Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 10, Number 17, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 April 1819 — Page 1

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Inserted on the usnal te ms. Chately upon the execution oi this trcaAdvertising customers ill note on ty, goods and merchandize to the valtheir advertisement! the number of ue of Tour thousand dollars, and to de-

tim s they wish them insertedjlhose sent without such directions will he continued until forbid, and must be paid for accordingly. iUTHORITY.) ames Monroe. President cj the United S:;es of Ame ricdy T) all and dngular to whom these presents shall cuine Greeting : WHEREAS a Treaty of Mendfi cession, and limits, between the Uirad State? of America and t e Quapaw tribe or nation of Indi ms. w is concluded and signed at St. Louis, on the 24tli day of August, in the year of our Lord 1318, by commissioners on the part of the said United States, and cei tain chiefs and warriors cf the said tribe 01 nation, on the part and in behalf of the said tribe ; which treaty is the following words, to wit : A Treaty of friendship, cession, and limits, made and entered into, this 24th day of August,l818, by and between William Clark 8c Auguste Chouteau, commissioners on the part and behalf of the United States, of the one part, and the un-dersio-ned chiefs and warriors of the Quapaw tribe or nation , on the part and behalf of their said tribe or nation, of the other part. Art. 1. The undersigned chiefs ard warriors, for themselves and their said tribe or nation, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States, and of no other state, nower. or aovereio-ntv O whatsoever. Att 2 T!ie undersigned chiefs Sc warriorH, for themselves and their said tribe or nation, do hereby, for, and in cons;dcration of the nromises and stipulations hereinafter named, cede 4 and relinquish to the United States forever, all the lands within the following boundaries, viz ; )undaries, viz ; Beginning at the

moutn ot the rkansaw river ; thence, tn recovering tne property stolen, as extenlinr up the Ark ansa w to the aforesaid, if suJicient proof can be obCanadian fork, and up the Canadian tained, that such property was actu ifork to its source; thence south, to stolen by an Indian or Indians, beBig Red river, and down the middle cf longing to the said tribe or nation, a

that river, to the Bi Raft ; thence a direct line, so as to strike the Mississippi river, thirty lcarnicsan a straight line, below the mouth of Arkansaw j together with all their claims to land east of the Mississippi, and north of the rkansaw river, included within the (fctfoied lines I, 2, and 3, on the above . , ...:.U .1 . 1 mm uic exception ana rsserva"lion following, that is to sav : tne tnact of countrj bounded as fo Hows:IMfmntng at a point on the Arkans mriver, opposite the present post ut Arkansaw, k running thence a due south west course, to the Washita river ; thence up that river to the Saline fork; and up the Saline fork, to a p int, from whence a due north-ca t course would strike the Vtkansaw river at the little rock ; and thence down the right bai k ofthe Arkansaw to the place of beginning : which said tract of land last novo designated and reserved, shall be surveyed and marked off, at I ex pence ofthe United States, so soon as the same can be done with conve .- ienee, and shall not be sold or disposed of, by the said Quawpaw tribe or nation, to any individual whatever, nor to any state or nation, without the approbation of the United States, fust

nau una ooinmeo, C Art. It is agreed fc VfjVted States and said tril Wiit the individuals of tl

had and obtained. between t e ibe or nation. the said tribe or nation shall be at liberty to hunt within the territory by them ceded to vyuiicu jiurs, iiirjut nine, ance, or molestation, so long as they demean themselves pea e bly, ar.d offer no injury or an ' It.r s of the s Vy t u sti )nv or annoyance to anv ofthe citisaul U.iitfd States, and u: st s may think proper to assign the same, or anv portion thereof, as bunting grounds to other then U lv li dians. Akt. 4. NTo citizen ofthe United States, or any pri son, shall b permitted to settle on any of the lan lis hereby allotted to, and reserved for, the Said Quawpaw tribe or nation, tolhc and hunt on ; yet, it is exnresslv understood and agreed un. by k between

