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  Louis. 
  To 
  him 
  reported 
  subordinate 
  officers, 
  called 
  Agents, 
  who 
  were 
  

   placed 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  tribes 
  that 
  were 
  being 
  assigned 
  about 
  

  

  this 
  time 
  to 
  tracts 
  reserved 
  for 
  their 
  use, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  covered 
  the 
  

   region 
  in 
  which 
  their 
  villages 
  were 
  situated. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  this 
  treaty 
  (1830) 
  the 
  Omaha 
  had 
  left 
  their 
  village 
  

   on 
  Omaha 
  creek, 
  near 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  town 
  of 
  Homer, 
  

   Dakota 
  county, 
  Nebraska. 
  They 
  had 
  been 
  driven 
  thence 
  by 
  the 
  

   continued 
  warlike 
  inclusions 
  of 
  the 
  Sioux 
  and 
  were 
  living 
  to 
  the 
  

   southwest 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Elkhorn 
  river. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  treaty 
  made 
  at 
  Bellevue 
  during 
  October, 
  1836 
  (U. 
  S. 
  Slat, 
  at 
  

   Large, 
  vol. 
  vii, 
  p. 
  r>24), 
  the 
  Omaha, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  Oto, 
  Missouri, 
  

   Yankton, 
  and 
  Santee 
  Sioux, 
  ceded 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  their 
  claim 
  

   to 
  land 
  lying 
  between 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Missouri 
  and 
  the 
  Missouri 
  river, 
  

   and 
  received 
  payment 
  therefor. 
  The 
  Omaha 
  agreed 
  to 
  build 
  their 
  

   village 
  near 
  the 
  agency 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  recently 
  established 
  at 
  Belle- 
  

   vue, 
  the 
  Government 
  promising 
  to 
  break 
  and 
  fence 
  100 
  acres 
  for 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  tribe. 
  

  

  Between 
  183G 
  and 
  1854 
  the 
  Omaha 
  villages 
  wore 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  

   Bellevue. 
  This 
  United 
  States 
  Indian 
  agency 
  had 
  control 
  over 
  the 
  

   affairs 
  of 
  several 
  tribes 
  besides 
  the 
  Omaha, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  

   reduced 
  in 
  numbers 
  by 
  disease 
  and 
  other 
  mishaps. 
  During 
  this 
  

   period 
  the 
  Omaha 
  made 
  two 
  attempts 
  to 
  return 
  and 
  live 
  on 
  t 
  heb- 
  

   oid 
  village 
  site 
  near 
  Homer 
  hut 
  each 
  was 
  frustrated 
  by 
  Sioux 
  war 
  

   parties 
  threatening 
  their 
  families, 
  crops, 
  and 
  ponies. 
  

  

  In 
  1854 
  the 
  Omaha 
  made 
  a 
  treaty 
  with 
  the 
  Government 
  at 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  (U. 
  S. 
  Stat, 
  at 
  Large, 
  vol. 
  x, 
  p. 
  1043) 
  by 
  which 
  they 
  ceded 
  

   their 
  hunting 
  grounds 
  in 
  Nebraska, 
  keeping 
  for 
  their 
  own 
  use 
  a 
  tract 
  

   of 
  300,000 
  acres 
  bordering 
  the 
  Missouri 
  river 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  

   the 
  place 
  where 
  their 
  old 
  village, 
  near 
  Homer, 
  had 
  stood. 
  A 
  pro- 
  

   vision 
  was 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  treaty, 
  which 
  was 
  repeated 
  in 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  treaties 
  of 
  that 
  date 
  made 
  with 
  Indian 
  tribes, 
  namely, 
  to 
  

   survey 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  reservation 
  and 
  apportion 
  a 
  certain 
  amount 
  

   of 
  land 
  to 
  those 
  individuals 
  who 
  desired 
  to 
  possess 
  permanent 
  homes 
  

   (sec. 
  <>). 
  A 
  sawmill 
  and 
  a 
  gristmill 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  erected 
  and 
  main- 
  

   tained 
  out 
  of 
  tribal 
  funds, 
  on 
  the 
  new- 
  Omaha 
  reservation; 
  also 
  a. 
  

   blacksmith 
  and 
  a 
  farmer 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  provided. 
  The 
  mone\ 
  s 
  received 
  

   for 
  the 
  land 
  ceded 
  by 
  this 
  treaty 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   and 
  the 
  payments 
  were 
  arranged 
  to 
  extend 
  through 
  forty 
  years. 
  

  

  By 
  a 
  treaty 
  of 
  March, 
  1865, 
  made 
  at 
  Washington 
  (U. 
  S. 
  Slat, 
  at 
  

   Large, 
  vol. 
  xiv, 
  p. 
  667) 
  the 
  Omaha, 
  sold 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  a 
  strip 
  

   from 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  reservation, 
  for 
  the 
  occupancy 
  of 
  the 
  

   Winnebago 
  tribe, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  removed 
  from 
  their 
  old 
  home 
  in 
  

   Minnesota. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  payment 
  for 
  this 
  land 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  ex- 
  

   pended 
  for 
  stock, 
  implements, 
  breaking 
  of 
  lands, 
  etc. 
  The 
  pro- 
  

   vision 
  for 
  allotting 
  the 
  Omaha 
  individual 
  holdings, 
  contained 
  In 
  

  

  