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 TREATY WITH THE OMAHA INDIANS. Manoa 6, 1865. 667 Treaty between the United &ates of America and the Omaha Tribe of Indians; Ooncludcd March 6, 1865; Ratfjication advised February 13, 1866; Proclaimad Fcbrumy 15, 1866. ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, March ¤,1so5. ro im. un smomnia ro wuom masse rassmzrs sun:. coun, examine: Wunaeas a Treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washington, P¤’¤¤¤bl• in the District of Columbia, on the sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, by and between Clark W. Thompson and Robert W. Furnas, Commissioners, on the part of the United States, and E-sta—mah-zha, or Joseph La Flesche, Gra-tamah-zhe, or Standing Hawk, Ga-he-ga·zhin-ga, or Little Chief, Tah-wahga-ha, or Village Maker, Wah-no-ke-ga, or Noise, Sha-da·na-ge, or Yellow Smoke, Wastch-com-ma-nu, or Hard Walker, Pad—a-ga-he, or Fire Chief, Ta-su, or White Cow, and Ma-hs-nin-ga, or No Knife, Chiefs of the Omaha Tribe of Indians, on the part of said tribe of Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: Amicus or Tunsrr made and concluded at Washington, D. C., on the C·?¤*¤¤¤¤I sixth day of March, A. D. 1865, between the United States of Amer- P°m°°‘ ics, by their Commissioners, Clark W. Thompson and Robert W'. Furnas, and the Omaha tribe of Indians, by their chiefs, E-sta-mah-za, or Joseph La Flesche; Gra-ta-mah-zhe, or Standing Hawk; Ga-he—ga-zhin-ga, or Little Chief; Tah-wah-gah-ha, or Village Maker; Wah-no-ke·ga, or Noise; Sha·da-na-ge, or Yellow Smoke; Wastch-com-ma·nu, or Hard Walker; Pad-a.-ga·he, or Fire Chief; Ta-su, or White Cow; Ma-hanin-ga, or No Knife. Aaucnn I. The Omaha tribe of Indians do hereby cede, sell, and Cossionof convey to the United States a tract of land from the north side of their l}"Flu*g 3;:,% present reservation, defined and bounded as follows, viz: commencing at m a point on the Missouri river four miles due south from the north bound- Boundariesary line of said reservation, thence west ten miles, thence south four miles, thence west to the western boundary line of the reservation, thence north to the northern boundary line, thence east to the Missouri river, and thence south along the river to the place of beginning; and that the said Omaha tribe of Indians will vacate and give possession of the lands ceded by this treaty immediately after its ratification: Provided, That nothing herein Proviso. contained shall be construed to include any of the lands upon which the said Omaha tribe of Indians have now improvements, or any land or improvements belonging to, connected with, or used for the beneiit of the Missouri school now in existence upon the Omaha reservation. ARTICLE II. In consideration of the foregoing cession, the United Payment to States agree to pay to the said Omaha tribe of Indians the sum of fifty 3:)*; t':’;2":£f“° thousand dollars, to be paid upon the ratification of this treaty, and to be penned. expended by their agent, under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for goods, provisions, cattle, horses, construction of buildings, farming implements, breaking up lands, and other improvements on their reservation.