Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 10, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 April 1819 — Page 1

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(BYWrnORtTY.) Jam Monroe I resident f he Vni ed & ttei m erica v all andsinguktr to whom these presents shall come Greetitig : WltfcltE a Treaty between the United St ites of America and the Wea trde of Indians, n is made and concluded im St. Mary's, on the second tlav of October in the year of our Lord i8is by commissioners on the hart of the said United Stmcs and ertal 1 satbems, chiefs and warriors of the s ddffhhe. on the p irt and in be h dfof tftsWRrt tribe, which treaty is in 'he words ftyiowinR, to wit : Articles of a Treaty made and concluded at St. Mary's, between the United States d America, by their commissioners. Jonathan lennint -, Lewis Cass and " i unin Park, and the Wca tribe of Iti linns. V t I The said Wea tribe of Indians sgree lo cede to the U. States all the land 1 Isimed and owned by the said tribe within the limi:s of the stares of fndi ma, Oitio, and Illinois. t. :. The said Wca tribe of Indians reserve to themselves the follow'described tract of and, viz : bean inlng at the moUth ol Racoon creek, t by the present 1 oundary line, Seven miles : f ence north eastward!)s kven miles, to n point seven miles fir m the Wabash river : thence to Wabash river, by aline parallel 1 the present b mndary line aforesaid; and tKence by the Wabash river, to tvfeplaec f beginning to be hotden ' NfiNc said tribe as Indian reservations nPlsu - " v held Irt 3 The Utrited States agree to p rant to ChH mas Dag nyand Mary SI ields i'r merly Mary Dageny, c hi I -tl 'en of Mechinquamasba, sister of Jacco a chief of the said tribe, atd their heirs, one section of land each; I m the land hereby granted shail not be t mveyed nr transferred to any person or persons by the grantees afore 11 I, or their heirs-or either of them, run. wnn me consent 01 toe presi lent of the Unit ed States. rt. 4. The said Wei tribe of tndis accede to, and Sanction the eesn of land made lv the lUckapOO ot Indians, in the second article " a trea'e eonclM ed hctwocn the U. Staves and the sal 1 Kickapoo tribe, on the ninth day of December, 180?. Vrt, s In consideration of the cession made in the foregoing articles of this reaty the United States agree to pay 'oihe s-ul Wea tribe of Indians, One thousand eiht hundred and fifty dollars annually, in addition to the su m of one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars (the amount of their former annuity") making 1 sum total of three th msan I dollars, to be paid in silver v the United States annually to the ii id tribe, on the reservation described by the sec ond article of this treaty, fr testimony whereof, the said Jonathan Jrrinings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Park, commissioners as aforesaid, and the sachems, chiefs md warriors of t' e Wea tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at St. Maw's, in the state of Ohio, ths second day of October, in the vear of our Lord 'sis ION KTH v JRNN1NGS. 1 EWH CHS, BEN MIN PARK. I v Shttiah, or !i-lr eyes Ou'n', rr j cone; mn ! U 1 : r rr.mk aioaapoo cuiK.rs. Mettcgtk -k, or big t ec V3, m faa x X X X X X X X r. tn presence of TtnCI I ill 'rcretary ta :':.e cor-x:-:'on

Will Tu ner, sccrrtary. lohn Johnttoo, Indian Agent, willtatti Prince 1 Indite Arnt. 1. F. Stick key, i 1. A. j hn C Miocr j". pit B rron, Intrrprctr. 1 hn l ' huniii Mm. d Inf. I . (lackey, Gtpt, 3 1. Inf. B. h. Flaire t. Bishop td Taustown. Now, then fore, b? i known, that I, James M triroei President of the United States of America, hating seen and considered the said Treaty, have, by and with the idvice and consent of the Senate, aeceptcsV t atified and confirmed the same, .Krtst every clause and article thereof. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to he hereunto affixed, atid have signed the same With my hand. Done at the City of Washington, this seven;!t day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and in the forty-third year of American Independence. JAMES MONROE. Ws the President : JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Secretary cf Scatc.

