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VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1853. NUMBER 39. illccklj) Ijio State Journal IS PUBLISHED AT COLUMBUS EVERT TUESDAY MORNING, IT SCOTT BASCOM, lomufiL luiiDmoi, mou and puu sties? sxtuhci or nai. TERMS Invariably tn adrann . In Columbai, V2 00 a vsar by mail. S1.GQ j clubs of four and upwards, of ten an J u&- WarJn, SI (X). TUP. DAILY JOURNAL Is furalr-hed to city subserlbsrs at 600, and by mull it M.OOa yfr. I'Uh! THi-n ;ei;lv journal ts 93 00 a year. HA TES OFADVKR TISM (77v Tim WEEKL YJO VRNAL fill So I 8 n I So flo'flc So! &sq liars, Wj 761 001 '251 762 HO U squares, 7f.l 2T1 762 253 604 006 000 006 00,12. squares, il 00 1 762 Z 60 4 60 6 00 0 60 8 0011. kxiuvrt, 1 262 268 604 006 006 008 0010. ,14. 23. p. D squara, olnnitrtble nionthly, SliOB year: weekly 26. elimitMible own t Mr, SUOs year; wsakly clMru'eHlile ijiiHrtrly . ct(Bi)(t-iitl quarterly , changeable gnnfHrly fci column, e-4 column, Q column, 100. 10 Unas of this slid type In reckoned atiquaro. AdnrtbeioenU OruVrwl on the liml.ie Md unduly, double the above ratia. All leaded notlrw rliantnl dotit.ln, and aieMurm u If solid. JtV Al'TIIOUITY. TREATY WITH THE SIOUX. Jutr 23, 1851. MILLARD FILLMORE, President of the UnitedState of America : To all and si-igular to whom these presents thall come, greeting : Whereas, a treaty was mndo nnd concluded nt Traverse des Sioux, in ilie Tenitory of Minnesota, od the twenty-third day of July, un- thousand eight hundred and litiy-one, between tho United States of America, by Luke Len, Commissioner of Inriinn Affaire, nnd Alexander R'linsey, Governor and ex officio Superintend ent of Indian Affairs in laid Territory, acting as Com mi in io tier, and tiie Seo-see-tnsn nnd Wah-piiy-toon bands of Dikotn or Sioux Indians, which treaty ia in the words fallowing, to wit: Article of a treaty made and concluded at Traverse des Sioux, upon the Minnesota River, in tho Territory of Minnesota, on tho iwciity-third day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty. ono, between the United Slides oi America, by Luke Lea, Oomraissiuneruf Indian Affairs, und Alexauder ltamsny. Governor and ex officio Super-tutenjntit uf Indian Alfiirs in mid Territory, commissioners duly appointed for Unit purpose, and thoSee-soe-tnan nnd Wah-pay-toan bands of Dakota or Sioux Indiana: Article 1. It in stipulated and solemnly agrrod, that tho peaco nnd friendship now do happily existing bo-tweeu the United States and tho aforesaid bands of Indians, shall be porpettud. Autici.k "J. Tlio Bird Si'o see-tostiand Wnli-pny-tonn bands of Dakota or Si'inx I ml inns, agree to cede, and do horeby cede, sell, and relinquish to the United States, all their lands in tliu St a to ol Iowa; and, also, all their hnd in the Territory of Mimienita, lying east of ihu folloAfitiR line, to wit: Beginning at the junction nl the Buffalo River with tho Red Itiverof tho'iiortb; them-e along the western bunk ol snid It-d River of tho north, to tlio mouth of dm Sioux Wood River; thenro along the western bunk if said Sioux W.rod River tn Lake Traverse ; thence along the western shore of said hike, to the southern extremity thereof; theecB in a direct line, to ihe juuriiofi of Kmnpenka Lake with the Trhaii-kas nii-data or Sioux River; iheiire nlong the wfttein bank of said river to its point of jiiter sect inn with the northi-rn lino of the State of Iowa; including all the islands in said rivers and bike. Article 3 In pirt consideration ol the foregoing cessiou, the United Stales do hereby sefnpnrt, tor the future occupancy and home uf tho Dakota Indians, pirtiei to this trenty. to be held by them as Indian lands are held, all that tract of country on either side of the Minnesota River from the weftTti bouudary of tiie lands herein ceded, east to the Tcbny lam-bay : River on the north, and to the Yellow Medicine Rivi-r on the south side, to extend on each side ft distance of not less than ten miles from the general coarse of said ! river; the boundaries of said tmct to be marked out ; by as straight Inn's as practicable, whonever deem d expedient by the 1'rosidt-nt, and in such manner as h- shall direct. Article 4. In further and full consideration of said cession, the United States agree to pay to said Indians ihe sum of one million six hundred and sixty-live thousand dollars, ($1,602,000.) at the several times, in the manner and for tho purposes following, to wit: 1st. To the Chiols of the said hand, tn enable them to settle thoirntfairsaiid comply witliiheir present just engagement; und in consideration of their removing themselves to the country set apart for them as above, which they a?roe to do within two years or sooner, it required by the President without further coat or expense It tho United Stales; and in consideration of their subsisting themselves the fir.t yearnfier their re- i inoval, which they aren to do withniit further cost nr ! expense on the part of th United States the sum of j two hundred and seventy. live thousand dollars. (D'275,-1 000): Provided, that said sum shall be paid to tho, Chiefs la such manner as they, hereafter, in open council shill request, nnd its soon hIUt Ihe removal of said Indians to the home set apart for them, as tlio neces- i sary appropriation iherefr shall bo made by Congress. 2d. To bo laid out under til direction of ihe Prepi. dent, for tho establhhmont nf rmwiunl labor schools, th erection of mills and blacksmith shops, opening farms, fencing and breaking land, and for such other beneficial objects as may bo deemed most conducive to the prosperity ami happiness of said Indians, thirty thousand dollars, (f illDilO ) The balance of snid sum of ono million sx hundred and sixty-live thousand dollars, ($1, ((;;, 000.) to wit: one million three hundred and sixty tlmunnd dollars, ($l,:ittO,()(lO,) to remain in trust wiiii ihe United States, and five per cent, interest therei n to bo piid annually to said Indians for the period of fifty years, commencing tho first day of July, eighteen hundred and titty-lwo, (18.VJ.) wbich shall be in full payment of said Imlnmo, principal and interest; the said payment to be applied under tho direction nf the ('resident, as fo lows, to witt !ld. For a general agricultural improvement nnd civ. llizition fund, tho sum nf twelve thousand dollars, ($12,001).) 4 h. For educational purposes, tho sum of six ihou-sand dollars, ($i,r00.) 5th Kor the purrhnsn of goods and provisions, tho sum of ten thousand dollars, ($10 000.) 6:h. For money annuity, the sum ot forty thousand dollars, ($10,000 ) A i. tic IE 5. The laws nf the United States prohibiting tli iutrndu tioti and silu ul spirituous liquors in the Indian country shall be in full force and ellVct throughout the territory hen by ceded and lying in Minnesota, until n' her wise directed by Cmigrers or the President of th United States Article 6- Rules and regulations to protect the rights of parsons ami property among tho ludians,par-ti-)s to this Treaty, and adapted to their condition and wmts, may be prescribed and enforced in such man ner as Iho President or the Oongres of iho United States from time to time shall direct. I testimony tcher, the said Commissioners, Luke Lea and Alexander Kimsay.and the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of the alorenaid Soe-see toau and Wall pay toin bands of Dnknta or Sioux Indians, have hereunto subscribed their names and atlixed their seals, in duplicate, at Traverse des Shoix, Territory of Minnesota, this twenty third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and tilty-ouo. L. T.KA, seal.! ALEX. RAMSEY, .seal. Eon-yang-mn.uoe,(rtunning Walker or "the Gun.") Woe tchan h'pee-eo tay-toan, (ihe Star Face or lite "Orphan.") Ee-tay wd-keou yan, (" Limping Devil" or "Thunder Face.") Eesh ld-linin In, ("Sleepy Eyos.") 0-pee-ya-hen day a, (Extending his train.) Wa ma kaouii-tay,("Valnui'or Hlunt-headed Arrow.) Ma-zish'u, (Metal Hnuuding.) Ya-shoa poe, (The Wind Iimtrument.) Noan pa-keeu-ynn, (Twice Flying.) Wash-lay da, (Oood, a little.) W keeu yan-ho la. (Orny Thunder.) Wa-sliee tchoon-niaxa, (Iron Frenchmsn.) Hoak-shee-dan-wash tny, (Oood Boy.) Ee-tay-tcbo-ka, (Face in the Midst.) Hay ha-hen-day ma r.a, (Metal Morn.) Am p ly-tou-sha, ( Red Day. ) Bosh ta-humba-koafh-ka, (Sleepy Eyes Young.) A-na wang-ma-aeo, (Who (lues U.iboping On.) iMB-ii pov-wcB-icnaau-ia, uioun man.) i Tan-pa hee-da, (Sounding Moccasin.) Eenk-pa, (The Upper End.) Wee-yoa kee-yay. (Standard.) I Wa-kan-ma-nee, (Walking Hpirlt.) j Ee-tay-sha, (The One That Reddeus His Face.) ' Ta-kaghay, (Elk Maker.) I Ta pmia-Uii-ka, (His Itig Fire.) 1 Ma h'poe-ya.h'na shkan Bhkan, (Moving Olond.) Wa-na pay-a, (Tho Pursuer.) EtMcba-shkan shkan ma nwe, (Who Walks Shaking ) Tawa-kan he-day nmy ia, (His Metal LiKhlniiia ) Be-tay-doo-ta, ( Red Face.) Henok-marpi-yahdi uape, (Re appealing Cloud.) Tchan-hedaysh ka ho-tuun ma nee, (tho Moving Sounding Harp.) Ma-iaku to-ma ni, (Metal Walks Shooting.) A-koe-tthee-ta. (SUudiug Siddier ) Signed in presence nf Ihomst Foster. Beeretaiy; Nalhanitfl McLean. Indian Agent ; Alexander Fairbauit, Stephen R. Kiggp, Interpreiers; A. 8. H. White, Thos. B. Williamson, W. 0. Henderson, A. Jackson, James W. linn I, W. O. Lo Due, Ah xis Hailly, 11. L. Dousmuo, Hugh Tyler. To tho Indian names no subjoined marks. And whereas, the said treatv havino hn ani.ndti to the Senate of the United States lor its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the twenty-third day 0f ono lhoul hundred and filly -two, TnUsjtlols WMiUlDkanoBt, b snsndsMats. amend the same by a resolution Id the words and iigures loiiowing. to wit: Itf Executive Sesbioh, Senate or the United States, June 23, 1802. Retolved, (twn-thirdsof tho Senators present concur ring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratifi cation ot the ArtiL-los of a Treaty made and concluded at Traverse des Sioux, upnu tho Minnesota River, in the Territory ol Minnesota, on the twenty-third day of juiy,etnieoo hundred and hity one, between the United Slates of America, by Luke Len, Commissioner of Indian Aiiairs, and Alexander Ramsey, Governor and ex officio Superintendent of Indian Af fairs in said Territory, Commissioners duly appointed for that purpose, and tho See-see-toan and Wah-pay-toan bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, with the following amendments. Strike out the third Article of the Treaty, and add the following supplemental article: 1st. The United States do hereby stipulate to pay tho Sionx bunds of Indtani, parties to this Treaty, at the rate of ten cents per acre lor the lands included in the reservation provided for in the third Article of the Treaty as originally agreed upon in tho following words : "Article 3. In part consideration of the foregoing cession, the United States do hereby set apart, for the future occupancy and homo of the Dakota ludians, parties to this Treaty, to be held by them a Indian lands am held, all thit tract of country on either side of the Minnesota River, from the western bouudary of the lands herein ceded, east, to the Tchay-tam bay River on ihe north, and to Yellow Medictno River on the south side, lo extend on each ti le a distance uf not less than ton miles from the general course of said river; tho boundaries of said tract to ho marked out by as straight lines ns practicable, whenever deemed expedient by the President, and in such manner as he shall direct:" which Article has been stricken out of the Treaty by tho Senate, tho said payment to be in lien of said reservation; the amount, when ascertained under instructions from the Department of the Interior, to he added to the trust fund provided for in the fourth Article. 2d. It is further stipulated, that the President be authorized, with tho assent of the said bands of Indians, parlies to this Treatv. and as soon after iliev ahnll hnve given their aisent to tho foregoing Articlo as may be convenient, tn causo to bo set apart by appropriate landmarks and boundaries, such tracts of country without the limits of the cession made by the first second Article of tho Treaty as may bn satisfactory for their iiiiore occupancy ana name: rronaea, in a the 1 resident may, by the consent of these Indiaus. varv the cuiHimouB niorosaiu n neemeu expedient. Attest: Ashubt Dickies, Secretary, AriD whkrpaa, tlio said amendments having been uhuiiitt'd and expluinod to the said Seo see-tnati nnd wiiu-pav-ioau tiniids ol Sioux Indians, Ihusuid Indians did, on the cipliili day ol September, one thousand eiijlit hundred und fifty two. assent to the said Trent as amended by the Senate, in words following, to wii : Wo, ihu ui.drrii.'Ht d, Cliitfs and Hendmeu of the Se-iee-toau and Wah-puy-tonn bands of Dakota or Sioux lhdmt'B, pnriies lo ihe Treaty made and concluded at Tt averse des Sn.ux, upon the Minnesota River, on the tw utv-lhird dnv of July. 1051. truetlna to ihe justice, liberality nnd humanity of the Presidoit and the Conn-M of iho United State, that such tracts of country will he set apart for our future occupancy nnd homo as will be to us acceptable nnd satisfactory, do hereby give our free and voluntary nssint to iho foregoing Treaty of July 23, 1851, ns amended by Ihe resolution of the Senate of the United Slates, on the twenty-third da nf Juno, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, the same having been submitted tn us by Alexander Riimsay, Superintendent of Indian Attain fi r tho Territory of Minnesota, m d Cuminiisioner on tlio part of the Uniltd States, and fully und fairly explaiued by him to us iu Council assembled. In ttitimotiv w fierce f, the undent L-ned. Chiefs and Headmen ul the See ser-tuan and Wah-nay-tnan bands ol Dakota or Sioux Indians, have hereunto subscribed their names, in duplicate, at the ofllce of ihe Superintendent of I diiin Atluire, in the town uf Saint Paul, Tenitory of Minnonotn, this eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and fii'iy-two. hen-yang-mn nee, Re tuy-wa keen yan, Eesh-ta hum-ha, (by his nephew,) Nfih-pee-ya weo tchnata, Eeni-tadiumha'koash-ka, Midi k at eon-day, Yahzlma-pce, Wa-nie-dee-o-to mo-nee, Oapee-yahen-da-ya, Nnam-pn-keen yan, Wash-tny-day, Huy-a-he-duy-ma-za, (by his father,) Wa-keen yah-doo-ta, A-na-wuiig ma nee, Eenk-pa, (by his son,) Tape-ta-tauk-ka, Muh-pee-yanhna-slikjin sliknn, N'l-hope-tor, Wo ioni-ho wash-la, Mom ku-te-tua-ni, Tchun ka ha-too, Willi pnh-ha-n ah, Wuh-m'pee-deednotah, II oh ah U'hnkn-uia-za, Ta wo-kau he day-ma r,i, Wa kttli han-dee-topa, Wa kah-'ndee-ka-ta. IVittitMt: Nathaniel McLean, Indian Agent; Wallaco n. White, Secretary; Philander Prescott, Interpreter; Joseph LiframboisB, iiiterjireter; Henry M. Rico, To the Indian names are subjoined marks. The foregoi c assent was signed in presence of my self and tho witnesses whose names aro annexed. ALEX. RAMSEY, Commissioner. Now, therefore, bo it known, that I, MILLARD FILLMORE, President of Hie United States ol America, do, in luirsuauco of ihe advice and consent of the Senate, a expressed in their resolution of tho twenty- third ilay of Jo no, one thousand eight hundred and filly-two, accept, ruliiy, and confirm the said Treaty as amended. tn testimony whereof, I have caused the seat of the United States to be herewith affixed, having signed the same with my hand. Done nt tho cily nf Washington, this twenty-fonrih tiny ot renruary, in the year ot our Lord one l. s i Ihousatid eicht hundred and fifty three, and of Ihe Independence ol tho United States the seventy -seven lb. (Signed) MILLARD FILLMORE. Br the President : (Signed) EDWARD EVERETT, Secretary of 8 to to. TREATY WITH THE SIOUX. August 5, 1851. MILLARD FILLMORE, Prttidtnl of the United States oj America: To ait and singular to whom that prt tents thall come grteting : Whk at as a trenty w as made nnd concluded at Men dot, in the Territury of Minnesota, on the fifth day of August, one thousand eint luindrid and litiy-nne, between thu United Siatos nf America, by Luke Lea, uommustono'' oi n dian Ati iirs, anil Alexander itaniaey Governor and ex-nhVio Superintendent of li.dian Al- luirs in (aid territory, acting as rommiaitnncrs, and the Med-oy-wu kiin-lonii ond Wah-pay-koo-tay bands of Dakoin or Sioux Indiaus, which in nty is in the words following, to wit ; Articles of a treaty made a.d roncludeil at Mcndota, in tho Tenitory of Minnesota, on the hfih day of August, eighteen hundred and filly-one, between the Uui- ted States of America, by Luke Lea, Commissioner of itidinti Attairs, ami Alexander Itiintoy, Uovonior and ex-td)icio Superiutrndeiit of Indian Affairs in said terri tory, commissioners duly appointed for that purpose, ami me Aion-ay-wa Kau toan and way-pay-Uoo-iay bands of Dakota and Sioux Indians. Article 1. The peace and friendship existing between tho United States and the Med ay-wa kan toan and uati-pay-Koo tay bauds ol Dakota or Sioux ImJi ana, ahull be perpoiual. Article 3. Tho said Med-ay-wa kan-tnan and Wah ftay-kno tay bands of Indians do hereby cede and re-inquiih all their lands and all their light, title and cUun to any lauds whatever, in the Territory or Minnesota, or in Ihe S'ate uf Iowa. Article 3. In part cmiiidcration of the foreao- ing ceaiion and relniquiihuitnt, the United Stales do hereby set apart for Ihe future occupancy and home of the Dakota Indians, parties to this treaty, to be held by them, as ludi m lauds are held, tract of country uf thu I averugo width of ten miles ou either side of the Mia-I nesotn River, ai d bounded on the West by llieTchay-I tarn-bay and Yellow Medicine Rivers, and ou the Baal I by the Littt Rock River, and a line ruuninii due South from its mouth to the Wanju River; the boundaries of said tract to be market! out by ns straight liurs as f practicable, whenever and in such manner as the Pre-' sideniuf the United States shall direct t Provided. That said tract shall be held and occupied by said bands in i common, and that ihoy shall hereafter participate I equally and alike, in all the benefits derived from tny former lieaty between said bands or either uf them, and the United States." Article 4. In further and full consideration ofi cession and relinquishment, the United States agree to pay to said indiaus the sum ot one million four hundred and len thousand dollars. ($1,410,000.) at the several times, in ine manner and lor Iho purposes loiluwing, to wil : 1st. To the Chiefs of the said bands, tn enable tbem to settle their affnirs and comply wnh their pre sent just engagements ; and in consideration f their removing themselves to the country set apart tor tbem as above, (which they agree to do within oneyearafier the ratifn atioii of this treaty, without further cost or expense to the United States,) and in conaid oral ion nf iheir subsisting themselves the first year alter their removal, (which ihey agree to do without further cost or expense on the part of the United Stales.) ihe sum of two hundred anil twenty ihotissnd dollars (f-"i, 000.) Provideil, That said sum shall be paid, one hall to the Chiefs id the M d ay-wa kau toan band, and one halt o the Chiel and Headmen nf ihe W ah pay-inn-iay band, in such manner as they, hereafter, in open Council, shall respectively recur st, and as toon after the re moval of said Indiana, to Ihe botue sat apart for thtm This artless was itrtuk oat . 