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Show 508 APPENDIX. 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 the Missouri River: thence down said Missouri River to the Missouri State line above the Kansas; thence along said line to the north-west corner of the said state; thence to the highlands between the water falling into the Missouri and Desmoines, passing to said highlands 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 allotted under the direction of the President of the United States to the tribes now living thereon, or to such other tribes as the President may locate thereon for hunting, and other purposes, &c. &c. The other Articles follow. Here are the names of some of the Indian chiefs who signed the contract:- sacs : Mash-que-tai-paw (Red-head). Sheco-Caiawko (Tortoise-shell). Kee-o-cuck (The Vigilant Fox). Wapatan (The Prince). Tarveemin (Gooseberry). Pasha-sakay. Wabishaw (The Red Leaf). Tchataqua mani (The Little Crow). Waumunde-tunkar (The Great Calumet Eagle). Opan-tanga (The Great Elk). Chonques-kaw (The White Horse). Wassan-nie (The Medicine Club). Mauhooskan (The White Cloud). I-atan or Shaumanie-lassan (Prairie-Wolf). Mehah-hun-jee (Second Daughter). foxes : sioux : otos : Pai-o-tahit (Heartless). Os-hays-Kee (Ridge). She-she-quaninee (The Little Gourd), &c. Keewausettee (Who climbs everywhere). Appenioce (The Great Child). Kaw-kaw-kee (The Crow), &c. Taco-coqui-pishnee (Dauntless). Wah-coo-ta (The Bowman). omahas: joways: Tessan (The White Crow). Tah-roh-ha (Many Stags). Kansaw-tanga (The Great Kansa), &c. No. III. Treaty of Trade and Peace between the American Fur Company and the Blackfeet. We send greeting to all mankind! Be it known unto all nations, that the most ancient, most illustrious, and most numerous tribes of the red skins, lords of the soil from the banks of the great waters unto the tops of the mountains, upon which the heavens rest, have entered into solemn league and covenant to make, preserve, and cherish a firm and lasting peace, that so long as the water runs, or grass grows, they may hail each other as brethren and smoke the calumet in friendship and security. On the vigil of the feast of St. Andrew, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-one, the powerful and distinguished nation of Blackfeet, Piegan and Blood Indians, by their ambassadors, appeared at Fort Union, near the spot where the Yellow Stone-River unites its current with the Missouri, and in the council-chamber of the Governor Keneth M'Kenzie met the principal chief of all the Assiniboin nation, the Man that holds the Knife, attended by his chiefs of |