Articles of a treaty
made and concluded at the Indian Agency, in the
State of Indiana, between Abel C. Pepper, commissioner
on the part of the United States and O-kah-mause,
Kee-waw-nay, Nee-boash, and Mat-chis-jaw, chiefs
and head men of the Patawattimie tribe of Indians
and their bands, on the twenty-second day of April,
in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
ART. 1.
The above named chiefs and head men and their
bands, hereby cede to the United States, ten sections
of land, reserved for them by the second article
of the treaty, between the United States and thePatawattimie
tribe of Indians, on Tippecanoe river, on the
26th day of October, in the year 1832.
ART. 2.
In consideration of the cession aforesaid, the
United States stipulate to pay to the above-named
chiefs and head men and their bands, the sum of
six thousand four hundred dollars, at the first
payment of annuity, after the ratification of
this treaty.
ART. 3.
The above-named chiefs and head men and their
bands agree to remove to the country west of the
Mississippi river, provided for the Patawattimie
nation by the United States, within two years.
ART. 4.
[Stricken out by Senate.]
ART. 5.
The United States stipulate to provide for the
payment of the necessary expenses attending the
making and concluding this treaty.
ART. 6.
This treaty, after the same shall be ratified
by the President and Senate of the United States,
shall be binding upon both parties.
In testimony thereof, the said Abel C. Pepper,
commissioner aforesaid, and the said chiefs and
head men and their bands, have hereunto set their
hands, this 22d day of April, A. D. 1836.
Abel C. Pepper,
Pash-po-ho, his x mark,
O-kaw-mause, his x mark,
Kee-waw-nee, his x mark,
Nee-boash, or twisted head, his x mark,
I-o-weh, or nation’s name, his x mark,
Miss-no-qui, female fish, his x mark,
Kaw-che-noss, his x mark,
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Cho-quiss, fishes entrails, his x mark,
Ma-che-saw, bleating fawn, his x mark,
Waw-po-ko-ne-aw, white night, his x mark,
Ah-muck, his x mark,
Kohe-kah-me, his x mark,
Que-que-nuk, his x mark.
Witnesses:
Geo. W. Ewing,
Cyrus Tober,
J. B. Duret, secretary,
Peter Barron,
Joseph Bamont, interpreter.
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