left Hand, or Namos. JOHN S. SMITH, U SC Interpreter. ROBERT BENT, U S Interpreter. Witnesses to the signatures: Jour: Sunewxcx, Mq;`0r of Cavalry. R. R-Anson, Jr., Lt. af Oavalry. J. E. B. STUART, lst Lt. Ist Orwalry. J 0HN WHITE, Clerk to the Jndian signatures. P. S. And it is further understood, before signing the above treaty, Git'tteRobert that it was the particular request and wish of the Chiefs and Councillors B°“"· in general convention, in consideration of Robert Bent being one of their half-breed tribe, that he should have, as a gift from the nation, six hundred and forty acres of land, covering the valley and what is called the Sulphur Spring, lying on the north side of the Arkansas River and about Eve miles below the Pawnee Hills, and they wish the general government to rec0g· nize and connrm the same; and that Jack Smith, son of John S. Smith, M Jwk Smith who is also a half-breed of said nation, shall have six hundred and forty acres of land, lying seven miles above Bent’s Old Fort, on the north side of the Arkansas _River, including the valley and point of rock, and respectfully recommend the general government to confirm and recognize the same. A. G. BOONE, Com. and Ind. Agt. F. B. CULVER, Uomr. and Specl. Ag!. And whereas the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of Ratiication. the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, advise and consent to the ratification of the same by a resolution, and with an amendment in the words and figures following, to wit: “ IN Exnourrvn Session, " SENATE on THE UNITED STATES, August 6, 1861. “Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring,) That the Amendment. Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at Fort Wise, in the Territory of Kansas, on the eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, by and between Albert G. Boone and F. B. Culver, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the following named Chiefs and Delegates, representing the confederated tribes of Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians of the Upper Arkansas River, viz.: Little Raven, Storm, Shave-Head, and Big Mouth, (on the part of the Arapahoes,) and Black Kettle, \Vhite Antelope, Lean Bear, Little Wolf, Tall Bear, and Left Hand, or Namos, (on the part of the Chey- ennes,) they being thereto duly authorized by said confederated tribes of Indians, with the following amendment, viz.: " Strike out the eleventh article, in the following words : " ART. 11th. In consideration of the kind treatment of the Arapahocs and Cheyennes by the citizens of Denver City and the adjacent towns, they respectfully request that the proprietors of said city and adjacent towns be permitted by the United States government to enter a sufficient quantity of land to include said city and towns at the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-tive cents per acre." Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Secretary.