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 TREATY WITH THE SACS, FOXES, IOWAS. Marton 6, 1861. 1171 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. ·r0 ALL nm smeunau ro wnou runs: ransmurs seam. coms, cumarme: March 6, 1861. Wuenaas a treaty was made and concluded at the Great Nemaha Agency, in the Territory of Nebraska, on the sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, by and between Daniel Vanderslice, United States Indian Agent, on the part of the United States, and Pe-te-ok-a·ma, Ne-sour·quoit, Mo-less, and Se-se-ab kee, chiefs and delegates of the Indians known as the Sacs and Foxes of Missouri, duly authorized thereto by said Indians, and No-heart, Nag-gm rash, Mah-hee, To-hee, Tab-ra-kee, Thur-o-mony, and White Horse, chiefs and delegates of the Indians known as the Iowa tribe, duly authorized thereto by said Indians, in the words and ngures following, to wit: Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the office Contracting of the Great Nemaha Agency, Nebraska Territory, on the sixth day of P“‘°l‘°‘“‘ March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, by and between Daniel Vanderslice, U. S. Indian agent, on the part of the United States, and the following named delegates of the Sacs and Foxes of Missouri, viz: Pe-te·ok-a-ma, Ne-sour·quoit, Mo-less, and Se-se-ah-kee; and the following named delegates of the Iowa tribe, viz: No-heart, Nag-ga—rash, Mah-hee, To-hee, Tab-ra-kee, Thur-o-mony, and White Horse; they being duly authorized thereto by their respective tribes. Anrtctm I. The Sacs and Foxes of Missouri hereby cede, relinquish, G°§¤l°¤ °51¤¤· and convey to the United States all their right, title, and interest in and iyrggtggnstgm? to lands within their present reservation, described as follows, viz : beginning at the mouth of the south fork of the Great Nemaha river, and Boundaries. thence up the southwest bank of the Great Nemaha, with its meanders, to the mouth of the west fork; thence up the west fork, with its meanders, to the line of the 40° of parallel on the west bank of creek or fork, where is established the southwest corner of the Sac and Fox reserve, by erecting a stone monument, from which the following references bear, viz: A large cottonwood tree, 3 feet in diameter, bears S. 44° O0' E. 1.05 chains; a rock bears N. 30° O0' W. 50 links; another rock bears N. 50° O0' west 50 links; and another rock bears due north 1 chain; thence east, along the line of the 40° of- parallel to the west bank of the south fork of the Great Nemaba river, distance fourteen miles twenty-seven chains and sixty links, where is established the southeast corner of the Sac and Fox reserve, by erecting a stone pile with a black walnut post in the centre of it, from which a white elm, two feet in diameter, bears S. 33° 00' E. 22 links, and marked with the letters S. E. Cor. for the southeast corner, and another elm, 18 inch[e]s in diameter, bears S. 39° O0' E. 1.05 chains, and marked SE C B SE., for the southeast corner, bearing, and distance; and another black walnut, 9 inch[e]s in diameter, bears S. 15° O0' E. 85 links, and thence down the south fork, with its meanders, to the point of beginning, estimated to contain 32,098 acres, 3 roods and 35 perches. _ _ Anrrcrn II. The aforesaid lands shall be surveyed in conformity with Lands to gm the system governing the survey of the public lands; and  same shall :‘€';':g;:uf“ be sold, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior,1n parcels vox.. xxi. Tnssr.-—150