0se sanndastnte. as the necessary appropriations therefor shall be made by Congress, 2d. To be laid out, under tho direction of ihe President, for the establishment of manual labor schools; the erection of mills and blacksmith shops, opening farms, fencing and breaking land, and for such other beneficial objects as may be deemed most conducive to Ihe prosperity and happiness uf aaid Indians, thirty thousand dollars ($J0,0()0.) The balance of said sum of one million four hundred and ten thousand dollars, ($1,410,000,) to wit: One million, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($1-loO.OOO.) to remain in trust with the United Stulea. nnd five per cent, interest theroon to be paid annually to said Indians for the poriod of fifty years, commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty two pj,,; which snail no m mil payment ot said balance, piincipal and interest; said pnymonts to be made and appueu, uuuer me direction ol tho 1'resident us follows, to wit: 1 3d. For n general agricultural improvement nnd civilization fund, the sum of twelve thousand dollars, ($12 000.) 4ih. Fur educational purposes, the sura of six thou- sanu uonars, i to,uuu ) 5th. Fur the purchase uf goods and provision, tho sum often thousand dollars, ($10,000.) Oth. For money annuity, the sum of thirtv thnimnnd dollurs, ($30,000.) article V. 1 he entire annuity, provided fur in the first seel ion of the second article of the treaty ot September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty seven (1837.) including any unexpended balance that may ue in me treasury on the first ot Julv, eighteen hundred and fifty two, (1852,) shall thereafter be paid 'iiuoy. Article VI. The laws of tho United Rtntn. nrn. hibitiug tho introduction and sale of spirituous liquors in mo uiuian country snail oe in lull lorce nnd ehVct throughout the Territory hereby ceded nnd Ivina in Minnesota, until other wiso directed by Congress or the President of the United Smles. a Article VII. Rules and angulations to protect the rights of persons and property among the Indians parties lo this Treaty, and adapted to their condition and wants, may be prescribed and enforced in such man. nor as the President or tho Congress of the United States, from timo to lime, shall direct. Article VIII. The Half-Breeds of the Sioux Nation having failed and refused to avuil themselves of the provisions tor their benefit tn the ninth and tenth articles of the treaty concluded at Prairie du Chien on the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty, it is hereby agreed at their requeat, that, in lieu of tho tract of land set apart for the occupancy of said Half-Breeds itieru snail tiu paid to them. Iv t he United Stnten. un der Ihedirection of the 1'renident, the sum of ono hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150.000 : Provided. That the nun ratification of this article shall, in no manner affect tho other provisions of this Treaty.- in witness wnereoi, mo said Luke i.va and Alexander Ramsey, Commi siojiers on the p:irt of the United Slates and tho undersigned Chiols and Headmen of the Meil-ay-wa kan-loiin and Wuh-paykou lay bauds of Dukota or Sioux Indians, have hereunto sot tho bauds, at Mendota, in tho Territory ol Minnesota this filth day of August, Anno Domini, ono thousand eight hundred ami fifty ime. L. LEA. ALEX. RAMSEY. MED-AY WA-KAN-TOArtS. To oyn-te duta, (his scarlet people, or Chief Lit- ue urow, j. Headmen Wa-kan o zhan, (Sacred Light, or Medicine Bottle,) " Teo-trlmy, (Tup of tho Lndo or " Jim" or " uid mad, ) " Ta-tchao-h'pce-in-p:!, (ii " nhek Tomahawk,")" Ma-ka-na-ho-toan ma-nee, (At whoso tread the earth resounds,) ' H' da-ee-ynti kny, (he runs rnttling.) " Tuo-kan-a hena-ma-iiee, ( W,ilkerijfiihoMe. dicino UoiildrrsurStoi.ps.) " Wft-m'doo doo ta, (Scarlet War Eagle. ) " Nu-ghee.yoo shkan, (He moves tho Ghosts or shadows,) " Shoank' o-skn, (' White Dng,") " Hoo aa-nee gheo, (one leg yellow or orange colored.! Wa keen-yan-wnsh-tay, (" Good Thunder,") Wn pa sha. (TheNtandard. or " Red Leaf." Chief Headmen Wa-kan heudee-o ta, (M my Lightnings,) icoan n pee-yoo-xa, jhb uasa war club,) Heen-hiin-duieta, (Red Owl.) Ma-ka-ku-ee-day, (Ho sots tho Earth on fire.) Eea hee-her-dny, ( He bursts out speaking,) Wa-koo tay, (Tho ' Shooter "i I Chief Headmen Ms-h'pee-ya nta-xa, (Metnl cloud.) I la-mB-za ho-WHsli-tay, (his good iron voice.) j Maka-ts-na-.boen, (Ho stands on the earth,) Er-wan-kam-ee-nazhan, (Ho stands above.) Wa-Van-ta-poy-ta, (The Spirit Fire,) Na-gher-mer-tcha-keetay, (Ho kills the Ghosts,) j Eon-yan-sha-sha, (Red Stones,) Ee-day-wa-kau, (Sacred Ulae,) TaMBg-yayma-za. (His metal Staff.) Ma-h'pee-mee-tchah'tav, (man uf tho sky.) Chief Headmen Wec-tchaii-h'poe, (The Star,) Ta-tay-nazhoe-na, (Little standing Wind,) Huak-sher-daniloc-ta, (Scarlet Boy,) i Am-pay-shr-ta, (Smoky Day,) Ha-ha-ka-ma-za, (Meial E!k.) Tatnyh'moIl.heaa,(, Whistling Wind,) Wa-pa-ma-neo, (Ho strikes walking.) Ma-h'pee-vo-wa-kan, (Sacrrd Cloud,) Ta-tchanh'pee-maza, (His Iron Wor Club.) Ma.za-hota. (Gray Metal.) Chief Headmen Wason-mee-tchnsh-ra-hnee, (Wicked or Bad llntl,") Oin-ketayhee-dan, (Little Wnter-fiod or " Liltlo Whale,") Tcha-nonn-pn)-.n, (Tho Smoker,) Ta-iay-tc-kay-tcha, (Other Wind,) Ka-ho, (The Rambler about,) Ta.tchan-kon-wash-tny, (Good Road,) Ta-tay-o-wo-teeii-ma nee, (Roaring Wind that walks,) O-yay-tchau-mn-nee, (Track Mnkor.) Tashnark-ay, (His Dog,) Bha-kW.("8ix ") Chief Headmon A-nu-ghee-ma-zhecn, (He that stands on both sides,) " Huo-ya-pa, (Eagle Head.) " Ta-tay-mee-na, (Round Wind,) " Ka-t'pnt'pan-o, (He cornea pounding to pieces,) " Mahpee-yahBnda-koenynn, (Walking across a cloud ) " Wa-pee-ghee, (Tho orango red speckled cloud.) " Ma.xaWR-menoo-ha, (Gourd shell metal medicine rattle,) Hay-ee-tcba-h'moo-ma-iieo, (Horn whist Chief ling walking.) Headmeu Psypay, (Sharp.) " Tawntaa-doetR, (His Scarlet Armor,) itay-pee, itinrn oon,; ' A-puy-ho-ta, (Grey mane or crest,) " Ho-tau-een, ( His voicecan be henrd,) " Mit'irper-ya-nber-tcha, ( Bad Cloud.) " Ta-wa-trbeen, (His mind,) " Han-pay too.ko-kee-psper, (Night which is feared ) In presence of Thomas Foster, Secretary. Nathaniel McLean, Indian Agent. Alexander Faiiboult, P. Prescott, G. H. Pond, tutrrpreters. David Olmstead; W. 0. Hendersun ; Alexis Hailly; Richard Uhtitu; A Jackson; A. L- Larnenteur; W. II. Randall, Sr.; A, S. H. White; H. L. Dousman t Frederic II. Sibley; Aiarien Mcbeod; Ueo, II. tanbatilt. To tba Indian names are subjoined marks. And whereas the aaid treaty having been submitted to the Senate of the United Si at- a fir its constitutional action thereon, the Senate dul, on the twenty-third day uf June, una thousand eight hundred nnd lilty-two, anieim mo same oy a resolution in the Wonts and iigures following, to wit: In Executive Session, Senate or mr United States, June 2Jf, 1852. Resolved, (two thirds of the Senators present concur ring,) i hat the senate advise and consent to the rati, ficalion of the Articles of a Treaty made and rnticludi d at Mendota in the Territory of Minnesota, on the tilth day of August, eighteen hundred and hliy-ono, between Ihe United States of America, by Luke Lea, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Alexander Ratm spy, Governor and txofficio Superintendent of ludiaii Affairs in said Territory, CommiMioners duty appointed for that purpose, and the Med-ay wa kan titan and Wah-pay koo-tay bands of Dakota or Sioux Indiana with Hie following Amendments : Strike out the third article of the treaty and, add tha following supplemental article. 1st, The United Slates do hereby stipulate to pay the Sioux bands of Indians, parties to ibis treaty, at tho rate of len cents per acre, for ihe lntid included in (he reservation pruvmru tor in ma uiirti nmcio ni too treaty as originally agreed upon iu tho following wonts i "Articli III. In part consideration of the fore Soing cession and relinquishment, the United 8iates o hereby set apart for ihe future occupancy and home m the lURina Indians, parties to tuts trenty, to be held ny inem as i no tan lamis are neid. a tract ol enjntrv o the average width of ten miles on either aide nf the Minnesota Kiver, and bounded on l ie west by the Tthay-tam-bay and Yellow Medicine Rivets, and on the east ny the Little Kock River, and a line running due south frm lis mouth to tho Wnmju River; the bonmlsrira nf said tract to be marked out by as straight lines as practicable, whenever and in such manner as tlm President of the United States shall dirertt Peomidnl, That said traut shall be held and occupied by said bands in common, ami that they shall hereafter participate equally and alike, iu all the benefits derived from any former trenty between said bands, or either of them and the United States," wbich article hat bean stricken out of the treaty by - jBviniM was straw obi, Bs omaadnMBts. the Senate. The said payment to ba in lieu of aaid reservation : the amount when ascertained under instructions from the Department of ihe Interior to he added to tho trust fund provided for in ihe fourth article. 2d. It is further stipulated, that the President be authorized, with tho asseut of the said banda of Indians, parties to this treaty, and ai soon after thoy shall have given their nssont to ihe foregoing article, as may bo convenient, to causo to bo set apart by appropriate landmarks and boundaries, such tracts of country without the limits of tho cession nuido by the FirBt article of tho treaty as may bo satisfactory for their future OCCunancv and home: Provided Thnt fhn Pro! dent may, by tho consent of these Indiaus, vary the uuiiuiiium uiiih'biu ii ueemeu expeuietil. oirixe out or toe 1 reaty the toiiowiug article. Article VIII. "The Half-Dreads of the Sioux nntinil hiiviiii failed mm reiueou iu avail uiomseivea ot mo provisions tor their benefit in ihe ninth and tenth articles of the treaty concluded at Prairie duOhieii. on the fifteenth of July, 1830, it is hereby agreed, nt their request, that iu lieu of the tract of land set apart for tho occupancy of said Half Breeds, there shall ho naul to thorn bv the United States, under tho diroLtion of tho President, tho sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: ($150,000,) rroviaea, i aar. me nuii-ratiticaiiun ot thm article ahull in no manner affect the other provisions in this treaty." Auesi A3UUUX tSecrttnry And wimtKAB. tho si id amendments hnvinp been suumiiieti ami explained lo the sjtii Med rv-wm kmi- toan nnd Wah-pay-koo-tny bauds of Dakota or Sioux Indians, the said Indians did, on the fourth day of Sep tern her, one thousand eight hundred fifty-two, anient to tho said treaty as amended by tho Semite, in words following, to wit ; We the utniersiened. Chiefs nnd Headmen nf the Med-ay-wa-knti-ioiin and Wah-pay-kon tuy banda of I uaaoiaor oioux niuiaiis, parlies to the treaty made mid concluded at Mendota, in the Territo. y of Minnesota, on the filth day uf August, eighteen hundred and uiiy niie, conmiing in mo justice, liberality, and humanity of tho President and Ihe Cnnsress of the United Stale, that such tracts of country will bo set noart for uur luiuio uui tijmocy DOUUUOIO US Will UO 10 US aCCBpi- boio ou BBiiBidciory, uo nereuy give our ireeand voluntary assent to said treaty of August 5, 1851, as amended by the resolution of the Somite of the United Slates, on the twenty-third day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, tho some having been submitted to us by Alexander Ramsey, Superintendent of Indian Allairs for the Territory of Minnesota, and Cornmixsiuner on the part of ihe United States, and fully and fairly explained by him to us iu Council assembled. In testimony whereof (he undorit;ued, Chiefs and Headmen of iho Med-ay-wa-kan-tonn andWah-pay-koo-tny bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, have here unto subscribed their n nines, in duplicate, at the office of tho Superintendent of Indian Affairs, iu tho town of St. Paul, Territory of Minnesota, this fouth day ufSep-lemher, eighteen hundred and lil'iy-two. a-pa--h i v, Ee-wnn-kam-ee-oe-zhoen. Ta-oya-te-dutn, O-tcho-kab-doo-lall, a-koo-tay,(hy his ucphewil loch-sbeedan-doo-tnh. Ta-tclmu-kuo'Wiiflh-tny, Tii-tay-h'moo-ht-yn-ya, Ma-h'pee-wa-tchaBli-tny, Hav-peeMhih, Sha-'k-poy, Ta-tchan-koo, Mfza-ho'ti,(hy Ins brother,) Wa-suu-he-y'dab, Wetchan-h'pee, Oan-kei-ta-hee-dsii, Hoo-shah-flhah, Tcha-nooii-pa-sa, Wa-oo-weftchasta-shneo, Tcali-h'pee-yut-ka, H a-kan-hetidn-c-tn, Hoeii-haii-doo-in, Wa-kan-o-zlinii-tian, Kali -bee -dab, Tee-tchay, Ta-tchau-h'pee-io-im, Ta-mo-hah, Na-iay-wn-kan-d-pay, Nah-poy-shnoe, Ta-sha-kah, Wu-kan-Jee-ku-ha, Wee-ohu-da, Tii-lianpeedoo-tah, Om-unluu-doo-tah, Pa-pay. Too-kiiii'tt-lieiia-nu-nep, Wa'm'dee-dooln, Hon-yapa, Tii-ma-Zri-ho-wash-tav. Mi-ka-ta-ne-na-zlm, Tit-sa-see-a-ma-zha, Mah-kalfo, Ta-tahrwo-teenma-uee, 1'a-ihontik-av, 0-nu-i-ht?e-tia-zheen, Wiiness: Henry M. Rice. Philander Prescott. U. S. Interpreter. Wallaco Ii. White, Socretury. 0. L. Mnerson; ismniiel Jolm tindley. To tbfi lndlau nsm-'S are lubj .lncd marks. The fnregoinff assent was sienpd in nresencenf mv- stlf, and thu wiinrse whose unmrs are annexed. ALEX RAMSEY, Commistioner. Now, therefore, be il known that I. MILLARD FILLMORE, Prexidentof the United Statesof America. utsuenceof the advice nnd consented the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of the twenty-third day of June, ma thousmd eight hundred and fifty-two. accept, ratify, and ronfiim ihe said treaty as amended. in lesiiun uy wnereoi, i have caused the seal of the United States to be herewith affixed, having signed tho same with my baud uone at itie city ni Washington, Una twenty-fourth dny nf February, in the year of our l. s. Lord ono thousand eight hundred and fifty-ihree, and nf the Independence ol the United States the seventy-seventh. (Signed) MILLARD FILLMORE. Br the Fhesidfnt (Signed) EDWARD EVERETT, Secretary of Slate. LAWS OF Til E UNITED STATES Passed during the heeond Hessian of the Thlrty- rteeond t'onuress Chap. I. An Act making an Appropriation for brintring ...u.7 iiixinrnmi c r otn jtv i Tctiacw ana vie rrtsutentot the Untlca IStates. Be it enacted ftu the Senate and ohm nf Reareuntaiiwi rf the United ti tales of America in Congress assembled. mat n sum noi exceedim? twenty I housHUd do I litre ba. aid Iho same ia hereeyapprcpriutod.out of any money initio treasury not otherwise annronriated. for tha nav- ment of the sums due by law to the aoveral messengers of tht respective Slates, as compensation fur conveying tu Ihe seat of Government, the vote of Ihe electors of the auid Slates for President mid Vice-President of the United States. ArrnovKn, December 10. 1852. Chap. IV. