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 TRLATY WITH THE OTTAWA INDIANS. Jmm fi, 1862. 1237 Treaty between the United Stale: 0 America and the Ottawa ' Blanchard'.; Forfc and Roche iga Bwuf Ooncludcd, Juno1g5W5g6g. Ratification advised, with Amendment, July 16, 1862. Amciudmmt accepted, Juhy 19, 1862. Hwlaimd, Ju@ 28, 1862. . ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ro .u.r. nm smevmm ·r0 wuou rumen mzmemns srmm. coma, cmcmzrme: J¤~¤¤ Mw NW WHEREAS v. treaty was made and concluded at the city of Wishing- Preamble. ton, m the District of Columbia, on the twenty-fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-two, by and between William P. Dole, commissioner, on the part of the United States, and the hereinafter named chief and councilman of the Ottawa Indians of the United Bands of Blanch¤.rd’s Fork and Roche de BwufQ now in Franklin county, iu the State of Kansas, being duly authorized by sid bands, which treaty is in the words and iigures following: Articles of agreement and convention, made and concluded at W¤sh· contracting ington city, on the twenty-fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and !>¤¤'¤¤¤· sixty-two, by and between William P. Dole, commissioner, on the part of the United States, and the following named chief and eouncilmeu of the Ottawa Indians of the United Bands of Blanchard’s Fork and of Roche de Boeui now in Franklin county, Kansas, viz: Pem-ach-wung, chief; John T. Jones, William Hurr, and James Wind, councilman, they being thereto duly authorized by said tribe. The Ottawa Indians of the United Bands of Blanchard’s Fork and of Certain Ottawa Roche de BceufQ having become sufficiently advanced in civilization, and g’3;::*;}b:h°:”*° being desirous of becoming citizens of the United States, it is hereby 13,,5;,.35;,,;,,,,;., agreed and stipulated that their organization, and their relations with the £'*1°¤¤- United States, as an Indian tribe, shall be dissolved and terminated at the ‘ expiration of five years from the ratification of this treaty; and from and after that time the said Ottawas, and each and every one of them, shall be deemed and declared to be citizens of the United States, to all intents and purposes, and shell be entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of such citizens, and shall, in all respects, be subject to the laws of the United States, and of the state or states thereof in which they may reside: Provided, further, That John T. Jones, now u member of the Ot- John T- Jones tawas, being an educated and experienced man withal, having given many  °° °° ‘ evidences of devotion and loyalty to the Government of the United States, [Tm, pmdso he is, at his request and that of the Ottawas, hereby declared to be a. citi- ntngkan out. Soo zen of the United States, exempt from the restrictions hereinafter pro- vided, concerning the purchase, alienation, or encumbrauce of the Ottawa p` ` lands; and after all the selections and allotments herein provided for are made, he is hereby authorized to locate and purchase of the Secretary of the Interior any of the remaining lands of said Ottawas at $1.25 per acre ; but this article shall not deprive the said Jones of any of the pecuniary benefits of this treaty as an Ottawa Indian. Azvrrcnn II. It is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of the In- gwmgang terior to cause a survey of the reservation of the said Ottawas to be ntsAe fh Off;;"!! to b¤ as s00n as practica,ble after the ratification of this treaty, dividing it mtu °“"°y _ 80·acre tracts, with marked stones set at each corner; and said Ottawas having already caused their reservation to be surveyed, and quarter-section