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OPPICIAIJOHN TV!.Kit,PRESIDENT OK THE I’NITED STATES lt;| AMERICA,TO ALL AND SISICI LAR TO UIIOM T!IK»L FHFM.N 8IIAI.I. COMK, Lllt;LI. IING : *Whfrete, a Treaty wa- made and v Deluded ( Pointe of Lake Superior, in the Territory of V... con*m, between Robert Stuart, Commi—inner nr, it,» part of tin* I uitcd Stale**. and the Chippewa lr..:...i« of the Mississippi and Lake Superior, by thnr «).i. and headmen, on tin- fourth da) of Octpbrr. in tie year of our Lor.1, one thousand eight hundred and 1 forty-two, which Treaty in word for word usfniloa* to w it:| •trtifir* nf a Irmly madt ami concluded at Im I' „j iMkr Hu/teriur, in Hu Territory «jI Wur.im-i h,'. Iictm Rtert Stuart. Commimoncr an ttu pni r /.« I'mini StallB, ind th' (hi/i}'ftra htdiutu uj lh, \J invi/i/f, utul Like Svjietior, hy thnr Chief* .m„ ....mm :Ahtk i i 1. The Cl.ipjH-wa Indians of the M sippi and Lake Super 101 cede to ihr I oiled Mali* I all t!i« country within the following boundari*-. »i.beginning at ll.c mouth of Chocolate river *t Lain , Superior; thence northwardly acros- -aid lain to intersect the boundary line between th« I nited Stales and the Province of Canada ; thenrr up v.n ! Lake Superior to the mouth of the St. I»uiv m Fond du Lac river (including all the islands in *uid lake ! thrnce up said river to die American Fur Comj.am trading post, at Ihe south ward Jy bend thereof, ab.1.,1 tweuty-lwo mile* from its muuiti; thence south m lerircl the line cf the treats of the !£hh July, lr.’tT. with tin Clnppi w.(« . 1 lb. .*11*-1 --1j• j i l|„ : .•aid line to it' Miiifbc.istwurtlly eiticiiuii, n. ar u.« Plover portage on the Wisconsin rn’.-r p.m. northeastwardly along the boundary line. In*tw.« n U,. Clnppew a* and Menoinoi.ers, to iU ca«lrrii iirmn . lion, (eitablbhtd by the treaty held with Hi. ( L«- ,, was, Menomonee*. and VVinebagoc- a lt .it d,. Moris. August IIUi, IW7) on (be Skonau i « river a I Creeiibuy; i lie arc northwardly, t«» the -. u;i«. , | Chocolate river ; thenrr down said river to it-nr the plan* ..I begit.iiir.g ; i( being tl.r inlcftli i. .11*.niriie- to ibi' trial) to include hi this ce-iin • i • tnppewa lands rastwurdly of the aforesaid line nr niDg Irom the aforesaid Fui Company * trading ; •:on the Fond do Lac river, to the inteoei tion lt;il ' *lim of the treaty made with t»,e ( bliipraa* ol ll Mi—i‘-ippi, July *29 lb, 1*17.Amn 11 II. The Indians stipulate for the right i hunting on the reded Territory « ith Hie other u- M privileges of occupancy, until required to mm.u * the President of th* I micd Mates, and that the law of ihe I nited State- shall Im- eontinunl r» f..iclt; resp.it to the ii I rode and intercourse with tin white until ot lie i wine order cl by Congress\ati..» III It i» agreed by ihe parties io th.* Fr * aty, that whim tei ihe Indians .hull he requited to remove from the ceded district, all tlie weeded lands belonging to the Indian* ol Fond du Lae. Bond) Lake, mid Mi-.oilj pi Jtind*.-hall be Uir ei ium .n property and home of ail the Indian*, party to th -Tieaty. r 7A at nit IV. In consideration of i he foregoing r. •non. the I niled Slate, rng.gr to pay to th. lt;l.n ( wu Indian* of the Mi**l**lppi, and I ,ke Superior annuaIIv, for twenty live year*, twelve th*.u*and five hundred (|**,.r»tK)) dollars, in *j elt; ir, fen thou-and file hundred (lO.oUQ dollar, in goods, ion th,, I (‘2,0'-41) dollar, in provision, and tobacco, srd twoihou.iind {‘2.1kMi) dollar* for the support of twohl, . smith sin p. (including pay of •rniths and a**i-tant-and iron,steel, f*- lorn thousand (1,000 | nllar* t*|wy of two farmers, twelve hundred (|.9Ht) lor i av of two carpenter*, and two thousand (9,QUO) dollais lor the Mipport of scho»»l* for the In.Imm part, to th.. Treaty ; and further, the I nited Slate, engage i pay Ittr -Hill III fiir thou«nml (5.0H0) dollars a* agneultural fund, to he e*|W-nd. d under Hie dim ti ol Uie Secretary of V\ ,r. And al... the .urn of *. vcnty-hvr thon-and (75.0 0) dollars ‘hall U allow -I lor Hie fill «at**facticin of th. u debt a, wlilnri th. . de l dislrirt. which shall lie r*amiiied hy ihiCmn mi—ion. r to tins Freaty, and the amount to!» alb** rd decided upon by him, w hirh shall api» \r m ..dulr hereunto snnesed, The Cmtrd Stut. s .hall; ihr amount ... allowed within th.., %. ,r.Uhrrrns the Isdifttis have r xpr* **ed a *lr - c .ire to have «.,n„ ,,n.» i-n.n mad. for lh. ir hall i r.. .1 illative*, then hue it is agi.e.l that li|l«. n th. u*si (15,000) dollars shall he paid to »-nl I. • i -\ year, US « prro III. to he di.povr.l of, Ih«s, tugethei with L nr agent, -hall dct«nnim in counnVAktimi V. Whereas tin Who), counlty belmr. Lake Sii|m nor and Ihe M.**. ij.pt, ha* alwi y* .* understood as Ik lunging in eomim.n to (hr Chipjw w a*, party Co this treaty , ,md wher.u* the I, ir, • hordenng on Ijtke Siijienor, lmlt;« »...! n...U i »/ti« i i « in tbs . nuity payuM nta i • 1 made With Ihe Chipfrw h* ot the Ml**i**lppl •I.'* I’eters, July 2*Jth, |KI7, and where** all tl. un. e • land* belonging to lh. wf. r.- nd li.diai.*, -i. he*, t-r to he held in rommon, therefore, to rrmotlt; » i occasion for J*alnu*v and di*«fil'itt, it is UkT. 1 that ail the annuity due by Ihe *unl Treaty * annuity du* hr thepi«*, nl T r* ..ty, h«ll l.t forth In equully divl rd among the fhipj .w .* si**ippi and I -o k« Superior, fur ty to tl.i. Frr. *IIM*o that every pefon -hull in.Aann » V I I l.e Indians m di*lriet, si all be «ijLjr. t to reu |i|ej*urc nf the Pre«idrnt A arm i \ II ’Ibis Tr* on the contracting jmrtie.' •idrnt and Srn.li of th. (In testimony wltarrof.ling «a i IMilt;1 th ity *i w h.con,nn**ieof r •Niate•vaid Hi e I nil. Chipprthe part ol t|III. Chil l* and headmen of the the Mi\si«*ippi and Lake Super 1. tin ir bards, st f.u Puini* ol L.k. s•in Fnriti.ry , (J i* fouilh day at •) -rrmi of OIII Lord oi * thouvnfid right hur* *1 an RORF.R '-ii AR1 lt;INf) III Lit! M I St.*I\\lortlt;
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Daily Madisonian
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Tue, Apr 11, 1843
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