Emmeline and Eliza; their lands to be selected and located as the other allotments herein provided are to be selected and located, which lands shall be inalienable the same as the lands allotted to the Ottawas.

And all the abovementioned selections of lands shall be made by the agent of the tribe, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. And plats and records of all the selections and locations shall be made, and upon their completion and approval proper patents by The United States shall be issued to each individual member of the tribe and person entitled for the lands selected and allotted to them, in which it shall be stipulated that no Indian, except as herein provided, to whom the same may be issued, shall alienate or encumber the land allotted to him or her in any manner, until they shall, by the terms of this Treaty, become a citizen of The United States; and any conveyance or encumbrance of said lands, done or suffered, except as aforesaid, by any Ottowa Indian, of the lands allotted to him or her, made before they shall become a citizen, shall be null and void.

And 40 acres, including the houses and improvements of the allottee, shall be inalienable during the natural lifetime of the party receiving the title: provided that such of said Indians as are not under legal disabilities by the local laws may sell to each other such portions of their lands as are subject to sale, with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, at any time.

VIII. That upon the ratification of this Treaty a census of all the Ottawas entitled to land or money under the Treaty shall be taken under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.

The principal to be paid to the minors shall be paid to their parents, unless the council of the tribe shall object because of the incompetency of the parent, growing out of ignorance, profligacy, or any other good cause; the counsel may also object to the payment of the money to any such incompetent which may be coming to himself or herself; and in all such cases the principal sum shall be withheld, and only the annuity paid, until such minor comes of age, or the disability is removed by the action of the council: provided, further, that the money of minors may, in all cases, be paid to guardians appointed by the local laws.

IX. It being the desire of the said Ottawas, in making this Treaty, to insure, as far as possible, the settlement of their reservation by industrious whites, whose example shall be of benefit to the tribe at large, it is stipulated that after all the above-mentioned locations, assignments, and sales are made, the remainder of the land shall be sold to actual settlers at not less than 1 dollar 25 cents per acre, in the following manner: any white person desiring to obtain any unsold, unlocated tract of land, may file his proposition,

in writing, with the agent of the Ottowas, for the purchase of the tract, stating the price which he proposes to pay for said tract, not less than 1 dollar 25 cents per acre, a copy of which proposition, as well as all others herein contemplated, shall be posted for 30 days, dating from the first posting at the agency, in some conspicuous place; and if no person will propose a better price therefor within 30 days next after the first posting, in which further proposition the first person may join, he, or such other person as shall have offered the best price, shall, upon the payment of one quarter of the price offered, be taken and deemed the purchaser of said tract, and shall be entitled to a patent therefor from The United States at the end of one year, if he shall pay the remainder of the price offered, have occupied the land, and placed lasting and valuable improvements upon said tract to the extent and value of 200 dollars to each quarter section entered: provided, that if said Ottawas, by their council, shall, at any time time before any person shall become the purchaser of any tract of land, file their protest in writing against such purchaser, he shall not be permitted to enter upon said lands or become the purchaser thereof, and white persons, not purchasers, shall not be permitted to settle upon said lands, it being the duty of the agent to prevent such settlement, or their occupancy by the whites who are not purchasers, and only to the extent of their purchase: and provided, further, that if any purchaser shall fail to pay for the land by him purchased under this Treaty at the time stipulated, it shall be the duty of the agent to dispossess him as an intruder upon the lands, and his advances, payments, and all his improvements, shall enure to the benefit of the Ottawas, and the land shall be sold for their benefit, as herein provided. But no person under this Article shall be entitled to enter more than 320 acres.

And all the lands which are not thus entered with the agent within two years from the ratification of this Treaty may, upon the request of the council, be offered for sale at not less than 1 dollar 25 cents per acre, upon a credit of one year, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior; and if any lands thereafter remain unsold, they may be sold upon such terms as the council of said tribe and the Secretary of the Interior shall mutually agree upon. And all the moneys derived from the sales of the above-described lands shall be paid at the time and place where the Secretary of the Interior may direct.

X. And it is stipulated that The United States shall pay to the said Ottawas the claims for stolen ponies, cattle, and timber, already reported and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, amounting to 13,005,95 dollars. And also other claims for damages within two years, or since the taking of testimony for the above-mentioned

damages, upon the presentation of sufficient proof: provided, such last mentioned claims shall not exceed 3,500 dollars.

XI. It is hereby made the duty of the Indian Department to appoint an interpreter for said tribe, in the customary manner, to be continued during the pleasure of the Secretary of the Interior. And it is expressly understood that all expenses incurred by the stipulations of this Treaty shall be paid out of the funds of the afore mentioned tribe of Ottawas, and their annuities shall be paid semi-annually.

In testimony whereof, the said Wm. P. Dole, Commissioner, as aforesaid, and the Undersigned Chief and Councilmen of the United Bands of Blanchard's Fork and of Roche de Boeuf, in Franklin county, Kansas, have hereunto set their hands and seals at the place and on the day and year herein before written.

WM. P. DOLE, Commissioner.

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PEM-ACH-WUNG,

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JOHN T. JONES.

WILLIAM HURR.

JAMES WIND.

