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 TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. 1836. 523 sent to one of the said amendments, the Senate of the United States, the said treaty having been again submitted to their consideration, did, on the thirteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, resolve as follows, viz: “ Whereas in the second article of the treaty made with the confederated tribe of Sac and Fox Indians, dated the 28th day of September, 1836, provision is made for the payment of sundry debts said to be due from said Indians to the several individuals, whose names are mentioned in said article, and whereas the said treaty was submitted by the President of the United States to the Senate for advice, as to its ratification, and whereas the Senate advised the ratification of said treaty with sundry amendments, and among them recommended, that the provision before mentioned for the payment of said debts to the individuals named should be stricken out, and in lieu thereof a provision inserted by which the sum of forty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars, eighty-seven and an half cents should be applied to the payment of such debts as should be found to be due by the superintendent of said Indians &,c; and whereas the said Indians have refused to give their assent to said amendments; " Therefore it is now resolved, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring, that the Senate do advise and consent to the ratification of said treaty, without the amendment before mentioned, and that so far as it relates to said debts the treaty be construed and executed in the manner set forth therein, when it was executed by the contracting parties." Now, I, MARTIN VAN Bunnn, President of the United States of Ame- Rviiied D96- rica, do in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, us ex- gg lggzywlggh pressed in their said resolutions of the twenty-fifth day of February, and nmcndmmm the thirteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven, accept, ratify, and confirm the said treaty, with the following amendments and no other, viz: " After the word ‘ island' in the third line of the second article, insert Amendment the following words: “Or such other place as may be designated by the (1)- President of the United States.' " "The Ioway Indians having set up a claim to a part of the lands Amendment ceded by this treaty, it is therefore hereby provided, that the President (gh I, { of the United States shall cause the validity and extent of said claim to me f3,,€,,:1,,mw°h° be ascertained, and upon a relinquishment of said claim to the United ascertained and States, he shall cause the reasonable and fair value thereof to be paid to Wdsaid Ioway Indians, and the same amount to be deducted from the sum stipulated to be paid to the Sacs and Foxes."