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 TREATY WITH THE KICKAPOOS. 1809. 117 J acco, Pequia, Shawanoe, Quewa, or Negro legs, Tosania, Alenguq Cohona, Chequia, or Little Eyes. Lapoussier, In the presence of Peter Jones, Secretary to the Commissioner. B. Park, one of the Judges of the Indiana Territory. Thomas Randolph, Attorney-general of Indiana. Will: Jones, of Vincennes. Saml. W. Davis, Lt. Col. Ohio State. Shadrach Bond, Jr. of the Illinois Territory. Joseph Barron, Swom Interpreter. To the Indian mama are subjoined a mark and seal. A T R E A T Y Betwen the United States of America and the Kickapoo tribe of Dec. 9, 1809. Indians. WILLIAM HENRY Hsnmsou, governor of the Indiana territory and commissioner plenipotentiary of the United States for treating with the Mm;. g, mmf Indian tribes north west of the Ohio, and the Sachems and war chiefs of the Kickapoo tribe, on the part of said tribe, have agreed on the following articles, which, when ratified by the President, by and with the advice of the Senate, shall be binding on said parties. Ama l. The ninth article of the treaty concluded at Fort Wayne on Kiqkapggg the thirtieth of September last, and the cession it containes is hereby ¤g¤f<¢¤ *0 ¤€<>¢>¤d agreed to by the Kickapoos, and a permanent additional annuity of four g}t§;g,°g6’°°°Y hundred dollars, and goods to the amount of eight hundred dollars, now ;g0g_' delivered, is to be considered as a full compensation for the said cession. Am. 2. The said tribe further agrees to cede to the United States all C9¤Si0¤ Y0 the that tract of land which lies between the tract above ceded, the Wabash, U““°d S““°"‘ the Vermillion river, and a line to be drawn from the North corner of the said ceded tract, so as to strike the Vermilion river at the distance of twenty miles in a direct line from its mouth. For this cession a further annuity of one hundred dollars, and the sum of seven hundred dollars in goods now delivered, is considered as a full compensation. . But if the Miamies should not be willing to sanction the latter cession, and the United States should not think proper to take possession of the land without their consent, they shall be released from the obligation to pay the additional annuity of one hundred dollars. Ama 3. The stipulations contained in the treaty of Greenville, rela- Mmmyofpay. tively to the manner of paying the annuity and of the right of the i¤g ¤¤¤¤i¤Y- Indians to hunt upon the land, shall apply to the annuity granted and the land ceded by the present treaty. IN *1*ns·r11v1oNy wnnitor, the said William Henry Harrison, and the Saohems and head war chiefs of the said tribe, have hereunto set their hands and atiixed their seals, this ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and nine. (Signed) WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. Joe Renard, Nemahson, or a Man on his Wakoah, or Fox Hair, feet, N onoah, or a Child at the breast, Knoshania, or the Otter, Moquiah,. or the Bear Skin. Signed in presence of (The word seven in the second article being written upon an erasure.) Peter Jones, Secretary to the Commissioner. Geo. Wallace, Jun. Justice of Peace. Kentucky. Jno. Gibson, Secretary Ind. Ter. Will. Jones, Justice of Peace. E. Stout, Justice of Peace. Chas. Smith, of Vincennes. Hyacin the Lasselle, of Vincennes. Domq. Lacroix, of Vincennes. Joseph Barron, Interpreter. To the Indian names are subjoinod a mark and seal.