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 270 TREATY WITH THE KANSAS. 1825. Pahu-sha, (White Hair,) head chief of Waw-bur-cou, Warrior Little Osages, the Great Osages, Maw-sho-hun-ga, Warrior Great Osages, Ca-he·ga-wa-tonega,(Foolish Chief,) head Waw-lo-gah, (Owl,) Warrior Little chief of the Little Osages, Osages, Shin-ga-wassa, (Handsome Bird,) Chief Maw·she-to-mo-nee, Warrior Great of the Great Osages, Osages, Ta-ha-mo-nee, (Swift Walker,) Chief Che.he-kaw, Warrior Little Osages, Little Osages, Ne-ha-wa-she-tun-ga, Warrior Great Ca-he-ga·wash·im-pee-she, (Bad Chief;) Osages. Chief Great Osages, Ho-no-posse, Warrior Little Osages, Wee-ho- je- ne- gare, (Without Ears,) Waw·kun-chee, Warrior Great Osages, Chief Little Osages, Paw- ne- no-push -re, Warrior Little Ca·he-ga-shinga, (Little Chief) Chief Osages. Great Osages, Archibald Gamble, Secretary. Jos. C. Brown, Surveyor. W. S. Williams, Int. Stephen Cooper, Samuel Givens, Richard B rannan, Garrison Patrick, Daniel J. Bahan, I. R. Walker, Singleton Vaughn, Benjamin Jones, Bradford Barbe, Hendley Cooper, John M. Walker, Joseph Davis, George West, Thomas Adams, James Brotherton. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. TREATY WITH THE KANSAS INDIANS. Aug. 16, 1825. WHEREAS the Congress of the United States of America being anx- ious to promote a direct commercial and friendly intercourse between May 3,18%. the citizens of the United States and those of the Mexican Republic, and, to afford protection to the same, did, at their last session, pass an 1825] 0h_ 5g_ act, which was approved the 3d of March, 1825, " to authorize the President of the United States to cause a road to be marked out from the Western frontier of Missouri to the confines of New Mexico," and which authorizes the President of the United States to appoint Commissioners to carry said act of Congress into effect, and enjoins on the Commissioners, so to be appointed, that they tirst obtain the consent of the intervening tribes of Indians, by treaty, to the marking of said road and to the unmolested use thereof to the citizens of the United States and of the Mexican Republic; and Benjamin H. Reeves, Geo. C. Sibley, and Thomas Mather, being duly appointed Commissioners as aforesaid, and being duly and fully autherized, have this day met the Chiefs and Head Men of the Kansas tribe of Indians, who, being all duly autherized to meet and negotiate with the said Commissioners upon the premises, and being specially met for that purpose, by the invitation of said Commissioners, on the Sora Kansas Creek, two hundred and thirty- eight miles Southwestwardly from Fort Osage; have, after due deliberation and consultation, agreed to the following Treaty, which is to be considered binding on the said Kansas Indians, from and after this day: ARTICLE 1. Road ,0 be The Chiefs and Head Men of the Kansas nation, or tribe of Indians, surveyed, &c. for themselves and their nation, do consent and agree that the Commissioners of the United States shall, and may survey and mark out a road, in such manner as they may think proper, through any of the territory owned or claimed by the said Kansas Tribe or nation of Indians. ARTICLE 2. ,5,,;,; ,0,,,; to The Chiefs and Head Men, as aforesaid, do further agree that the be {ree, Src. road authorized in article 1, shall, when marked, be forever free for the use of the citizens of the United States and of the Mexican Republic,