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the i reasury to uswe ifeuttrt to vessels in certain cases. He it enacted bu the Striate and House of kerrtniii of the United Statesof America in Congress assembled, v urn i.iu rcmry ni mo i reasury uo, and ho hereby is, authorized to issue n register ur enrolment for nv vessel built in a foreign country, whenever suchvessul may hnvo feen or shall heieulier bo wrecked in the United States, nnd have boon, nr shall hereafter be pur- "iioni uui ropaire i oy a citizen or citizens thereol: Provided, That it shall be proved lo the satisfaction of mo ctncretai y o! the 1 reasury that tho repairs nut uo- on such a Vessel thall be equal to three loutlhs of the :oitoi aaid vessel when so repaired. Arrnovxit, December 23, 1852. Oiur. VI. An Act In amend an Act entitlod "An Act to establish tho Territorial Government nf Oregon," a ipntved August fourteenth, eighteen huudred and, t- rty eiht. Be U enacted bu the Senate and House of Reorescntatiees of the United States of America in Congress assembled, i u. n uie i.ecisiiiiive Asemblv ot tho Terriiorv ol Ore gon be, and hureby are auihorizrd, in all cases where the sixteen or thirty-six sections, nr any putt thereof, shall he tnken nnd occupied under the law making du nations of find to actual seniors, nr otherwise, to cause the county commissioners nl the several counties In said Territory, or such other officer or nlfiiers as they shatl direct, to select, In lieu thereof, an equal quantity nf any unoccupied lami in sec lions, or Iractional sections, as iho rasu may bo. SfC. 2. And be it further enacted. That when snloe- ft ions are made in puisunnre of Hie provisions ot ihe first section t tins act, amd lands so selected, and their pro ceeds, shall bn forever inviolably set apart for the bon em oi common scnnoia. ArrRovsn, January 7, 1853. Chap. VII. An Act making further Appropriations ior me. uurnimcuon oi iioaua in irjo territory n mio-nesota.Be it enacted bv the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembltd, liiatttie following sums ot money be, and they aro hereby appropriated lor the cmistruciioii nt road in the Territory of Miuuesota, in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated for the same objects, by the act approved July eighteenth, ci ah teen hundred and fifty, to wit: for the construction ol a road from Point Uouglns, nn the Mississippi River, tu the fulls ur rap ids of the St. Louis River of Lako Superior, bv the most direct and convenient route botween those points, twenty thousand dollars ; lor the construction ul a road from Point Douglass lo rort Gaines, now tort Ripley, ten thousand dollars; lor tho construction uf a road from tho mouth ot Swan River, or the moat expedient poitit near it, north or smith of aaid river, tn the Win- uehauo agency at Lung rrairie, live thousand dollars nnd lor the construction nf a road from W absshaw lo Mendota, five thousand dollars; and for the survey and laying nut of a military road from Mendota to the mouin oi nig Hioux Kiver, on me Missouri, live thou sand dollars. The said roads to be constructed under iho direction nf the Secretary uf War, pursuant to con tracta to be mnde by him. ArrRovEU, Jauuaiy 7, 1B53. Chap. VIII An Act authorizing certain Soldiers of the late war wnh Great Britain to surrender the Uounty Lands drawn by ttiem, and to locate others tn lieu therein. Bs it rnacttd by the Senate and House of Representatives ot the United titans ot America tn Uongrest assembled. Chat it shall and imtv bo lawful for any soldier iu the Into war with Great Brituin, tn whom tuunty land baa been allotted and patented in any mate nt this Union. by virtue of the laws of iho United Slates passed prior to ihe year 1850, which was and is unfit for cultivation, to surrender said patent, and to receive in lieu thereol the same quantity of any of the public land subject tu priva'e entry ul the minimum price as no may select: Provided, That before receiving such new land, it shall be proved to ihe vatlnlaciion nf the Commissioner of ibo (tenernl Lstid Otth-e, ihat tlio land so alluttrd and patented in said soldier is unfit for cultivation, and that said soldier has never disposed ul bis iniereat in aaid laud by any sale of bis own, and that the same has not , Dten taken or disposed ol tur bit debt due to any ia dividual, and that he shall release all hi intiTHtt in the aaais lo Ihe United Stale, in .ucli way laid Ocim-mi.,ionor .hall prescribe, ond audi lurrrniler and lo- nan u made wmnn hve year, from tile pai- Approvid, January 7, 1853. Chap. IX. Au Act fop the Comlruction of Military lioad, in Oregon Territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houie of Repreientalivei y iiz unvea atatet oj America ta Utmgrcst aetcmblfd, loat the billowing aum. of tnonoy be, and ttie.anie are llerrby appropriated, for the ciHiilniclion ol mili-ttry road, in the Terrilory of Ori eoii. to wit: for tlm cou.lriiclion of a road from Slilncoomb, on Pupil'. Sound to Fort Walla-Walla, twenty ihou.and duilari; and fur the construction of a road from tho mouth of Myrllo Creek, on the Umpn;iia lliver, In Camp S uart, in Itogue River Volley, twenty thouauud dollar.: the aid roada lo bo constructed under iho direction of the oetrouiry oi ivar, pursuant to coulrnuta to bo made by Api'ltoVEn, Janil'iry 7, 1853, Cll.p. I.VIII. An Act for the Relief of rtr,.t llrir,. adier-General Ueiinctt lliley, and lo enable him to settle his Accounts with ihe United S'ates. Be it enacted lit the Senate and Untie of Repretmtativet of the United titatei of America in Ctmgren alternated, I hat the urovi.iona of ihe act approved the third of cisoiouu niiiiureu aiiu tony-nine, entitled "An act io provide for the settlement of the accounts ol public oliicers, and others who may have received moneys arising from military contributions or otherwise in Mexico," be and llioy are hereby applied lo Brevet Brigadier General Bennett Itiley, iu reference to all moneys raised and collected by him, for contributions, penalties, internal assessments, duties, or other objects in Calilornia, from the commencement of the late war with Mexico, to the twelllh day of November, eighleon hundred and forly-niue, and the said Riley shall account for, settle, and pay into the Treasury ot iho United Slates, fop general purposes, any balance of moneys shown to be iu his handa, upon such settlement: and all nnnefaV Vfillr-lmri anil rilhar documents connected with the levying and collecting of any money ns aforesaid, shall be filed with tho ac ooiinta rendered for sotllement by iho said Riley. oiu. . ana oc it junner enacted, That lu settling the accounts of said Riley as aforesaid, the accounting offi cers of Ihe Treasury be, and they are hereby authorized and required to credit him with any sum or sums uf money paid or advanced by him fop defraying the expenses of tho Convention of California, called to I'm mo a State Constitution, and also the sum ur sums of money advanced by him, for tho relief of destitute overland emigrants to California, and such credits shall bo allowed only on the production of nmner vouchors. in such form as may be approved by the Secretary of no iioaiury ui 100 uuneu mates : nnn ine attm ntn- cers of the Treasury sbnll in said settlement further credit the said Kilev. with nil sums nt mnnnv nnml. ed by him for tho support of the actual government of unuiurNiu aiier ine raiiiicauoii ol the treaty ot peace wiiu mexitu, ami oeioro me formation or ihe mate Government, and which expenses may appear to have been proper and necessary, but not authorized by any law of the United States; Provided, That before crediting him the aaid last mentioned expenditures, thev shall be approved by the President of the United States. SkC. 3. And be it further enacted. That as a nnmnnn. saiion for collecting, sale-keeping, and disbursing the said moneys, the said Riley shall be allowed and credited on such settlement, one and a half per cent, upon the mo nays so raised and collected by him, and he shall bo allowed no other or further compensation inereior. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby directed to cause proper aeieuce to be made, at the expense of the United States to any suit or suits, now noudinir. nr thnt hereafter may Do instituted against the said Riley, for any moneys raised and collected by him in California, und to which this act is applicable. approved, teuruary 0, 1853. Chap. LXVIL An Act for the Relief of the Town nf Uelleview, i-nd the Cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in ihe State of Iowa. Be it enacted bu the Senate and House of Reoretentatiws of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That there shall be and hereby is e muted to tha town uf Belleview, in Iowa, the land bordering on the Mississippi River, iu front of aaid town, reserved by the act of second July, eighteen hundred and thirty six,, lurnpuouo uiguwoy, anu rur otner public uses: together with Ihe accretions wbich may have formed thereto, or in front thereof, to be disposed of in such mauner ns the corporate authorities of said town may 1 direct. The grant made by this act shall operate as a rviiiHiuiiumrii. oniy oi ine right oi the United stales in and to said premises, and shall in no manner affect the rich is of third per eons therein, or to the use there of, but shall bo subject to the same ; and ou application by a duly authorized agent of the corporate authorities of said town, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent of relinnuishment. in accordance with the provisions of ibis act, shall be issued therefor, as In other cases. Bkc. 2. And be it further enacted. That there shall be and hereby is granted to the cities of Burlincton and Dubuque, in Iowa, the land bordering on the Missis sippi River, in front of said cities, reserved by the act of fecund July, eighteen hundred and thirtv-aix. for punnc nignway, ana tor other public uses, together with the accretions which may have formed thereto or in front thereof; to be disposed nf in such manner as the corporate authorities of said cities may direct. Sec. 3. And beit further enacted, That the grant made by this act shall operate as a relinquishment only of mo riguioi uie unnea amies in end to said premises, and shall in no manner affect the rights of third persons therein, or to the use thereof, but shall be subject to the same; and on application bv a dnlv authorized agent of tho corporate authorities of said cities to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent of relinquishment, in accordance with the provisions of una act, snail oe issued inereior, as in other cases. Brc. 4. And be U further enacted, That the lot or par-col of land in the city of Dubuque, heretofore set apart and used by the authorities of said cily as a cemetery or burying ground, under the act of Congress of the second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An net for the laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Dubuque, and Peru, in the oounty of Dubuque, Terrilory of W isconsin, and fur other pur- puaoB, anu ma nci oi uie intra oi iviarcn, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, amendatory thereof, be and the same hereby is granted lo Ihe Common Council of the aaid city of Dubuque, lo make such diinosiiion nf the said laud included in said cemetery or burying giuuou u mm vuiumuu uuimcii may ueom proper. nrrnuiiu, rooruary 1, iojj. Chap. LXIX. An Act to amend an act entitled "An Act to create the Office of Surveyor-Geueral of the Public Lands in Oregon, and to provide for the Survey, and lo make Donations to the Settlers of tho said Public Lands,'1 approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That all persons who have located or may hereafter locale lands in the Territory of Oregon, in accordance with the provisions of an act entitled "An act to create the ollicenf Surveyor-General of the Public Lauds in Oregon, and to provide lor tho Survey, and to make Donations to the Settlers of the said Public Lands," approved September twonty seven, eighteen hundred and fifty, and of which survey shall have been made or may hereafter be had, in lieu of the term of continued occupation alter settlement, as provided by said act, shall bu permitted, after occupation for two years nf the land so claimed, to pay into the hands of the Burveyur-neoerai ol said Teriitury at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the land a an clnimed, located, and surveyed as aforesaid ; and uon ine ueaui oi any settler belore the expiration ol the two years' continued possession required by this act, all Ihe rights of the doceased under this .act shall descend to ihe heirs at law of sui h aottlrr, including the wiuow, wuere one is leu, in equal ports t and proof nt compliance with the conditions of this act, up In ihe lime of the death of such settler, shall be so 111 tie nt to entitle them to the patent. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That upon ihe pay. ment of money for lands as afortinaid to tho snidSurveyor-General, he shall is.ue his certiorate of such payment, together with an a. curate copy uf the sur. vey of the laud so located, and purchased, to ihe purchaser thereof, and upon the filing uf which said cer micateand copy ol survey in Hie office of fm Com raissioner of ihe General Land Office, a patent ahull issue iberefor, as in other cases. Sec 3. And be U further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the said Surveyor General to keep end pre serve a record ot ail moneys so received, nnd to make out and transmit quarterly, lo the Commissioner (, the General Lard Office, an accurate report ol ihe moneys so received by him as aforesaid. Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall bn the duty nf the said Surveyor-General, immediately upon the taking effect uf this act, to enter into security in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, conditioned for the ate keeping of all moneys received by him nsSurvey-or-General, according to lawi Provided, hotceoer, That in order to compensate the Purveyor Ueneral oi said Territory for iho additional labors and responsibility imposed upon him by this act, in receiving,safe-keeping, paying over, and accounting for the moneys aforesaid, he shall receive two per centum un all such sums which shall include tho payment for clerk hire, to gether with all costs and expenses incidental to such special services In any one yeart Provided, The salary and par cotitage ol said Burvevor uenerai, and lor clerk biro, ahull nut exceed four thousand dollars for any ono year. Sic. 5. And be it further matted, That the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment ho and the same are herebv extended and continued In force until ihe first day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-fivn.Sro. fl. And be il further enacted, That every poreon entitled to tha benefit of the fourth section of tho act of which this U amendatory, who was resident in said Territory on or prior to the first of Deoember, eighteen hundred and fifty, shall be and hereby is required to file with the Surveyor General of said territory, in advance of the time when the public surveys shall be extended over the particular Jand claimed by him, whore those surveys shall not have been made previous to the date of this act, a notice in writing, setting forth his claim to tho benefita nl'an.d aeelinn hi1 ftitifitr all required particulars in reference to such settlement claim ; and all persons failing to give such notice onor ifiii'r iu ma liril OI lOTPirilsfF Hiuhlimn liiinilr! anil fifty-three, shall be thereafter debarred from ever re ceiving any benefit under said fourth section. And all persons who, on ihe first December, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, shall hnve settled nn iipvmvpI In ml. in said Territory, in virtue of the provisions of the fifth section of the act of which this is amendatory, who " 6" i wriiniy in such seuieiueni, specifying the particulars thereof to the Survevor General of said Territory, on nr prior to the first of nn, eixuieon ii ii tin re u ana htty-iive, shall be thereafter debarred from ever receiving tbe benefits of said fifth section. Sec. 7. And be it further enaceed, That from and after the first of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, all public lands within the limits of the townships surveyed or to bo surveyed in said Territory, west of the Cascade mountains, which shall not have boeo claimed under the provisions of (he fourth and fifth sections of the act of which this is amendatory, or reserved for public uses by law, or order of iho President, and excepting also mineral lauds, shall be subject to public sale and private entry as other public lands of the United States; and so soon ns ho shall deem expedient, the President of the United Stntes shall, by and with the advice and Consent nf tha Hannta. nnnoint m receiver of public moneys for the Territory of Oregon, n"" "i "o uuicauo mountains, wno snail give bond uuu aecuiny, in ine penalty ol titty thousand dollars for Ihe faithful discharge of Ins official trust, and whosi duties, under the laws in relation to tho public lands of the United States in said Terrilory, shall be the same as those of other like officers of the United States, and who shall bo allowed not exceeding fivo juuurcu uuuara per annum ior tlio saie-xeopiug and accounting for tho public moneys by him received, in eluding all charges for office rent and clerk hire: and at such time as the President of the United States shall doem it expedient, he shall appoint, by and with the advice aud consent of the Senate, a Keg is tor of il.a U.l n: i"..- i :. . . ai.u vuidD mi tun jcrriiory ui uregon, wesi oi tho Cascade mountains, whn tlml! nnt- itn unnA with sufficient security, for the faithful discharge of t;. r,n:.ni .!..:. ..... A2 , uuik-b, mm umor iiku unicers, BUU WUOSe duties and authority, under the direction of tbe Sec retary oi the interior, shall be tho same as those imposed by law on other like officers, consistently with the provision! of this act, and of tho act of which this is amendatory, and whose compensation shall be equal to Ihat allowed lo the Receiver of Publin Mtiv. i., be appointed under this act ; and until such Register shall have been ap pointed, and entered unon iho Hia- rhargeof his official duties, the Surveyor-General of uregon snau periorra all tbe duties which shall appertain to such office. Sec. 8 And be it further enacted. That each widow now residing in Oregon Terrilory, aud such others as man locate in said lerruory, whose hualiaud, had he lived, would have been entitled to a claim under the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment. shall be entitled, under the provisions and requirements of said act, to the same quantity of laud that sue wouia nave ueen dui lor iho death ol her husband; and that in cuse of ihe death of ihe widow prior to the expiration of the four years' continued possession required by said act, tu which this is bu amendment, all the rights of the deceased shall inure unto and be vested in ihe heirs at law of such widow. