The Progress., 1888-02-18

years the Government thought it
necessary to make another pur-
Ichase or treaty with US, for anoth-
er product Of our cold and dismal
country. This we designate as
the Mineral Sale Again did
we have the assurance from the
commission that the Great-father
did not want to buy the land but
the mineral alone, that in after
many years if he needed the land
for his white children he would
then buy from US. Again on the
ensuing year a copy of the trea-
ty Cd was read by the agent, the
same purporting to be copy Of
the papers we had signed,
again it was Altogether Different.
We protested. but it was in vain.
The agent promising to lay the
matter before Congress and the
President. Lo WE HAD SOLD
THE LAND AND MADE NO REsER-
vATIoN !! : And
this was the second time the game
was played on us. Again on this
sale we were to be paid so much
during IS years. In the course of
time the annuities were being paid,
when Lo, the annuities of the
Timber Sale'' had been dropped,
the annuities of the "Mineral
Land" having SWALLOWED THEM |!
The next treaty made between
the U. S. Government and Chip
pewa Indians for tract of land
IN the Mississippi country to locate
the Winnebago Indians. For that
cession we were to receive seventy
thousand dollars, ($70,000) which
we never received. The next cess
ion made to the Government by
the Chippewa Indians is the Isle
Royale, in Lake Superior, the
consideration to be $4,000. Of
which sum
| We Never Realized A Cent!
Then comes the memorable
treaty Of Sept. 80, 1854. This was
the first time that the commission
ers were authorized by the Gov
ernment to PURCHASE the lands.
This cession we designate as the
Fond du Lac'' sale. In this
cession the Indians refused to be
governed by any surveyors line,
being totally ignorant of the same,
but located the boundaries of the
sale by land marks, lakes and riv-
ers. Be it understood, that from
| time immemorial an imaginary
line has existed between Indians
Of Lake Superior and those inhab-
iting lands whose waters flow into
the Mississippi, also waters flow
ing North; therefore on the Mis-
sabe range must this line be loca-
ted. The Bois-fort Indians had
no right to cede any lands South
of this line, neither have they ev-
er claimed any; therefore I have
reasons to suppose that there is
yet a tract Of land which has not
been ceded. H.
From the Fond du Lac sale was
created the several reservations
now occupied by the Lake Superb
or Chippewas. Particular pains
were taken to select suitable To-
cation for this reservation. Our
rice beds and fisheries, as we'll as
suitable farming lands, being the
objects in view. It was with this
treaty as with the preceding ones.
The Papers we had Signed had
Been Tempered With.
And a new version Of the treaty
was introduced, and in spite Of a
general protest we were compelled
to accept the new and abide by
the same until such times when all
understanding could de had with
the powers that be. Therefore
the document purporting to be
copy Of the original which the
agent held was a fraud, wherein
our signatures and marks had
been forged. :
During the administration Of
President Taylor, made visit to
Washington accompanied by a
very competent interpreter. The
President gave us satisfactory en-
couragement, but as Congress was
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