Articles
of a Treaty made and concluded at a camp on Tippecanoe
river, in the State of Indiana, between William
Marshall, Commissioner on the part of the United
States and Muck Rose, a Chief of the Potawattamie
tribe of Indians, and his band, on the tenth day
of December, in the year eighteen hundred and
thirty-four.
ART. 1.
The above named chief and his baud hereby cede
to the United States, six sections of land reserved
for them by the second article of the treaty between
the United States and the Pottawattamie Indians
on Tippecanoe river, on the twenty-sixth 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 the said sections of land
to the United States 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 to the above named
chief and his band, four hundred dollars in goods
at the signing of this treaty, and an annuity
of one thousand dollars for two years, 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.
In testimony whereof, the said William Marshall,
commissioner on the part of the United States,
and the above named chief and his band, have hereunto
subscribed their names the day and year above
written.
William Marshall,
Muck Rose, his x mark,
Paw-tisse, his x mark,
Sis-see-yaw, his x mark,
Wau-pish-shaw, his x mark,
Koo-tah-waun-nay, his x mark.
Witnesses:
J. B. Duret, secretary,
Cyrus Taber,
Henry Ossem, interpreter,
J. B. Boure, interpreter,
John B. Intrais,
Joseph Barron, principal interpreter,
Jesse Vermilya.
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