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That all reservations heretofore, as well as hereafter, made in pursuance of inn luuneeniu section or ine act to which this n on amendment, shad, for roacuzinea. arsenals, dock-yards and other needful public ues, except for forts, be limited to an amount not exceeding twenty acres for each anu every oi said onjecis at any one point or place, and for forts to an amount not exceeding six hundred and forty acres at anyone point or place: Provided, That if it shall be deemed necessary, in tho iulsmani uf the President, to include in any such reservation the improvement of Buy settler made previous to such reservation, it shall, in such rase.be ihe duty of the (secretary oi war to cause tue value ol such improve ments to be ascertained i and Ihe amount so ascertain. ed shall be paid to the party entitled thereto, out of anv money in ine l reasury not otherwise appropna- Sec 10. And be it further enacted. That the sa d Sur- veyor-beneral, iu tho discharge uf his duties under this act, shall be subject tu ell ihe provisions of the act entitled "An act tu provide fur the better organization uf ihe Treasury, aud fur the collection, soft -keeping, transfer and disbuisement ol the public revenue, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six ; and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act bo and tho same are hereby repealed.Approved, February 14, 1853. Chap. LXXXIX An Act to provide Compensation to such pernona as may be designated by tbe Secretary of the Treasury to receive aud keep the Public Money, under the fifteenth section of the Act of sixth August, eighteen huudred aud forty six, fur the additional services required under that Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the depositaries which have been ur may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the fit teen th section of the act of the sixth of August, eighteen hundred and foriy-six, to receive payments and give receipts or certificates of deposit lor public money from miscellaneous sources, other than the transactions of the respective offices fi r which they are or may bo commissioned, may be paid in full com pensation for receiving, safely keeping, and paying out such public money, alter the first day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, at the rate of one hall of one per centum lor the brst one bundreu thousand dol lars ; one fourth of ono per centum lor tbe aecuud one hundred thousand dollars and one eighth of one per centum for all sums over two hundred thousand dollars; any sum which may have been allowed to such depositary for rent or any other contingent expenses in respect to the custody of such public money, being deducted from such compensation before any payment snail oe made inereior: rrovtaea, i nai no compensation shall be allowed for the abovo services when Ihe emoluments of the office of which said designated depositary is in commission, amounts in tha maximum compensation fixed by lawt nor shall the amount allowed to any of said designated depositaries for such services, when added to the emoluments of tbe office of which be is in commission he mure than aufiicient to make the maximum compensation fixed bylaw: Apd provided further. That the whole allowance to any uesiguatea ueposnary ior sucu services, shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aum of twenty thousand dollars be, and Ihe same is hereby appropriated to meet the allowances wbich may be uiauu uuuer uie ppiTium oi tuis act. Approved, .VI arch 3, 18j3. Chap. XOL An Act making approprtationa for the Support of tbe Military Academy lor the year ending tbe thirtieth of Juue, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State of America in Congress assembled, That the following suuia be, aud the same are hereby appropriated out of any mouey in tbe Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy, tor the year ending the thirtieth of Juue, one thousand eight hundred and lit) -lour. For pay of oliicers, instructors, cadets, and musicians, eighiy-eijtht thousand two hundred aud siity-six dollars. For commutation of subsistence, two thousand one hundred aud ninety dollars. For forage for oliicers' horses, nine hundred and sixty dollars. For tepairs, fuel, and apparatus therefor, forage for public horses nnd oxen, poatngo, stationery, printing, aud other iurideutal and contingent expenses, twenty-nine thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. For increase and expenses nf the library, one thon as lid dollars. Kor expenses of the b .art. of visiters, three thousand dollars. For completion of the new moss-hall, three thousand five hundred dollars For stable for iliagoon and artillery horses, eight thousnnd dollars. lor forage for dragoon and cavalry horses, eight thousand six hundred and forty dollars For additional pay of fitly dollars each to the soldier employed in the Adjutant's office, aacleik. and to the two anIUted mou employed iu the philosophical aud chemieal departments, one hundred and fifty dollars. For the comlruction of a w haif, four thousand three hundred and thirty dollars. Acprovkb, March 11, 18..3. THE PACIFIC BAILROAD, STATEMENT OF MR, LERODX. At tbe request of Col. Benton, I, Antoine Leroux, native uf St. Louis of Missouri, and now an inhabitant f Tans, in New Mexico, do make tha follnwiosr state ment In relation to the Pass at the head of the valley of the Del Noite aud of the country on each side of ihat Pass) mid also as to the best road from M'aiotiri to California. And first tell how I got acquaiuted with me country In Ihe year 1 8? II. when I waa tn my nineteenth year, I oioed Gen. Aihley and Maj r Henry in an ex pet II tion of hunting and trapping to the Upper Missouri and Rocky Mount iina, aud alter near two years in thai part I went to Taos, iu Now Mexico, and afi or wards married there, and have made it my home ever siucei aud from that place I carried on tha business of a beaver trapper for about fifteen yeara, generally on the waters ol the Great Colorado of the Weill aud have trapped the whole country every river, creek, and braoch from tha Gila to the bead of the Grand River folk of the Upper Colorado, aud out to tbe Great Salt ' Lake, and on the waters of Wall-Sate b Mountain, and out to the Virgen River, and have been four timea to California, aud guide to a grout many American officers employed in Mexico, and know the country from New Mexico to California. I will now describe the Pass. At the head of the valley of Del Norte there Is a broad pass about tight miles wide, called by the Utah Indians Coo cha-tooe. and bv tho Mexican Spaniards El Puerto, and which signifies in both languages The Gap or Gate; and bos been known to the Spaniards ever since they settled in Now Mexico, and by tbe Indiana always. It is made by tho Sierra San Juan, which comes up from the South ou the west side of the Dol Norte, and gives out there; and by the Sierra Blanca, which comes iu from the oust like it was going to join the San Juan, but turns off norib round thu head ot the Arkansas und towards the Three Parks, and is eight miles wide. Here betweon these two mountains is the Pass which goes out level from tbe valley of the Del Norte,(and looking like a continuation of it,) which leads to the upper waters of the Great Colorado of the West. The Del Norte does not bend iu this Pass, but in the San Juan Mountain, a little south of the Pass, where there is also a summer Pass, but none for the winter on account ol the snow in it. There is a small creek in this Puss called by tbe some name,Ooo-cba-tope, Which comes out from Ihe end of the San Juan and goes about eight miles east towards the Del Norte, but stops in a small lake, out of which a Utile stream gets to the Del Norte which shows how level the country is. Tbe Pass is heavily timbered with large pine trees, and with pinou; and there may be some small oaks, but I am not certain. There is not much snow in this Pass, and people go through all the win-ter; aud when there is much snow in the mountains on the Abiquiu routo, (which is the old Spanish Trail to California,) ihe people of Taos go round this way, and get into that trail in the fords uf Grand and Green rivers. There are trails Ibrough il, but afier you get through there are many trails, some going to the Abiquiu road, and some up or down ihe country. This Pass is laid down on a mop I saw in the War Office, made by Lieut. Parke and Mr. R. H. Kern, and is there named after me, because I gave Lieut. Parke information about it. 1 1 is the only map I have seen that shows that Pass, and thu best one 1 huvo seen of Ihat part of the country, and with a littlu correction would be perfect.As for the country on each side of the Pass. I will describe it, and on tbe east side first. There is a large valley to tbe east about 50 or CO miles wide and near a 100 miles long, reaching from the Coo cba-tope to the Taos settlements at the Little Colorado. The Del Norte runs through this valloy, which is tbe widest and best vnllev in all New Mexico. and can hold more people than all New Mexico besides. It is all prairie except on the creeks, aud on tbe mountain sides, which are welt wooded. It is a rich soil and covered with good grass, and wooded on all Ibe streams. The Spaniards called it El Valle dc San Luis, aud it was formerly famous for wild horses and buffaloes; and ever since Taos was settled by the Spaniards the inhabitants drove their sheep aud cattle mere io winter, ueiore ine utau Indians became so bad, the stock as many as dq.OtJO or (10,000 head of sheep and cattle have been driven there to winter, where they did well, feeding on the grass during the day, and sheltering io ihe woods about ihe shepherd's camp at night. Most of the winters there is uo snow along the toot of tbe mountain un the north side of this valley, being sheltered from the north and open to Ihe sun in the south. The United States have eitablithed a military post in this valley, not far from the Pass of El Sangre de Chris to, and about two hundred families have gone there to live, chiefly near ihe Fori, and raised crops there last year; and now that they have protection, the valley will soon be all settled, and will be the biggest and best part of New Mexico. About three hundred families were preparing to move there. The post is called Fort Massacbuseits. This valley has several passes through (he Sierra Blanca into the prairie country on the Upper Arkansas and Kanzai, the best of which is called El Sai grede Christo, at tbe head of little streams called 0 .ihadaa, which fall into tbe Huerfano, a small river ailing into the Arkansas, not far from Bent's Fort. It is a good Pass, and Bent and St. V rain's wagoi s have paased through it, and it is passable the ort of winters; for Col. Beale's dragoons passed tjrnuph it the same winter, and nearly the same time, that Col. Fremont went through a other Pass further west. Tbe distance through these passes is not more than five miles. This is the description of the country on tbe east aide of tbe Ooo cha-tope Pass. On ihe west side of tho Pass tbe country opena out broad and good fur settlements, and for roads, and is tbe best watered country I ever saw oat to tbe Wah- salch Mountains and to La Vega de Santa Clara. After that the water and grass become scarce, and tbe land poor, and it ia railed desert, though travelers find camping grounds every night; and the great cavalcade of many thousand head uf horses from California to New Mexico annually passed along it. Alter you go through the Pass at the bead of the Del Norte, there are many trails bearing southwest towards the great Spanish trail by Abiquiu, which they join in the forki ol tbe Graud River and Green River (forks of Ihe great Colorado of the West), where it is a great beaten roao, easy io imiuw day or nigtit. ihe country is wooded on tho streams with prairies between, and streams every three or five miles, as the great Colorado nore gamers us uead waters from tu Wah sate b and Rocky Mountain ranges, which are covered all over with snow in the winter, and bave snow upon their tops in the summer, which sends down so much water, oool, clear and good, And this is the case generally out In the W ah-sate b Mountains and Las Vegas do Santa Clara a distance of near five huudred miles from the head of Ihe Del Norte. Wagons can now travel this route to California, and have done It. Io the year 1837, two families named 8 louver and Pope, with their wagons and two Mexicans, went from Taos that way. Col. r remont was looking ur the Coo-cha-tone Pass in the winter of ltM8-'9, and was near enough to bavo seen it, if it had not been hid by the lapping of the mountains, when bis guide hd him off into (be mountains, instead of keeping up the dry valley, which he wished to do, and which would have taken him through eaay. It was Ibe worst winter for anew, but we could travel all tbe lime in the valleys and passes. I was below him un the waters of the Arkansas at the same time, acting as guide to Col. Beale, who was out after tbe Apache Indiaus with a detachment of dragoons, and we heard of him at the Pueblo's. He went as high as Hsrd-Scrahhle and got corn before he crossed inio the valley of San Luis, and we got corn at the Greenhorn Pueblo on tbe San Carlos creek, about 50 or 60 miles below him 1 and beard that he had passed along, and supposed that he had gone sale through, and knew no better till be got back to Taos, when I told him how near he bad been to ibe place he waa looking for. We passed with the dragoons through the Pass F.l Saugre de Christo, (Blood ol Christ.) and got through easy t and that was the dead of winter, and greatest snow we ever had. There is a wav also u tho Arkansas to set to Ihe waters of the great Colorado. It ia by Bent's Fott, by the Pueblo's and Hard Scrabble, (at all which places corn and vegetables are raised.) and by Withsm's fi til ery, and at the head ol the river, leaving ihe Ihree Parks to the north. Horsemen and stock can go that way. Maxwell of Taos, drove out between four and five thousand head of sheep and cattle last summer, intending to take them to California, but went to the Great Salt Lake and sold them thete. A wagon can now go from Missouri to California through ihe Goo-cha-tope Pass without crossing any mountain but the Sierra Blanca, (and there have the choice of three good passes.) and without crossing any swamp or large river, and nearly on a siraightlino , nil the way, only bearing a little aouth. And mi polios of grain and cattle can be had from Iho Pueblo a on the Upper Arkansas, and also from Ihe Mexicans in the valley of St. Louis, and also from Ihe Mormons at Ojo San Jose, and at I heir settlement on the Nicollet river, and at Las Vegas de Santa Clara. I have been from New Mexico to California four times, namely, ihe way I guided Col. Conk, the way I guided Oapt. Si" greaves, and tbe Salinas route, and the Abiquiu rout; and uf these four the one I guided Capt, Slip reaves is, as I informed Mr. Seward, the best and shorlesl route from Sunta Fe or A Ibuquerque t but mm places further north, aud especially from Missouri, the Coo-cha tope Pass is beat and shortest, and haa most water, grass, wood, and good land on it; and baa most snow, but not enough to prevent winter traveling; ' ao that when there is much snow in the trail by A1-quiu, people from Taos go that way, aa I have already said. The snow in that country is dry, and the moccasins that we wear do not get damp or wet. And being asked by Co). Benton to state Ibe best way from Missouri to California, l answer! Start as the people now do, goiug to New Mexico, from the frontier of the Sialo at Kanzas or 1ndeieiidence, and for summer traveling go through the prairies up towards Bent's Fort, and up the Huerfano to the Pass Kl Sangre de Christo; then out by the Uoo t ha-tojte Pass, following a trail tu the great Spanish trail. The winter travel would bo to start from ihe same point, but follow the Kaiia is river valley for the sake of the wood, and when ihat gives nut cross tu ihe Arkansas, which is not for off, and level beiweeu.and follow ihat up for wood. The prairie is the way in ihe summer, but winter traveling must have the protection of woods and timber against snow storms. And every thing that 1 tell I cau show, and would undertake to guide a parly safe through with wagons now, Amtoihx Liroox. Washington City, March 1, 1853. Cm tor Toothache. Mr. Jamei Batbow, of Airdris, says: "Gum Copal, whon dissolved in chloroform, forms an excellent compound fur stuffing the holes of decay-ed teeth. 1 have used it frequently, and the benefits my patients bave derived from It have been truly aton-Uhing. The application is simple and easy. I clean out the hole, and moisten a little piece of cotton with solution 1 iutmduce this into Ihe decayed part, and in every instance ihe relief has been almost instantaneous. The chloroform removes the pain, and tho gum copal resist the action of the saliva t and as the application is so agreeable, those who may labor under this dreadful malady would do well to make a trial of it,"
