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 448 TREATY WITH THE PAWNEES. 1833. to the said Indians, in exchange, in place of being bounded in the manner described in the treaty be so changed, that the first line shall begin at the mou_th of Boyer s river, and run down the river Missouri to a point thereon rom which a hne runmng due east will strike the northwestern corner of the State of Missouri; from that point due east till it strikes said northwest corner; then, along the northern boundary_ line of said State, till it strikes the line of the lands belonging to the Fos and Soc Indians; thence northwardly, so far as to make to the Indians ful compensation for the quantity of land which will be thus taken from them on the southwestern part of the tract allowed them by the boundaries as at present described in the treaty; and provided, further, that this a teration of boundaries can be effected with the consent of the Indians. Also the said commissioner shall examine whether three thousand dollars, a part of the stmt of seventeen thousand dollars directed to be paid to Robert Stuart agent of the American Fur Company, was to be paid and received in full discharge of all claims and demands which said company had against Gurdon S. Hubbard and ames Kinzie; and rfhe tinds it was to be so paid, that then the sum of fourteen thousand dollars, only, be paid, until said agent of said company give a receipt of all debts due, and demands which said company had against said Hubbard and Kinzie ; and, upon givintg such receipt, that then the said sum of three thousand dollars be likewise paid to said agent." And those contained in the second named resolution are as follows : " That the Senate do advise and consent to the alteration proposed by the Chiefs of the United Nation of Chippewa, Ottawa and Pottawattamie Indians, concluded at Chica 0, in the State of Illinoi, on the first day of October 1534, to the treaty concludetf between the Commissioners on the part of the United States and the chiefs of the said United Nation on the 26th of September, 1833 :-—it beinfg expressly understood by the Senate that no other of the provisions of the resolution o the Senate of the 22d day of Mag 1834, ratifying the said treaty, shall be affected, or in any manner changed, by the said proposed alteration of lst October, 1834, excepting the proposed alteration in me poundaries therein mentioned, and the sums of money therein stipulated to be pai ." ARTICLES OF AGBEEMEN T AND CONVENTION, Oct. 0, 1833; Made this ninth day of October, A. D. 1833, at the Grand Pawp,0c,m,,,,,,,,’ nec village, on the Platte river, between Henry L. Ellsworth, April 12, ttm. commtsszoncr in behalf of the United States, and the chiefs and head-men of the four conjedcratcd bands of Pawnccs, viz.- Grand Pawnees, Pawnee Loups, Pawnee Republicans, and Pawncc Tappayc, reszdzng on the Platte and the Loup fork. t Clesgon ofland ART: I. The confederated bands of Pawnees aforesaid hereby cede ° ‘ “‘ and relinquish to the United States all their right, interest, and title in and to all the land lying south of the Platte river. Huréttng t Amr. II. Theland ceded and relinquished hereby, so far as the same K’°"" · is not and shall not be assigned to any tribe or tribes, shall remain a common hunting ground, during the pleasure of the President, for the Pawnees and other friendly Indians, who shall be permitted by the President to hunt on the same. °£;¤<;:¤li;c ngf Ama III. The United- States, in consideration of said cession and §,m,,y given_ for the purpose of advancing the welfare of the said Pawnees, agree to pay said bands annually, for the term of twelve years, the sum of forty- six hundred dollars in goods, at not exceeding St. Louis prices, as follows: to the Grand Pawnees and Republican villages, each thirteen hundred dollars, and to the Pawnee Loups and Tappaye Pawnee villages each one thousand dollars, and said annuity to said Grand Pawnees is in full remuneration for removal from the south to the north side of the Platte, and building again. Algriculturai Arvr. IV. The United States agree to pay to each of said four bands, tm? ¤m°¤*¤- for five years, tho sum of five hundred dollars in agricultural implements; and to be continued longer if the President thinks proper.