Right to hunt reserved.

Treaty binding when ratified.

practicable after the ratification of this treaty, and shall also cause good and sufficient marks and mounds to be established on said line.

ARTICLE VII.

The right to hunt on the lands herein ceded, so long as the same shall remain the property of the United States, is hereby secured to the nations who are parties to this treaty.

ARTICLE VIII.

This treaty shall take effect and be obligatory on the contracting parties, as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof.

In testimony whereof, the said John M'Niel, Pierre Menard, and Caleb Atwater, Commissioners as aforesaid, and the Chiefs and Warriors of the said Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatamie Nations, have hereunto set their hands and seals, at Prairie du Chien, as aforesaid, this twenty-ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

In presence of Charles S. Hempstead, Sec'y to the Com. Alex. Wolcott, Indian Agent. Jos. M. Street, Indian Agent. Thomas Forsyth, Indian Agent. Z. Taylor, Lt. Col. U. S. Army. John H. Kinzie, Sub. Agent Indian Affairs. R. B. Mason, Captain 1st Infantry. John Garland, Major U. S. Army. H. Dodge. A. Hill. Henry Gratiot. Richard Gentry. John Messersmith. Wm. P. Smith. C. Chouteau. James Turney. Jesse Benton, Jr. J. L. Bogardus. Antoine Le Claire, Indian Interpreter. Joo W. B. Mette, Indian Interpreter. Sogee. John W. Johnson.

To the Indian names are subjoined marks.

ARTICLES OF A TREATY

Made and concluded at the Village of Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory, on this first day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, between the United States of America, by their Commissioners, General John M'Niel, Colonel Pierre Menard, and Caleb Atwater, Esq. for and on behalf of said States, of the one part, and the Nation of Winnebaygo Indians of the other part.

ARTICLE I.

THE said Winnebaygo nation hereby, forever, cede and relinquish to the said United States, all their right, title, and claim, to the lands and country contained within the following limits and boundaries, to wit: beginning on Rock River, at the mouth of the Pee-kee-tau-no or Pee-kee-tol-a-ka, a branch thereof; thence, up the Pee-kee-tol-a-ka, to the mouth of Sugar Creek; thence, up the said creek, to the source of the Eastern branch thereof; thence, by a line running due North, to the road leading from the Eastern blue mound, by the most Northern of the four lakes, to the portage of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers; thence, along the said road, to the crossing of Duck Creek; thence, by a line running in a direct course to the most Southeasterly bend of Lake Puck-a-way, on Fox River; thence, up said Lake and Fox River, to the portage of the Wisconsin; thence, across said portage, to the Wisconsin river; thence, down said river, to the Eastern line of the United States' reservation at the mouth of said river, on the south side thereof, as described in the second article of the treaty made at St. Louis, on the twenty-fourth day of August, in the year eighteen hundred and sixteen, with the Chippewas, Ottawas, and Potawatamies; thence, with the lines of a tract of country on the Mississippi river, (secured to the Chippewas, Ottawas, and Potawatamies, of the Illinois, by the ninth article of the treaty made at Prairie du Chien, on the nineteenth day of August, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five,) running Southwardly, passing the heads of the small streams emptying into the Mississippi to the Rock river, at the Winnebaygo village, forty miles above its mouth; thence, up Rock river, to the mouth of the Pee-keetol-a-ka river, the place of beginning.

ARTICLE II.

Aug. 1, 1829. Proclamation, Jan. 2, 1830.

Certain lands ceded to U. S.

Ante, p. 274.

Consideration

In consideration of the above cession, it is hereby stipulated, that the said United States shall pay to the said Winnebaygo nation of Indians therefor. the sum of eighteen thousand dollars in specie, annually, for the period of thirty years; which said sum is to be paid to said Indians at Prairie du Chien and Fort Winnebaygo, in proportion to the numbers residing within the most convenient distance of each place, respectively; and it is also agreed, that the said United States shall deliver immediately to said Indians, as a present, thirty thousand dollars in goods; and it is further agreed, that three thousand pounds of tobacco, and fifty barrels of salt, shall be annually delivered to the said Indians by the United States, for the period of thirty years; half of which articles shall be delivered at the Agency at Prairie du Chien, and the other half at the Agency of Fort Winnebaygo.

U. S. to provide three blacksmiths' shops, &c.

U. S. agree to pay certain claims against Winnebagoes.

descendants of

Indians.

ARTICLE III.

And it is further agreed between the parties, that the said United States shall provide and support three blacksmiths' shops, with the necessary tools, iron, and steel, for the use of the said Indians, for the term of thirty years; one at Prairie du Chien, one at Fort Winnebaygo, and one on the waters of Rock river; and furthermore, the said United States engage to furnish, for the use of the said Indians, two yoke of oxen, one cart, and the services of a man at the portage of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers, to continue at the pleasure of the Agent at that place, the term not to exceed thirty years.

ARTICLE IV.

The United States (at the request of the Indians aforesaid) further agree to pay to the persons named in the schedule annexed to this treaty, (and which forms part and parcel thereof,) the several sums as therein specified, amounting, in all, to the sum of twenty-three thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars and twenty-eight cents; which sum is in full satisfaction of the claims brought by said persons against said Indians, and by them acknowledged to be justly due.

ARTICLE V.

