A Treaty, made and concluded by Benjamin Parke, a Commissioner for that purpose, on the part of The United States, of the one part, and the Chiefs, Warriors, and Head Men, of the Wea Tribe of Indians, of the other part. ART. I. THE Chiefs, Warriors, and Head Men of the said Tribe agree to cede, and they do hereby cede and relinquish to The United States, all the Lands reserved by the 2d Article of the Treaty between The United States and the said Tribe, concluded at St. Mary's, on the 2d day of October, 1818. II. The sum of 5,000 dollars in money and goods, which is now paid and delivered by The United States, the receipt whereof the Chiefs, Warriors, and Head Men of the said Tribe do hereby acknowledge, is considered by the Parties a full compensation for the cession and relinquishment above mentioned. III. As it is contemplated by the said Tribe to remove from the Wabash, it is agreed, that the Annuity secured to the Weas by the Treaty of St. Mary's, above mentioned, shall hereafter be paid to them at Kaskaskia, in the State of Illinois. IV. This Treaty, as soon as it is ratified by the President and Senate of The United States, to be binding on the Contracting Parties. In testimony whereof, the said Benjamin Parke, Commissioner as aforesaid, and the said Chiefs, Warriors, and Head Men of the said Tribe, have hereunto set their hands, at Vincennes, this 11th day of August, 1820. [Marks of 16 Indian Chiefs, &c.] B. PARKE. In presence of, JOHN LAW, Secretary to the Commissioner. NATHANIEL EWING. W. E. BREADING. E. BOUDINOT. PR. LAPLANTE. MICHEL BROUILLET, United States' Interpreter. Now, therefore, be it known, that I, James Monroe, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said Treaty, have, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, accepted, ratified, and confirmed the same, and every Clause and Article thereof. In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed, having first signed the same with my hand. Done at the City of Washington, this 8th day of January, in the Year of our Lord 1821, and of the Independence of The United States the 45th. By the President: JAMES MONROE. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Secretary of State. CONVENTION between The United States and the Kickapoo Indians. Signed at Vincennes, 5th September, 1820. JAMES MONROE, President of the United States of America, TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: WHEREAS a Convention was made and concluded between the United States of America and the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Vermilion, at Vincennes, in the State of Indiana, on the 5th day of September, in the Year of our Lord 1820, by a Commissioner on the part of the said United States, and certain Chiefs, Warriors, and Head Men of the said Tribe of Indians, ou the part and in behalf of the said Tribe; which Convention is in the words following, to wit: Articles of a Convention made and concluded between Benjamin Parker, a Commissioner on the part of The United States for that purpose, of the one part, and the Chiefs, Warriors, and Head Men of the Tribe of Kickapoos of the Vermilion, of the other part. ART. I. It is agreed that the Annuity secured to the said Tribe by the Treaty of the 30th of August, 1819, shall hereafter be paid to the said Tribe at Kaskaskias, in the State of Illinois. II. As the said Tribe are now about leaving their Settlements on the Wabash, and have desired some assistance to enable them to remove, the said Benjamin Parke, on behalf of The United States, has paid and advanced to the said Tribe 2,000 dollars, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, which said sum of 2,000 dollars is to be considered as an equivalent in full for the Annuity due to the said Tribe by virtue of the aforesaid Treaty, for the Year 1821. In testimony whereof, the said Benjamin Parke, Commissioner as aforesaid, and the Chiefs, Warriors, and Head Men of the said Tribe, have hereunto set their hands, at Vincennes, the 5th day of September, 1820. [Marks of 7 Indian Chiefs, &c.] In presence of, WILLIAM PRINCE, Indian Agent. SAMUEL JACOBS. R. S. REYNOLDS. B. PARKE. GEORGE R. C. SULLIVAN, Vincennes, Postmaster. TOUSSAINT DUBOIS. MICHEL BROUILLET, Interpreter. Now, therefore, be it known, that I, James Monroe, President of The United States of America, having seen and considered the said Convention, have, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, accepted, ratified, and confirmed the same, and every clause thereof. In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed, having first signed the same with my hand. Done at the City of Washington, this 8th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1821, and of the Independence of The United States the 45th. By the President: JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Secretary of State. JAMES MONROE. TREATY between The United States and the Choctaw Indians. Signed near Doak's Stand, the 18th October, 1820. JAMES MONROE, President of The United States of America. TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COMB, GREETING: WHEREAS a Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Accommodation, was made and concluded between the United States of America and the Choctaw Nation of Indians, at the Treaty Ground in said Nation, near Doak's Stand, on the Natchez Road, on the 18th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1820, by Commissioners on the part of the said United States, and the Mingoes, Head Men, and Warriors of the said Nation of Indians, on the part and in behalf of the said Nation; which Treaty is in the words following, to wit: A Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Accommodation, between the United States of America and the Choctaw Nation of Indians, begun and concluded at the Treaty Ground in said Nation, near Doak's Stand, on the Natchez Road. PREAMBLE. Whereas it is an important object with the President of Th United States to promote the civilization of the Choctaw Indians, by the establishment of Schools amongst them; and to perpetuate them as a Nation, by exchanging for a small part of their land here, a Country beyond the Mississippi River, where all who live by hunting and will not work may be collected and settled together. And whereas it is desirable to the State of Mississippi to obtain a small part of the land belonging to said Nation; for the mutual accommodation of the Parties, and for securing the happiness and protection of the whole Choctaw Nation, as well as preserving that harmony and friendship which so happily subsists between them and The United States; James Monroe, President of the United States of America, by Andrew Jackson, of the State of Tennessee, Major-General in the Army of The United States, and General Thomas Hinds, of the State of Mississippi, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of The United States on the one part, and the Mingoes, Head Men, and Warriors of the Choctaw [1819-20.] 