1 the mail .-expressed nted, to be i unoccupied aders in the irds of nine to pay their e is expressed to be sold, and nt of the aforeimproved and s, who will sell ply the proceeds Counts due to the ke the application particular request ed to David Haley f section on any untion for a journey to Rinent, and returning Vaughn, L. Durans, Samuel Long, T. Magagha, Thos. Everge, Giles Thompson, Tomas Garland, John Bond, William Leflore, and Turner Brashears; the two first named persons may locate one section each, and one section jointly on any unimproved and unoccupied land, these not residing in the nation; the others are to include their present residence and improvement. Also, one section is allowed to the following persons, (to wit,) Middleton Mackey, Wesley Train, Choclehomo, Moses Foster, D. W. Wall, Charles Scott, Molly Nail, Susan Colbert, who was for. merly Susan James, Samuel Garland, Silas Fisher, D. McCurtain, Oaklahoma, and Polly Fillecuthey, to be located in entire sections to include their present residence and improvement, with the exception of Molly Nail and Susan Colbert, who are authorized to locate theirs on any unimproved, unoccupied land. John Pitchlynn has long and faithfully served the nation in character of United States interpreter; he has acted as such for forty years; in consideration it is agreed, in addition to what has been done for him, there shall be granted to two of his children, (to wit,) Silas Pitchlynn and Thomas Pitchlynn, one section of land each, to adjoin the location of their father; likewise to James Madison and Peter, sons of Mushulatubbee, one section of land each, to include the old house and improvement where their father formerly lived, on the old military road adjoining a large prairie. And to Henry Groves, son of the chief Natticache, there is one section of land given to adjoin his father's land. And to each of the following persons half a section of land is granted on any unoccupied and unimproved lands in the districts where they respectively live, (to wit,) William Harkins, James D. Hamilton, William Juzan, Tobias Leflore, Jo Doke, Jacob Fulsom, P. Hays, Samuel Worcester, George Hunter, William Train, Robert Nail, and Alexander McKee. And there is given a quarter section of land each to Delila and her five fatherless children, she being a Choctaw woman residing out of the nation; also, the same quantity to Peggy Trihan, another Indian woman residing out of the nation, and her two fatherless children; and to the widows of Pushmilaha and Pucktshenubbee, who were formerly distinguished chiefs of the nation, and for their children, four quarter sections of land each, in trust for themselves and their children. All of said last mentioned reservations are to be located under and by direction of the President of the United States. ART. 3. The Choctaw people, now that they have ceded their lands, are solicitous to get to their new homes early as possible, and accordingly they wish that a party may be permitted to proceed this fall to ascertain whereabouts will be most advantageous for their people to be located. It is therefore agreed that three or four persons, (from each of the three districts,) under the guidance of some discreet and well qualified person or persons, may proceed during this fall to the west upon an examination of the country. For their time and expenses the United States agree to allow the said twelve persons two dollars a day each, not to exceed one hundred days, which is deemed to be ample time to make an examination. If necessary, pilots acquainted with the country will be furnished when they arrive in the west. ART. 4. John Donly, of Alabama, who has several Choctaw grand children, and who for twenty years has carried the mail through the Choctaw nation, a desire by the chiefs is expressed that he may have a section of land, it is accordingly granted, to be located in one entire section, on any unimproved and unoccupied land. Allen Glover and George S. Gaines, licensed traders in the Choctaw nation, have accounts amounting to upwards of nine thousand dollars against the Indians, who are unable to pay their said debts without distressing their families: a desire is expressed by the chiefs that two sections of land be set apart to be sold, and the proceeds thereof to be applied toward the payment of the aforesaid debts. It is agreed that two sections of any unimproved and unoccupied land be granted to George S. Gaines, who will sell the same for the best price he can obtain, and apply the proceeds thereof to the credit of the Indians, on their accounts due to the beforementioned Glover and Gaines; and shall make the application to the poorest Indian first. At the earnest and particular request of the chief, Greenwood Leflore, there is granted to David Haley one half section of land, to be located in a half section on any unoccupied and unimproved land, as a compensation for a journey to Washington City with despatches to the Government, and returning with others to the Choctaw nation. The foregoing is entered into, as supplemental to the treaty concluded yesterday. Jno. H. Eaton, L. S. Done at Dancing Rabbit creek the 28th day of September, 1830. Jno. Coffee, L. S. Nittucachee, his x mark, L. S. L. S. mark, L. S. L. s. L. S. L. S. John Garland, his x mark, L. S. In presence of E. Breathitt, Sec'y. to Coms. R. P. Currin, L. S. L. S. MENOMONEES. [CONCLUDED FEBRUARY 8, 1831-RATIFIED JULY 9, 1832.] Articles of agreement made and