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 '1`REATY WITH THE STOCKBRIDGE INDIANS. Nov. 24, 1848. 955 TREATY WITH THE STOCKBRIDGE TRIBE OF INDIANS. WHEREAS, by an act of Congress, entitled "An Act for the relief of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians, in the Territory of Wisconsin," approved on the third day of March, _A. D., 1843, it was provided that the township of land on the east side of Winnebago Lake, secured to s_aid 1843, ch- 101- tribe by the treaty with the Menomonee Indians of February 8th, 1831, PI°amb1°‘ as amended by the Senate of the United States, and not heretofore ceded by said tribe to the United States, should be divided and allotted among _ the individual members of said tribe, by commissioners to be elected 1I{§,;g?°dM3'r°h for that purpose, who were to make report of such division and allot- i ment, and thereupon the persons composing said tribe were to become citizens of the United States. And whereas a portion of said tribe refused to recognize the validity of said act of Congress, or the proceedings which were had under it, or to be governed by its provisions, and upon their petition a subsequent act was passed by the Congress of the United States, on the 6th day of August, 1846, repealing the said act of March 3d, 1843, and 1846, ch.85. providing, among other things, that such of said tribe as should enrol themselves with the sub¢agent of Indian aH`airs at Green Bay, should be and remain citizens of the United States, and the residue of said tribe were restored to their ancient form of government as an Indian tribe. It was also provided that the said township of land should be divided into two districts, one of which was to be known as the “Indian district," the other as the " citizen district;" the former to be held in common by the party who did not desire citizenship, and the latter to be divided and allotted among such as were citizens and desired to remain so. And whereas it has been found impracticable to carry into full effect the provisions of the act of August 6th, 1846, by dividing the said township of land in the manner specified in said act, without infringing upon · private rights acquired in good faith under the act of 1843 hereinbefore referred to, with a view of relieving both the Indian and citizen parties of said Stockbridge tribe of Indians from their present embarrassments, and to secure to each their just rights, articles of agreement and compromise have been entered into, as follows :-— Articles of Agreement and Treaty made and concluded at Stockbridge, in the State of Wisconsin, on the 24th day of November, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, by and between the undersigned, acting Commissioners on the Part of the United States of America, and the Stockbridge Tribe of Indians. Arvrrcrrz I. The said Stockbridge tribe of Indians renounce all participation in The said 4;,-gbc any of the benefits or privileges granted or conferred by the act of {9g0g3g; 211*3; Congress entitled ".An Act for the relief of the Stockbridge tribe of Qcngms of the Indians, in the Territory of Wisconsin," approved March 3, 1843, and act of March 3,