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 TREATY WITH THE POTTAWATOMIE INDIANS. Fm:. 27, 1867. 537 have the right to purchase in a compact body ten hundred and thirteen chase 1¤¤<1¤ of 54-100 acres of the unallotted lands at the price of one dollar per acre, to um I°dl°°°’ be paid to the Secretary of the Interior, for the use of said tribe, and when the consideration shall be paid as aforesaid the President shall issue patents to said purchasers therefor; and in selecting said ten hundred and thirteen 54-100 acres, said purchasers shall have the preference over all other parties. Attest: GEO. C. GORHAM, Secretary, By W. J. MCDONALD. And whereas the foregoing amendments having been fully explained and interpreted to B. H. Bertrand, a delegate of said Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, duly authorized to act as such, and also to represent the Indians parties to said treaty, he did, on the fourth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in behalf of said Indians, give his free and voluntary assent to the said amendments, in the words and figures following, to wit: Whereas the Senate of the United States did, on the twenty-fifth day Amendments of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, advise and consent to the rati— "”°°*°d *°· fication of the articles of agreement concluded at Washington, D. C., on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen 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 Affairs for Kansas, and Luther R. Palmer, United States Indian Agent, duly authorized, and the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, represented by their chiefs, braves, and headmen, to wit: Mazhee, Mianco, Shawgwe, B. H. Bertrand, J. N. Bourassa, M. B. Beaubien, L. H. Ogee, and G. L. Young, with certain amendments, as set forth in the resolution of the Senate, dated July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and hereto annexed; and whereas said amendments have been explained to me, and are fully understood by me: Now, therefore, I, Benjamin H. Bertrand, delegate of said Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, duly authorized to act as such, and also to represent the Indians parties to said treaty, do, for myself, as delegate as aforesaid, and as the authorized representative of the other delegates, who are at present authorized to represent the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, hereby assent and agree to the said amendments as given in said Senate resolution. Witness my hand and seal this fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, at Washington, D. C. B. H. BERTRAND, [sean.] For himself as delegate, and representing-- MAZHEE, HALF DAY, A. F. NAVARRE, G. L. YOUNG, J. N. BOURASSA. Signed in presence of —— L. R. PALMER, U S. Ind. Agent. W. W. Ross. W. R. Inwm. Treaty pro— Now, therefore, be it known that I, Aunnnw Jomtsou, President claimedof the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the twenty-fifth of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty, with the amendments, as aforesmd.