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578 TREATY WITH THE SAGANAWS. 1839. Wa·cha-our-ta-sa, Wa-chin-o·ti, Wa-chin-pi-chais, Equi·has. Tier-to-ha, To·wan-li·hi» Ka-wa·ho·de-gals-ha-gue·ni, Opa·cl1i·gais» Ni-ko-hi-bran, Ta-wan-te-se-rais, Hi-cha-ha-cris, Hi-bi-son-de-gais, Wa-chin-pi-rshais-la-ta, Man-cha-ki-dais, Hai-sca-ma-ni, Ta-bais-ki-hais, Wa-kan-da-gais-chi-ga, Pani-wa-we-tas, Pon-ka-we-ta-ni-ga, Ko~chi-wa·tier, Sa-tan-wa<:ris, Wa-cha-chais-wo-chin-oti, Ha.ha-ga-be, Tier-pa-ga-hais, Wa-la-ni, Wa-han-ga·tier Econ-Chais, Hi-wa-ha-ga·chi-ga, Ni-ka-ha—cris. WITNBSSESt·—B» Riley, Maj. 4th Intl James R. Stephenson, Capt. 7th Regt. Infl W. Seawell, Capt. 7th In£ D. P. Whiting, Lt. 7th In£ R. C. Gatlin, Adj. 'ith Intl P. S. G. Cooke, Capt. 1stDrags. Jno. B. Shepherd, Lieut. 7th In£ C. Hanson, Lt. 7th In£ P. Z. Chouteau. Frank Ritchie. M. Giraud. Danl. Boyd. Geo. R. Beard. Leo. Wetmore. Baptiste Mongrain, Osage interpretef. Lt. S. G. Simmons, 7th Intl, secy to the commission. To the Indian names are subjoined muh. ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY Feb. 7, 1839. To certain treaties between the United States and the Saganaw Proclamation, tribe of Chdnpewas" March 2, 1839. p,e,mb18_ Aivr. 1. Whereas the said tribe have, by the treaty of the 14th January, 1837, ceded to the United States, all their reserves of land in the Am. P·528· State of Michigan, on the principle of said reserves being sold at the public land offices for their benefit, and the actual proceeds being paid to them, us farther defined by stipulations contained in the amendments to said treaty of the 20th December 1837, and of the 23d January 1838. And whereas it is required by a subsequent law of Congress, to erect a light-house on one of said reserves, called Na-bo-bish tract, lying at the mouth of the Saganaw river, and to reserve so much of the same from Indians agree sale as may be necessary; it is therefore hereby agreed, by the said tv Sell ¤¤¤‘¤¤i¤ tribe, that fdr, and in consideration of the sum of eight dollars per acre, l““d‘ one sixteenth of a section of said tract, situated as aforesaid, shall be, andthe same is hereby appropriated and set apart, to be located and disposed of in any manner the President may direct. And the same shall be reserved from sale, and all claim to any proceeds therefrom, except the sum herein before stipulated, is fully, completely and forever relinquished by said tribe. This compact Ama 2. This compact shall be submitted to the President and Senate I0 be ¤¤bml“,9d of the United States, to be approved by them, whereupon possession of

‘;)g;g,?&*i?°g_°°_°' the land may be immediately taken, and the usufructory right of the

Indians thereto shall cease. In testimony whereof, the Acting Superintendent pro tem. of Indian Affairs for the State of Michigan, duly authorized for this purpose, and the chiefs of the said tribe, have hereunto set their hands and seals at Lower Saganaw in Michigan, this seventh day of February, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. JOHN HULBERT, Act. Superintendent Indian Afairs pro tcm.