the parties aforesaid, that at all times the citizens of the United States shall

have the rich! to travel and nass freey, without toll or exaction , through the quawpaw reservation, by such roads or routes as now are, or hereafter may be estauhshed. Art. 5. In consideration of the ces sion and stipulations aforesaid, the U. States do hereby promise and bind themselves to pay and deliver to the said Quawpaw tribe or nation, inlineliver, or cause to be delivered, to them yearly, and every year, goods and merchandize to the value of one thousand dollars, to be estimated in the city or place, in the United States, where the same are procured or purchased. Art. 6. Lest the friendsWr vvnich now exists between the Untied States and the said tribe or nation, sfould be interrupted by the misconduct of individuals, it is hereby agreed, that, for fciiuries dnn hv individuals, no nri-

vate revenge or retaliation shall take the state of Illinois, on the twenty-filth within .a private claim; but should ? cd and twelve, and to the accountplace, but, instead thereof, complaints day of Sepctember, in the year of our that be the case, then s me other tract lnS oncers of the treasury c partshall be made by the party injured, to Lord one thousand eight hundred and of equal quality and value shall be mcn by the act sup mentaryi

the other, by the tribe or nation aforesaid, to the- governor superintendent of Indian affairs, or some other person authorised and appointed for that purrtnfce. anrf bvthe frovernnr. sunerintendent,orother person nuhoris-d. to the chiefs of tiie said tribe or nation : and it hi'.ii be the duty of the saicl tribe or nation, upon complaint being made as aforesaid, to deliver up tbe person or persons against whom the complaint is made, to the end, that he or they mav oe punished, agreeably to the aws of the state or territory where the offence may have been committed ; fic i'1 like manner, if any robbery, violence or murder, shall be committed on any Indian or Indians, belonging to the said tt ibe or nation ; the person or persons so offending shall beigdand, if found guilty, punished irfrme manncr as if the injury had4een done 10 a white man. And it is ' fcMbr ( agreed, tlia the cMie& of the said tribe or nation, shall, to t' utmost tV "' ir Powei exert themselves to ret rvcr horses, or other property which m y be stolen horn anv citizen or cu z r- ' of the United States, by any individual or individuals of the said tribe or 1 ation, and the property so recovered shall be forthwith delivered tothe governor, sunerintendent, dv" oln-r m - Bk on authorised to receite the same, 'Ki it may be rest or ad tglhc proper owner. And in cases wrTe tions of the chiefs shall be ineffectual sum, equal to the value of the propc ty which has been stolen, may be c'.e. ducted by the United States, from the annuity of the said tribe or jjajjon. And the United States hereby aurantee to the individuals of '.he aid tribe or nation, a full indemnification for any horse or hoi ses, or other prop1 .11 cny wmcn miy dc ukcd irom twin oy any 01 iwir ciuens : rroviat , ine property so stolen cannot be recover--cd, ana trat sum lei nt proofis producr i,tnat it was actu lily stolen oy a enArt. 7. This treatv slv 1 a. r, v C - feet, and be ob i. a orv on , v,Um,vi..,8r.w,w a me sao.e snail nave neen ratn:l Dy the President of the United States, by and iilk 1 . r i , v'ith the senate, advice and consent of tin WT. CLAX, AUG. CHOU fEAU Done at St Louis i the hr , -f R Paul Col M , C T John Rulands, sub-Agent, !vc R. Graham, Indian Agenft Si . mT 1 i.e ,v is c ar . m 3 r. H . .n Ii c rj rsr Joseph Bonne, Interpreter. J nius Pi scay Stephen Julian, U. S. Ir.crpreter. James Loner. William P. Clark. Krakaton, or the Dry man X X X X X tiradapaa, or the V 9 .- e's Bill a m r i n Honksjdagni V heat Vuvonki. stton Hradaskamonmini, or the pipe bid x Patondi, or the approachiugsumnacr x Tahonka,or the l'ar-e Buffaloe x Hamonmini, or the Night Waker x W ishingtatoopor mocking bird's tail x Hontikani x Tataonsa, or the whistling wind a Mozstete x Now, therefore, be it known that I, Janu s Monroe, President of the United States of America, having sttn tnd considered the said treatv, have, by and with the advice and consent of

