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904 TREATY WITH THE CHIPPEWAS. Auc.2, 1847. Aug. 2, 1847. .67.-T TREATY WITH THE CHIPPEWAS onsen o S n `Lh n`:¤c?¤;nxeg4¤éYl OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND LAKE SUPERIOR. pn , . Proclamation

“8‘;g°» APN 7; Articles of a Treaty made and concluded at the Fond du Lac of Lake

' Superior an the second Day of August in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty-scum, between like United States by their Commissioners, Isaac A. Vzrplank and Hmry MZ Rice, and the Chippewa Indians zf the Mississippi and Lake Superior, by their C/ziegfs and Headmen. Awrxcnn I. ‘,,P*1=:_ t Mb: I1- is agreed that the peace and friendship which exists between the mn I ° ec le of the United States and the Chi ewa Indians shall be crperpet . P P PP P petual. Anrrcnn II. b C;¤¤g¤:i¤fl¤¤d The Chippewa Indians of the Mississippi and Lake Superior cede J ch: 1,,,,2:;:,;*,*; and sell to the United States all the land within the following boundaand Luke Snpe· ries, viz.: Beginning at the junction of the Crow Wing and Missisgging *h° Umm sippi Rivers, thence up the Crow Wing River to the junction of that ' river with the Long Prairie River thence up the Long Prairie River to the boundary line between the Sioux and Chippewa Indians, thence southerly along the said boundary line to a lake at the head of Long Prairie River, thence in a direct line to the sources of the Watab River, thence down the Watab to the Mississippi River, thence up the Mississippi to the place of beginning; and also all the interest and claim which the Indians, parties to this treaty, have in a tract of land lying upon and north of Long Prairie River, and called One-day’s m§;‘:Qs;{gdi1:g‘ Hunt; but, as the boundary line between the Indians, parties to this ,,,,,,8, U, tm; treaty, and the Chippewa Indians, commonly called “Pillagers," is inyvqty, wd wg definite, it is agreed that before the United States use or occupy the ,0P%Qg§;“§,°5'dg0 said tract of land north of Long Prairie River, the boundary line beme satisfaction or tween the said tract and the Pillager lands shall be defined and settled lm mm'- to the satisfaction of the Pillagers. Anrrcnn IH? In ¤¤¤¤id¤¤¤¤§¤¤ In consideration of the foregoing session, the United States agree to ggségfn €_°§§g$:§ pay to the chiefs of the Chippewas of Lake Superior seventeen thoumd Smtee m pay sand dollars in specie, and to the chiefs of the Chippewas of the Mis- §lE[h80€P‘PP°"'“ sissippi seventeen thousand dollars in specie; the above sums to be ’ ’ paid at such place or places as the President shall direct, and to be paid within six months after this treaty shall be ratified by the Presi- And rm-msg to dent and Senate of the United States; and the United States further f;?{h';’N‘}};sg°f! agree to pay to the chiefs of the Mississippi Indians the sum of one nndim me gg thousand dollars annually for forty-six years; but it is agreed that °*` $000 m' 46 whenever the Chippewa; of the Mississippi shall agree `as to the yml Schools to be established, and the places at which they shall be l0- cated, the number of blopksmiths and laborers to be employed for them, and shall request the United States to expend, from year to year, the annual payments remaining unpaid, in the support of schools, P°£!d‘;‘;'*° *’° °" blacksmiths, and laborers, the same shall be expended by the United

‘ For an amendment to this Article, see note at the end of this treaty, p- 907-