878 TREATY WITH THE WINNEBAGOES. Ocr. 13, 1846 TREATY WITH THE WINNEBAG0 INDIANS. October 13, 1846. Articles of a Treaty made and concluded at the City of Washington,
mr the thirteenth Dery of October, in the Year one thousand eight
February 4, 1847. hundred and forty-sez, between the United States, of the one Part, Tmty wm, me by their Commissioners, Albion K. Parris, John J. Abert, and T. Wi¤¤¤l¤g¤¤= P. Andrews, and the VI/Yrznebago Tribe of Indians, of the other §;.`§§'df8‘;G(?°l°' Part, by a full Delegation of said Tribe yccially appointed by the ' Chiefs, Head Man, and War2·i0rs t/zcrc¢ Arvncux I. mE:;;; m It is solemnly agreed, that the peace and friendship which exist bevm P P tween the people of the United States and the Winnebago Indians shall be perpetual; the said tribe of Indians giving assurance, hereby, of fidelity and friendship to the government and people of the United States, and the United States giving to them, at the same time, promise of all proper care and parental protection. An·r1c1.¤ II. L¤¤d¤ é==§¤d The said tribe of Indians hereby agree to cede and sell, and do §’m£l° “'°°d hereby code and sell, to the United States, all right, title, interest, claim, and privilege, to all lands, wherever situated, now or heretofore occupied or claimed by said Indians, within the States and Territories of the United States, and especially to the country now occu-. pied, inhabited, or in any way used by them, called the “Neutral Ground," which tract of country was assigned to said Indians by the I¤d~ ']`=¤¤*· second article of the treaty of Fort Armstrong, concluded on the v°l‘ LP` Sd` fifteenth day of September, 1832, and ratified on the thirteenth day of February following. Awrxcu: III.
I¤ considm- In consideration of the foregoing purchase from, or cession by, the said Indians, the United States hereby agree to purchase and give to
ted States agree the said Indians, as their home, to be held as all India¤s’ lands are
- 9 P¤'°h§§° ig: held, a. tract of country north of St. Peter’s and west of the Missis-
5;v°:h;l::i:0,,:Q { sippi Rivers, of not less than eight hundred thousand acres, which tract ¤f <=¤¤¤¤y shall be suitable to their habits, wants, and wishes: Provided, Such ‘]§‘;;l},S°;-$2,5;; land can be obtained on just and reasonable terms. of the Mississipplmvcm Amxcnz IV. TM U¤i¤¢¥i The United States agree to pay to said tribe of Indians the sum of sttwfo :§E§° Igg one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the land, and the sum of Slime. $50,000 forty thousand dollars for release of hunting privileges, on the lands
- `°;0‘g80l°"lQ; **:3 adjacent to their present home, making the sum of one hundred and
ésé of running ninety thousand dollars, being in further consideration of the oession mg;°§:§: :Q: or sale made to the United States by the second article of this treaty; mei, Primm to be pand as follows : Forty thousand dollarstoenable them to comply home. with their present just engagements, and to cover the expenses of ex- _H¤w¢¤l>¢ ¤P· ploring and selecting (by their own people, or by an agent of their phed. - - - own appomtment) thesr new home; twenty thousand dollars m consideration of their removing themselves, and twenty thousand dollars in consideration of their subsisting themselves the first year after their removal; ten thousand dollars to be expended for breaking up and