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Full Text | VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1853. NUMBER 39. illccklj) Ijio State Journal IS PUBLISHED AT COLUMBUS EVERT TUESDAY MORNING, IT SCOTT BASCOM, lomufiL luiiDmoi, mou and puu sties? sxtuhci or nai. TERMS Invariably tn adrann . In Columbai, V2 00 a vsar by mail. S1.GQ j clubs of four and upwards, of ten an J u&- WarJn, SI (X). TUP. DAILY JOURNAL Is furalr-hed to city subserlbsrs at 600, and by mull it M.OOa yfr. I'Uh! THi-n ;ei;lv journal ts 93 00 a year. HA TES OFADVKR TISM (77v Tim WEEKL YJO VRNAL fill So I 8 n I So flo'flc So! &sq liars, Wj 761 001 '251 762 HO U squares, 7f.l 2T1 762 253 604 006 000 006 00,12. squares, il 00 1 762 Z 60 4 60 6 00 0 60 8 0011. kxiuvrt, 1 262 268 604 006 006 008 0010. ,14. 23. p. D squara, olnnitrtble nionthly, SliOB year: weekly 26. elimitMible own t Mr, SUOs year; wsakly clMru'eHlile ijiiHrtrly . ct(Bi)(t-iitl quarterly , changeable gnnfHrly fci column, e-4 column, Q column, 100. 10 Unas of this slid type In reckoned atiquaro. AdnrtbeioenU OruVrwl on the liml.ie Md unduly, double the above ratia. All leaded notlrw rliantnl dotit.ln, and aieMurm u If solid. JtV Al'TIIOUITY. TREATY WITH THE SIOUX. Jutr 23, 1851. MILLARD FILLMORE, President of the UnitedState of America : To all and si-igular to whom these presents thall come, greeting : Whereas, a treaty was mndo nnd concluded nt Traverse des Sioux, in ilie Tenitory of Minnesota, od the twenty-third day of July, un- thousand eight hundred and litiy-one, between tho United States of America, by Luke Len, Commissioner of Inriinn Affaire, nnd Alexander R'linsey, Governor and ex officio Superintend ent of Indian Affairs in laid Territory, acting as Com mi in io tier, and tiie Seo-see-tnsn nnd Wah-piiy-toon bands of Dikotn or Sioux Indians, which treaty ia in the words fallowing, to wit: Article of a treaty made and concluded at Traverse des Sioux, upon the Minnesota River, in tho Territory of Minnesota, on tho iwciity-third day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty. ono, between the United Slides oi America, by Luke Lea, Oomraissiuneruf Indian Affairs, und Alexauder ltamsny. Governor and ex officio Super-tutenjntit uf Indian Alfiirs in mid Territory, commissioners duly appointed for Unit purpose, and thoSee-soe-tnan nnd Wah-pay-toan bands of Dakota or Sioux Indiana: Article 1. It in stipulated and solemnly agrrod, that tho peaco nnd friendship now do happily existing bo-tweeu the United States and tho aforesaid bands of Indians, shall be porpettud. Autici.k "J. Tlio Bird Si'o see-tostiand Wnli-pny-tonn bands of Dakota or Si'inx I ml inns, agree to cede, and do horeby cede, sell, and relinquish to the United States, all their lands in tliu St a to ol Iowa; and, also, all their hnd in the Territory of Mimienita, lying east of ihu folloAfitiR line, to wit: Beginning at the junction nl the Buffalo River with tho Red Itiverof tho'iiortb; them-e along the western bunk ol snid It-d River of tho north, to tlio mouth of dm Sioux Wood River; thenro along the western bunk if said Sioux W.rod River tn Lake Traverse ; thence along the western shore of said hike, to the southern extremity thereof; theecB in a direct line, to ihe juuriiofi of Kmnpenka Lake with the Trhaii-kas nii-data or Sioux River; iheiire nlong the wfttein bank of said river to its point of jiiter sect inn with the northi-rn lino of the State of Iowa; including all the islands in said rivers and bike. Article 3 In pirt consideration ol the foregoing cessiou, the United Stales do hereby sefnpnrt, tor the future occupancy and home uf tho Dakota Indians, pirtiei to this trenty. to be held by them as Indian lands are held, all that tract of country on either side of the Minnesota River from the weftTti bouudary of tiie lands herein ceded, east to the Tcbny lam-bay : River on the north, and to the Yellow Medicine Rivi-r on the south side, to extend on each side ft distance of not less than ten miles from the general coarse of said ! river; the boundaries of said tmct to be marked out ; by as straight Inn's as practicable, whonever deem d expedient by the 1'rosidt-nt, and in such manner as h- shall direct. Article 4. In further and full consideration of said cession, the United States agree to pay to said Indians ihe sum of one million six hundred and sixty-live thousand dollars, ($1,602,000.) at the several times, in the manner and for tho purposes following, to wit: 1st. To the Chiols of the said hand, tn enable them to settle thoirntfairsaiid comply witliiheir present just engagement; und in consideration of their removing themselves to the country set apart for them as above, which they a?roe to do within two years or sooner, it required by the President without further coat or expense It tho United Stales; and in consideration of their subsisting themselves the fir.t yearnfier their re- i inoval, which they aren to do withniit further cost nr ! expense on the part of th United States the sum of j two hundred and seventy. live thousand dollars. (D'275,-1 000): Provided, that said sum shall be paid to tho, Chiefs la such manner as they, hereafter, in open council shill request, nnd its soon hIUt Ihe removal of said Indians to the home set apart for them, as tlio neces- i sary appropriation iherefr shall bo made by Congress. 2d. To bo laid out under til direction of ihe Prepi. dent, for tho establhhmont nf rmwiunl labor schools, th erection of mills and blacksmith shops, opening farms, fencing and breaking land, and for such other beneficial objects as may bo deemed most conducive to the prosperity ami happiness of said Indians, thirty thousand dollars, (f illDilO ) The balance of snid sum of ono million sx hundred and sixty-live thousand dollars, ($1, ((;;, 000.) to wit: one million three hundred and sixty tlmunnd dollars, ($l,:ittO,()(lO,) to remain in trust wiiii ihe United States, and five per cent, interest therei n to bo piid annually to said Indians for the period of fifty years, commencing tho first day of July, eighteen hundred and titty-lwo, (18.VJ.) wbich shall be in full payment of said Imlnmo, principal and interest; the said payment to be applied under tho direction nf the ('resident, as fo lows, to witt !ld. For a general agricultural improvement nnd civ. llizition fund, tho sum nf twelve thousand dollars, ($12,001).) 4 h. For educational purposes, tho sum of six ihou-sand dollars, ($i,r00.) 5th Kor the purrhnsn of goods and provisions, tho sum of ten thousand dollars, ($10 000.) 6:h. For money annuity, the sum ot forty thousand dollars, ($10,000 ) A i. tic IE 5. The laws nf the United States prohibiting tli iutrndu tioti and silu ul spirituous liquors in the Indian country shall be in full force and ellVct throughout the territory hen by ceded and lying in Minnesota, until n' her wise directed by Cmigrers or the President of th United States Article 6- Rules and regulations to protect the rights of parsons ami property among tho ludians,par-ti-)s to this Treaty, and adapted to their condition and wmts, may be prescribed and enforced in such man ner as Iho President or the Oongres of iho United States from time to time shall direct. I testimony tcher, the said Commissioners, Luke Lea and Alexander Kimsay.and the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of the alorenaid Soe-see toau and Wall pay toin bands of Dnknta or Sioux Indians, have hereunto subscribed their names and atlixed their seals, in duplicate, at Traverse des Shoix, Territory of Minnesota, this twenty third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and tilty-ouo. L. T.KA, seal.! ALEX. RAMSEY, .seal. Eon-yang-mn.uoe,(rtunning Walker or "the Gun.") Woe tchan h'pee-eo tay-toan, (ihe Star Face or lite "Orphan.") Ee-tay wd-keou yan, (" Limping Devil" or "Thunder Face.") Eesh ld-linin In, ("Sleepy Eyos.") 0-pee-ya-hen day a, (Extending his train.) Wa ma kaouii-tay,("Valnui'or Hlunt-headed Arrow.) Ma-zish'u, (Metal Hnuuding.) Ya-shoa poe, (The Wind Iimtrument.) Noan pa-keeu-ynn, (Twice Flying.) Wash-lay da, (Oood, a little.) W keeu yan-ho la. (Orny Thunder.) Wa-sliee tchoon-niaxa, (Iron Frenchmsn.) Hoak-shee-dan-wash tny, (Oood Boy.) Ee-tay-tcbo-ka, (Face in the Midst.) Hay ha-hen-day ma r.a, (Metal Morn.) Am p ly-tou-sha, ( Red Day. ) Bosh ta-humba-koafh-ka, (Sleepy Eyes Young.) A-na wang-ma-aeo, (Who (lues U.iboping On.) iMB-ii pov-wcB-icnaau-ia, uioun man.) i Tan-pa hee-da, (Sounding Moccasin.) Eenk-pa, (The Upper End.) Wee-yoa kee-yay. (Standard.) I Wa-kan-ma-nee, (Walking Hpirlt.) j Ee-tay-sha, (The One That Reddeus His Face.) ' Ta-kaghay, (Elk Maker.) I Ta pmia-Uii-ka, (His Itig Fire.) 1 Ma h'poe-ya.h'na shkan Bhkan, (Moving Olond.) Wa-na pay-a, (Tho Pursuer.) EtMcba-shkan shkan ma nwe, (Who Walks Shaking ) Tawa-kan he-day nmy ia, (His Metal LiKhlniiia ) Be-tay-doo-ta, ( Red Face.) Henok-marpi-yahdi uape, (Re appealing Cloud.) Tchan-hedaysh ka ho-tuun ma nee, (tho Moving Sounding Harp.) Ma-iaku to-ma ni, (Metal Walks Shooting.) A-koe-tthee-ta. (SUudiug Siddier ) Signed in presence nf Ihomst Foster. Beeretaiy; Nalhanitfl McLean. Indian Agent ; Alexander Fairbauit, Stephen R. Kiggp, Interpreiers; A. 8. H. White, Thos. B. Williamson, W. 0. Henderson, A. Jackson, James W. linn I, W. O. Lo Due, Ah xis Hailly, 11. L. Dousmuo, Hugh Tyler. To tho Indian names no subjoined marks. And whereas, the said treatv havino hn ani.ndti to the Senate of the United States lor its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the twenty-third day 0f ono lhoul hundred and filly -two, TnUsjtlols WMiUlDkanoBt, b snsndsMats. amend the same by a resolution Id the words and iigures loiiowing. to wit: Itf Executive Sesbioh, Senate or the United States, June 23, 1802. Retolved, (twn-thirdsof tho Senators present concur ring,) That the Senate advise and consent to the ratifi cation ot the ArtiL-los of a Treaty made and concluded at Traverse des Sioux, upnu tho Minnesota River, in the Territory ol Minnesota, on the twenty-third day of juiy,etnieoo hundred and hity one, between the United Slates of America, by Luke Len, Commissioner of Indian Aiiairs, and Alexander Ramsey, Governor and ex officio Superintendent of Indian Af fairs in said Territory, Commissioners duly appointed for that purpose, and tho See-see-toan and Wah-pay-toan bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, with the following amendments. Strike out the third Article of the Treaty, and add the following supplemental article: 1st. The United States do hereby stipulate to pay tho Sionx bunds of Indtani, parties to this Treaty, at the rate of ten cents per acre lor the lands included in the reservation provided for in the third Article of the Treaty as originally agreed upon in tho following words : "Article 3. In part consideration of the foregoing cession, the United States do hereby set apart, for the future occupancy and homo of the Dakota ludians, parties to this Treaty, to be held by them a Indian lands am held, all thit tract of country on either side of the Minnesota River, from the western bouudary of the lands herein ceded, east, to the Tchay-tam bay River on ihe north, and to Yellow Medictno River on the south side, lo extend on each ti le a distance uf not less than ton miles from the general course of said river; tho boundaries of said tract to ho marked out by as straight lines ns practicable, whenever deemed expedient by the President, and in such manner as he shall direct:" which Article has been stricken out of the Treaty by tho Senate, tho said payment to be in lien of said reservation; the amount, when ascertained under instructions from the Department of the Interior, to he added to the trust fund provided for in the fourth Article. 2d. It is further stipulated, that the President be authorized, with tho assent of the said bands of Indians, parlies to this Treatv. and as soon after iliev ahnll hnve given their aisent to tho foregoing Articlo as may be convenient, tn causo to bo set apart by appropriate landmarks and boundaries, such tracts of country without the limits of the cession made by the first second Article of tho Treaty as may bn satisfactory for their iiiiore occupancy ana name: rronaea, in a the 1 resident may, by the consent of these Indiaus. varv the cuiHimouB niorosaiu n neemeu expedient. Attest: Ashubt Dickies, Secretary, AriD whkrpaa, tlio said amendments having been uhuiiitt'd and expluinod to the said Seo see-tnati nnd wiiu-pav-ioau tiniids ol Sioux Indians, Ihusuid Indians did, on the cipliili day ol September, one thousand eiijlit hundred und fifty two. assent to the said Trent as amended by the Senate, in words following, to wii : Wo, ihu ui.drrii.'Ht d, Cliitfs and Hendmeu of the Se-iee-toau and Wah-puy-tonn bands of Dakota or Sioux lhdmt'B, pnriies lo ihe Treaty made and concluded at Tt averse des Sn.ux, upon the Minnesota River, on the tw utv-lhird dnv of July. 1051. truetlna to ihe justice, liberality nnd humanity of the Presidoit and the Conn-M of iho United State, that such tracts of country will he set apart for our future occupancy nnd homo as will be to us acceptable nnd satisfactory, do hereby give our free and voluntary nssint to iho foregoing Treaty of July 23, 1851, ns amended by Ihe resolution of the Senate of the United Slates, on the twenty-third da nf Juno, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, the same having been submitted tn us by Alexander Riimsay, Superintendent of Indian Attain fi r tho Territory of Minnesota, m d Cuminiisioner on tlio part of the Uniltd States, and fully und fairly explaiued by him to us iu Council assembled. In ttitimotiv w fierce f, the undent L-ned. Chiefs and Headmen ul the See ser-tuan and Wah-nay-tnan bands ol Dakota or Sioux Indians, have hereunto subscribed their names, in duplicate, at the ofllce of ihe Superintendent of I diiin Atluire, in the town uf Saint Paul, Tenitory of Minnonotn, this eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and fii'iy-two. hen-yang-mn nee, Re tuy-wa keen yan, Eesh-ta hum-ha, (by his nephew,) Nfih-pee-ya weo tchnata, Eeni-tadiumha'koash-ka, Midi k at eon-day, Yahzlma-pce, Wa-nie-dee-o-to mo-nee, Oapee-yahen-da-ya, Nnam-pn-keen yan, Wash-tny-day, Huy-a-he-duy-ma-za, (by his father,) Wa-keen yah-doo-ta, A-na-wuiig ma nee, Eenk-pa, (by his son,) Tape-ta-tauk-ka, Muh-pee-yanhna-slikjin sliknn, N'l-hope-tor, Wo ioni-ho wash-la, Mom ku-te-tua-ni, Tchun ka ha-too, Willi pnh-ha-n ah, Wuh-m'pee-deednotah, II oh ah U'hnkn-uia-za, Ta wo-kau he day-ma r,i, Wa kttli han-dee-topa, Wa kah-'ndee-ka-ta. IVittitMt: Nathaniel McLean, Indian Agent; Wallaco n. White, Secretary; Philander Prescott, Interpreter; Joseph LiframboisB, iiiterjireter; Henry M. Rico, To the Indian names are subjoined marks. The foregoi c assent was signed in presence of my self and tho witnesses whose names aro annexed. ALEX. RAMSEY, Commissioner. Now, therefore, bo it known, that I, MILLARD FILLMORE, President of Hie United States ol America, do, in luirsuauco of ihe advice and consent of the Senate, a expressed in their resolution of tho twenty- third ilay of Jo no, one thousand eight hundred and filly-two, accept, ruliiy, and confirm the said Treaty as amended. tn testimony whereof, I have caused the seat of the United States to be herewith affixed, having signed the same with my hand. Done nt tho cily nf Washington, this twenty-fonrih tiny ot renruary, in the year ot our Lord one l. s i Ihousatid eicht hundred and fifty three, and of Ihe Independence ol tho United States the seventy -seven lb. (Signed) MILLARD FILLMORE. Br the President : (Signed) EDWARD EVERETT, Secretary of 8 to to. TREATY WITH THE SIOUX. August 5, 1851. MILLARD FILLMORE, Prttidtnl of the United States oj America: To ait and singular to whom that prt tents thall come grteting : Whk at as a trenty w as made nnd concluded at Men dot, in the Territury of Minnesota, on the fifth day of August, one thousand eint luindrid and litiy-nne, between thu United Siatos nf America, by Luke Lea, uommustono'' oi n dian Ati iirs, anil Alexander itaniaey Governor and ex-nhVio Superintendent of li.dian Al- luirs in (aid territory, acting as rommiaitnncrs, and the Med-oy-wu kiin-lonii ond Wah-pay-koo-tay bands of Dakoin or Sioux Indiaus, which in nty is in the words following, to wit ; Articles of a treaty made a.d roncludeil at Mcndota, in tho Tenitory of Minnesota, on the hfih day of August, eighteen hundred and filly-one, between the Uui- ted States of America, by Luke Lea, Commissioner of itidinti Attairs, ami Alexander Itiintoy, Uovonior and ex-td)icio Superiutrndeiit of Indian Affairs in said terri tory, commissioners duly appointed for that purpose, ami me Aion-ay-wa Kau toan and way-pay-Uoo-iay bands of Dakota and Sioux Indians. Article 1. The peace and friendship existing between tho United States and the Med ay-wa kan toan and uati-pay-Koo tay bauds ol Dakota or Sioux ImJi ana, ahull be perpoiual. Article 3. Tho said Med-ay-wa kan-tnan and Wah ftay-kno tay bands of Indians do hereby cede and re-inquiih all their lands and all their light, title and cUun to any lauds whatever, in the Territory or Minnesota, or in Ihe S'ate uf Iowa. Article 3. In part cmiiidcration of the foreao- ing ceaiion and relniquiihuitnt, the United Stales do hereby set apart for Ihe future occupancy and home of the Dakota Indians, parties to this treaty, to be held by them, as ludi m lauds are held, tract of country uf thu I averugo width of ten miles ou either side of the Mia-I nesotn River, ai d bounded on the West by llieTchay-I tarn-bay and Yellow Medicine Rivers, and ou the Baal I by the Littt Rock River, and a line ruuninii due South from its mouth to the Wanju River; the boundaries of said tract to be market! out by ns straight liurs as f practicable, whenever and in such manner as the Pre-' sideniuf the United States shall direct t Provided. That said tract shall be held and occupied by said bands in i common, and that ihoy shall hereafter participate I equally and alike, in all the benefits derived from tny former lieaty between said bands or either uf them, and the United States." Article 4. In further and full consideration ofi cession and relinquishment, the United States agree to pay to said indiaus the sum ot one million four hundred and len thousand dollars. ($1,410,000.) at the several times, in ine manner and lor Iho purposes loiluwing, to wil : 1st. To the Chiefs of the said bands, tn enable tbem to settle their affnirs and comply wnh their pre sent just engagements ; and in consideration f their removing themselves to the country set apart tor tbem as above, (which they agree to do within oneyearafier the ratifn atioii of this treaty, without further cost or expense to the United States,) and in conaid oral ion nf iheir subsisting themselves the first year alter their removal, (which ihey agree to do without further cost or expense on the part of the United Stales.) ihe sum of two hundred anil twenty ihotissnd dollars (f-"i, 000.) Provideil, That said sum shall be paid, one hall to the Chiefs id the M d ay-wa kau toan band, and one halt o the Chiel and Headmen nf ihe W ah pay-inn-iay band, in such manner as they, hereafter, in open Council, shall respectively recur st, and as toon after the re moval of said Indiana, to Ihe botue sat apart for thtm This artless was itrtuk oat . 