concluded at the city of Washington, this eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, between John H. Eaton, Secretary of War, and Samuel C. Stambaugh, Indian Agent at Green Bay, specially authorized by the President of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the Menomonee nation of Indians, fully authorized and empowered by the said nation, to conclude and settle all matters provided for by this agreement. The Menomonee tribe of Indians, by their delegates in council, this day, define the boundaries of their country as follows, to wit: On the east side of Green Bay, Fox river, and Winnebago lake: Beginning at the south end of Winnebago lake; thence, southeastwardly to the Milwauky or Manawauky river; thence, down said river to its mouth at lake Michigan; thence, north, along the shore of lake Michigan, to the mouth of Green Bay; thence, up Green Bay, Fox river, and Winnebago lake, to the place of beginning. And on the west side of Fox river, as follows: Beginning at the mouth of Fox river, thence down the east shore of Green Bay, and across its mouth, so as to include all the islands of the "Grand Traverse;" thence, westerly, on the highlands between the lake Superior and Green Bay, to the upper forks of the Menomonee river; thence, to the Plover portage of the Wisconsin river; thence, up the Wisconsin river, to the Soft Maple river; thence, to the source of the Soft Maple river; thence, west to the Plume river, which falls into the Chippeway river; thence, down said Plume river to its mouth; thence, down the Chippeway river thirty miles; thence, easterly to the forks of the Monoy river, which falls into the Wisconsin river; thence, down the said Monoy river to its mouth; thence, down the Wisconsin river to the Wisconsin portage; thence, across the said portage to the Fox river; thence, down Fox river to its mouth at Green Bay, or the place of beginning. The country described within the above boundaries, the Menomonees claim as the exclusive property of their tribe. Not yet having disposed of any of their lands, they receive no annuities from the United States: whereas their brothers the Potowatomies on the south, and the Winnebagoes on the west, have sold a great portion of their country, receive large annuities, and are now encroaching upon the lands of the Menomonees. For the purposes, therefore, of establishing the boundaries of their country, and of ceding certain portions of their lands to the United States, in order to secure great and lasting benefits to themselves and posterity, as well as for the purpose of settling the long existing dispute between themselves and the several tribes of the New York Indians, who claim to have purchased a portion of their lands, the undersigned, chiefs and headmen of the Menomonee tribe, stipulate and agree with the United States, as follows: First. The Menomonee tribe of Indians declare themselves the friends and allies of the United States, under whose parental care and protection they desire to continue; and although always protesting that they are under no obligation to recognise any claim of the New York Indians to any portion of their country; that they neither sold, nor received any value, for the land claimed by these tribes; yet, at the solicitation of their Great Father, the President of the United States, and as an evidence of their love and veneration for him, they agree that such part of the land described, being within the following boundaries, as he may direct, may be set apart as a home to the several tribes of the New York Indians, who may remove to, and settle upon the same, within three years from the date of this agreement, viz: Beginning on the west side of Fox river, near the "Little Kackalin," at a point known as the "Old Mill Dam;" thence, northwest forty miles; thence, northeast to the Oconto creek, falling into Green Bay; thence, down said Oconto creek to Green Bay; thence, up along Green Bay and Fox river to the place of beginning; excluding therefrom all private land claims confirmed, and also the following reservation for military purposes: Beginning on the Fox river, at the mouth of the first creek above Fort Howard; thence, north sixty-four degrees west to Duck creek; thence, down said Duck creek to its mouth; thence, up and along Green Bay and Fox river to the place of beginning. The Menomonee Indians also reserve, for the use of the United States, from the country herein designated for the New York Indians, timber and firewood for the United States garrison, and as much land as may be deemed necessary for public highways, to be located by the direction, and at the discretion of the President of the United States. The country hereby ceded to the United States, for the benefit of the New York Indians, contains by estimation about five hundred thousand acres, and includes all their improvements on the west side of Fox river. As it is intended for a home for the several tribes of the New York Indians, who may be residing upon the lands at the expiration of three years from this date, and for none others, the President of the United States is hereby empowered to apportion the lands among the actual occupants at that time, so as not to assign to any tribe a greater number of acres than may be equal to one hundred for each soul actually settled upon the lands, and if, at the time of such apportionment, any lands shall remain unoccupied by any tribe of the New York Indians, such portion as would have |