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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



[ETH. ANN. 18 



SCHEDULE OF IIS^DI^^ 



1825 



Aug. 19 



ll'lirrc or lioii' 

 coneJuded 



Prairie cl u 

 Cbieu, Mieli- 

 i g a 11 terri- 

 tory. 



Jicscripliou of 



Stilt. L., 

 VII. 1^72. 



Chip pewa, 

 Sauk and 

 Fox, Me- 

 n m i ni , 

 Iowa, Sioux, 

 Winnebago, 

 and a por- 

 tion of the 

 Ottawa, 

 Chippewa, 

 and Fota- 

 watomi liv- 

 ing on the 

 Illinois. 



falls of that river, ami run thence to tho source of Clear 

 Water river, a branch of the Chippewa; tlieuce S. to Black 

 river; thence to a point where the woods project into the 

 inoailows, and theuce to th(^ Plover portage of the Ouiscousiu. 



It is .agreed between the Winnebagoes and the Sioux, Sacs 

 and Foxes, Chippewas and Ottawas, C'hippewas and Pota- 

 ■vvatomies of the Illinois, that the Winnebago country shall 

 be bounded as follows: Southeasterly by Kock river from its 

 source near the Winnebago lake to thv. Winnebago village, 

 about 40 miles above its mouth; westerly by the E. line of 

 thi> tract lying upon the Missi.-sippi herein secured to the 

 Ottawa, Chijipewa, and Potawatoiiiie Indians of the Illinois; 

 and also by the high blutf described in the Sioux boundary 

 .and running N. to Black river. From this point the Winne- 

 bagoes claim up Black river to a point due W. from the 

 source of the left fork of the Ouisconsin; thence to the 

 source of the said fork and down the same to the Ouiscon- 

 sin; thence down the Ouisconsin to the i)ortage and across 

 tlie ]iortagc to Fox river; thence down Fox river to the Wiu- 

 ueliago lake and to the Grand Kan Kaulin, including in their 

 claim the whole of Winnebago lake; but, for the causes 

 stated below, the line from Black river must for the present 

 be left indeterminate. 



The re|iresi'!itati\ es of the Meuominies not being sufficiently 

 aii|iiainted with their jiioper boundaries to settle the same 

 delinitely, and some uncertainty existing in consequence of 

 the cession made by that trihe upon Fox river and Green 

 liay to the New York Indians, it is agreed between the Meuo 

 minie tribe and the Sioux, Chippewas, Winnebagoes, Otta- 

 wa, Cliippewa, and Potawatoniie Indians of the Illinois, 

 that the claim of the Meuominies to any portion of the land 

 within the boundaries allotted to either of the said tribes 

 shall not be barred by any stipulation herein. It is, how- 

 ever, understood that the general claioi of the Meuominies 

 is bounded on the N. by the Chippewa country, on the E. by 

 Green Bay and Lake Michigan, extending as far S. asMilla- 

 waukee river, and on the W. they claim to Black river. 



The country secured to the Ottawa. Chippewa, and Potawa- 

 toniie tribes of the Illinois is bounded as follows : Beginning 

 at the Winnebago village on Rock river, 40 miles from its 

 mouth, and running theuce down the Kock river to ii line 

 which runs from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi and with 

 that line to the Mississippi opposite to Kock Island; thence 

 up that river to the U. S. reservation at the mouth of the 

 Ouisconsin; thence with the S.aud E. lines of the saidreser- 

 Aation to the Ouisconsin; thencesoutherly|)assiug the heads 

 of tlie small streams emptying into the Mississippi, to the 

 Kock river at the Winnebago village. The Illinois Indians 

 have also a .just claim to a portion of the country Ijounded 

 (S. by the Indian boundary line aforesaid, running from the 

 southern extreme of Lake Michig.au, E. b.v Lake Michigan, 

 N. by the Menominie country, and N\V, liy Koik river. This 

 claim is recognized in the treat,v witli said Illinois tribes at 

 St Louis, Aug. 24, 18IG, but as the Millawaukee and Mane- 

 toowalk bauds are not represented at this council it can not 

 be now detinitel.v adjusted 



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 properly thereto belonging, and the 

 reservations made upon the Mississi]ipi for the use of the 

 half-breeds in the treaty concluded with the Sacs and Foxes, 

 Aug. 24, 1824, are not claimed by either of the said tribes. 



The U. .S. agree whenever the President may think proper, to 

 convene such of the tribes as are interested in the lines left 

 unsettled iiereiii and to reconinieiid to them an amicable and 

 final adjustment of their respective claims. It is agreed, how- 

 ever, that a council shall be held with the Yanctou band of 

 the Sioux during the year 182(i to explain to them the stipu- 

 lations of this treaty anil to procure their assent thereto, 

 and also with the Ottoes, to settle and adjust their title to 

 any of the couutrv claimed bv the Sacs, Foxes, and lowavs. 



