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952 TREATY WITH THE MENUMONEES. Oc·1·. 18, 1848. TREATY WITH THE MENOMONEE TRYQBE OF INDIANS. Oct. 18, 184.8. Articles of a Treaty made and concluded at Luke Pma-azwhay-Icon-nay,

 in the Stale of Hdscmsin, on the eighteenth Day of October, one

23, 1849. thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, between the United States qf America, by William Lfedill, a Commissioner duly appointed for that purpose, and the Menomonee Triée of Indians, by the Chiefs, .&admm, and Warriors of said Tribe. Arzrrcnz I. _Peaee and It is stipulated and solemnly agreed that the peace and friendship f*;°¤*1:‘:l° *° b° new so happily subsisting between the government and people of the P meUnited States and the Menomonee Indians shall be er etual. P P A.m·1c1.z H. The Mmomo. The said Menomonee tribe of Indians agree to cede, and do hereby Gcesscediwhdte cede, sell, and relinquish to the United States all their lands in the lggldsguawifcfllf State of Wisconsin wherever situated. · SID. Azrrrcnn HI. _In considers.- In consideration of the foregoing cession, the United States agree to '“°}‘ fg; give, and do hereby give, to said Indians for a home, to be held as In- Elggggvc to said dians’ lands are held, all that country or tract of land ceded to the said ¢rib¤_f<>r·¤ home United States by the Chippewa Indians of the Mississippi and Lake $21:%;.* Superior, in the treaty of August 2, 1847, and the Pillager hand of pews. Chippewa Indians, in the treaty of August 21, 1847, which may not be assigned to the Winnebago Indians, under the treaty with that tribe of October 13, 1846, and which is guarantied to contain not less than six hundred thousand acres. ABT1cLm IV. _I¤ further e¤n~ In further and full consideration of said cession, the United States §‘d?:;;g“g‘° U· agree to pay the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, at the ui"., hundgagé several times, in the manner and for the ur oses followin , viz.: P P g Mid §YHm*h°)¤; To the chiefs, as soon after the same shall be appropriated by Cen- '.}?, mg cmetkné gress as may be convenient to enable them to arrange and settle the settle the attain aifairs of their tribe preparatory to their removal to the country set °§€f,h§00mb°’ &°" ¤P¤1’i for and given to them as above, thirty thousand dollars, TS certainper. To such persons of mixed blood, and in such proportion to each, ¤¤¤¤ ¤fm¤&¤<l as the chiefs in council, and a commissioner to be appointed by the m°°a’ S ’President, shall designate and determine, and as soon after the appropriation thereof as may be found practicable and expedient, forty thousand dollars. rm- exp,,,,, In such manner and at such times as the President shall prescribe, ¤g0 000¤¤¤<>Y¤L in consideration of their removing themselves, which they agree to do, x ’without further cost or ex ense to the United States, twent thousand d ll P y 0 ars. For subsistence In auch manner and at such times as the President shall prescribe, 2; °°° 3e:'°Y:{‘ in consideration of their subsisting themselves the first year after pg_gw_ ’ their removal, which they agree to do, without further cost or expense on the part of the United States, twenty thousand dollars. p,, ,, mmm To be laid out and applied, under the direction of the President, in