Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 7.djvu/336

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ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT Aug. 2, 1829. Made between John M ’Elvain, thereto specially authorised by the p,,,cj,,m.m,,,_ President of the United States, and the band of Delaware In- J¤¤·2.1830- dians, upon the Sandusky River, in the State of Ohzo, for the cession of a certain reservation cy" land in the satd State. ARTICLE I. (_;,,,,,,,,,],,,,,,] Tun said band of Delaware Indians cede to the United States the ceded to U. S. tract of three miles square, adjoining the Wyandot reservation upon the Sandusky river, reserved for their use by the treaty of the Rapids of the Maumee, concluded between the United States and the Wyandots, Seneca, Delaware, Shawanees, Potawatamies, Ottawas, and Chippiwa tribes of Indians, on the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our A"t°¤l"160' Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and the said tribe of Delawares engage to remove to and join their nation on the west side of the Mississippi, on the land allotted to them, on or before the first day of January next, at which time peaceable possession of said reservation is to be given to the United States. ARTICLE II. (g,,,,,,;,;,,,.,,,,,,,, In consideration of the stipulations aforesaid, it is agreed, that the therefor. United States shall pay to the said band the sum of three thousand dollars: two thousand dollars in hand, the receipt of which is hereby ac— knowledged by the undersigned Chiefs of said tribe, and the remaining balance of one thousand dollars to be appropriated to the purchase of horses, clothing, provisions, and other usefull articles, to aid them on their journey so soon as they are prepared to remove. In witness whereof, the said John M’Elvain, and the Chiefs of the said band, have hereunto set their hands and seals at Little Sandusky, in the State of Ohio, this third day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. JOHN M’ELVAIN. Captain Pipe, Solomon Joneycake, William Matacur, Joseph Armstrong, Captain Wolf, George Williams. Eli Pipe, In presence of Nathaniel M’Lean, Cornelius Wilson, H. Barrett. To the indian names are suhioined s mark and seal. (326)