FEDERAL INDIAN RELATIONS PACIFIC NORTHWEST 79
Josiah L. Parish Sub Indian Agent, on the part of the United States of the one part and the undersigned Chiefs or Heads- men of the VVheelappa Band of the Chinook Indians, of the other part. Article ist.
The said Wheelappa Band of Indians, hereby cede to the United States, all the land claimed or owned by the said Band. The land intended to be hereby ceded is bounded on the North by lands owned by the Cheehales tribe of Indians, on the East by lands of the Cowlitz Band of Indians on the South by lands of the Waukikum and Lower Bands of Chinooks, and on the West by the Ocean and Shoalwater Bay. Article 2nd.
The above cession is made with the express understanding that the land, shall be reserved for the exclusive use of the Chinook Tribes or Bands and the Cheehales Tribe of Indians, provided the majority of them, shall consent to give up their reserved rights to the lands they now occupy, and remove to the lands ceded in Article 1st of this treaty. Article 3rd.
It is hereby agreed on the part of the United States, that they shall establish an Agency, a Manual Labor School, Black- smith Shop, farming establishment &c, at some point on the lands above ceded ; provided the above mentioned Indians, consent to congregate upon said lands and "give up their re- served rights" as named in Article 2nd. of this treaty, within one year after the ratification of this Treaty, by the President and Senate of the United States. Article 4th.
In consideration of the cession made in the first article of this Treaty, the United States agree to pay to the said Wheel- appa Indians, an annuity of Five hundred dollars, for ten years, in the following manner, viz: one Hundred and fifty dollars in money, Twenty five blankets, Four Woolen coats, Four pairs pants, Four vests, Four pairs men's shoes, Ten