0se sanndastnte. as the necessary appropriations therefor shall be made by Congress, 2d. To be laid out, under tho direction of ihe President, for the establishment of manual labor schools; the erection of mills and blacksmith shops, opening farms, fencing and breaking land, and for such other beneficial objects as may be deemed most conducive to Ihe prosperity and happiness uf aaid Indians, thirty thousand dollars ($J0,0()0.) The balance of said sum of one million four hundred and ten thousand dollars, ($1,410,000,) to wit: One million, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($1-loO.OOO.) to remain in trust with the United Stulea. nnd five per cent, interest theroon to be paid annually to said Indians for the poriod of fifty years, commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty two pj,,; which snail no m mil payment ot said balance, piincipal and interest; said pnymonts to be made and appueu, uuuer me direction ol tho 1'resident us follows, to wit: 1 3d. For n general agricultural improvement nnd civilization fund, the sum of twelve thousand dollars, ($12 000.) 4ih. Fur educational purposes, the sura of six thou- sanu uonars, i to,uuu ) 5th. Fur the purchase uf goods and provision, tho sum often thousand dollars, ($10,000.) Oth. For money annuity, the sum of thirtv thnimnnd dollurs, ($30,000.) article V. 1 he entire annuity, provided fur in the first seel ion of the second article of the treaty ot September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty seven (1837.) including any unexpended balance that may ue in me treasury on the first ot Julv, eighteen hundred and fifty two, (1852,) shall thereafter be paid 'iiuoy. Article VI. The laws of tho United Rtntn. nrn. hibitiug tho introduction and sale of spirituous liquors in mo uiuian country snail oe in lull lorce nnd ehVct throughout the Territory hereby ceded nnd Ivina in Minnesota, until other wiso directed by Congress or the President of the United Smles. a Article VII. Rules and angulations to protect the rights of persons and property among the Indians parties lo this Treaty, and adapted to their condition and wants, may be prescribed and enforced in such man. nor as the President or tho Congress of the United States, from timo to lime, shall direct. Article VIII. The Half-Breeds of the Sioux Nation having failed and refused to avuil themselves of the provisions tor their benefit tn the ninth and tenth articles of the treaty concluded at Prairie du Chien on the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty, it is hereby agreed at their requeat, that, in lieu of tho tract of land set apart for the occupancy of said Half-Breeds itieru snail tiu paid to them. Iv t he United Stnten. un der Ihedirection of the 1'renident, the sum of ono hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150.000 : Provided. That the nun ratification of this article shall, in no manner affect tho other provisions of this Treaty.- in witness wnereoi, mo said Luke i.va and Alexander Ramsey, Commi siojiers on the p:irt of the United Slates and tho undersigned Chiols and Headmen of the Meil-ay-wa kan-loiin and Wuh-paykou lay bauds of Dukota or Sioux Indians, have hereunto sot tho bauds, at Mendota, in tho Territory ol Minnesota this filth day of August, Anno Domini, ono thousand eight hundred ami fifty ime. L. LEA. ALEX. RAMSEY. MED-AY WA-KAN-TOArtS. To oyn-te duta, (his scarlet people, or Chief Lit- ue urow, j. Headmen Wa-kan o zhan, (Sacred Light, or Medicine Bottle,) " Teo-trlmy, (Tup of tho Lndo or " Jim" or " uid mad, ) " Ta-tchao-h'pce-in-p:!, (ii " nhek Tomahawk,")" Ma-ka-na-ho-toan ma-nee, (At whoso tread the earth resounds,) ' H' da-ee-ynti kny, (he runs rnttling.) " Tuo-kan-a hena-ma-iiee, ( W,ilkerijfiihoMe. dicino UoiildrrsurStoi.ps.) " Wft-m'doo doo ta, (Scarlet War Eagle. ) " Nu-ghee.yoo shkan, (He moves tho Ghosts or shadows,) " Shoank' o-skn, (' White Dng,") " Hoo aa-nee gheo, (one leg yellow or orange colored.! Wa keen-yan-wnsh-tay, (" Good Thunder,") Wn pa sha. (TheNtandard. or " Red Leaf." Chief Headmen Wa-kan heudee-o ta, (M my Lightnings,) icoan n pee-yoo-xa, jhb uasa war club,) Heen-hiin-duieta, (Red Owl.) Ma-ka-ku-ee-day, (Ho sots tho Earth on fire.) Eea hee-her-dny, ( He bursts out speaking,) Wa-koo tay, (Tho ' Shooter "i I Chief Headmen Ms-h'pee-ya nta-xa, (Metnl cloud.) I la-mB-za ho-WHsli-tay, (his good iron voice.) j Maka-ts-na-.boen, (Ho stands on the earth,) Er-wan-kam-ee-nazhan, (Ho stands above.) Wa-Van-ta-poy-ta, (The Spirit Fire,) Na-gher-mer-tcha-keetay, (Ho kills the Ghosts,) j Eon-yan-sha-sha, (Red Stones,) Ee-day-wa-kau, (Sacred Ulae,) TaMBg-yayma-za. (His metal Staff.) Ma-h'pee-mee-tchah'tav, (man uf tho sky.) Chief Headmen Wec-tchaii-h'poe, (The Star,) Ta-tay-nazhoe-na, (Little standing Wind,) Huak-sher-daniloc-ta, (Scarlet Boy,) i Am-pay-shr-ta, (Smoky Day,) Ha-ha-ka-ma-za, (Meial E!k.) Tatnyh'moIl.heaa,(, Whistling Wind,) Wa-pa-ma-neo, (Ho strikes walking.) Ma-h'pee-vo-wa-kan, (Sacrrd Cloud,) Ta-tchanh'pee-maza, (His Iron Wor Club.) Ma.za-hota. (Gray Metal.) Chief Headmen Wason-mee-tchnsh-ra-hnee, (Wicked or Bad llntl,") Oin-ketayhee-dan, (Little Wnter-fiod or " Liltlo Whale,") Tcha-nonn-pn)-.n, (Tho Smoker,) Ta-iay-tc-kay-tcha, (Other Wind,) Ka-ho, (The Rambler about,) Ta.tchan-kon-wash-tny, (Good Road,) Ta-tay-o-wo-teeii-ma nee, (Roaring Wind that walks,) O-yay-tchau-mn-nee, (Track Mnkor.) Tashnark-ay, (His Dog,) Bha-kW.("8ix ") Chief Headmon A-nu-ghee-ma-zhecn, (He that stands on both sides,) " Huo-ya-pa, (Eagle Head.) " Ta-tay-mee-na, (Round Wind,) " Ka-t'pnt'pan-o, (He cornea pounding to pieces,) " Mahpee-yahBnda-koenynn, (Walking across a cloud ) " Wa-pee-ghee, (Tho orango red speckled cloud.) " Ma.xaWR-menoo-ha, (Gourd shell metal medicine rattle,) Hay-ee-tcba-h'moo-ma-iieo, (Horn whist Chief ling walking.) Headmeu Psypay, (Sharp.) " Tawntaa-doetR, (His Scarlet Armor,) itay-pee, itinrn oon,; ' A-puy-ho-ta, (Grey mane or crest,) " Ho-tau-een, ( His voicecan be henrd,) " Mit'irper-ya-nber-tcha, ( Bad Cloud.) " Ta-wa-trbeen, (His mind,) " Han-pay too.ko-kee-psper, (Night which is feared ) In presence of Thomas Foster, Secretary. Nathaniel McLean, Indian Agent. Alexander Faiiboult, P. Prescott, G. H. Pond, tutrrpreters. David Olmstead; W. 0. Hendersun ; Alexis Hailly; Richard Uhtitu; A Jackson; A. L- Larnenteur; W. II. Randall, Sr.; A, S. H. White; H. L. Dousman t Frederic II. Sibley; Aiarien Mcbeod; Ueo, II. tanbatilt. To tba Indian names are subjoined marks. And whereas the aaid treaty having been submitted to the Senate of the United Si at- a fir its constitutional action thereon, the Senate dul, on the twenty-third day uf June, una thousand eight hundred nnd lilty-two, anieim mo same oy a resolution in the Wonts and iigures following, to wit: In Executive Session, Senate or mr United States, June 2Jf, 1852. Resolved, (two thirds of the Senators present concur ring,) i hat the senate advise and consent to the rati, ficalion of the Articles of a Treaty made and rnticludi d at Mendota in the Territory of Minnesota, on the tilth day of August, eighteen hundred and hliy-ono, between Ihe United States of America, by Luke Lea, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Alexander Ratm spy, Governor and txofficio Superintendent of ludiaii Affairs in said Territory, CommiMioners duty appointed for that purpose, and the Med-ay wa kan titan and Wah-pay koo-tay bands of Dakota or Sioux Indiana with Hie following Amendments : Strike out the third article of the treaty and, add tha following supplemental article. 1st, The United Slates do hereby stipulate to pay the Sioux bands of Indians, parties to ibis treaty, at tho rate of len cents per acre, for ihe lntid included in (he reservation pruvmru tor in ma uiirti nmcio ni too treaty as originally agreed upon iu tho following wonts i "Articli III. In part consideration of the fore Soing cession and relinquishment, the United 8iates o hereby set apart for ihe future occupancy and home m the lURina Indians, parties to tuts trenty, to be held ny inem as i no tan lamis are neid. a tract ol enjntrv o the average width of ten miles on either aide nf the Minnesota Kiver, and bounded on l ie west by the Tthay-tam-bay and Yellow Medicine Rivets, and on the east ny the Little Kock River, and a line running due south frm lis mouth to tho Wnmju River; the bonmlsrira nf said tract to be marked out by as straight lines as practicable, whenever and in such manner as tlm President of the United States shall dirertt Peomidnl, That said traut shall be held and occupied by said bands in common, ami that they shall hereafter participate equally and alike, iu all the benefits derived from any former trenty between said bands, or either of them and the United States," wbich article hat bean stricken out of the treaty by - jBviniM was straw obi, Bs omaadnMBts. the Senate. The said payment to ba in lieu of aaid reservation : the amount when ascertained under instructions from the Department of ihe Interior to he added to tho trust fund provided for in ihe fourth article. 2d. It is further stipulated, that the President be authorized, with tho asseut of the said banda of Indians, parties to this treaty, and ai soon after thoy shall have given their nssont to ihe foregoing article, as may bo convenient, to causo to bo set apart by appropriate landmarks and boundaries, such tracts of country without the limits of tho cession nuido by the FirBt article of tho treaty as may bo satisfactory for their future OCCunancv and home: Provided Thnt fhn Pro! dent may, by tho consent of these Indiaus, vary the uuiiuiiium uiiih'biu ii ueemeu expeuietil. oirixe out or toe 1 reaty the toiiowiug article. Article VIII. "The Half-Dreads of the Sioux nntinil hiiviiii failed mm reiueou iu avail uiomseivea ot mo provisions tor their benefit in ihe ninth and tenth articles of the treaty concluded at Prairie duOhieii. on the fifteenth of July, 1830, it is hereby agreed, nt their request, that iu lieu of the tract of land set apart for tho occupancy of said Half Breeds, there shall ho naul to thorn bv the United States, under tho diroLtion of tho President, tho sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: ($150,000,) rroviaea, i aar. me nuii-ratiticaiiun ot thm article ahull in no manner affect the other provisions in this treaty." Auesi A3UUUX tSecrttnry And wimtKAB. tho si id amendments hnvinp been suumiiieti ami explained lo the sjtii Med rv-wm kmi- toan nnd Wah-pay-koo-tny bauds of Dakota or Sioux Indians, the said Indians did, on the fourth day of Sep tern her, one thousand eight hundred fifty-two, anient to tho said treaty as amended by tho Semite, in words following, to wit ; We the utniersiened. Chiefs nnd Headmen nf the Med-ay-wa-knti-ioiin and Wah-pay-kon tuy banda of I uaaoiaor oioux niuiaiis, parlies to the treaty made mid concluded at Mendota, in the Territo. y of Minnesota, on the filth day uf August, eighteen hundred and uiiy niie, conmiing in mo justice, liberality, and humanity of tho President and Ihe Cnnsress of the United Stale, that such tracts of country will bo set noart for uur luiuio uui tijmocy DOUUUOIO US Will UO 10 US aCCBpi- boio ou BBiiBidciory, uo nereuy give our ireeand voluntary assent to said treaty of August 5, 1851, as amended by the resolution of the Somite of the United Slates, on the twenty-third day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, tho some having been submitted to us by Alexander Ramsey, Superintendent of Indian Allairs for the Territory of Minnesota, and Cornmixsiuner on the part of ihe United States, and fully and fairly explained by him to us iu Council assembled. In testimony whereof (he undorit;ued, Chiefs and Headmen of iho Med-ay-wa-kan-tonn andWah-pay-koo-tny bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, have here unto subscribed their n nines, in duplicate, at the office of tho Superintendent of Indian Affairs, iu tho town of St. Paul, Territory of Minnesota, this fouth day ufSep-lemher, eighteen hundred and lil'iy-two. a-pa--h i v, Ee-wnn-kam-ee-oe-zhoen. Ta-oya-te-dutn, O-tcho-kab-doo-lall, a-koo-tay,(hy his ucphewil loch-sbeedan-doo-tnh. Ta-tclmu-kuo'Wiiflh-tny, Tii-tay-h'moo-ht-yn-ya, Ma-h'pee-wa-tchaBli-tny, Hav-peeMhih, Sha-'k-poy, Ta-tchan-koo, Mfza-ho'ti,(hy Ins brother,) Wa-suu-he-y'dab, Wetchan-h'pee, Oan-kei-ta-hee-dsii, Hoo-shah-flhah, Tcha-nooii-pa-sa, Wa-oo-weftchasta-shneo, Tcali-h'pee-yut-ka, H a-kan-hetidn-c-tn, Hoeii-haii-doo-in, Wa-kan-o-zlinii-tian, Kali -bee -dab, Tee-tchay, Ta-tchau-h'pee-io-im, Ta-mo-hah, Na-iay-wn-kan-d-pay, Nah-poy-shnoe, Ta-sha-kah, Wu-kan-Jee-ku-ha, Wee-ohu-da, Tii-lianpeedoo-tah, Om-unluu-doo-tah, Pa-pay. Too-kiiii'tt-lieiia-nu-nep, Wa'm'dee-dooln, Hon-yapa, Tii-ma-Zri-ho-wash-tav. Mi-ka-ta-ne-na-zlm, Tit-sa-see-a-ma-zha, Mah-kalfo, Ta-tahrwo-teenma-uee, 1'a-ihontik-av, 0-nu-i-ht?e-tia-zheen, Wiiness: Henry M. Rice. Philander Prescott. U. S. Interpreter. Wallaco Ii. White, Socretury. 0. L. Mnerson; ismniiel Jolm tindley. To tbfi lndlau nsm-'S are lubj .lncd marks. The fnregoinff assent was sienpd in nresencenf mv- stlf, and thu wiinrse whose unmrs are annexed. ALEX RAMSEY, Commistioner. Now, therefore, be il known that I. MILLARD FILLMORE, Prexidentof the United Statesof America. utsuenceof the advice nnd consented the Senate, as expressed in their resolution of the twenty-third day of June, ma thousmd eight hundred and fifty-two. accept, ratify, and ronfiim ihe said treaty as amended. in lesiiun uy wnereoi, i have caused the seal of the United States to be herewith affixed, having signed tho same with my baud uone at itie city ni Washington, Una twenty-fourth dny nf February, in the year of our l. s. Lord ono thousand eight hundred and fifty-ihree, and nf the Independence ol the United States the seventy-seventh. (Signed) MILLARD FILLMORE. Br the Fhesidfnt (Signed) EDWARD EVERETT, Secretary of Slate. LAWS OF Til E UNITED STATES Passed during the heeond Hessian of the Thlrty- rteeond t'onuress Chap. I. An Act making an Appropriation for brintring ...u.7 iiixinrnmi c r otn jtv i Tctiacw ana vie rrtsutentot the Untlca IStates. Be it enacted ftu the Senate and ohm nf Reareuntaiiwi rf the United ti tales of America in Congress assembled. mat n sum noi exceedim? twenty I housHUd do I litre ba. aid Iho same ia hereeyapprcpriutod.out of any money initio treasury not otherwise annronriated. for tha nav- ment of the sums due by law to the aoveral messengers of tht respective Slates, as compensation fur conveying tu Ihe seat of Government, the vote of Ihe electors of the auid Slates for President mid Vice-President of the United States. ArrnovKn, December 10. 1852. Chap. IV. