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and between the Sioux and the Missouri State north Hne. The 

 tract contains 6000 or 7000 square miles. The Indians 

 have stipulated to remove in two years. By this cession, the 

 Indian title has become extinct in the whole tract between the 

 Missisippi and Missouri Rivers. The Sioux hold a strip on 

 the northern frontier of the new state, which is the only 

 Indian country, except the neutral ground, now within the 

 limits fixed by Congress for the State boundary. 



The authorities relied upon for the foregoing statements are, Gabriel 

 Sagard, Hennepin^ Lahontan, Charlevoix, Histoire Gen. des Voyages, 

 Paris, 1757; Bossu, Lockman, Churchill, Heriot's Hist. Canada, Pike, 

 Schoolcraft, Nicollet, Long, Laws of Congress, Public Documents, &c. 



