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TREATY WITH THE BOIS FORTE INDIANS. Arm:. 7, 1866. 765 Treaty between the United States of America and the Bois Forte Band of Oki pewa Indians; Ooncluded April 7, 1866; Ratification advised, with Aiitendment, April 26, 1866; Amendment accepted April 28, 1866; Proclaimed May 5, 1866. ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, April 7, 1866. ·ro nr. Ann siacunn ro wuou runes runs:-mrs susm. coms, examine: Wmemtss a treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washing- P¤<·>¤·¤¤l>l¤- ton, in the District of Columbia, on the seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, by and between Dennis N. Cooley and E. E. L. Taylor, Commissioners, on the part of the United States, and Gabeshcodaway or Going through the Prairie, Babawmadjeweshcang or Mountain Traveller, and others, chiefs, headmen, and warriors of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians, on the part of said band of Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit:-- Amzicmcs or it Timur made and concluded at Washington, District of Contracting Columbia, this seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thou- P°'*i°°· sand eight hundred and sixty-six, by and between the United States, party of the first part, by their Commissioners, D. N. Cooley, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and E. E. L. Taylor, thereunto duly authorized, and the Bois Forte band of Chippewa Indians, parties of the second part, by the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and warriors of said bands, thereunto duly authorized. Anrronm I. The peace and friendship now existing between the Pe¤c<·>_¤¤d United States and said Bois Forte bands of Indians shall be perpetual. m°“‘m"P• Aurrcmt II. In consideration of the agreements, stipulations, and Cession of undertakings to be performed by the United States, and hereinafter ex- l*}:?,;;°S?;“_ pressed, the Bois Forte bands of Chippewas have agreed to, and do hereby, cede and forever relinquish and surrender to the United States all their right, title, claim, and interest in and to all lands and territory heretofore claimed, held, or possessed by them, and lying east of the boundary Boundariesline mentioned and established in and by the first article of the treaty made and concluded by and between the United States of the one part, and the Chippewas of Lake Superior and the Mississippi of the other part, on the 30th day of September, A. D. 1854, and more especially in Voi. x. p. 1109. and to all that portion of said territory heretofore claimed and occupied by them at and near Lake Vermillion as a reservation. The Bois Forte band of Chippewas in like mannner cede and relinquish forever to the United States all their claim, right, title, and interest in and to all lands and territory lying westwardly of said boundary line, or elsewhere within the limits of the United States. Awrxctn III. In consideration of the foregoing cession and re1in· STM g¤i¤¤i quishment, the United States agree to and will perform the stipulations, ,,;:22 undertakings, and agreements following, that is to say: -- vaticn. Ist. There shall be set apart within one year after the date of the ratihcation of this treaty, under the direction of the President of the