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TREATY WITH THE SIOUX, ETC. 18*25. 275 of the United States, and disclaim all dependence upon, and connec· Said tribes aotjnp with, any other p0WC1‘. And the United States agree tg, and rc. knowledge the mgnize, the preceding boundaries, subject to the limitations and restriq- f{,‘§'{’,'“§°Y °* tions before provided. It being, however, well understood that the ° . reservations at Fever River, at the Ouisconsin, and St. Peters, and the ancient settlements at Prairie des Chiens and Green Bay, and the land property thereto belonging, and the reservations made upon the Mississippi, for the use of the half breeds, in the treaty concluded with the Sage and Foxes, August 24, 1824, are not claimed by either of the said A‘"°* *" 229* tribes. ARTICLE 11. The United States agree, whenever the President may think it ne. Acouncilto gessary and proper, to convene such of the tribes, either separately or b° hdd ‘“ 1826* together, as are interested in the lines left unsettled herein, and to recommend to them an amicable and final adjustment of their respective claims, so that the work, now happily begun, may be consummated. It is agreed, however, that a Council shall be held with the Yancton band of the Sioux, during the year 1826, to explain to them the stipulations of this treaty, and to procure their assent thereto, should they be disposed to give it, and also with the Ottoes, to settle and adjust their title to any of the country claimed by the Sacs, Foxes, and Ioways. ARTICLE 12. The Chippewa tribe being dispersed over a great extent of country, An assembly and the Chiefs of that tribe having requested, that such portion of them °I *h° CNP98- as may be thought proper, by the Government of the United States, may xsfé? b° com be assembled in 1826, upon some part of Lake Superior, that the objects and advantages of this treaty may be fully explained to them, so that the stipulations thereof may be observed by the warriors. The Commissioners of the United States assent thereto, and it is therefore agreed that a council shall accordingly be held for these purposes. ARTICLE 13. It is understood by all the tribes, parties hereto, that no tribe shall No tribeto hunt within the acknowledged limits of any other without their assent, (SB but it being the sole object of this arrangement to perpetuate a peace j,,,,,,,, of ,,5,. among them, and amicable relations being now restored, the Chiefs of other, without all the tribes have expressed a determination, cheerfully to allow a re- that “S$"“‘· ciprocal right of hunting on the lands of one another, permission being first asked and obtained, as before provided for. ARTICLE 14. Should any causes of diflziculty hereafter unhappily arise between any In case ol`difliof the tribes, parties hereunto, it is agreed that the other tribes shall g,g;¤{,g;);;w¤·=¤ interpose their good offices to remove such difliculties; and also that ` the government of the United States may take such measures as they may deem proper, to effect the same object. ARTICLE 15. This treaty shall be obligatory on the tribes, parties hereto, from and When to take after the date hereof, and on the United States, from and after its rati- °H`°°'· fication by the government thereof Done and signed and sealed at Prairie des Chiens, in the Territory of Michigan, this nineteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States the fiftieth. WILLIAINI CLARK, LEWIS CASS.