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 284 TREATY WITH THE SHAWNEES. 1825. In presence of A. L. Langham, Sec. to the Com. A. R. Woolly, Lieut. Col. U. S. A. J. Gantt, Capt. 6th InlZ John Gale, Surgeon U. S. Army. George C. Hutter, Lieut. 6th Inf. M. W. Batman, Lieut. 6th Intl G. H. Kennerly, U. S. S. Ind. Agt. Michael Burdeau, Interpreter. William Rodgers. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. ARTICLES OF A CONVENTION N"- `7· 1825- Made between William Clark, Superintendent of Indian Ajaim, Pmelamnion, and the undersigned Chiqs and Head Btkn of the Shawonee D°°- 3°· um- Nation of Indians, residing within the State of Missouri, duly authorized and empowered lgrsaid Nation, at the City cy" St. Louis, on the seventh day of ovember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twentyjive. Preamble, Wnnnnss the Shawnee Indians were in possession of a tract of land near Cape Geredeau, in the State of Missouri, settled under a permission from the Spanish Government, given to the said Shawnees and Delawares by the Baron De Carondelet, on the fourth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and recorded in the office of Recorder of Land Titles at St. Louis, containing about  twenty- five miles square, which said tract of land was abandoned by the Delawares, in the year 1815: and from which the said Shawnees, under an assurance of receiving other lands in exchange, did remove, after having made valuable and lasting improvements on the same, which were taken possession of by the citizens of the United States: And it being the desire of the United States fully to indemnify said tribe for all losses and injuries sustained by them by reason of such removal —the following articles have been agreed upon, between WILLIAM CLARK, Superintendent of Indian Atfairs, specially authorized on the one part, and the undersigned Delegates of the Shawnee tribe, residing within the State of Missouri, on the other part: ARTICLE 1. Csssion ¤f1¤¤d The Shawnee tribe, do, hereby, cede and relinquish to the United 2ge;h° Sl""' States, all their claim, interest and title, to the lands on which they ' settled, near Cape Geredeau, under an authority of the Spanish government as aforesaid, situate, lying, and being between the River St. Come and Cape Geredeau, and bounded on the east by the Mississi i and westwardly by White Water. PP , ARTICLE 2. U_ s_ to gay., a It is further agreed by the contracting parties, that, in consideration <=<=¤¤i¤ ¤¤¤¢ i¤ of the cession aforesaid, the United States do, hereby, agree to give to °X°h°"g°‘ the Shawnee tribe of Indians, within the State of Missouri for themselves and for those of the same nation, now residing in Ohio, who may hereafter emigrate to the west of the Mississippi, a tract of land equal to fifty (50) miles square, situated west of the State of Missouri, and within the purchase lately made from the Osa es, by treaty bearing date the second day of June, one thousand eight Iiundred and twenty-five, and within the following boundaries: Commencing at a point (2) two miles north-west of the south-west corner of the State of Missouri; from thence, north, (25) twenty-five miles; thence, west, (100) one hundred miles; thence, south, (25) twenty-five miles; thence, east, (100) one hundred miles, to the place of beginning. But, whereas the sai