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540 TREATY WITH THE SACS AND F OXES. 1837. Eu-hah-kaakow, He that comes last, Tah·chunek-oh-dutab, The Red Road, I Mah-kuah-pali, he that shakes the Earth, Wasson·wee-chastish-nee, The Bad Hail, Tah-mah-zah-hoh·wash-taa, The Iron of Hoe-yah-pah, the Eagle Head, handsome voice, Annon-ge-nasiah, He that Stands on Both Wathehu-dah, The Dancer, Sides, _ _ Mah-zah-tunkah, The Big Iron, Chaudus-kah-mumee,the WalkingC1rcla, Mau-po-koah-munnee, He that runs after Tee-oh-du-tah, the Red Lodge. the clouds, In presence0f Chauncey Bush,Sec’ty. Mahlon Dickerson, Sec’y. of the Navy. W. J. Worth, L’t. Colo. Geo. W. Jones, of Wis’n. Lau. Taliaferro, U. S. agent at St. Peters. Wm. Hawley. C. A. Harris, Com. Ind. AH"rs. S. Cooper, Ch’£ cl’k. W. Dep. D. Kurtz, Ch’£ cl’k. Ind. Office. Charles Calvert. S. Campbell, Interpreter. To the Indian names are subjoined marks. [Nora.-This treaty was ratified and confirmed with the following amendment, viz: _ “Stripe out the ninth clause of the second article and the third article ln the follow- 111 wor S: €‘ Ninth. To pay to Scott Campbell, the Interpreter accompanying the dele ation, in consideration of valuable services rendered by him to the Sioux, the sum of 8450 four hundred and fifty dollars annually, for twenty years." "ARTICLE 3d. It is further stipulated and agreed that the said Scott Campbell shall be secured in the quiet possession of the tract of land on the west side of the Mississippi, about one mile and a half below Fort Snelling, supposed to contain about five hundred acres, and upon which he new resides."] ARTICLES OF A TREATY Oct. 21, mv, Made at the city of Washington, between Carey A. Harris, Oom-

 missioner ¢y" Indian Afairs, thereto authorized by the President

Feb. 21, 1838., of the United States, and the confederated tribes of Secs and Foxes, by their chiefs and delegates. Lands ceded Awrrcrs 1. The Sacs and Foxes make to the United States the folto the U. S. lowing cessions : First. Of a tract of country containing 1,250,000 (one million two hundred and fifty thousand)acres lying west and adjoining the tract conveyed by them to the United States in the treaty of September 21st, 1832. It is understood that the oints of termination for the resent . P . . P cession shall be the northern and southern points of said tract as fixed by the survey made under the authority of the United States, and that a line shall be drawn between them, so as to intersect a. line extended westwardly from the angle of said tract nearly opposite to Rock Island as laid down in the above survey, so far as may be necessary to include the number of acres hereby ceded, which last mentioned line it is estimated will be about twentydive miles. Second. Of all right or interest in the land ceded by said confederated tribes on the 15th of July 1830, which might be claimed by them, under the phraseology of the first article of said treaty. gonsidcmion Arvrrcns 2d. In consideration of the cessions contained in the pretherefvh ceding article, the United States agree to the following stipulations on their part 1 Land ceded to First. To cause the land ceded to be surveyed at the expense of the V2; ¤¤¥V°Y°d» United States, and permanent and prominent land marks established, in °‘ the presence of a deputation of the chiefs of said confederated tribes.