Interpreted by John T. Jones, and signed by the respective

parties in presence of

CLINTON C. HUTCHINSON, Indian Agent.

CHARLES E. Mix.

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ANTOINE GOKEY, United States' Interpreter.

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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 16th day of July, 1862, advise and consent to the ratification of the same by a resolution, and with an amendment, in the words and figures following, to wit:

IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

July 16, 1862. Resolved (two thirds of the Senators present concurring), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the Articles of Agreement and Convention, made and concluded at Washington city, on the 24th day of June, 1862, by and between William P. Dole, Commissioner, on the part of The United States, and the following named Chief and Councilmen of the Ottawa Indians of the United Bands of Blanchard's Fork and of Roche de Boeuf, now in Franklin county, Kansas, viz.: Pem-ach-Wung, Chief; John T. Jones, William Hurr, and James Wind, Councilmen, they being thereto duly authorized by said tribe, with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out from the first Article the following proviso:

'Provided, further, That John T. Jones, now a member of the Ottawas, being an educated and experienced man withal, having given many evidences of devotion and loyalty to the Government of The United States, he is, at his request and that of the Ottawas, hereby declared to be a citizen of The United States, exempt from the restrictions hereinafter provided, concerning the purchase, alienation, or encumbrance of the Ottawa lands; and after all the selections and allotments herein provided for are made, he is hereby authorized to locate and purchase of the Secretary of the Interior any of the remaining lands of said Ottawas at 1 dollar and 25 cents per acre; but this Article shall not deprive the said Jones of any of the pecuniary benefits of this Treaty as an Ottawa Indian."

Attest:

J. W. FORNEY, Secretary. By W. HICKEY, Chief Clerk.

And whereas the foregoing amendment having been fully interpreted and explained to the aforesaid Chief and Councilmen of the Ottawa Indians, they did, on the 19th day of July, 1862, at Washington city, in the district of Columbia, agree to and ratify the same in the words and figures following, to wit:

Whereas the Senate of the United States did, on the 16th day of July, A.D. 1862, advise and consent to the ratification of the Articles of Agreement and Convention, made and concluded at Washington city on the 24th day of June, 1862, between William P. Dole, Commissioner, on the part of the United States, and certain Chief and Councilmen representing the Ottawa tribe of Indians, with the following

AMENDMENT, VIZ. :

Strike out from the first Article the following proviso;

"Provided, further, That John T. Jones, now a member of the Ottawas, being an educated and experienced man withal, having given many evidences of devotion and loyalty to the Government of The United States, he is, at his request and that of the Ottawas, hereby declared to be a citizen of The United States, exempt from the restrictions hereinafter provided, concerning the purchase, alienation, or encumbrance of the Ottawa lands; and after all the selections and allotments herein provided for are made, he is hereby authorized to locate and purchase of the Secretary of the Interior any of the remaining lands of said Ottawas at 1 dollar and 25 cents per acre; but this Article shall not deprive the said Jones of any of the pecuniary benefits of this Treaty as an Ottawa Indian."

We, the Undersigned Chief and Councilmen, representing the

Ottawa tribe of Indians, having heard the foregoing amendment read, and the same having been fully explained to us by our interpreter, do hereby agree to and ratify the same.

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PEM-ACH-WUNG,

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J. T. JONES.

WILLIAM HURR.

JAMES WIND.

Interpreted by John T. Jones, and signed by the respective

parties in the presence of

CLINTON C. HUTCHINSON, U. S. Ind. Agt.

WM. P. DOLE.

CHARLES E. MIX.

(3.)-TREATY with the Chippewas of the Mississippi, and the Pillager and Lake Winibigoshish bands of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. -Washington, in the district of Columbia, March 11, 1863. [Ratified by the President of The United States, March 19, 1863.]

ARTICLES of Agreement and Convention, made and concluded at the city of Washington, this 11th day of March, A.D. 1863, between William P. Dole, Commissioner of Indian affairs, and Clark W. Thompson, Superintendent of Indian affairs of the northern superintendency, on the part of The United States, and Henry M. Rice, of Minnesota, for and on behalf of the Chippewas of the Mississippi, and the Pillager and Lake Winibigoshish bands of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota :

ART. I. The reservations known as Gull Lake, Mille Lac, Sandy Lake, Rabbit Lake, Pokagomin Lake, and Rice Lake, as described in the second clause of Article II of the Treaty with the Chippewas of the 22nd February, 1855, are hereby ceded to The United States, excepting one-half section of land, including the mission buildings at Gull Lake, which is hereby granted in fee simple to the Reverend John Johnson, missionary.

II. In consideration of the foregoing cession, The United States agree to set apart for the future homes of the Chippewas of the Mississippi, all the lands embraced within the following described boundaries, excepting the reservations made and described in the third clause of Article II of the said Treaty of February 22, 1855, for the Pillager and Lake Winibigoshish bands: that is to say, beginning at a point one mile south of the most southerly point of Leech Lake, and running thence in an easterly course to a point one mile south of the most southerly point of Goose Lake; thence due east to a point due south from the intersection of the Pokagomin reservation and the Mississippi river; thence on the dividing