James Monroe, President of the U States ol America, To all and singular fo wAofN these fircsents siall conn , Greeting : WHERE S a Treaty between the United States of America and the Wayndot, Seneca, Shawanees, and Ottawa Tribes of Indians, was concluded and signed on the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, by Commissioners on the part of the said United States, and certain Sachemes, Chiefs, and warriors, of the said Tribes, on the part and in behalf of the said tribes ; which Treaty is in the words following, to w it : Articles of a Treaty made and concluded at the St Mary's, in the. State of Ohio, between Lewis Cass and Duncan M; Arthur, Commissioners of the United States, with full power and authority to hold conferences, and conclude and sign a Treaty or Treaties with all or any of the tribes or nations of Indians, within the boundaries of the State of Ohio of and concerning all mattes interesting to the United States, and the said naii'n of Indians, and the Sachems, Chiefs, and warriors of the Wayandot, Seneca, Shawnees, and Ottawas, tribes ot Indians : being supplimentary to the treaty made and concluded with the said tribes, and the Delaware, Potawotome) and Chippewa tribes of Indians, at the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, on the twenty-ninth day of September, in the vear ot our Lord one thousand S eight hundred and seventeen. Art, 1. It is agreed between the United States and the parties hereunto, that the several tracts ot land, described in the treaty to which tins is supplimentary, and agreed thereby to be granted by the Untied Slates to the chiefs of the respective tribes named therein, for the use of the individuals of the said tribes, and also the tract described in the twentieth article of the said treaty, shall not be thus granted, but shall be excepted from the cession made by the said tribes to the United States, reserved for the use of the said Indians, and held by them in the same manner as Indian reservations have been "heretofore held. But it is further agreed, that the tracts thdS reserved shall be. reserved for the use of the Indians named in the schedule to the said treaty, and held by them and their heirs forever, unless ceded to the United states. Art. 2. It is also agreed that there shall be reserved for the use of the WayandOts, in addition to the reservations before made, fifty-five thousan six hundred and eighty acres of land, to be laid off in two tracts, the tivs: to adjoin the south line of the section of six hundred and fbrtV acres of land heretofore reserved for the Wayand i chief, the Cherokee boy, and to extnd south to the north line of the reserve of twelve miles square, at Upper Sandusky, and the other to join xl:r east line of the reserve of twelve miles square, at Upper Saoduaky,and to extend eaat for qoantJ ty. There Shall also be reserved for the u,c of the Wayandots residing at Solomon's town, and on Blanchar4s fork, in addition to the H nervations before made, sixteen thousand acres of land, 10 be laid out in a square form, on the head of Dlanchar dl fork, the centred! which shall beat the Big

Spring, on the trace leading from Upper bandusky to Fort 1 mdlay, and one hundred and sixty acres of land for the use of the W.o andota, on the west side of the Sandusky river, adjoining the said river, and the tower line of two sections ol land, agreed, by the treaty to which this is supplementary! to be granted to Elizabeth Whitaker. There shall also be reserved, for the Use of the Shawanese, in addition to the reservations before made, twelve thousand eight bundled acres ol land, tobe laid off adjoining the east line of their reserve ol ten uo.es square, at W apaughkonetta ; and fo the use of the Shawnese and Senecas, eight thousand nine hundred and sixty actt s of hind, to be laid oil adjoining the west line of the reserve of 48 square miles at Lew istown. And the last reserve hereby made, and the former reserve at the same place, si.ali be equally divided by an 1 ast and west line, to be drawn through the same. And the north half ot the said tract shall be reserved for the use of the Senecas who reside there, and the south half for the use of the Shawnese whoreside there. There shall also be rescfsyecT for the use of the Senecas. in addition to the reservations before made, ten thousand acres of land, to be laid 1 ff on the east side of the Sandusky river, adjoining the south line ol their reservation of tbii ty thousand actes of land, which begins on the Sandusky river, at the lower cottier of W n Spicer's section, and excluding therefrom the said William Spicer's section. Att. 3. It is hereby agreed that the tracts of land, which by tne eighth article of the treaty to which this is supplimentary, to be granted b the U. ted States to the persons therein mentioned, shall never be conveyed, by them or their heirs, without the permission of the President of the United Stages. Art 4 The United States agree to pay to the Wayandots an additional annuity ol five hundred dollars, forever ; to the Shawtu se, and to the Senecas of Lew istown, an additional annuity ol one thousand dollars forever; and to the Senecas an additional annuity of five hundred dollars forever ; and to the Ottawas an additional annuity of m thousand five ilfendred dollars forever. And these aTu.uiites shall be paid. a1, the place. anJ(h tl e manner, prescribed by the treaty to which this is supplementary. Art. $. Tins tteaty shall take cffi ct, and be obligatory on the contracting p irtu s, as soon as the same shall be ratified by th President ci the United States, by and with the consent ot the Senate thereof. In testimonv whereof, the said Lewis Cass and Duncan MArther commissioners as aforesaid, and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors of the W ayandot, Seneca, Shawanese, and Ottawa tribes of Indians, have hereunto set their bands, at St. Mary's in the State of Ohio, this seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, LEWIS CASS. DUNCAN McARtHUR. In presence of . Vm. Tunif r Serr- tAry John Johnston, Indian Agent. B. F. Stickney, Indite Agent B. Pke, D stiict Ju J.;c of Indaoa. jTnttin Jennings, G w, ot Indiana, Air x. Wolcott, jr. Indian Agent, dctr oit J dm Gmnr r. I T. Chuan . Major of 3d Infantry. H. A. Forsyth, jr. Sec'ry. Indian p utmrnt Wm. P. Rathbone, Army Contractor. G. f G osvenor,Cipt 8th Infantry. S-v rn Interpreter Kerry I. Hunt A . Sh or , John Kri -r. Suh. Actit, J hn . W-lkcr, F. Dinh quct, L. J u -1 1 , ladiao Agent W. Kt.-ggs. Ottawa vs. K. o hhnn, or baU r irle x Pe shekata or marked l-s r. ' wn ahe, or mr-kra!t x T wl .Tna, or Mir .! g x I u pngon, or NKCarty x MusKvtna X Shawanese. Cattewekatt, or Black H.uf :: eeseoetOi Big nkc, : BlatekS, or Wolf, x P mthr.nr Walker, x (Ihiclawj, or LontT Tail, x Prmthlti, or Perry. X U'J Man, or ('pt Reed, x C. hiakeska, or Captain Tom, x T-euntcqna, or Kile in the watcr x jitawcjja, or Cj'.jr.el Lew::, :c