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the i reasury to uswe ifeuttrt to vessels in certain cases. He it enacted bu the Striate and House of kerrtniii of the United Statesof America in Congress assembled, v urn i.iu rcmry ni mo i reasury uo, and ho hereby is, authorized to issue n register ur enrolment for nv vessel built in a foreign country, whenever suchvessul may hnvo feen or shall heieulier bo wrecked in the United States, nnd have boon, nr shall hereafter be pur- "iioni uui ropaire i oy a citizen or citizens thereol: Provided, That it shall be proved lo the satisfaction of mo ctncretai y o! the 1 reasury that tho repairs nut uo- on such a Vessel thall be equal to three loutlhs of the :oitoi aaid vessel when so repaired. Arrnovxit, December 23, 1852. Oiur. VI. An Act In amend an Act entitlod "An Act to establish tho Territorial Government nf Oregon," a ipntved August fourteenth, eighteen huudred and, t- rty eiht. Be U enacted bu the Senate and House of Reorescntatiees of the United States of America in Congress assembled, i u. n uie i.ecisiiiiive Asemblv ot tho Terriiorv ol Ore gon be, and hureby are auihorizrd, in all cases where the sixteen or thirty-six sections, nr any putt thereof, shall he tnken nnd occupied under the law making du nations of find to actual seniors, nr otherwise, to cause the county commissioners nl the several counties In said Territory, or such other officer or nlfiiers as they shatl direct, to select, In lieu thereof, an equal quantity nf any unoccupied lami in sec lions, or Iractional sections, as iho rasu may bo. SfC. 2. And be it further enacted. That when snloe- ft ions are made in puisunnre of Hie provisions ot ihe first section t tins act, amd lands so selected, and their pro ceeds, shall bn forever inviolably set apart for the bon em oi common scnnoia. ArrRovsn, January 7, 1853. Chap. VII. An Act making further Appropriations ior me. uurnimcuon oi iioaua in irjo territory n mio-nesota.Be it enacted bv the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembltd, liiatttie following sums ot money be, and they aro hereby appropriated lor the cmistruciioii nt road in the Territory of Miuuesota, in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated for the same objects, by the act approved July eighteenth, ci ah teen hundred and fifty, to wit: for the construction ol a road from Point Uouglns, nn the Mississippi River, tu the fulls ur rap ids of the St. Louis River of Lako Superior, bv the most direct and convenient route botween those points, twenty thousand dollars ; lor the construction ul a road from Point Douglass lo rort Gaines, now tort Ripley, ten thousand dollars; lor tho construction uf a road from tho mouth ot Swan River, or the moat expedient poitit near it, north or smith of aaid river, tn the Win- uehauo agency at Lung rrairie, live thousand dollars nnd lor the construction nf a road from W absshaw lo Mendota, five thousand dollars; and for the survey and laying nut of a military road from Mendota to the mouin oi nig Hioux Kiver, on me Missouri, live thou sand dollars. The said roads to be constructed under iho direction nf the Secretary uf War, pursuant to con tracta to be mnde by him. ArrRovEU, Jauuaiy 7, 1B53. Chap. VIII An Act authorizing certain Soldiers of the late war wnh Great Britain to surrender the Uounty Lands drawn by ttiem, and to locate others tn lieu therein. Bs it rnacttd by the Senate and House of Representatives ot the United titans ot America tn Uongrest assembled. Chat it shall and imtv bo lawful for any soldier iu the Into war with Great Brituin, tn whom tuunty land baa been allotted and patented in any mate nt this Union. by virtue of the laws of iho United Slates passed prior to ihe year 1850, which was and is unfit for cultivation, to surrender said patent, and to receive in lieu thereol the same quantity of any of the public land subject tu priva'e entry ul the minimum price as no may select: Provided, That before receiving such new land, it shall be proved to ihe vatlnlaciion nf the Commissioner of ibo (tenernl Lstid Otth-e, ihat tlio land so alluttrd and patented in said soldier is unfit for cultivation, and that said soldier has never disposed ul bis iniereat in aaid laud by any sale of bis own, and that the same has not , Dten taken or disposed ol tur bit debt due to any ia dividual, and that he shall release all hi intiTHtt in the aaais lo Ihe United Stale, in .ucli way laid Ocim-mi.,ionor .hall prescribe, ond audi lurrrniler and lo- nan u made wmnn hve year, from tile pai- Approvid, January 7, 1853. Chap. IX. Au Act fop the Comlruction of Military lioad, in Oregon Territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houie of Repreientalivei y iiz unvea atatet oj America ta Utmgrcst aetcmblfd, loat the billowing aum. of tnonoy be, and ttie.anie are llerrby appropriated, for the ciHiilniclion ol mili-ttry road, in the Terrilory of Ori eoii. to wit: for tlm cou.lriiclion of a road from Slilncoomb, on Pupil'. Sound to Fort Walla-Walla, twenty ihou.and duilari; and fur the construction of a road from tho mouth of Myrllo Creek, on the Umpn;iia lliver, In Camp S uart, in Itogue River Volley, twenty thouauud dollar.: the aid roada lo bo constructed under iho direction of the oetrouiry oi ivar, pursuant to coulrnuta to bo made by Api'ltoVEn, Janil'iry 7, 1853, Cll.p. I.VIII. An Act for the Relief of rtr,.t llrir,. adier-General Ueiinctt lliley, and lo enable him to settle his Accounts with ihe United S'ates. Be it enacted lit the Senate and Untie of Repretmtativet of the United titatei of America in Ctmgren alternated, I hat the urovi.iona of ihe act approved the third of cisoiouu niiiiureu aiiu tony-nine, entitled "An act io provide for the settlement of the accounts ol public oliicers, and others who may have received moneys arising from military contributions or otherwise in Mexico," be and llioy are hereby applied lo Brevet Brigadier General Bennett Itiley, iu reference to all moneys raised and collected by him, for contributions, penalties, internal assessments, duties, or other objects in Calilornia, from the commencement of the late war with Mexico, to the twelllh day of November, eighleon hundred and forly-niue, and the said Riley shall account for, settle, and pay into the Treasury ot iho United Slates, fop general purposes, any balance of moneys shown to be iu his handa, upon such settlement: and all nnnefaV Vfillr-lmri anil rilhar documents connected with the levying and collecting of any money ns aforesaid, shall be filed with tho ac ooiinta rendered for sotllement by iho said Riley. oiu. . ana oc it junner enacted, That lu settling the accounts of said Riley as aforesaid, the accounting offi cers of Ihe Treasury be, and they are hereby authorized and required to credit him with any sum or sums uf money paid or advanced by him fop defraying the expenses of tho Convention of California, called to I'm mo a State Constitution, and also the sum ur sums of money advanced by him, for tho relief of destitute overland emigrants to California, and such credits shall bo allowed only on the production of nmner vouchors. in such form as may be approved by the Secretary of no iioaiury ui 100 uuneu mates : nnn ine attm ntn- cers of the Treasury sbnll in said settlement further credit the said Kilev. with nil sums nt mnnnv nnml. ed by him for tho support of the actual government of unuiurNiu aiier ine raiiiicauoii ol the treaty ot peace wiiu mexitu, ami oeioro me formation or ihe mate Government, and which expenses may appear to have been proper and necessary, but not authorized by any law of the United States; Provided, That before crediting him the aaid last mentioned expenditures, thev shall be approved by the President of the United States. SkC. 3. And be it further enacted. That as a nnmnnn. saiion for collecting, sale-keeping, and disbursing the said moneys, the said Riley shall be allowed and credited on such settlement, one and a half per cent, upon the mo nays so raised and collected by him, and he shall bo allowed no other or further compensation inereior. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby directed to cause proper aeieuce to be made, at the expense of the United States to any suit or suits, now noudinir. nr thnt hereafter may Do instituted against the said Riley, for any moneys raised and collected by him in California, und to which this act is applicable. approved, teuruary 0, 1853. Chap. LXVIL An Act for the Relief of the Town nf Uelleview, i-nd the Cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in ihe State of Iowa. Be it enacted bu the Senate and House of Reoretentatiws of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That there shall be and hereby is e muted to tha town uf Belleview, in Iowa, the land bordering on the Mississippi River, iu front of aaid town, reserved by the act of second July, eighteen hundred and thirty six,, lurnpuouo uiguwoy, anu rur otner public uses: together with Ihe accretions wbich may have formed thereto, or in front thereof, to be disposed of in such mauner ns the corporate authorities of said town may 1 direct. The grant made by this act shall operate as a rviiiHiuiiumrii. oniy oi ine right oi the United stales in and to said premises, and shall in no manner affect the rich is of third per eons therein, or to the use there of, but shall bo subject to the same ; and ou application by a duly authorized agent of the corporate authorities of said town, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent of relinnuishment. in accordance with the provisions of ibis act, shall be issued therefor, as In other cases. Bkc. 2. And be it further enacted. That there shall be and hereby is granted to the cities of Burlincton and Dubuque, in Iowa, the land bordering on the Missis sippi River, in front of said cities, reserved by the act of fecund July, eighteen hundred and thirtv-aix. for punnc nignway, ana tor other public uses, together with the accretions which may have formed thereto or in front thereof; to be disposed nf in such manner as the corporate authorities of said cities may direct. Sec. 3. And beit further enacted, That the grant made by this act shall operate as a relinquishment only of mo riguioi uie unnea amies in end to said premises, and shall in no manner affect the rights of third persons therein, or to the use thereof, but shall be subject to the same; and on application bv a dnlv authorized agent of tho corporate authorities of said cities to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent of relinquishment, in accordance with the provisions of una act, snail oe issued inereior, as in other cases. Brc. 4. And be U further enacted, That the lot or par-col of land in the city of Dubuque, heretofore set apart and used by the authorities of said cily as a cemetery or burying ground, under the act of Congress of the second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An net for the laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Dubuque, and Peru, in the oounty of Dubuque, Terrilory of W isconsin, and fur other pur- puaoB, anu ma nci oi uie intra oi iviarcn, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, amendatory thereof, be and the same hereby is granted lo Ihe Common Council of the aaid city of Dubuque, lo make such diinosiiion nf the said laud included in said cemetery or burying giuuou u mm vuiumuu uuimcii may ueom proper. nrrnuiiu, rooruary 1, iojj. Chap. LXIX. An Act to amend an act entitled "An Act to create the Office of Surveyor-Geueral of the Public Lands in Oregon, and to provide for the Survey, and lo make Donations to the Settlers of tho said Public Lands,'1 approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That all persons who have located or may hereafter locale lands in the Territory of Oregon, in accordance with the provisions of an act entitled "An act to create the ollicenf Surveyor-General of the Public Lauds in Oregon, and to provide lor tho Survey, and to make Donations to the Settlers of the said Public Lands," approved September twonty seven, eighteen hundred and fifty, and of which survey shall have been made or may hereafter be had, in lieu of the term of continued occupation alter settlement, as provided by said act, shall bu permitted, after occupation for two years nf the land so claimed, to pay into the hands of the Burveyur-neoerai ol said Teriitury at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the land a an clnimed, located, and surveyed as aforesaid ; and uon ine ueaui oi any settler belore the expiration ol the two years' continued possession required by this act, all Ihe rights of the doceased under this .act shall descend to ihe heirs at law of sui h aottlrr, including the wiuow, wuere one is leu, in equal ports t and proof nt compliance with the conditions of this act, up In ihe lime of the death of such settler, shall be so 111 tie nt to entitle them to the patent. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That upon ihe pay. ment of money for lands as afortinaid to tho snidSurveyor-General, he shall is.ue his certiorate of such payment, together with an a. curate copy uf the sur. vey of the laud so located, and purchased, to ihe purchaser thereof, and upon the filing uf which said cer micateand copy ol survey in Hie office of fm Com raissioner of ihe General Land Office, a patent ahull issue iberefor, as in other cases. Sec 3. And be U further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the said Surveyor General to keep end pre serve a record ot ail moneys so received, nnd to make out and transmit quarterly, lo the Commissioner (, the General Lard Office, an accurate report ol ihe moneys so received by him as aforesaid. Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall bn the duty nf the said Surveyor-General, immediately upon the taking effect uf this act, to enter into security in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, conditioned for the ate keeping of all moneys received by him nsSurvey-or-General, according to lawi Provided, hotceoer, That in order to compensate the Purveyor Ueneral oi said Territory for iho additional labors and responsibility imposed upon him by this act, in receiving,safe-keeping, paying over, and accounting for the moneys aforesaid, he shall receive two per centum un all such sums which shall include tho payment for clerk hire, to gether with all costs and expenses incidental to such special services In any one yeart Provided, The salary and par cotitage ol said Burvevor uenerai, and lor clerk biro, ahull nut exceed four thousand dollars for any ono year. Sic. 5. And be it further matted, That the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment ho and the same are herebv extended and continued In force until ihe first day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-fivn.Sro. fl. And be il further enacted, That every poreon entitled to tha benefit of the fourth section of tho act of which this U amendatory, who was resident in said Territory on or prior to the first of Deoember, eighteen hundred and fifty, shall be and hereby is required to file with the Surveyor General of said territory, in advance of the time when the public surveys shall be extended over the particular Jand claimed by him, whore those surveys shall not have been made previous to the date of this act, a notice in writing, setting forth his claim to tho benefita nl'an.d aeelinn hi1 ftitifitr all required particulars in reference to such settlement claim ; and all persons failing to give such notice onor ifiii'r iu ma liril OI lOTPirilsfF Hiuhlimn liiinilr! anil fifty-three, shall be thereafter debarred from ever re ceiving any benefit under said fourth section. And all persons who, on ihe first December, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, shall hnve settled nn iipvmvpI In ml. in said Territory, in virtue of the provisions of the fifth section of the act of which this is amendatory, who " 6" i wriiniy in such seuieiueni, specifying the particulars thereof to the Survevor General of said Territory, on nr prior to the first of nn, eixuieon ii ii tin re u ana htty-iive, shall be thereafter debarred from ever receiving tbe benefits of said fifth section. Sec. 7. And be it further enaceed, That from and after the first of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, all public lands within the limits of the townships surveyed or to bo surveyed in said Territory, west of the Cascade mountains, which shall not have boeo claimed under the provisions of (he fourth and fifth sections of the act of which this is amendatory, or reserved for public uses by law, or order of iho President, and excepting also mineral lauds, shall be subject to public sale and private entry as other public lands of the United States; and so soon ns ho shall deem expedient, the President of the United Stntes shall, by and with the advice and Consent nf tha Hannta. nnnoint m receiver of public moneys for the Territory of Oregon, n"" "i "o uuicauo mountains, wno snail give bond uuu aecuiny, in ine penalty ol titty thousand dollars for Ihe faithful discharge of Ins official trust, and whosi duties, under the laws in relation to tho public lands of the United States in said Terrilory, shall be the same as those of other like officers of the United States, and who shall bo allowed not exceeding fivo juuurcu uuuara per annum ior tlio saie-xeopiug and accounting for tho public moneys by him received, in eluding all charges for office rent and clerk hire: and at such time as the President of the United States shall doem it expedient, he shall appoint, by and with the advice aud consent of the Senate, a Keg is tor of il.a U.l n: i"..- i :. . . ai.u vuidD mi tun jcrriiory ui uregon, wesi oi tho Cascade mountains, whn tlml! nnt- itn unnA with sufficient security, for the faithful discharge of t;. r,n:.ni .!..:. ..... A2 , uuik-b, mm umor iiku unicers, BUU WUOSe duties and authority, under the direction of tbe Sec retary oi the interior, shall be tho same as those imposed by law on other like officers, consistently with the provision! of this act, and of tho act of which this is amendatory, and whose compensation shall be equal to Ihat allowed lo the Receiver of Publin Mtiv. i., be appointed under this act ; and until such Register shall have been ap pointed, and entered unon iho Hia- rhargeof his official duties, the Surveyor-General of uregon snau periorra all tbe duties which shall appertain to such office. Sec. 8 And be it further enacted. That each widow now residing in Oregon Terrilory, aud such others as man locate in said lerruory, whose hualiaud, had he lived, would have been entitled to a claim under the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment. shall be entitled, under the provisions and requirements of said act, to the same quantity of laud that sue wouia nave ueen dui lor iho death ol her husband; and that in cuse of ihe death of ihe widow prior to the expiration of the four years' continued possession required by said act, tu which this is bu amendment, all the rights of the deceased shall inure unto and be vested in ihe heirs at law of such widow. