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Show 646 tocb-ta-tbe) and by what means i know not they have got the name 0 toes. The (ilheaters or the Winnebagoes as we call them, still continued E~t of the Missisi"! of the state of Illinois. The Joways having ceded to tlte Umted States all thear Iitle to the lands they first settled, have moved West of the state of Missouri bet- ~._ t of tl.- M.: .. souri and the Little Platte. The Missouris having been ween tnf:; wa ers ~~ .., unfortunate at war with the Osages, hereagain separated, aud a part of them live now with the Joways, and a part with the Otoes. The Otoes continued still up the Missouri until they arrived at the Big-Platte , wltich empties into the Misaouri, when they crossed and lived some time a little above ita mouth, but of late years Aave resided about 80 miles (by water) from the Missouri on the Platte Biver. - BeDa;e E. LAnderverkaut von den Indianem. Auszog des publlcirten Vertrages. Dieses Actenstdck ist dberschrieben: .Andrew Jackson President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shaU come greeting u. s. w. Es folgen jetzt 13 Artikel, wovoo der Anfa~g folgeodermassen lautet: Articles of a treaty made and concluded by William Clarke Superintendent of lndian .A.ffaires and Willoughby Morgan, Colonel of the United States 1st. Begt. lnfantry, commissioners on behalf of the United States on the one part, and the unter;signed de11utations of the confederated tribes of the Sacs and Foxes; the Metlawah-Kanton, Wahpacootll, Wahpeton and Sissetong-bands or tribes of Sioux; the Omahas, Joways, Otos an.d Missouries on the other part. The said tribes being anxious to remove all causes wMch may here after create any unfriendly feeling between them, and 6eing also anxious to provide other I 4 I 64? sources for supplying their wants 1Jesides those of Jaunting, which they are sensible must soon entirely fail them, agree with tlte United States on the following articles. Article I. The said tribes cede and relinquish to the United States for ever all their right and title to the lands lying within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the upper fork of the Demoine-River, and passing the sources of the little Sioux and Floyd's Rivers, to the fork of the first creek which falls into the Big Sioux or Calumet on the East side; thence down said creek, and Calumet River, to tlte Missouri River; thence down said Missouri River to the Missouri- Stateline above the Kansas; thence along said line to the North- West corner of the said state, tltence to the highlands between th6 water falling into the MiBSouri and Desmoine1, passing to said higluands along the dividing ridge between the forks of the Grand River; thence along said highlands or ridge separating the waters of the Missouri from those of the Desmoines, to a point opposite the source of Boyer River, and thence in a direct line to the upper fork of the Desmoines, the place of beginning. But it is understood that the lands ceded and relinquished by this treaty, are to be resigned and aUoted under the direction of the President of the United States, to the tribes now living thereon, or to such other tribes as t~e ~r~sident m:'y locate thereon for hunting, and other purposes u. s. w. folgen dte ubr1gen Artikel. Bier noch einige der iodiaoischen Chefs, welche den v e.rtrag unterschriebeo. Sacs: Mash- que- tai- paw (Rothkopf.) Sheco- Caiawko (Scbildkroten-Schale.) Kee- o- cuck (der wachsame Fuchs.) Pai- o- tahit (e~oer, der kein Herz hat.) Os -hays - Kee (Ridge.) She - she - quaninee ( der kleioe Kiirbis) u . . s. w. |