Catte-nab-mee, (the Close Observer,)

Ke-wa-ko-to, (Black Cloud Turning,)

Pierre or Perish Le Clerk,

Mi-au-mise, (the Young Miami,)
Op-te-gee-shuck, (or Half Day,)
Wa-sow-o-ko-uck, (or the Lightning,)
Kem-me-kas, (or Bead,)
Mi-quess, (or the Wampum,)
Wab-na-ne-me, (or White Pigeon,)
Na-no-no-uit, (or Like the Wind,)
Patt-co-shuck, junior,

Wap-que-shuck, (or White Cedar,)
Puck-quon, (or the Rib,)

Sena-tche-wan, (or Swift Current,)

Shaub-poi-tuck, (the Man goes Through,)

Wab-sai, (or White Skin,)

Shaum-num-teh, (or Medicine Man.)

Nah-o-sah, (the Walker,)

Keahh,

Ne-ah-we-quot, (the Four Faces,)
Wa-sash-kuck, (or the Grass Turner,)

Ke-ton-ne-co, (or the Kidneys,)
Sah-ken-na-ne-be,

Etwa-gee-shuck,

Saass-pucks-kum, (or Green Leaf,)

Meek-sa-mack, (the Wampum,)

Chau-cose, (Little Crane,)

Co-shae-wais, (Tree top,)

Patt-qui,

Me-shuk-to-no,
Ween-co,

Joseph Le Frambeau, interpreter,

M. B. Beaubien, interpreter.

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We, the undersigned, chiefs and head men, and representa tives of the Wabash, St. Joseph, and Prairie bands of the Ottowa, Chippewas, and Pottowautomie Indians, do hereby accept, ratify, and confirm the foregoing articles of a treaty in all par ticulars. Done at Pottowautomie creek, near the Osage river, west and south of the State of Missouri, this seventeenth day of June, A. D., 1846.

Now, THEREFORE, BE

POLK, President of the United States of America, having seen IT KNOWN, that I, JAMES K. Proclaimed and considered said treaty, do, in pursuance of the advice and July 23, 1846. consent of the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of the twenty second of July, one thousand eight hundred and fortysix, accept, ratify, and confirm the same, and every article and clause thereof.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same with my hand.

Done at the City of Washington, the twenty-third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thonsand eight [SEAL.] hundred and forty-six; and of the Independence of the United States the seventy-first.

By the President:

JAMES K. POLK.

JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary of State.

CHEROKEES.

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1846.

JAMES K. POLK,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL
COME, GREETING:

Whereas a treaty was made and concluded at Washington, in
the District of Columbia, on the sixth day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six, between the United
States of America, by their commissioners, Edmund Burke,
William Armstrong, and Albion K. Parris; and John Ross,
principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, David Vann, Wil-
liam S. Coody, Richard Taylor, T. H. Walker, Clement V.
McNair, Stephen Foreman, John Drew, and Richard Field,
delegates duly appointed by the regularly constituted author-
ities of the Cherokee nation; George W. Adair, John A.
Bell, Stand Watie, Joseph M. Lynch, John Huss, and Brice
Martin, a delegation appointed by, and representing, that por-
tion of the Cherokee tribe of Indians known and recognised
as the "Treaty Party;" John Brown, Captain Dutch, John
L. McCoy, Richard Drew, and Ellis Phillips, delegates ap-.
pointed by, and representing, that portion of the Cherokee
tribe of Indians known and recognized as " Western Chero-
kees," or old settlers:

And whereas, said treaty having been submitted to the Senate for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fortysix, advise and consent to the ratification of the same with certain amendments:

And whereas the said Cherokee Nation, by their principal chief and delegates aforesaid, the said "Treaty Party" of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, and the said "Western Cherokees," or old settlers, by their delegates aforesaid, did, on the thirteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, give their free and voluntary assent to the amendments made by the Senate in the resolution aforesaid; which treaty, resolution of the Senate making the amendments to said treaty, and the assent of the said principal chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation, and delegates of the "Treaty Party," and "Western Cherokees," or old settlers, are in the words following, to wit:

Cherokees con

Articles of a treaty made and concluded at Washington, in Treaty with the District of Columbia, between the United States of America, cluded Aug. 8, by three commissioners, Edmund Burke, William Armstrong, 1846.