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 526 TREATY WITH THE MIAMIES. FEBRUARY 28, 1867. Thos. Morgan and John W. Majors take E. Q of said quarter at $3 per acre ; deposited _$9 ; total, $240.00. _ _ _ fhere as [are] 80 acres untaken, for which a purchaser will be named by the chiefs une n x. bcfgoialsliahd dispaoslzd of 6,000 acres. Total money deposited. . .1 . ... $ 5,970.00 Total amount at prices agreed. 23,438.00 The above lands to be patented to the persons aforesaid, or their representatives, on rompt payment of the price agreed, by lst June, 1867; provided, that if any settlbr refuse or raeglleiptl to pay as aforesaid, then the tract of land by him claimed to be sold un er seae I s. _RatiHcation And whereas the said treaty having been submitted to the Senate of
 * 't:m°“d' the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on

i the eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, advise and consent to the ratification of the same, with amendments, by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit: IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, June 18, 1868. Resolved, (two thirds of the senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of agreement concluded at Wasliington, D. C., the twenty-third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, between the United States, represented by Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, W. H. Watson, Special Commissioner, Thomas Murphy, Superintendent of Indian Afl`nirs, George C. Snow and G. A. Colton, U. S. Indian Agents, duly authorized, and the Senecas, represented by George Spicer and John Mush, the mixed Senecas and Shawnees, by John Whitetree, John Young, and Lewis Davis, the Quapaws, by S. G. Vallier and Ka-zhe-cali, the confedcrnted Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, by Baptiste Peoria, Jolm Mitchell, and Edward Black, and the Ottawas of Blancl1ard’s Fork and Roche de Buzuf, by John Wliite and J. 'I`. Jones, and including certain Wyandott[c]s, represented by Tauromee, or John Hat, and John Karaho, with the following AI¤¤¤d¥¤<=¤*¤· ALIENDMENTS. Art. IV. ARTICLE IV. Strike out the following words: "and the land in Kansas ’l’"°·p‘ m4' herein ceded shall be open to entry and settlement the same as other public lands within sixty clays after the completion of the surveys thereof " ; and insert in lieu thereof: "uuder the pre-emption laws of the United States; but all such pre-emption shall be paid in the money of the United States, at the proper land office, within one year from the date of entry and settlement." Atl- XU- ARTICLE XII. Strike out the following words: “ the government being Am' p` M6' under obligations to protect them, but for the time unable to do so." Same article. Strike out the following words: “ upon such report, make such awards as he may deem equitable and just; and upon such award the United States will pay the claimants the amounts declared to be due: Provided, 'l`ha.t the sums so paid shall not exceed thirty-tive thousand dollars for the Senecas, twenty-five thousand dollars mr the Shawnecs, and thirty thousand dollars for the Qnapaws; and if the awards shall exceed such amounts in either case, the claimants shall be paid pro rata from the amount appropriated " ; and insert in lieu thereof: " report the same to Congress? Art. XIII. AETMJLE Xlll. Strike out the following words: " and in order to reor- A"’*’» P-516 ganize and provide for the Wyandott[e], many of whom have been in a disorganized and unfortunate condition since their treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, it is provided that there shall be re<·ognizr··l due and paid to the W`yundott[e]s of all classes the sum of eiglily-t‘:r<·e