Executed and delivered in the presence of THOMAS J. TODD, Adjt. Bat. Mo. Mt. Vlts., Secretary. J. WALKER, A. S. U. S. Army. STEWART VAN VLIET, Capt. and A. Q. M. U. S. A. J. W. KELLY, 2d Lieut. commanding Co. C. SAML. J. LINGENFELTER. ANT. LE FAIVRE. PETER A. CARNES, Forage Master. F. JEFFREY DEROINE, Interpreter. Now, therefore, be it known that I, JAMES K. POLK, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered said treaty, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of the eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, accept, ratify, and confirm the same, and every article and clause thereof. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Washington, this eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun[L. s.] dred and forty-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the seventy-third. JAMES K. POLK. By the President: JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary of State. MENOMONIES. JAMES K. POLK, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: concluded Octo Whereas a treaty was made and concluded at Lake Pow- Treaty with aw-hay-kon-nay, in the State of Wisconsin, on the eighteenth the Menomonies day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, ber 18th, 1848. between the United States of America, by William Medill, a commissioner duly appointed for that purpose, and the Menomonee tribe of Indians, by the chiefs, headmen, and warriors of said tribe; which treaty is, word for word, as follows, to wit: Articles of a treaty made and concluded at Lake Pow-awhay-kon-nay, in the State of Wisconsin, on the eighteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fortyeight, between the United States of America, by William Medill, a commissioner duly appointed for that purpose, and the Menomonee tribe of Indians, by the chiefs, headmen, and warriors of said tribe: ARTICLE 1. Peace and friendship to be It is stipulated and solemnly agreed that the peace and friendship now so happily subsisting between the Government and perpetual. people of the United States and the Menomonee Indians shall be perpetual. ARTICLE II. The Menomonies cede to the The said Menomonee tribe of Indians agree to cede, and do hereby cede, sell, and relinquish to the United States all their U. S. all their lands in the State of Wisconsin, wherever situated. ARTICLE III. lands in Wisconsin. In consideraa going cession the tribe for a home U.S. give to said certain lands eed tion of the fore ed by the Chip In consideration of the foregoing cession, the United States agree to give, and do hereby give, to the said Indians for home, to be held as Indians lands are held, all that country or tract of land ceded to the said United States by the Chippewa Indians of the Mississippi and Lake Superior, in the treaty of pewas. August 2, 1847, and the Pillager band of Chippewa Indians, in the treaty of August 21, 1847, which may not be assigned to the Winnebago Indians, under the treaty with that tribe of October 13, 1846, and which is guarantied to contain, not less than six hundred thousand acres. ARTICLE IV. In further consideration the U. agree to pay three hundred In further and full consideration of said cession, the United States agree to pay the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand S. dollars, at the several times, in the manner and for the pur- and fifty thou poses following, viz: sand dollars, viz: To the chiefs to of the tribe, &c., $30,000. To the chiefs, as soon after the same shall be appropriated by settle the affairs Congress as may be convenient to enable them to arrange and settle the affairs of their tribe preparatory to their removal to the country set apart for, and given to them as above, thirty thousand dollars. To certain per sons blood, $40,000. For of -$20,000. To such persons of mixed blood, and in such proportion to of mixed each, as the chiefs in council, and a commissioner to be ap pointed by the President, shall designate and determine, and as soon after the appropriation thereof as may be found practicable and expedient, forty thousand dollars. expenses In such manner and at such times as the President shall removal prescribe, in consideration of their removing themselves, which they agree to do, without further cost or expense to the United States, twenty thousand dollars. For subsistence ter removal $20, In such manner and at such times as the President shall for one year af prescribe, in consideration of their subsisting themselves the first year after their removal, which they agree to do, without further cost or expense on the part of the United States, twenty thousand dollars. 000. For a manual la &c., $15,000. To be laid out and applied, under the direction of the Presibor school, mills, dent, in the establishment of a manual labor school, the erection of a grist and saw mill, and other necessary improvements in their new country, fifteen thousand dollars. For hire of per sons to To be laid out and applied under the direction of the Presi attend dent, in procuring a suitable person to attend and carry on the upon mills $9, said grist and saw mill for a period of fifteen years, nine thousand dollars. 000. For a black iron, steel, &c., $11,000. To be laid out and applied under the direction of the Presi smith's shop, and dent, in continuing and keeping up a blacksmith's shop, and providing the usual quantity of iron and steel for the use and benefit of said tribe, for a period of twelve years, commencing with the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, when all provision for blacksmith's shops under the treaty of 1836 shall cease, eleven thousand dollars. For payments and To be set apart, applied, and distributed under the direction for Individual im- of the President, in payment of individual improvements of the tribe upon the lands above ceded to the United States, five thousand dollars. And the balance, amounting to the sum of two hundred 000, to be paid in thousand dollars, to be paid over to the tribe, as Indian annuities are required to be paid, in ten equal annual instalments, commencing with the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and when their annuities or annual instalments under the treaty of 1836 shall have ceased. The sum now invested in stocks ARTICLE V. . It is stipulated and agreed, that the sum now invested in under the treaty stocks, under the Senate's amendment to the treaty of 1836, of 1836-how to with the interest due thereon at this time, shall be and remain invested, under the direction of the President, and that the interest hereafter arising therefrom shall be disposed of as follows: be applied. that is to say, so much thereof as may be necessary to the support and maintenance of the said manual labor school, and other means of education, and the balance be annually paid over in money as other annuities, or applied for the benefit and improvement of said tribe as the President, on consultation with the chiefs, may, from time to time, detern.ine. ARTICLE VI. States to pay the a To enable the said Indians to explore and examine their The United new country, and as an inducement to an early reinoval there- expenses of to, it is agreed that the United States will pay the necessary plore the country expenses of a suitable delegation to be selected for that purpose, tribe. under the direction of the President. ARTICLE VII. delegation to ex ceded to said nual payment of counted for. It is alleged that there were less goods delivered to the said Deficiency in Indians at the annuity payment of 1837 than were due and goods at the anrequired to be paid and delivered to them under the stipulations 1837 to be acof their treaties with the United States then in force; and it is therefore agreed that the subject shall be properly investigated, and that full indemnity shall be made to them for any loss which they may be shown to have sustained. It is agreed that the said Indians shall be permitted, if they desire to do so, to remain on the lands hereby ceded for and during the period of two years from the date hereof, and until the President shall notify them that the same are wanted. ARTICLE IX. Robert Grignon to have the right of pre-emption to the land on which he erected It is stipulated that Robert Grignon, who has erected a saw mill upon the Little Wolf river, at his own expense, for the benefit and at the request of said Indians, shall have the right of a pre-emptor to the lands upon which said improvements are a saw mill. situated, not exceeding in quantity on both sides of said river one hundred and sixty acres. This treaty to be binding on the contracting parties as soon Treaty to be as it is ratified by the President and Senate of the United as ratified by the States. In testimony whereof the said Willian Medill, Commissioner as aforesaid, and the chiefs, headinen, and warriors of the said Menomonee tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their binding as soon President and Senate. Signed October hands and seals, at the place and on the day and year afore 18th, 1846. said. W. MEDILL, [SEAL.] Commissioner on the part of the United States. Signed and sealed in the presence of us: CHAS. A. GRIGNON, U. S. Interpreter, among the Menomonee Indians, |