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533 TREATY WITH THE SIOUX. 1837. From La Pointe, (on Lake Superior.) Chi¢. Ta-qua-ga-na, or Two Lodges Meeting, Pe·zhe-ke, or the Buffalo, Ch¤·°h°·9.“°·°· From Mille Lac. Chiefs. Warriors. Wa-shask-ko·kone, or Rats Liver. Ada·we-ge-shik, or Both Ends of the Sky, Wen-ghe-ge-she-guk, or the First Day. Ka-ka-quap, or the Sparrow. From Sandy Lake. Chiefs. Warriors. Ka-nan-da-wa-win-zo or Le Brocheux, _ _ _ _ h M th t S, d We-we.shan-shis, the Bad Boy, or Big Nxtzsgw ga bo, t 6 an R an S Mouth _ _ _ S k_ Ke~che-wa-me-te-go, or the Big French- Sa ga M gum or pun man. From Snake river. Chiefs. Warriors. Naudin, or the Wind, Ha-tau-wa, Sha-go-bai, or the Little Six, Wa-ine-te-go·zhins, the Little French- Pay·a-jik, or the Lone Man, man, l N a—qua—na-bie, or the Feather. Shome-a, or Silver. From Fond du Lac, (on Lake Superior.) Chiefs. Shing-go-be, or the Spruce. Meng-g0·sit, or the Loons Foot, From Red Cedar lake. Mont-so-mo, or the Murdering Yell. From Red lake. Francois Goumean (a half breed.) From Leech lake. Warriors. Wa·zan-ko-ni-a, or Yellow Robe. Sha-wa·ghe-zbig, or the Sounding Sky, Signed in presence of Verplanck Van Antwerp, Sec’y. to the Commissioner. M. M. Vineyard, U. S. Sub-Ind. Agt. Daniel P. Bushnell. Law. Taliaferro, Ind. Agent at St. Peters. Martin Scott, Capt. 5th Reg’t. Infty. J. Emerson, Ass’t.. Surg. U. S. Army. H. H. Sibley. H. L. Dousman. S. C. Stambeugh. E. Lockwood. Lyman M. Warren. J. N. Nicollet. Harmen Van Antwerp. Wm. H. Forbes. Jean Baptiste Dubay, Interpreter. Peter Quinn, Interpreter. S. Campbell, U. S. Interpreter. Stephen Bongo, Interpreter. Wm. W. Coriell. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. ARTICLES OF A TREATY, S_,,,,,_ 29, 183, Made at the City of Washington, between Joel R. Poinsett, thereto

 specially authorised by the President of the United States, and

June 15, mss.` certain chiefs and braves of the Sioux nation m' Indians. Ccsmn Guam Arzrrctn 1st. rI‘he chiefs and braves representinglthe parties having to the U. S. an interest therein, cede to the United States all their land, east of the Mississippi river, and all their islands in the said river. · · Arvrrcm 2d. In consideration of the cession contained in the pre- Consideration _ _ _ , , _ _ therefor. ceding article, the United States agree to the following stipulations on their part.