Captain Pipe, x J noes Armstrong, x Ottawas. etethc neiwtj or Ucar'i Mao, x Oqucnoxc, x Pcoeshaw, or Eale. X V vandots. D qa id, or Halt Ku g, X Kuntondo, or Ware Pole, X i u lyaorontoyoo, or li twecnthe x Dauatoot, or John Huks, X II rono, of Cl.rrrkcc By, x 1 eocidctotso, or Gro. Punch, x Howard, or Matthews, x AkoutouS x (e;uqui x Senecas. Methomca. (hvd John, x Shekoghkeil, or Big Turtle, x Wtgbkonoaie, or Wnite Bone, x Tocheaoit, or Yellow Bone, x C iptsia Togooe x CunnefKukant. or Harris x Tousooects, cr His blanket down x W ipinR Suck. x Now, therefore, be it known that I, James Monroe, President of the United Staesof America, having seeno;d considered the said treaty, have, by and with the advice and consent of t lie senate, accepted, ratified and confirmed the same, and every clause and at ticle thereof. In testimonv whereof I have caused, the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, and have signed the same with mv hand. Done at the City of Washigton, this 4th day of January, in the year of our Lord IS 19, and ot the Independence of the United States the forty-third. JAM: S MONROE. By the President ! JOHNQUlNCY ADAMS, secretary ot state. S& . Q ggJgaMaBaB. AN ACT in behalf of the Connecticut Asylum for teaching the deaf and dumb. Be it enacted by the Senate If Ifcue cf jRt iresrntatives ' f the United states (f .itnerica in Coniri'ess assembled) That there be granted to the Connecticut Asylum, for the education and instruction of deaf and dumb persons, a town hip of land or a tract of land equal thereto, to be located under the direc tion of the Secretary of the treasury, in tracts of not less than four en

tile sections each, in any ct the unlolands of the United States, to which the Indian title has been extinguished ; w hich land shall be and forir remain to the use of said AsvJ 1 1 1. ior the education and instruction 1 1 leaf and dumb peraons, or if said j syhim shall sell said land, which they are authorized to do, the money s from such sale shall be and remain forever to the same use. March 3, 1819 Approved. JAM Lb MONROE. AN ACT for the relief of Phoebe Stuart. Jie it enacted by the Senate and Iluae cf bit fire sentatives of the Ur.itcd States cf 4mrrica in Qongreeg aetembied, That the secretary of war be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension lit. Phoebe Stuait, widow of James Stuart, deceased, unde r the provisions of an act passed the 1 6th day of April. 1816, making pro-vi-.on for the widows and orphans of the Dsilitta who had died in the service of the United States. March 2, 1819. -Approved : JjiMES MONROE. AN ACT for the relief of John Rice Jones. Be it enact 1 d by the Senate and House of lit frrt sentativei cf the United States of America in CongTi s assembled That the accounting officers of (he Treasury Department be, and they arc hereby authoiised to audit and settle, on equitable principle, the account of John Rice Jones, f r services rendered and expenses incurred, as an interpreter and translator of the French language, to the board of commissioners appointed f i r inquiring into the validity of claims to land in .ha district of Kakaskia, and the amount found to be due on such s ttlement, shall be paid out of a .y money in the treasury not otherwise ; pprop:iated : Provided' the sum to be paid shall not exceed two hundred and eighty-One dollars March iBi. Approved : J- 1ME S ' MO.YKOEt lij ike President of the United Hates. Whereas, by an act of Congress, passed on the 17th of lbiuary, 1818. entitled an act makit provision for the establishment of additional LandOfho s in ttie tcrritorv of Mitsotlli.M th President of the United States is