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That all reservations heretofore, as well as hereafter, made in pursuance of inn luuneeniu section or ine act to which this n on amendment, shad, for roacuzinea. arsenals, dock-yards and other needful public ues, except for forts, be limited to an amount not exceeding twenty acres for each anu every oi said onjecis at any one point or place, and for forts to an amount not exceeding six hundred and forty acres at anyone point or place: Provided, That if it shall be deemed necessary, in tho iulsmani uf the President, to include in any such reservation the improvement of Buy settler made previous to such reservation, it shall, in such rase.be ihe duty of the (secretary oi war to cause tue value ol such improve ments to be ascertained i and Ihe amount so ascertain. ed shall be paid to the party entitled thereto, out of anv money in ine l reasury not otherwise appropna- Sec 10. And be it further enacted. That the sa d Sur- veyor-beneral, iu tho discharge uf his duties under this act, shall be subject tu ell ihe provisions of the act entitled "An act tu provide fur the better organization uf ihe Treasury, aud fur the collection, soft -keeping, transfer and disbuisement ol the public revenue, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six ; and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act bo and tho same are hereby repealed.Approved, February 14, 1853. Chap. LXXXIX An Act to provide Compensation to such pernona as may be designated by tbe Secretary of the Treasury to receive aud keep the Public Money, under the fifteenth section of the Act of sixth August, eighteen huudred aud forty six, fur the additional services required under that Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the depositaries which have been ur may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the fit teen th section of the act of the sixth of August, eighteen hundred and foriy-six, to receive payments and give receipts or certificates of deposit lor public money from miscellaneous sources, other than the transactions of the respective offices fi r which they are or may bo commissioned, may be paid in full com pensation for receiving, safely keeping, and paying out such public money, alter the first day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, at the rate of one hall of one per centum lor the brst one bundreu thousand dol lars ; one fourth of ono per centum lor tbe aecuud one hundred thousand dollars and one eighth of one per centum for all sums over two hundred thousand dollars; any sum which may have been allowed to such depositary for rent or any other contingent expenses in respect to the custody of such public money, being deducted from such compensation before any payment snail oe made inereior: rrovtaea, i nai no compensation shall be allowed for the abovo services when Ihe emoluments of the office of which said designated depositary is in commission, amounts in tha maximum compensation fixed by lawt nor shall the amount allowed to any of said designated depositaries for such services, when added to the emoluments of tbe office of which be is in commission he mure than aufiicient to make the maximum compensation fixed bylaw: Apd provided further. That the whole allowance to any uesiguatea ueposnary ior sucu services, shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aum of twenty thousand dollars be, and Ihe same is hereby appropriated to meet the allowances wbich may be uiauu uuuer uie ppiTium oi tuis act. Approved, .VI arch 3, 18j3. Chap. XOL An Act making approprtationa for the Support of tbe Military Academy lor the year ending tbe thirtieth of Juue, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State of America in Congress assembled, That the following suuia be, aud the same are hereby appropriated out of any mouey in tbe Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy, tor the year ending the thirtieth of Juue, one thousand eight hundred and lit) -lour. For pay of oliicers, instructors, cadets, and musicians, eighiy-eijtht thousand two hundred aud siity-six dollars. For commutation of subsistence, two thousand one hundred aud ninety dollars. For forage for oliicers' horses, nine hundred and sixty dollars. For tepairs, fuel, and apparatus therefor, forage for public horses nnd oxen, poatngo, stationery, printing, aud other iurideutal and contingent expenses, twenty-nine thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. For increase and expenses nf the library, one thon as lid dollars. Kor expenses of the b .art. of visiters, three thousand dollars. For completion of the new moss-hall, three thousand five hundred dollars For stable for iliagoon and artillery horses, eight thousnnd dollars. lor forage for dragoon and cavalry horses, eight thousand six hundred and forty dollars For additional pay of fitly dollars each to the soldier employed in the Adjutant's office, aacleik. and to the two anIUted mou employed iu the philosophical aud chemieal departments, one hundred and fifty dollars. For the comlruction of a w haif, four thousand three hundred and thirty dollars. Acprovkb, March 11, 18..3. THE PACIFIC BAILROAD, STATEMENT OF MR, LERODX. At tbe request of Col. Benton, I, Antoine Leroux, native uf St. Louis of Missouri, and now an inhabitant f Tans, in New Mexico, do make tha follnwiosr state ment In relation to the Pass at the head of the valley of the Del Noite aud of the country on each side of ihat Pass) mid also as to the best road from M'aiotiri to California. And first tell how I got acquaiuted with me country In Ihe year 1 8? II. when I waa tn my nineteenth year, I oioed Gen. Aihley and Maj r Henry in an ex pet II tion of hunting and trapping to the Upper Missouri and Rocky Mount iina, aud alter near two years in thai part I went to Taos, iu Now Mexico, and afi or wards married there, and have made it my home ever siucei aud from that place I carried on tha business of a beaver trapper for about fifteen yeara, generally on the waters ol the Great Colorado of the Weill aud have trapped the whole country every river, creek, and braoch from tha Gila to the bead of the Grand River folk of the Upper Colorado, aud out to tbe Great Salt ' Lake, and on the waters of Wall-Sate b Mountain, and out to the Virgen River, and have been four timea to California, aud guide to a grout many American officers employed in Mexico, and know the country from New Mexico to California. I will now describe the Pass. At the head of the valley of Del Norte there Is a broad pass about tight miles wide, called by the Utah Indians Coo cha-tooe. and bv tho Mexican Spaniards El Puerto, and which signifies in both languages The Gap or Gate; and bos been known to the Spaniards ever since they settled in Now Mexico, and by tbe Indiana always. It is made by tho Sierra San Juan, which comes up from the South ou the west side of the Dol Norte, and gives out there; and by the Sierra Blanca, which comes iu from the oust like it was going to join the San Juan, but turns off norib round thu head ot the Arkansas und towards the Three Parks, and is eight miles wide. Here betweon these two mountains is the Pass which goes out level from tbe valley of the Del Norte,(and looking like a continuation of it,) which leads to the upper waters of the Great Colorado of the West. The Del Norte does not bend iu this Pass, but in the San Juan Mountain, a little south of the Pass, where there is also a summer Pass, but none for the winter on account ol the snow in it. There is a small creek in this Puss called by tbe some name,Ooo-cba-tope, Which comes out from Ihe end of the San Juan and goes about eight miles east towards the Del Norte, but stops in a small lake, out of which a Utile stream gets to the Del Norte which shows how level the country is. Tbe Pass is heavily timbered with large pine trees, and with pinou; and there may be some small oaks, but I am not certain. There is not much snow in this Pass, and people go through all the win-ter; aud when there is much snow in the mountains on the Abiquiu routo, (which is the old Spanish Trail to California,) ihe people of Taos go round this way, and get into that trail in the fords uf Grand and Green rivers. There are trails Ibrough il, but afier you get through there are many trails, some going to the Abiquiu road, and some up or down ihe country. This Pass is laid down on a mop I saw in the War Office, made by Lieut. Parke and Mr. R. H. Kern, and is there named after me, because I gave Lieut. Parke information about it. 1 1 is the only map I have seen that shows that Pass, and thu best one 1 huvo seen of Ihat part of the country, and with a littlu correction would be perfect.As for the country on each side of the Pass. I will describe it, and on tbe east side first. There is a large valley to tbe east about 50 or CO miles wide and near a 100 miles long, reaching from the Coo cba-tope to the Taos settlements at the Little Colorado. The Del Norte runs through this valloy, which is tbe widest and best vnllev in all New Mexico. and can hold more people than all New Mexico besides. It is all prairie except on the creeks, aud on tbe mountain sides, which are welt wooded. It is a rich soil and covered with good grass, and wooded on all Ibe streams. The Spaniards called it El Valle dc San Luis, aud it was formerly famous for wild horses and buffaloes; and ever since Taos was settled by the Spaniards the inhabitants drove their sheep aud cattle mere io winter, ueiore ine utau Indians became so bad, the stock as many as dq.OtJO or (10,000 head of sheep and cattle have been driven there to winter, where they did well, feeding on the grass during the day, and sheltering io ihe woods about ihe shepherd's camp at night. Most of the winters there is uo snow along the toot of tbe mountain un the north side of this valley, being sheltered from the north and open to Ihe sun in the south. The United States have eitablithed a military post in this valley, not far from the Pass of El Sangre de Chris to, and about two hundred families have gone there to live, chiefly near ihe Fori, and raised crops there last year; and now that they have protection, the valley will soon be all settled, and will be the biggest and best part of New Mexico. About three hundred families were preparing to move there. The post is called Fort Massacbuseits. This valley has several passes through (he Sierra Blanca into the prairie country on the Upper Arkansas and Kanzai, the best of which is called El Sai grede Christo, at tbe head of little streams called 0 .ihadaa, which fall into tbe Huerfano, a small river ailing into the Arkansas, not far from Bent's Fort. It is a good Pass, and Bent and St. V rain's wagoi s have paased through it, and it is passable the ort of winters; for Col. Beale's dragoons passed tjrnuph it the same winter, and nearly the same time, that Col. Fremont went through a other Pass further west. Tbe distance through these passes is not more than five miles. This is the description of the country on tbe east aide of tbe Ooo cha-tope Pass. On ihe west side of tho Pass tbe country opena out broad and good fur settlements, and for roads, and is tbe best watered country I ever saw oat to tbe Wah- salch Mountains and to La Vega de Santa Clara. After that the water and grass become scarce, and tbe land poor, and it ia railed desert, though travelers find camping grounds every night; and the great cavalcade of many thousand head uf horses from California to New Mexico annually passed along it. Alter you go through the Pass at the bead of the Del Norte, there are many trails bearing southwest towards the great Spanish trail by Abiquiu, which they join in the forki ol tbe Graud River and Green River (forks of Ihe great Colorado of the West), where it is a great beaten roao, easy io imiuw day or nigtit. ihe country is wooded on tho streams with prairies between, and streams every three or five miles, as the great Colorado nore gamers us uead waters from tu Wah sate b and Rocky Mountain ranges, which are covered all over with snow in the winter, and bave snow upon their tops in the summer, which sends down so much water, oool, clear and good, And this is the case generally out In the W ah-sate b Mountains and Las Vegas do Santa Clara a distance of near five huudred miles from the head of Ihe Del Norte. Wagons can now travel this route to California, and have done It. Io the year 1837, two families named 8 louver and Pope, with their wagons and two Mexicans, went from Taos that way. Col. r remont was looking ur the Coo-cha-tone Pass in the winter of ltM8-'9, and was near enough to bavo seen it, if it had not been hid by the lapping of the mountains, when bis guide hd him off into (be mountains, instead of keeping up the dry valley, which he wished to do, and which would have taken him through eaay. It was Ibe worst winter for anew, but we could travel all tbe lime in the valleys and passes. I was below him un the waters of the Arkansas at the same time, acting as guide to Col. Beale, who was out after tbe Apache Indiaus with a detachment of dragoons, and we heard of him at the Pueblo's. He went as high as Hsrd-Scrahhle and got corn before he crossed inio the valley of San Luis, and we got corn at the Greenhorn Pueblo on tbe San Carlos creek, about 50 or 60 miles below him 1 and beard that he had passed along, and supposed that he had gone sale through, and knew no better till be got back to Taos, when I told him how near he bad been to ibe place he waa looking for. We passed with the dragoons through the Pass F.l Saugre de Christo, (Blood ol Christ.) and got through easy t and that was the dead of winter, and greatest snow we ever had. There is a wav also u tho Arkansas to set to Ihe waters of the great Colorado. It ia by Bent's Fott, by the Pueblo's and Hard Scrabble, (at all which places corn and vegetables are raised.) and by Withsm's fi til ery, and at the head ol the river, leaving ihe Ihree Parks to the north. Horsemen and stock can go that way. Maxwell of Taos, drove out between four and five thousand head of sheep and cattle last summer, intending to take them to California, but went to the Great Salt Lake and sold them thete. A wagon can now go from Missouri to California through ihe Goo-cha-tope Pass without crossing any mountain but the Sierra Blanca, (and there have the choice of three good passes.) and without crossing any swamp or large river, and nearly on a siraightlino , nil the way, only bearing a little aouth. And mi polios of grain and cattle can be had from Iho Pueblo a on the Upper Arkansas, and also from Ihe Mexicans in the valley of St. Louis, and also from Ihe Mormons at Ojo San Jose, and at I heir settlement on the Nicollet river, and at Las Vegas de Santa Clara. I have been from New Mexico to California four times, namely, ihe way I guided Col. Conk, the way I guided Oapt. Si" greaves, and tbe Salinas route, and the Abiquiu rout; and uf these four the one I guided Capt, Slip reaves is, as I informed Mr. Seward, the best and shorlesl route from Sunta Fe or A Ibuquerque t but mm places further north, aud especially from Missouri, the Coo-cha tope Pass is beat and shortest, and haa most water, grass, wood, and good land on it; and baa most snow, but not enough to prevent winter traveling; ' ao that when there is much snow in the trail by A1-quiu, people from Taos go that way, aa I have already said. The snow in that country is dry, and the moccasins that we wear do not get damp or wet. And being asked by Co). Benton to state Ibe best way from Missouri to California, l answer! Start as the people now do, goiug to New Mexico, from the frontier of the Sialo at Kanzas or 1ndeieiidence, and for summer traveling go through the prairies up towards Bent's Fort, and up the Huerfano to the Pass Kl Sangre de Christo; then out by the Uoo t ha-tojte Pass, following a trail tu the great Spanish trail. The winter travel would bo to start from ihe same point, but follow the Kaiia is river valley for the sake of the wood, and when ihat gives nut cross tu ihe Arkansas, which is not for off, and level beiweeu.and follow ihat up for wood. The prairie is the way in ihe summer, but winter traveling must have the protection of woods and timber against snow storms. And every thing that 1 tell I cau show, and would undertake to guide a parly safe through with wagons now, Amtoihx Liroox. Washington City, March 1, 1853. Cm tor Toothache. Mr. Jamei Batbow, of Airdris, says: "Gum Copal, whon dissolved in chloroform, forms an excellent compound fur stuffing the holes of decay-ed teeth. 1 have used it frequently, and the benefits my patients bave derived from It have been truly aton-Uhing. The application is simple and easy. I clean out the hole, and moisten a little piece of cotton with solution 1 iutmduce this into Ihe decayed part, and in every instance ihe relief has been almost instantaneous. The chloroform removes the pain, and tho gum copal resist the action of the saliva t and as the application is so agreeable, those who may labor under this dreadful malady would do well to make a trial of it," |
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