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 TREATY WITH THE PAWNEES. Ave. 6, 1848. 949 TREATY WITH THE PAWNEES. Articles of Agreement and Convention made this sixth Day of August, Aug. 6, 1848. A. D. 1848, at Fort Childs, near the Head of Grand Island, on the f-""' south Side of the Nebraska or Great Platte River, between Lieutenant- Tma rmged Colonel Ludwell E. Powell, commanding Battalion Missouh Mounted ·T¤¤· 8.7849- Volunteers, en route to Oregon, in Behalf of the United States, and the Chiefs and Headmen of the Four Conjederated Bands of Pawnees, viz.: Grand Pawnees, Pawnee Laups, Pawnee Republicans, and Pawnee Tappage, at present residing on the south Side of the Platte River. Anrrcnn I. The confederated bands of the Pawnees hereby cede and relinquish Lund ceded to to the United States all their right, title, and interest in and to all that the U- S'¢°·'>€¤= tract of land described as follows, viz.: Commencing on the south side of the Platte River five miles west of this post, “Fort Childs;" thence due north to the crest of the blutfs north of said Platte River ; thence east and along the crest of said bluffs to the termination of Grand Island, supposed to be about sixty miles distant; thence south to the southern shore of said Platte River ;, and thence west and along the southern shore of the said Platte River to the place of beginning. The land hereby conveyed is designated within the red lines of the following plat. [N ora. — The red lines in the original plat are designated by dotted V lines in this copy.] · W000    /  IZ " i ‘ n 7   A -, ¤om¤2°·® _,m;. l’i ‘ _  __e¢"___, I · l ;{') > "7/1 p  F, -·-..,,,,,,,,,,i»···*°"'i!!7¥`¤1WW§-ii  / », {  ° {, ;... L   ,  iiijiil  ER LAL40'3¥ LIHVG.99 HEARLY Anrrcm II. In consideration of the land hereby ceded and relinquished, the ti(g*0f°';{1’;l‘}g;;; United States has this day paid, through Captain.Stewart Van Vliet, going cessicn, assistant quartermaster United States army, under an _ order from glgggfiggltssges Lieutenant·Colonel Ludwell E. Powell, commanding battalion Missouri four bands ,,,04 mounted volunteers, to the said four bands collectively, on the execu- nmusauaigoléahrs ` tion of this treaty, the amount. of two thousand dollars m goods and giuclsggdisen _ merchandise, the receipt of which rs hereby acknowledged.