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 232 TREATY WITH THE QUAPAWS. 1824. p,ym,,,,t of article, to be paid either in money, merchandise, provisions, or domggtig ¤¤¤¤i¤i¤¤· animals, at the option of the aforesaid Tribe; and when the said M,. nuities, or any part thereofQ is paid in merchandise, it is to be delivered to them at the first cost of the goods at St. Louis, free from cost of transportation. T,,,,,,; 0mm_ Amrcnn 7th.` This Treaty shall take effect, and be obligatory on the tor w en mg. contracting parties, so soon as the same shall be ratified by the President iid of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof In testimony whereofQ the said William Clark, Commissioner as aforesaid, and the Chiefs and Head Men of the Ioway Tribe of Indians, as aforesaid, have hereunto set their hands this day and year first before written. WM. CLARK. Ma·hos-kah, (White Cloud,) Mah-ne-hahmah, (Great Walker.) Wrrrrnssns rnnsnxr, Thos. L. McKenney. G. W. Kennerley, Indian Agent. Law. Taliaferro, Indian Agent at St. Peter's. A. Baronet Vasques, Act. sub. Agt. and Interpreter. Meriwether Lewis Clark. Jno. W. Johnson. William P. Clark. William Radford. To tha Indian names are suhjoined n. mark and seal. ARTICLES OF A TREATY Between the United States of America and the Quapaw Nation of Indians. Nov. 15, 1824. Anrrcnn 1. The Quapaw Nation of Indians cede to the United States Fen ig, ]825_, of America, in consideration of the promises and stipulations herein- Lands ceded after made, all claim or title which they may have to lands in the Ter-
 * X:;° Q““‘ ritory of Arkansas, comprised in the following boundaries, to wit:

` Beginning at a point on the Arkansas river, opposite to the Post of Arkansas, and running thence a due south-west course to the Ouachita river; and thence, up the same, to the Saline Fork; and up the Saline Fork, to a point from whence a due north-east course will strike the Arkansas river at Little Rock: and thence down the right (or south bank) of the Arkansas river to the place of beginning. ART. 2. In consideration of the cession made in the first article of this Treaty, by the aforesaid Chiefs and Warriors, the United States $500 to be engage to pay to the four head Chiefs of the Quapaw Nation, the sum wid to the head of five hundred dollars each, in consideration of the losses they will sus- °h'°f“· &'°• tain by removing from their farms and improvements. The payment to be made at the time they receive their annuity for the year 1825. And, also, to the said nation, the sum of four thousand dollars, to be paid in goods, at the signing of this Treaty. And the United States also engage to pay to the Quapaw Nation, one thousand dollars in specie, annually, for the term of eleven years, in addition to their present annuity. Arvr. 3. The United States hereby guaranty to the said Nation of Indians, the same right to hunt on the lands by them hereby ceded, as Rignuguum. was guarantied to them by a Treaty, concluded at St. Louis, on the tieilu them. 24th of August, 1818, between the said Quapaw Nation of Indians and t°’P‘"6‘ Wrnmam CLARK and Aucusrn C1ro·r·1·:au, Commissioners on the part of the United States.