2 E Nation, in full Council assembled, on the other part, have freely and voluntarily entered into the following Articles, viz: ART. I. To enable the President of The United States to carry into effect the above grand and humane objects, the Mingoes, Head Men, and Warriors of the Choctaw Nation, in full Council assembled, in behalf of themselves and the said Nation, do, by these presents, cede to the United States of America all the Land lying and being within the Boundaries following, to wit: Beginning on the Choctaw Boundary east of Pearl River, at a point due south of the White Oak Spring, on the old Indian path; thence north to said Spring; thence northwardly to a black oak, standing on the Natchez Road, about 40 poles eastwardly from Doak's Fence, marked A. J. and blazed, with 2 large pines and a black oak standing near thereto, and marked as pointers; thence a straight line to the head of Black Creek, or Bouge Loosa; thence, down Black Creek, or Bouge Loosa, to a small Lake; thence, a direct course, so as to strike the Mississippi one mile below the mouth of the Arkansas River; thence, down the Mississippi, to our Boundary; thence, round and along the same, to the beginning. II. For and in consideration of the foregoing cession, on the part of the Choctaw Nation, and in part satisfaction for the same, the Commissioners of The United States, in behalf of said States, do hereby cede to said Nation a Tract of Country west of the Mississippi River, situate between the Arkansas and Red River, and bounded as follows: Beginning on the Arkansas River, where the lower boundary line of the Cherokees strikes the same; thence, up the Arkansas, to the Canadian Fork, and up the same to its source; thence, due south, to the Red River; thence, down Red River, 3 miles below the mouth of Little River, which empties itself into Red River on the north side; thence, a direct line to the beginning. III. To prevent any dispute upon the subject of the Boundaries. mentioned in the Ist and IId Articles, it is hereby stipulated between the Parties, that the same shall be ascertained, and distinctly marked, by a Commissioner or Commissioners to be appointed by The United States, accompanied by such Person as the Choctaw Nation may se-, lect; said Nation having 30 days' previous notice of the time and place at which the operation will commence. The person so chosen by the Choctaws shall act as a pilot or guide, for which The United States will pay him 2 dollars per day, whilst actually engaged in the performance of that duty.. IV. The Boundaries hereby established between the Choctaw Indians and The United States, on this side of the Mississippi River, shall remain without alteration until the period at which said Nation shall become so civilized and enlightened as to be made Citizens of The United States, and Congress shall lay off a limited parcel of land, for the benefit of each family or individual in the Nation. V. For the purpose of aiding and assisting the poor Indians, who wish to remove to the Country hereby ceded, on the part of The United States, and to enable them to do well and support their families, the Commissioners of The United States engage, in behalf of said States, to give to each Warrior a blanket, kettle, rifle gun, bullet moulds, and wipers, and ammunition sufficient for hunting and defence, for one year. Said Warrior shall also be supplied with corn, to support him and his family for the same period, and whilst travelling to the Country above ceded to the Choctaw Nation. VI. The Commissioners of The United States further covenant and agree, on the part of said States, that an Agent shall be appointed, in due time, for the benefit of the Choctaw Indians, who may be permauently settled in the Country ceded to them beyond the Mississippi River; and, at a convenient period, a Factor shall be sent there with goods to supply their wants. A Blacksmith shall also be settled amongst them, at a point most convenient to the population; and a faithful person appointed, whose duty it shall be to use every reasonable exertion to collect all the wandering Indians belonging to the Choctaw Nation, upon the land hereby provided for their permanent settlement. VII. Out of the lands ceded by the Choctaw Nation to The United States, the Commissioners aforesaid, in behalf of said States, further covenant and agree, that 54 sections of one mile square shall be laid out, in good land, by the President of The United States, and sold, for the purpose of raising a fund to be applied to the support of the Choctaw Schools, on both sides of the Mississippi River. Three-fourths of said fund shall be appropriated for the benefit of the schools here, and the remaining fourth for the establishment of one or more beyond the Mississippi; the whole to be placed in the hands of the President of The United States, and to be applied by him, expressly and exclusively, to this valuable object. VIII. To remove any discontent which may have arisen in the Choctaw Nation, in consequence of 6000 dollars of their annuity having been appropriated annually, for 16 years, by some of the Chiefs, for the support of their schools, the Commissioners of The United States oblige themselves, on the part of said States, to set apart an additional tract of good land, for raising a fund equal to that given by the said Chiefs; so that the whole of the annuity may remain in the Nation, and be divided amongst them. And, in order that exact justice may be done to the poor and distressed of said Nation, it shall be the duty of the Agent to see that the wants of every deaf, dumb, blind, and distressed Indian, shall be first supplied out of said annuity, and the balance equally distributed amongst every Individual of said Nation. IX. All those who have separate settlements, and fall within the limits of the land ceded by the Choctaw Nation to The United States, |