Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-08-12
CHIPPEWA TREATY.

st. Peters. (the confluence of the st. Peters
and Mississippi Rivers) in the Territory OF
Wisconsin, between the United States OF
America, by their Commissioners HEsEf
DoDGE, Governor of said Territory, and the
Chippewa Nation of Indians, by their Chiefs
and head men.
ARTICLE LIST. The said Chippewa Nation
cede tcthe United States all that trac; of coun-
try included within the following boundaries:
Beginning at the junction of the Crow Wing
and Mississippi Rivers, between twenty and
thirty miles above where The Mississippi is
crossed by the forty-sxth parallel of north la
Ititude, and mnning thence to the north poin'
of Lake st. Croix, one of the sources OF the
ST. Croix river, thence to and along the dlvl-
ding ridges, between the waters of Lake SUI
perior and those of the Mississippi, to the sour
ces of the Ocha-sua-sepo, tributary OF the
Chippewa river; thence to point on the emp
pewa river, twenty miles below the outlet OF
Lake de Flambeau, thence to the junction OF
the Pelican and Wisconsin rivers; thence on
an east course twenty five miles, thence south
erly on course parallel with that of the WIS
consn river to the line dividing the territories
| of Chippewa and Menominee, thence to the
Plover Portage, thence along the southern
boundary of the Chippewa country to the com
mencement of the boundary line dividing 1t
from that of the Sioux. half days march be-
low tho falls on the Chippewa river, thence
with said boundary line to the mouth OF the
Wha-tap river at its junction with the Mlssis-
sippi, and thence up the Mississippi to the
place Of beginning.
ART. 2. reconsideration ofthe cession atore-
said, the United States agree to make to the
Cb;npewa Nation, annually, for the term OF
twenty wears. from the date of the ratification
Of this treaty, the following payments:
l. Nine thousand five hundred dollars, to
be paid in money;
9. Nineteen thousand dollars to be deliver
ed in goods;
3. Three thousand dollars for establishing
three blacksmith shops, supporting the placN,
smiths, and furnishing them with IRON ana
steel;
plying them and the Indians with implements
of labor, with grain or seed, and whatever e's'
may be necessary to enable them 10 carry u
their agricultural pursuits.
s. Five thousand dollars in provisions.
6. Five hundred dollars in tobacco
9 Tba nrovisions and tobacco to BIO delivered
!, at the same time, with the goods, and the mo
as the place or places where they are to be de
|livered. shall be fixed upon under the director
of the President Of the United States:
The blacksmith shop to be placed, !, a, suc'
noint in the Chippewa country as shall be DC
J sipnated by the Superintendent OF Indian al
d fairs. or under his direction. II at the expira
ton of one or more years, the Indians shoni'
prefer TO receive goods instead OF the nine thou
sand five hundred dollars agreed to be PAID 7
them in money, they shall be at liberty TO q
,. so: or should they conclude to appropriate
norton Of that annuity to the establishment
and supnort of school or schools among them
this shall be granted them.
Apr 3. The sum of one hundred thousan
!. dollars shall be paid by the United STATES
the half breeds of the Chippewa Nation undo
the direction of the President. 1t is the WIS
ne the Indians that their sub-agents Daniel !
: Dushnell and Miles M. Vineyard, superlnten
the distribution of this money among their ha
i, breed relations.
a :. AnT. a. The sum of seventy thousand do
IL IL lars shall be applied to the payment. by Il
10 United States, of certain claims against IN
" Indians. Of which amount twenty-eight thou
is and dollars shall, at their request, be paid
William A. Aitkn, twenty-five thousand
LYMAN NJ Warren, and the balance apple
= to the foundation of their just demands again
,bem. which they acknowledge to BIO the cas-
~ Win regard to that Of Hercules H. Dousms
IT. for the sum of five thousand dollars, and the
y" request that it be paid :,
Ant. s. The privilege Of hunting and ifs
= inc. and gathering wild rice, upon the iand
,h he rivers and the lakes included il the territ
~. ~ coded, is guaranteed to the Indians dnrlr
nd The Measure ofthc President OF the y. otate
" wy Anr. 6. This treaty shall be obligatory fro
and after its ratification by the President al
= Senate Of the United States. ,,,.
Done at st. Peters, in the Territory OF va
ov consin. the twenty ninth day OF Ju'y' e'gn'e
S. hundred and thirty-seven.
yG HENRY DODGE, T.. 81
ON Here follow the signatures Of thirty Cine
and Head Men,.
- 6roccedines of Council held by Cover
DopsE with the Chiefs and principal N
~ Of the Chippewa Nation of Indians B. n,
=" Fort Smelling, at the confluence Oh .na
Peters and Mississippi Rivers, commehcl
ne, on the goth day of July, 1887.
~ The head men Of the nation having, by J,
~ rection OF Governor Dodge, been advised o.
The desire to meet them in council, their diner ,i
- hands assembled together near Fort oneil',
NC between the LIST and Goth of July to the NUM-
~, of about thousand men, women and child,
and on the last mentioned day, met the :"
ernor at the council house.
Gen. WIN. r. SMITH, Of Pennsylvania
- pointed by the President Of the United oIa'
ave The colleague Of Gov. Dodge in the comm
L. sion, did otarrive to be present at the cou''
on The following named Chiefs were prose-
cd; and recognized as such by the Governor
me' From Leech' Lake. "a :,
'se Flat Mouth, and Ozawickaneblk' Or the en-
: Snake, commonly called by the French fie
- aimee, or elder brother.