U. S. to grant And it is further agreed, that, from the land hereinbefore ceded, there certain lands to shall be granted by the United States to the persons herein named, (being descendants of said Indians,) the quantity of land as follows, to be located without the mineral country, under the direction of the President of the United States, that is to say: to Catherine Myott, two sections; to Mary, daughter of Catharine Myott, one section; to Michael St. Cyr, son of Hee-no-kau, (a Winnebaygo woman,) one section; to Mary, Ellen, and Brigitte, daughters of said Hee-no-kau, each one section; to Catherine and Olivier, children of Olivier Amelle, each one section; to François, Therese, and Joseph, children of Joseph Thibault, each one section; to Sophia, daughter of Joshua Palen, one section; to Pierre Pacquette, two sections; and to his two children, Therese and Moses, each one section; to Pierre Grignon L'Avoine, Amable, Margaret, Genevieve, and Mariette, children of said Pierre, each one section; to Mauh-nah-tee-see, (a Winnebaygo woman,) one section; and to her eight children, viz: Therese, Benjamin, James, Simeon, and Phelise Leciiyer, Julia, and Antoine Grignon, and Alexis Peyet, each one section; to John Baptiste Pascal, Margaret, Angelique, Domitille, Therese, and Lisette, children of the late John Baptiste Pacquette, each one section; to Madeline Brisbois, daughter of the late Michel Brisbois, Jr. one section; to Therese Gagnier and her two children, François and Louise, two sections; to Mary, daughter of Luther Gleason, one section; and to Theodore Lupien, one section; all which aforesaid grants are not to be leased or sold by said grantees to any person or persons whatever, without the permission of the President of the United States; and it is further agreed, that the said United States shall pay to Therese Gagnier the sum of fifty dollars per annum, for fifteen years, to be deducted from the annuity to said Indians.

Annuity of $50 to Therese Gagnier.

Sub-agent to be appointed.

ARTICLE VI.*

The said United States hereby agree (by the request of said Indians,) to appoint a sub-agent for them, to reside on the waters of Rock river, and also to continue the present sub-agency at Fort Winnebaygo. But it is understood that the rejection of this article, by the Senate, is not to affect the validity of this Treaty.

* Not ratified.

ARTICLE VII.

This Treaty, after the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, shall be obligatory on the contracting parties.

In testimony whereof, the said John M'Niel, Pierre Menard, and Caleb Atwater, Commissioners as aforesaid, and the Chiefs and Warriors of said Winnebaygo nation of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and seals, at the time and place first herein above written.

Woan-knaw-hoap-ee-ne-kaw-Big Medi- Maun - tsho-nig-ee-nig― Little White

Pey-tshun-kaw-the Crane,

cine Man,

Jarot, or Jarrot,

Bear,

Watsh-hat-a-kaw-Big Canoe,

Mau-war-ray-kaw,

Kee-mau-sum-mah,

Treaty binding when ratified.

Thay-hoo-kaw-kaw,

Koo-see-ray-kaw,

Nau-kaw-lar-ry-maumee-Wood,

Hee-tshah-wau-shaip-soots-kaw

Hee-tshah-wau-shaip-skaw-kaw — White Chah-wau-saip-kaw—Black Eagle,

War Eagle,

War Eagle,

the House,

Saun-tshah-mau-nee,

Tshee-o-nuzh-ee-kaw-He who stands in Maunee-hat-a-kaw-Big Walker,

Wau-kaun-hah-kaw-Snake Skin,

Kaish-kee-pay-kaw.

In presence of Charles S. Hempstead, Sec. to the Commission. Joseph M. Street, Indian Agent. Thomas Forsyth, Indian Agent. Alex. Wolcott, Indian Agent. John H. Kenzie, Sub. Ag't Indian Affairs. Z. Taylor, Lt. Col. U. S. Army. H. Dodge. A. Hill. Henry Gratiot. Wm. Branmont, Surgeon U. S. Army. G. W. Garey, Lt. 1st Inf. Richard Gentry. James Turney. Richard H. Bell. John W. Johnson. W. M. Read. G. W. Kennerly. R. Holmes, U. S. A. J. B. Dallam. J. R. B. Gardiner, Lt. 1st U. S. Infantry. Ch. Chouteau. John Messersmith. John L. Chastain. Wm. P. Smith. Charles H. Henshaw. James B. Estis. Jesse Benton, Jr. Jacob Hamilton. John Quaill. John Garland, Major U. S. Army. Henry Crossle. Jno. L. Bogardus. B. B. Karcheval. Luther Gleason. Pierre Paquet, Winnebago Interpreter at Treaty. J. Palen. Jaque Mettez. Antoine Le Claire. Joge. M. Brisbois.

To the Indian names are subjoined marks.

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Aug. 3, 1829. Proclamation, Jan. 2, 1830.

Certain land ceded to U. S.

Ante, p. 160.

Consideration therefor.

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT

Made between John M'Elvain, thereto specially authorised by the President of the United States, and the band of Delaware Indians, upon the Sandusky River, in the State of Ohio, for the cession of a certain reservation of land in the said State.

ARTICLE I.

THE said band of Delaware Indians cede to the United States the tract of three miles square, adjoining the Wyandot reservation upon the Sandusky river, reserved for their use by the treaty of the Rapids of the Maumee, concluded between the United States and the Wyandots, Seneca, Delaware, Shawanees, Potawatamies, Ottawas, and Chippiwa tribes of Indians, on the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and the said tribe of Delawares engage to remove to and join their nation on the west side of the Mississippi, on the land allotted to them, on or before the first day of January next, at which time peaceable possession of said reservation is to be given to the United States.

ARTICLE II.

In consideration of the stipulations aforesaid, it is agreed, that the United States shall pay to the said band the sum of three thousand dollars: two thousand dollars in hand, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the undersigned Chiefs of said tribe, and the remaining balance of one thousand dollars to be appropriated to the purchase of horses, clothing, provisions, and other usefull articles, to aid them on their journey so soon as they are prepared to remove.

In witness whereof, the said John M'Elvain, and the Chiefs of the said band, have hereunto set their hands and seals at Little Sandusky, in the State of Ohio, this third day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.