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TREATY WITH THE CHIPPEWAS. Sarr. 30, 1854. 1109 FRANKLIN PIERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Sept. 30, 1864. ro ALL AND SINGULAR ro wnom rnnsn reassure SHALL comm, GREETINGS WHEREAS a treaty was made and concluded at La Pointe, in the State of Wisconsin, on the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, by Henry C. Gilbert and David B. Herriman, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, by their chiefs and headmen, which treaty is in the words following, to wit:-— Articles of a treaty made and concluded at La Pointe, in the State of Wisconsin, between Henry C. Gilbert and David B. Herriman, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, by their chiefs and headmen. Anrrcnn 1. The Chippewas of Lake Superior hereby cede to the Qession to me United States, all the lands heretofore owned by them in common with g§*°‘;£';*fj. by the Chippewas of the Mississippi, lying east of the following boundary Lskgpsupsyaoy, line, to wit: Beginning at a point, where the east branch of Snake River crosses the southern boundary line of the Chippewa country, running thence up the said branch to its source, thence nearly north, in a. straight line, to the mouth of East Savannah River, thence up the St. Louis River to the mouth of East Swan River, thence up the East Swan River to its source, thence in a straight line to the most westerly bendhof Vermillion River, and thence down the Vermillion River to its mout . The Chippewas of the Mississippi hereby assent and agree to the Rgliuquighmgng foregoing cession, and consent that the whole amount of the consideration 1*2_Gbi!}P¤Y¤·¤ of money for the country ceded above, shall be paid to the Chippewas of Cf};;’,’j,i,B§; BY Lake Superior, and in consideration thereof the Chippewas of Lake Lake Superior. Superior hereby relinquish to the Chippewas of the Mississippi, all their interest in and claim to the lands heretofore owned by them in common, lying west of the above boundary line. Anrronn 2. The fUnitedCStates agree to set aréart and withhfold from f Basiuervmon of sale, for the use o the hi ewas of Lake uperior, the ollowing °¤‘ P°'{” described tracts of land, viz : if L°k° sEp°n°;' 1st. For the L’Anse and Vieux De Sert bands, all the unsold lands in the following townships in the State of Michigan: Township fifty one north range thirty-three west; township dfty-one north range thirty-two west; the east half of township fifty north range thirty-three west; the west half of township fifty north range thirty~two west, and all of township fifty-one north range thirty-one west, lying west of Huron Ba . gl. For the La Pointe band, and such other Indians as may see fit to settle with them, a tract of land bounded as follows: Beginning on the south shore of Lake Superior, a few miles west of Montreal River, at the mouth of a creek called by the Indians Ke-che—se-be-we-she, running thence south to a line drawn east and west through the centre of township forty-seven north, thence west to the west line of said township, thence south to the southeast corner of township forty-six north, range thirty- two west, thence west the width of two townships, thence north the width of two townships, thence west one mile, thence north to the lake shore,