the senate, accepted, ratified and confirmed the same, and every clause

and article thereof. In testimony "a hereof I nave caused, the seal of the United Slates to ne hereunto affixed, and have signed the same with my hand. Done at the City of Washigton, this 5th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1819, and of the Independence of the United States the forty -third. JAMES MONROE. By the President : JOHNQUINCY ADAMS, secretary of state. James Monroe, President of the U. States of America, To all and singular to whom these presents shall route, Greeting : WHEREAS a Treaty between the United States of America and the 1 eom, kaskaskia, MitCMgaiMS, L-a- . - - am. m S S - hokia, and Tamarois, tribeN the Illinois nation of Indians, was concluded and siirned, at Edwardsville, in eighteen, by Commissioners on the Vu f-lC said Umted State:,, and certain Chiefs and Warriors of the said Tribes, on the part andin behalf of the said tribes which Treaty is in the 0rd3 following, to wit. v A Treaty made k conchiued by betwecn Ninian Edwards Auiiste Chouteau, commissioners on the part and behalf of he United States of America of the one part, and the undersigned principal chiefs and warriors of the Peoria Kakaskia, Mitchigamia, Cah kia and Tamarois tribes of the liliiioii 1 Ltion of Indians, on the part and behalf of the Said tnb Whe -i a Vincennes Augu t i thousand t twecn the 01 tn: other part. ' the t 'eaty made at e thirteenth day ot va 'if our Lord 01 -e Ircd and three, bela ..1 It 11' United Sts of the one Dart, anil head chicrsmu warrior? ot the v. ii.-e of Indianawwnnionly c led I g Kaskaskia tnoCTbut whi calhich w ts composed of, and rightfully rep resented, the Kaskaskia, VUtchigamia C ilu kia, and 1 amarois tribes ot the Illinois nation of Indians of th other part a certain tract of land was ceded to the United States, which was supposed to include all the land claimed by those respective tribes, but winch did not include, and was not intcuded to include the laud which was rightfully claimed by the re 1 net 1 ans, atribe of tb.e Illinois nation, who then did, and still do live seperate and apart from the tribes a'.ke mentioncd. and who were not represented in the treaty referred 'o uUo, nor ever received any part oi the consideration given for the cession of land therein mentioned. And whereas the said tribe of Peoria are now also disnosed to cede all their land tothe United States, and for the purpose of avoid in anv dispute with regard to the boundary ot their claim, are willing to unite with the Kaskaskia, Mitchie- . . . . amia, Cahokia, and Tamarcis tribes n conhrminp the cession at and to the United States, which was made bv the treaty above referred to, and in extending the cession so as to include nnil tbnipl vf rpsncrrivt-lv. rf it. T'.ir nrhir.h nnrnnf. ti uuoe r s i i' ne u neau cniels and w arriors of trie Peoria, Kaskaskia, Mitchigamai, Cahoki and l amarois tribes of the Illinois nation of Indians, for the consideration hereinafter mentioned, cio nert by rennquish,cede,and conhrm - j : .u r .1 1 j I ncginnunj ane co nnuencji to tne c.,reu aua-s a.i tne lana intne uuiu and iviississinni rivers. thence up the Ohio, to the mouth of S.'. ine creek, about twelve miles below the mouth of the Wabash ; thence a'on the dividing ridge between the waters of sai 1 creek and the Wabash to the genera dividing ridge between the waters wl ich fail into the Wabash and hose which fail into the K skaskia river; thence alon the said ridge until it reaches the waters wliich fall into the Illinos river; thence a direct line to the confluence ot the Kankakee -md Maple ri ts; thence down the Illinois river to its confluence with the Mississippi river, ar.d down the latter to the bee;:: nig. Art. 2. It is mutually a."r-f I bvthe parties hereto, that all the stipulations contained in th- tre ity above referred to shall continue binding and obligatory on both parties. Art. 3d. The United States ill take the Peoria tribe, as well as the other tribes herein above mentioned undt r their imme t a t c caie ar.d pat ronage, and vwll afl 1 them 4 protection as effectual ,st any other Indian tribes, and ..lainst all other

perse..-, whatever, as is enjoyed by the citizen of the United Slates.

