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 410 TREATY WITH THE PIANKESHAWS AND WEAS. 1832. Sealed, and delivered, in the presence of George Boyd, U. S. Indian Agent. R. A. Forsyth, Paymaster U. S. A. Charles A. Grignon, Interpreter. Samuel Abbott. Joshua Boyer, Secretary. B. B. Kercheval. Eben. Childs. Henry S. Baird. Peter B. Grignon. Hanson Johnson. James M. Boyd. Richard Pricket, Interpreter. To the Indian names are suhioined marks. ARTICLES OF A TREATY 0°*-29»1832· Made and concluded at Castor Ihll in the county of St. Louis Proclamation, and Stateof Missouri, between William Clark, Frank L Allen, F°1’· 12» 1833- and Nathan Kzuns, Commissioners on the part of the United States, of the one part, and the undersigned Chiefs, Warriors and Counsellors, of the Piankeshaw and Wea tribes of Indians, in behalf of their said tribes, of the other part. Cessiori to Anrrcnn I. The undersigned Chiefs, Warriors, and considerate men, U·S·» &°· for themselves and their said tribes, for and in consideration of the stipulations hereinafter made, do hereby cede and relinquish to the United States forever, all their right, title and interest to and in lands within the States of 'Missouri and Illinois-—-hereby confirming all treaties heretofore made between their respective tribes and the United States, and relinquishing to them all claim to every portion of their lands which may have been ceded by any portion of their said tribes. Cessioii by Anrrcnn II. The United States cede to the Piankeshaw and Wea U· S· tribes, for their permanent residence, two hundred and fifty sections of land within the limits of the survey of the lands set apart for the Piankeshaws, Weas, and Peorias,— bounded east by the western boundary line of the State of Missouri for fifteen miles; north, by the southern boundary of the lands assigned to the Shawanoes; west by lands assigned to the Peorias and Kaskaskias, and south by the southern line of the original tract surveyed for the Piankeshaws, Weas and Peorias,—- said tract being intended to include the present villages of the said Piankeshaws and Weas. lfaymeutsto ARTICLE HI. As a full equivalent to the said Piankeshaw tribe for P**¤k°*h¤W¤· their claim for salt annuities, for improvements on the lands they moved from within the State of Missouri, and for horses lost when moving, the United States agree to pay them after the ratification of this treaty, cattle, hogs, and such farming utensils as may be required by said tribe on their land, to the amount of five hundred dollars annually, for five years;-the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars will also be expended in assistance to said tribe in agriculture, and improvements on the land hereby ceded to them, together with the sum of two hundred dollars in merchandize and cash paid at the signing of thi treaty, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by said tribe. Payments to Anricrn IV. As a full equivalent to the Wea tribe, for the improve- W¤¤¤· ments made by them on the lands of the United States which they removed from,-for horses lost in consequence of such removal, and for all other claims which they have preferred, the United States agree to pay them after the ratification of this treaty, cattle, hogs, and farming utensils on their land to the amount of five hundred dollars, together with two hundred dollars this day paid them in cash and merchandize, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. The United States will also afford some assistance to that part of the Wea tribe now residing