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TREATY WITH THE CHIPPEWAS. Auo. 2, 1847. 905 States for such purposes; and that Chippewas of full or mixed blood shall be employed as teachers, blacksmiths, and laborers, when such persons can be employed who are competent to perform the duties required of them under this and all former treaties. Arvrrcnm IV. It is stipulated that the half or mixed bloods of the Chippewas re- Half or mixed siding with them shall be considered Chippewa Indians, and shall, as g,Q{’d° °f to'? such, be allowed to participate in all annuities which shall hereafter be congfsizivjg Q paid to the Chippewas of the Mississippi and Lake Superior, due them Chippvww by this treaty, and by the treaties heretofore made and ratified. Arvrrcna V.* The United States agree to establish an agency on or near the Mis- b An mzeiwg *0 sissippi River, at a point convenient for the Chippewas of the Missis- ° as ls"; ' sippi, immediately after the ratification of this treaty, or as soon thereafter as may be, to be located at such point as the President shall direct, and the amount of annuities to which the Chippewas of the Annuities to lic Mississippi are entitled under this and all former treaties shall be paid f,’g;‘;cy_“° wd to them at the said agency, and the amount of their just proportion of annuities resulting from former treaties shall be determined by the President. Anrrcnn VI. This treaty shall be obligatory upon the contracting parties when ratified by the President and Senate of the United States. In testimony whereof, the said Isaac A. Verplank and Henry M. Signed 2d Au- Rice, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs, headmeu and warriors K"": ”m· of' the Chippewas of the Mississippi and Lake Superior, have hereunto set their hands, at the Fond du Lac of Lake Superior, this second day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- seven. ISAAC A. VERPLANK. HENRY M. RICE. Kaiiah-want-eda, 2d chief, his x mark, Crow-wing. Waub-o-jceg, 1st chief, his x mark, Gull Lake. Uttom-auh, 1st warrior, his x mark, Crow-wing. Shen-goob, Ist warrior, his x mark, Crow-wing. Que-wish-an-sish, lst warrior, his x mark, Gull Lake. Maj-c-gah-bon, 2d warrior, his x mark, Crow-wing. Kag-gag-c-we guon, warrior, his x mark, Crow-wing. Mab uk-um-ig, warrior, hi x mark, Crow-wing. Nag aun cg-a bon, 2d chief, his x mark,.Sandy Lake. Wan jc-ke-shig-uk, chief, his x mark, Sandy Lake. Kow-az-rum—ig-ish-kung, warrior, his x mark, Sandy Lake. Ke·che·wask keenk, 1st chief, his x mark, Lapointe. Gab im ub·be, chief, his x mark, St. Croix Lake. Kee che-waub-ish-ash, lst chief, his x mark, Pelican Lakes. Nig-gig, 2d chief, his x mark, Pelican Lakes. Ud-c-kum-ag, 2d chief, his x mark, Lac flambeau. Ta-che-go-onk, 3d chief, his x mark, Lapointe. Muk-no-a-wuk-und, warrior, his x mark, Lapointe. O-sho-gaz, warrior, his x mark, St. Croix. A-dow-c-re-shig, warrior, his x mark, Lapointe. Keesh-ri-tow-ng, lst warrior, his x mark, Lapointe. " This article was struck out by the Senate. See note at the end of this treaty, p. 907.