And the said Peoria tribe do hereby encrae to refrain from rnakii g war, or giving any insult or ot" n i t any other Indian tribe, or t i a : nation without rirst bavins obtained the approbation and consent of tire United States. Art. 4th. In addition to two thousad dollars worth of mere! I s day paid to the above mentioned tri cs of Indians, the recci1 wl en oi is here -by acknowledged, the United State promise to pay to the ? aid Peoiia tribe for the term of twelve years an annuity of three hundred dollars in money, merchandize or d mcstic animals at the option of the said tribe, to be delivered at the village of S. Genevieve in the territory of Missouri. Art. 5th. The United States agree to cede to the said Peoiia tube ix hundred and fortv acw s of land ut luding their village on Blackwater river jn the territory of Missori provided that the said t:art is not included designated for said tribo, at such place as the President of the United States may direct. And the said Pcnnr tr-ik. hrKv o-T-n.. to r,rr,.t,t th 4 m j same, together w;th the presents vow given them, and the annuity hereby promised them, as a full eqi'voleut for all and every tract of land to which they have any pretence of right or title. Jn testimony whereof, the commissioners aforesaid, and the undersigned chit fs an d warriors as afresaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals. Done at E Iwardsville, in t e state of Illinois, this twenty - fifth day of September, in the year of our ur Lord one thousand Ired and eighteen, ard eight bund of the Indent : .If ore of the Unitet . r . - oiates.ine 101 iv -Tniru. NINIAN EDWARDS. AUG. CliOU fEAU. Do ic hi presence rf Pascal Cerrc, Secretary to the com. missn ners. Abraham Prick ett, B. Stephens on. John M'Kee. Joseph Conway, Josias Handle. Ebenezer Baldwin. Ruben H. Walworth. William SwettancL John Kai:. R. Pulliamay. John Gaitber. N. Bucknett. Jacob Prickett. John WiUon. William P. M'Kee. James Watts John Howard. Richard Brcvoofiekl Robert Bos'Ue. James Mason. John Shinn, junr. John H. Bundle. . , .,. ,. tdrnund Kandie. I'i 'eona. VoW PMshakiwnui. shield. assawcosanaw, si X X X X X X X X X X X X rolf x nn.e. Naynaw wit vt aw, sentinel T) ii 1 AT.. ... i-;r v oor.ffernau t iw Batticy, or baptist, Keemawraneaw, or seal, Wocomawkawnavv Keeshammy, or cut of a niece. W T t I w t . rr , Louis Jefferson 1 ecouagne. Awrawmapingeaw. nr whale. Keemawssaw, or little chief Mitchigamia. IVackshinggaw, or crooked monn. x Keetawkeemaw waw, or Henry. x Papenegcesaw waw. x Shopinnaw, or .int. x Maysheeweerattaw, or big hern. x Tamarot9. Mahkattamawwee aw, black woht x Queckkawpeotaw, or round si it x Now, tiicieforc, bt- it known, that I, James Monroe, President ofthe L' ited States of Ami;ca, v . .; setn and considered the said Treaty, have, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, accepted, ratified and confirmed the same, and every cl-ue and article then of. Intestimonv wbert of. I have caused t!ic sta.1 of me Unite ! s ;.. rs to !e hereuuto afTixed. ami 'nave signed the sam- with my h.an-:. Done at the City of Washington, this fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord one t and eight hundred and -teen, and in the fort) -thii ifenf