authorised to direct the public lands which have been sajt-veyed in the said territory, t be cfftitd for slIc : Therefore, I. James Monroe, President of the United St:tcs. do hereby dcclareStmakckiiovii.iiiat public sales ior ti e dispoaal (agreeably o lawj ! certain landa in the ter-itery cf Missouri shall be held in T anklin, in s. id territory . iz : On the first Monday in January next, for the sale ol Towi si i )s No 46 to 52 inclusive, and ) . -fracfl township no 53 N R'

T. 48 to 52 and tiau'l T. 53 Fratit'l T. 48 to 59 x. r. 21, 22 On the fust Monday in Maiaii next, for the sale ot Tow rc hips No.4S to 55 inclusive, in n's 24 8c 25 48 to 50 20 St -7 Oil the first Monday in May next, for the sale of Tow nships 51 to 54 inclusive, in ranges 1 1 and 12 51 to 56 13 53 to 56 14 and 15 excepting the lands which have been, or may be reserved by law for the support of schools, St lor other purposes. Each sale shall continue as lonf; as may be necessary to offer the lands for sale, and no longer, and the lands shall be offered in regular numerical order. Given under my hand at the City o- Washington, this 1 7th day of Julv, 1818. JAMES MONROE. By the President ; J. MEIGS, Com. Gen. L O. Printers who are authorised to publish the laws oftiie Uliioa wiii publish the above once a w eek ti I the 1st of May next and send then bila Uc. July 22 38 tmay 1. By the President of the Ur.tt ed "S at s. WHEREAS, by an Act of Congress, p scd on the third day of March, 1815, entitled "An Act to provide for the ascertaining and surveying of the boundary lines fixed by he Treaty with the t reek Indians and ior othei put poses," the Preside:. t of he United States is authorised to cat.se the land acquired by the said I natv to be offered lor sale w hen survc red : Therefore, I, James Monroe Prei -dent of the Unned States eo h t bf ueciarc ana inane kiowd, wai j hu . i 1 1 1 -1 .. i sales ftr the disposal (agreeably 'G law) of certain lands in the Alabama Territory, Shall be lcid as follows : iz. Town's. Nos. 12 in ranges 18 19 2D 1 17 6c 18. 18 i7 19 20 10 u,l 2.i3.i4,i:.:6 17 ll .i9 IS20 1 11 iC3i7,i8 xo At St. Stephens ; on the scccr.d Monday in April next, for the sale of Town's. N's. 5.6.7.8 i7,i,i9 26 in k. i7.i8,xy,-u I l7,i8 2 17 x At Cahaba on the first Monday hi May next for the sale of Town's. 1 2 in R. 9 0 7 7 8 9 in 11 6 7 8 9 ic) 11 5 10 k 11 except such lands as have been or may be reserved by lawr for tin ue of schools, or for other purposes The lanos si. ail be offered tor talc in 1 tj. lar numerical order, commt in . & with the lowest number of st ctionj township and ran;e, a'td cenuiiup three w eks, and no Umgec Given under my hand, .t c:,ty r,f Wrshii:i;tioii, the 1: . vember, 1818. JAMES MOXROE. fiv the Presidctit ; JOSIAH MEIGS Corr.m'r. of the General Land Office. Prit ters who are autl.r 1 d to publish the Law ofth'- Ur ited Mat's" will publish the above once a week until the first of May next. ONE HUM in; 1:0 DOLLARS REWARD. RAN-AW V from the subscriber on Sunday night the 23d i: st. two cUla 2n cro ;..us a run t.:n.t STAFFORD and ) is w jfc 11 E T T V.

Tl.c man is between 45 and 50 years of ac ; about 5 feet h gh h l 1 very larp head, werrs his hear 1 ! upon different p it oftifs head, a very saucy hic k, talks rcrir freely and is much addicted lo The Wcman is';it'ctn ,0 45 years of age ; she i aboo 6 feet hii'h. wears her i.:r 'ird o: tne top u rr head h-S a s.mc .ek. an-. very little I wiil gic t' c ibove rewi -' if taken out of the state, or fitly 1 oilsis if taken within the sta.e, 1 that 1 get them. A. I'U ON N Louisville, Aug. 29, UU, l$-Tm