Articles
of a Treaty, made and concluded at a camp, on
Lake Max-ee-nie-kue-kee, in the State of Indiana,
between William Marshall, Commissioner on the
part of the United States, and Com-o-za, a Chief
of the Potawattimie tribe of Indians and his band,
on the fourth day of December, in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty-four.
ART. 1.
The above named chief and his band hereby cede
to the United States, the two sections of land
reserved for them by the 2d article of the treaty
between the United States and the Pottawattimie
Indians on Tippecanoe river on the 26th day of
October, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two.
ART. 2.
The above named chief and his band agree to yield
peaceable possession of said sections within three
years from the date of the ratification of said
treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-two.
ART. 3.
In consideration of the cession aforesaid the
United States stipulate to pay the above named
chief and his band the sum of four hundred dollars
in goods at the signing of this treaty, and an
annuity of four hundred dollars for one year,
the receipt of which former sum of (four hundred
dollars in goods) is hereby acknowledged.
ART. 4.
This treaty shall be binding upon both parties,
from the date of its ratification by the President
and Senate of the United States.
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In testimony whereof, the said William Marshall,
commissioner, on the part of the United States,
and the above named chief and head men, for themselves
and their band, have hereunto subscribed their
names, the day and year above written.
William Marshall,
Com-o-za, his x mark,
Ah-ke-pah-am-sa, his x mark,
Nee-so-aw-quet, his x mark,
Paw-pee, his x mark.
Witnesses:
.J. B. Duret, secretary to commission,
Cyrus Taber,
Joseph Barron, interpreter.
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