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468 TREATY WITH THE POTTAWATIMIES. 1834. Possession to Am. 2. The above named chief and his band agree to yield peacebe gl"°“ wlmm able possession of the said sections of land to the United States within thm Y°mS‘ three years from the date of the ratification of said treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Consideration Aivr. 3. In consideration of the cession aforesaid the United States ‘h°“’f°"· 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. q·,wy binding Ama This treaty shall be binding upon both parties from the date when ratified. of its ratification by the President and Senate of the United States. In Tmsrrmouv wnmnnor the said Winuam Marzsnam., 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-kose, Wau·pish-shaw, Paw-tisse, Koo-tab-waun-nay. Sis-see-yaw, WITNESS2S-]. B. Duret, Secretary. Cyrus Taber. Henry Ossem, Int. J. B. Boure, Int. John B. Intrais. Joseph Barron, Principal interpreter. Jesse Vermilya. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark. ARTICLES OF A TREATY, Dec, ie, 1834, Made and concluded at the Potawattimie mills, in the State of

 Indiana,_on the sixteenth day ry' December, in the year if our

March 16, isss. Lord one thousand eight hundred and thzrtyfour, between William Marsh.all Commissioner on the part of the United States and the C'hiefs,headmen,and warriors of the Potawattamis Indians. Land ceded ,0 Aivrroms 1st. The chiefs, head men and warriors aforesaid agree to the U. S. cede to the United States their title and interest to a reservation made to them at the treaty on the Tippecanoe river on the 27th day of Oc- Ante, p- 399· tober 1832 oftwo sections ofland to include their mills on said river. Considemnon ART. 2nd. In consideration of the cession aforesaid the United States therefor. agree to pay the Potawattimie Indians, at the payment of their annuities in 1835, the sum of seven hundred dollars in cash, and pay their just debts agreeably to a schedule hereunto annexed, amounting to nine hundred dollars. Miilerto be Ama 3. The miller provided for by the 3rd article of the treaty with d*S°°¤¤¤¤¤d· the Potawattimie tribe of Indians on the sixteenth day of October, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-six, is not to be supported by the United States, and to cease from and after the signing of this treaty. T,-amy binding ART. 4. This treaty shall be binding upon both parties, from the Wl¤¢¤ f¤¤fi€d· date of its ratification by the President and Senate of the United States.