The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-31

million twenythree thousand eg ght hundred These
complains and camors have directed the attention OF the
poper iunctonares OF government 10 the subject with
view 70 aseealnng whether not they were founded In
TO what ioows, TO show the authority upon which the
/ report s based
Investigation has shown the satisfaction of the Pres
dent he secretary OF the Interior, and the Commissioner
OF Indian Affairs and OF the General Land Office. that II
me claim too mueh the government has also taken
from them vastly much has paid for ltue
In letter OF the present Commission of the General Land
Once which has been laid before the committee The Com
missoner estimates the OF the cesson al 5o0OOoo
acres This estimate referred with appreciation by the
CommlssoneI Of ladian Affairs in his 10 The Sec.
etsy Of the INTERIOR OF the 23i Of April 1851 This last
report has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior
aud The President evnced BY letters of the Sec
speciively the 18th and 18th OF July 1852 Upon map
accompanying The annual report of the Commissioned OF
the Genara Land Office the years. district oil
coSotry4s lad the Menomonee Of October
o aas. Wn PG ns "ssy Is
about 9 600 OF the ceson OF 1885, the side
above aga.eSae leaves 40 aees as the
amount Of the cesson OF 1913 The committee submit a
copy Ct this map with their present report, having coored
the district or tract Just mentioned with red
now wish the Senate look further and TO see that
the land thus described not the only land which these
Indians owned in that country. and Tor which they have
not been paid. The report proceeds:
"But may be asked, by what authority the Menom-
once cesson extended north OF the southern line Of the
chippewsss as established by the lressis, Of the 18Th Of
August, 1925 and the llth OF August, 1897 I"
This was the principal difficulty which met The Ator-
ney General in investigating The subject and TO
that he must have Investigated il rather specifically
he would have that he did the Indians great injustice
in fixing the maximum Of their lands the amouat al
which he did hx H. The report gives The answer 10 this
difficulty:
"The is plain one. BY those treaties the
souhery point OF the southern line OF the Chppewas was
fixed at The Pover Portage Of the Wisconsin river BY
treaties made with the Menomonees the treaties
Of 1928 and 1927 the has conceded that did
consider the Menomonees bounded the north by the
g line OF hs sShiPpewss BY one OF these ,1saie,
their northern boundary lar north the head Of
the river OF Green Bay Se shown on the ,sss
the government actually made a purchase from the Me-
OF IsI 600 of and lying three mites
side Of the Wisconsin river, and extending north from the
Plove Portage, southern extreme OF the Chippewa ne
a distance oi neasy forty miles"
think that nasmuch as that the government itself
recognised the right OF the MeRomonees beyond the al
legged Chippewa line. by purchasing lands from them
north Of that ine cannot, this late day. that
decision. The report goes on:
"From this II is manifes, that the government has
restricted the Menomonees the north, the southern
line of the Chppewas; nor have the Menomonees ever
deemed themselves restricted. They had the best OF
for supPosng the contrary Not only had the gov
emmen, allowed them bound their country far north Of
that line but had fully recognised their title by making
purchase and ceptng cession rom the north Of H.
vii be perceived, by reference 10 the map herewith
submitted, that the henomonee cession. indicated in red,
| lies entirely east OF the Wisconsin river"
That portion of the territory east of the Wisconsin
rivef which all admit 10 have been ceded by the Me-
nomonees is the which have already stated as
amounting according TO actual survey, 10 $3.50 ,24o
acres.
"Bat in point Of fact. did Menomonee. at the
date oi The treaty OF lSs also the country OF that
fiver TO Black rlver and nonh of the Manoy Lemon
weir Hver " ndlcated by The tract coloed on The map
with ereen The COMMITTEES Is OF that opinion and Tor the
By the sh article OF the treaty or the 10 of August
1925 The Menomoaees claim Black river their
boundary This claim was made Ia the presence OF the
Sioux Chippewas. Sac. and Foxes Iowas Wtnnebagoe.
Oawas, aud Poiawatomles and was disputed 10y neither
la the Of the sh OF February, 1881, extend their
z boundary further wes-mBkIug Chppeyye
their western boundary; and for southern line,
the Wisconsin they line fson the mouth OF The Chip.
pewa, Black the forks Of the NANCY (now
called the Lenonwei) river, and down that river the
Wisconsin. But tIimiting them Black river on the west
and by the southern line and the NANCY, described In
the uentY Of 1881, fad them have been entitled
this additional - land between the Wisconsin and
Black rveIs. amounting to i03 townships 24Ss S2n
scTes, which, added 532O 2i0 Of the Wlcon
sln-and which u conoeoed 10 have belonged the
Menomonces-and the OF the cession lsis would
appear been 7is $50 The counmiuee has
searched nud sny act Of the Menomonecs by
which they dyes,ed themselves, been dyes
ed, Of this Wisconsin and Black river On the
such the committee finds that the
expressly recognized their tide OF the Wlsoon
SIN by the purchase from them ~ 1850 Of about $1,000
ceased claim ths OF country and both be-
foir the time of making the treaty lSi5 Oshkosh
the head chel Of the Menomonees, and both good and
sensible man, claimed that his Tribe owned nearly
5000 100 In Wisconsin. Il was ia view Of this
unued claim that the Attorney General 10 whom this mat
referred before the treaty Of ISIS used the follow
ug language 10 his opinion given on the occasion Of That
They Che Menomonee.) nsy The wiscon,tn river
title better than theirs, Il they have one
- To this better tide, what more could Indian
say than th.s In 1928 claimed to Black river, la The
presence OF white brother and the Winnebago
neither disputed clain We have occupied aud hunted
the county since, unui 1886. when Great
Father, wanting part OF hts county, applied 10
bay and 10 the NinuebagO aud the WIN.
nebhgo, sold Great Father From 1896 the
hour We have continued - occupy what did then
sell Oar camps were there and families there
when warriors went forth assist in bales
against tho Winnebaso yet you will say title Is bet
{ ter than the Wnnsbagos when he only
hV 4HFe n nFnFn AN hNag
intrigue induced you 10 buy IRON him what belonged
to hm bur 10 US"
Mr.. President those who know the character of the
WmnebagO Indians know that when they have made a
treaty with the government and obtained their money
they drink up and then, like OF pirates and rob
ber-, they commit depredsiIons upon the neshboring
tribes They commit murders and various other offences
on the frontiers The government, finding them bells
ersnt ana maufaudng, goes and treats with them sgaI,
and m order lhatthey may appear 10 cousdea
ton, there - pfeence that land is bought from the
Wnnebsgoes Well may the other Indians stand aehast
and the government has than said oil
lnem, keep still only buying our resce with the
Winnebagoes IN this way do not for the lands
we know that they not theirs 10 grant My honor.
able colleague who j. not IN his seat well knows
The character OF the Wnnebagoes When he was IN
authority, he never allowed them 10 be the lands OF
other Indians without rermssion and II he found them
there ne ehsstsed them, he had occasion do
Than once and believe he had the of these
poor Menomonees in doing H. But 10 proceed with The
report
can this might be said by The Msnomonce and a, the
same time truly said The committee, therefore, canno,
the tue Of the Memo this What.
ever OF nsnrped te the government may have
ecoxulse ~ ihe Wtnnebsgo-s the committee forced
the conviction that The Nenornonee had better than
theirs 70 THIS tract OF