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 A T R E A T Y Aug ,3 1E0s_ Between the United States of Am§1"iCd and M6 Kdsltaskla Tribe .--i-——— of Imlums. Proclamation, D°°`23' 18m' Anrrorns of a treaty made at Vincennes in the Indiana territory, between William Henry Harrison, governor of the said territory, superintendent of Indian affairs and commissioner plenipotentiary of the United States for concluding any treaty or treaties which maybe found necessary with any of the Indian tribes north west of the river Ohio of the one part, and the head chiefs and warriors of the Kaskaskia tribe of Indians so called, but which tribe is the remains and rightfully re. present all the tribes of the Illinois Indians, originally called the Kaskaskia, Mitchigamia, Cahokia and Tamaroi of the other part: An·rrcr.n 1st. Whereas from a variety of unfortunate circumstances the several tribes of Illinois Indians are reduced to a very small number, the remains of which have been long consolidated and known by the name of the Kaskaskia tribe, and finding themselves unable to occupy the extensive tract of country which of right belongs to them and which was possessed by their ancestors for many generations, the chiefs and warriors of the said tribe being also desirous of procuring the means of improvement in the arts of civilized life, and a more certain and effectual support for their women and children, have, for the considerations Cession to the hereinafter mentioned, relinquished and by these presents do relinquish United S¤¤*¤S· and code to the United States all the lands in the Illinois country, which the said tribe has heretofore possessed, or which they may rightfully claim, reserving to themselves however the tract of about three hundred and fifty acres near the town of Kaskaskia, which they have always held and which was secured to them by the act of Congress of the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and also the right. of locating one other tract of twelve hundred and eighty acres within the bounds of that now ceded, which two tracts of land shall remain to them forever. U_ S_ to take Arvr. 2d. The United States will take the Kaskaskia tribe under their the Kaskaskias immediate care and patronage, and will afford them a protection as ’whatever as is enjoyed by their own citizens. And the said Kaskaskia tribe do hereby engage to refrain from making war or giving any insult or offence to any other Indian tribe or to any foreign nation, without having first obtained the approbation and consent of the United States. Former ,,1. Am-. Sd. The annuity heretofore given` by the United States to the rmity to be in- said tribe shall be increased to one thousand dollars, which is to be paid f;°,,‘:°,?aidl‘°" to them either in money, merchandize, provisions or domestic animals, at the option of the said tribe: and when the said annuity or any part thereof is paid in merchandize, it is to be delivered to them either at Vincennes, Fort Massac or Kaskaskia, and the first cost of the goods in the sea-port where they may be procured is alone to be charged to the said tribe free from the cost of transportation, or any other contingent expence. Whenever the said tribe may choose to receive money,, Ahouu for provisions or domestic animals for the whole or in part of the said Lhql¤hi¤St¤6bgd annuity, the same shall be delivered at the town of Kaskaskia. Tl1G fxlsglglldgc so United States will also cause to be built a house suitable for the accombe em,;,,,,-,d_ modation of the chief of the said tribe, and will enclose for their use 8 (78)
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