This agreement, made this sixth day of January One thousand, eight hundred and
fifty eight between William Mclaughlin and Mordecai Bartley of the town of Mansfield
in the state of Ohio and Lucy B. Armstrong of the town of Wyandot in the territory
of Kansas – parties of the first part, and Gideon Williams and Jacob Moonhouse
as Chiefs and Head Men of the Munsee nation of Indians residing in Kansas territory,
west of Missouri – parties of the second part – Witnesseth, that
the parties of the first part in consideration of the covenants on the part of
the parties of the second part hereinafter contained, do covenant and agree to
and with the said parties of the second part, to prosecute to final recovery
from the United States the claim of the Munsee nation of Indians of their just
proportion of the sum of twenty five thousand Dollars, stipulated to be paid
to the Stockbridges and Munsees by the treaty of November 24, 1848. Also to recover
from the United States certain monies, expended in the emigration of a party
of Munsees from the state of Wisconsin to the Indian territory, west of Missouri
in 1839. And also to prosecute to final recovery from the United States a claim
of forty eight thousand dollars more or less, founded on article 4. of the treaty
concluded July 4, 1805. Between the United States and the Chiefs and Head Men
of different Indian nations, including the Munsees, at Fort Industry on the Miami
of the Lake. – And the said parties of the second part in consideration
of the above covenants on the part of the parties of the first part, do covenant
and agree to and with the parties of the first part, to pay to said parties of
the first part
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twenty per cent of all the money or monies, which the said parties of the
  first part or their substitutes may succeed in recovering from the United States
  in any or all of the above named three claims or any part thereof. – In
  witness whereof we have hereunder set out hand and seals, the day and year
  first above written. 
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of 
  William Mckay
  Esther Killen M. Bartley (seal) Wm. Mclaughlin(seal) Gideon Williams(seal)
  Jacob Moonhouse(seal) 
Territory of Kansas County Leavenworth, I personally came before the undersigned
  [authority?] within and for the County aforesaid, Cornelius C. Seth of the
  County of Burton in the Territory aforesaid – who being first only [?]
  according to [?] [?], that he is personally acquainted with Gideon Williams
  and Jacob Moonhouse the parties to the written and foregoing instrument, and
  know them to be the persons they represent themselves to be – the said
  Gideon Williams and Jacob Moonhouse generally acknowledge that they signed
  the name of their own free will and [?] and purposes therein mentioned Cornelius
  C. Seth In witness thereof I hereto set my hand and affix my natural seal at
  Wyandot the 8th day of Jan’y 1858,
William L. McMath	Notary public