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JsROE IK the President : JOHN QUINC1 ADA? Stcrcfar-, if Jiu AN ACT in additijo to an act, supplementary to an act, ei titled An net for :..e relief oi 1 nomas litem " . Be it enacted by the Senate and IT'.usc of Refirecn:atie cf f.- I' fted $tate of jfrnericci Congr x assembled. That secretary of wa'-bc, and he is ;. , a. . . i and empowered to revise, iosi : settle, the accounts and c ai , f Thomas Wilson, aribj'i ander Mi contracts entered into un the Department of war, (L (d i and fourth of August, one thouai d eiit hundred and ti ice ; t!;u- a i e powers vested in the ri-un ! g :- ficers of the wui (it annieur. b act of congress for the nliel mas Wils Mi, passed on the dav of A ti one thousai n .n- - -1 - . .. - lo' Pss (, twenty m March, one ihous?i.d eight hundred and fourteen, be, and are hereby ested in the secrrtavv of war March 3, i8r9. A p 1 red : JAMES MOfROM, AN ACT for the re&ef of Arjt.ila Uiies. He it enaeted by the Sena'c and H use of Rrfire&enta we i f 'he UmU ted Stattg of jtmeTicat In tlomgremt asvemblcdy That the pr, per ai ci u.ting officers of the treaiur) depart nu nt be ami thev ac herein, author ised and directed t sett 1 c.aim of Aquila Giles, on account of a 1 rant issued bv 15. ; t n d d De twenty-eight, seventeen hnC1 ft' ""v attested by Xa e to a- e issurt-' h t 1 i.ee . a maior t. t at icar, i or J is p t , 6v he tired do.iit: the amrv: t - v . r ay he found due si ?11 bo X id to the sid Auquila Giles out f any monevsm tl e treasury wise appropi at d : anv sum or sui i n hi h he may sand 1 Bocks of the 1 1 duc.ed on of Bald si iot oth( rT -t w ith -r.e Srst - cMarch 3, lH1. JAME S roved : tOJfROM. AV Ar T rvt. o . trrnJ JT1 pay pensions to il.e v i:o .v. ard rl.ildrf n rf certajoofut: s. se m n . nd marines, wlo died in the public sen ici . B it t n iefi i bv the ' ir !ue f ri 'V-. ;- ft !' IK 1 St in 11 cast s ah i n. has been n,!- bv av .r ft half-pay to the eridows u ' mf e w - 1 m m . . - . vi V..11.CIS i a::iLii, jvu mailt' , u were kii'ed in battle or ified sf wounds received in baric or ho die 1 in the t. ival s-1 Ice of : Cnitefl 5taes, du: inr ti late nai iht said provisOQ shall be ( ni tmn r the additional trm of fiv- ars ro eoramem est the end of the first term of five years. in each case respctWrly, maki ig the p ov" io-i nual to tin years half-pay, w ilch sal! !c pt::'1 in the manner and u ' f t!e fund Iv ctofore deijjj.HN .1 h iaw : -i ti e s i I pensions shall also c a6- for tl.e reasons mentioned mth said law. March 3, 18 19 Approved JAMES MONPOFJ. C. REILLEY, tL 11 Watch and C lock Maket MfMI ti h 6 avl J tvelli 1 ESPECTFULLY inform tbeif friends md the pub ic in grr ral that they ha'. ren.or d t!.i ir shop tothe house lately occupied by A Patterson as a store wheie descript Ion of WATCHR8 JjYB CLOCK . will be repaired :rx3 wariaiite d Lop rfoi m twelve months, '1 bey also conti: ue te manufac wX kii ds of ytJvrv-lVarp cr-,- Jewels. T", I ".ft . f .. 1 : e ' lines' j nci ('.id Jxu i n ri April l. o.d J J AS aKen t, ' i 1 c toil S P cu. .by r M . posrte to the Kereitcr's OH c all the business connected v pr ft ssion, that niav be cntn him, vm 1 e p: pt.) uttt i ct February 12. i Blank Xote JBvoks r