And whereas, the said Treaty having been submitted to the Senate of the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, advise and consent to the ratification of the same, with amendments, by a resolution in the words and figures following, to wit: IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. April 15, 1867. Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the Treaty between the United States and the Chiefs and Headmen of the Sissiton and Warpeton bands of Dakota Indians, concluded February 19th, 1867, with the following AMENDMENTS. Strike out all of said treaty from and following the 6th to the 14th article, both inclusive, and insert in lieu thereof the following, viz : Ratification advised with amendments. Ante, pp. 507, 508. Congress will tions to enable ral life, &c. ARTICLE VI. And, further, in consideration of the destitution of said bands of Sissiton and Warpeton Sioux, parties hereto, resulting from the make appropriaconfiscation of their annuities and improvements, it is agreed that Con- Indians to return gress will, in its own discretion, from time to time, make such appropria- to an agricultutions as may be deemed requisite to enable said Indians to return to an agricultural life under the system in operation on the Sioux reservation in 1862; including, if thought advisable, the establishment and support of local and manual labor schools; the employment of agricultural, mechanical, and other teachers; the opening and improvement of individual farms; and generally such objects as Congress in its wisdom shall deem necessary to promote the agricultural improvement and civilization of said bands. ARTICLE VII. An agent shall be appointed for said bands, who shall Agents. be located at Lake Traverse; and whenever there shall be five hundred (500) persons of said bands permanently located upon the Devil's Lake reservation there shall be an agent or other competent person appointed to superintend at that place the agricultural, educational, and mechanical interests of said bands. ARTICLE VIII. All expenditures under the provisions of this treaty Expenditures. shall be made for the agricultural improvement and civilization of the Goods, provisions, &c. not to be issued to Indians, &c. unless. Proviso. No person to trade for furs and peltries. Members of bands only, except, &c. to locate on lands. Chiefs and headmen may adopt rules. Amendments assented to. members of said bands authorized to locate upon the respective reservations, as herein before specified, in such manner as may be directed by law; but no goods, provisions, groceries, or other articles-except materials for the erection of houses and articles to facilitate the operations of agriculture shall be issued to Indians or mixed-bloods on either reservation unless it be in payment for labor performed or for produce delivered: Provided, That, when persons located on either reservation, by reason of age, sickness, or deformity, are unable to labor, the agent may issue clothing and subsistence to such persons from such supplies as may be pro vided for said bands. ARTICLE IX. The withdrawal of the Indians from all dependence upon the chase as a means of subsistence being necessary to the adoption of civilized habits among them, it is desirable that no encouragement be afforded them to continue their hunting operations as means of support, and, therefore, it is agreed that no person will be authorized to trade for furs or peltries within the limits of the land claimed by said bands, as specified in the second article of this treaty, it being contemplated that the Indians will rely solely upon agricultural and mechanical labor for subsistence, and that the agent will supply the Indians and mixed-bloods on the respective reservations with clothing, provisions, &c., as set forth in article eight, so soon as the same shall be provided for that purpose. And it is further agreed that no person not a member of said bands, parties hereto whether white, mixed-blood, or Indian, except persons in the employ of the government or located under its authority, shall be permitted to locate upon said lands, either for hunting, trapping, or agricultural purposes. ARTICLE X. The chiefs and headmen located upon either of the reservations set apart for said bands are authorized to adopt such rules, regulations, or laws for the security of life and property, the advancement of civilization, and the agricultural prosperity of the members of said bands upon the respective reservations, and shall have authority, under the direction of the agent, and without expense to the government, to. organize a force sufficient to carry out all such rules, regulations, or laws, and all rules and regulations for the government of said Indians, as may be prescribed by the Interior Department: Provided, That all rules, regulations, or laws adopted or amended by the chiefs and headmen on either reservation shall receive the sanction of the agent. Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Secretary, by W. J. McDONALD, Chief Clerk. And whereas, the foregoing amendments having been fully explained and interpreted to the Chiefs and Headmen of the Sissiton and Warpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, whose names are hereinafter signed, they did on the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, give their free and voluntary assent to the said amendments, in the words and figures following, to wit: The foregoing amendments having been fully explained and interpreted to us, the Chiefs and Headmen of the Sissiton and Warpeton bands of Dacotah [Dakota] or Sioux Indians, now therefore, we, the Chiefs and Headmen of said bands, duly authorized by our people, do hereby accept, assent, and agree to the said amendments as above written, the same being fully understood by us. Witness our hands and seals this 22d day of April, 1867, at Washington, D. C. GABRIEL RENVILLE, head chief of Sissiton and Warpeton bands. WAMDIUPIDUTA, his x mark, head Sissiton Chief. [SEAL.] [SEAL.] Now, therefore, be it known that I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in its resolution of the fifteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, accept, ratify, and confirm the said Treaty, with the amendments as aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereto signed my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty[SEAL.] seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-first. By the President: ANDREW JOHNSON. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Proclamation Treaty between the United States of America and the Senecas, Mixed ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: Feb. 23, 1867. Preamble. WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on the twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by and between Lewis V. Bogy, William H. Watson, Thomas Murphy, George C. Snow, and G. A. Colton, commissioners, on the part of the United States, and certain chiefs, delegates, and headmen of the Senecas, mixed Senecas and Shawnees, Quapaws, confederated Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, Contracting and Piankeshaws, Miamies, Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de parties. Bœuf, and certain Wyandottes, on the part of said Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: Articles of agreement, concluded at Washington, D. C., the twenty-third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, between the United States, represented by Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, W. H. Watson, Special Commissioner, Thomas Murphy, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, George C. Snow, and G. A. Colton, U. S. Indian agents, duly authorized, and the Senecas, represented by George Spicer and John Mush; the mixed Senecas and Shawnees, by John Whitetree, John Young, and Lewis Davis; the Quapaws, by S. G. Vallier and Ka-zhe-cah; the confederated Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws, by Baptiste Peoria, John Mitchell, and Edward Black; the Miamies, by Thomas Metosenyah and Thomas Richardville, and the Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de Boeuf, by John White and J. T. Jones, and including certain Wyandott[e]s, represented by Tauromee, or John Hat, and John Karaho. Preamble. Whereas it is desirable that arrangements should be made by which portions of certain tribes, parties hereto, now residing in Kansas, should be enabled to remove to other lands in the Indian country south of that State, while other portions of said tribes desire to dissolve their tribal relations and become citizens; and whereas it is necessary to provide certain tribes, parties hereto, now residing in the Indian country, with means of rebuilding their houses, reopening their farms, and supporting their families, they having been driven from their reservations early in the late war, and suffered greatly for several years, and being willing to sell a portion of their lands to procure such relief; and whereas a portion of the Vol. x. p. 1159. Wyandottes, parties to the treaty of one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, although taking lands in severalty, have sold said lands and are still poor, and have not been compelled to become citizens, but have remained withVOL. XV. TREAT. 33 |