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 TREATY WITH THE WINNEBAGO INDIANS. Marton 8, 1865. 671 Treaty between the United States of America and the Winnebago Tribe of Indians; Ooncluded March 8, 1865; Ranficatiowz advised, with Amendment, February 13, 1866; Amendment accepted February 20, 1866; Proclaimed March 28, 1866. ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, March 8, 1866. ro am. Ann siaennsn ro wuou mesa rnnssxrs si-ism. coun, sunrise: """""“' Wnnnnas a Treaty was made and concluded at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on the eighth day of March, in the year P¤'°¤¤¤bl•· of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, by and between William P. Dole, Clark W. Thompson, and St. A. D. Balcombe, Commissioners, on the part of the United States, and Little Hill, Little Dacoria, Whirling Thunder, Young Prophet, Good Thunder, Young Crane, and White Breast, Chiefs of the Winnebago Tribe of Indians, on the part of said tribe of Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit : — Attrrcucs or Tnnnr made and concluded at Washington, D. C., between the United States of America, by their Commissioners, Wm. P. C9¤“°°*l¤8 Dole, C. W. Thompson, and St. A. D. Balcombe, and the `Winnebago Pm1w' Tribe of Indians, by their chiefs Little Hill, Little Decoria, WVhirling Thunder, Young Prophet,.Good Thunder, and White Breast, on the 8th day of March, 1865. Anrrcnn I. The Winnebago tribe of Indians hereby cede, sell, and convey to the United States all their right, title, and intel-est in and to ¤¤¤¤i<>¤ of their present reservation in the Territory of Dakota, at Usher’s Landing, i°j;;;Q°S?§,,,_ on the Missouri river, the metes and bounds whereof being on tile in the Indian Department. Anriotn II. In consideration of the foregoing cession, and the valuable improvements thereon, the United' States agree to set apart for the Reservation occupation and future home of the Winnebago Indians, forever, all that gfgggi w"""' certain tract or parcel of land ceded to the United States by the Omaha tribe of Indians on the sixth day of March, A. D. 1865, situated in the Territory of Nebraska, and described as follows, viz: Commencing at a point on the Missouri river four miles due south from the north boundary line of said reservation ; thence west ten miles; thence south four miles; Boundariesthence west to the western boundary line of the reservation ;. thence north to the northern boundary line; thence east to the Missouri river; and thence south along the river to the place of beginning. ARTICLE III. In further consideration of the foregoing cessiou, and in order that the \Vinnebagos may be as well situated as they were when Th¤ U¤i*¢d they were moved from Minnesota, the United States agree to erect on ,?5{:st;°bm their reservation, hereby set apart, a good steam saw-mill with a grist-mill &e. liinds, to ° attached, and to break and fence one hundred acres of land for each band, €g;E‘g;°°d“· and supply them with seed, to sow and plant the same, and shall furnish A,,{e,,d},,B,,t_ them with two thousand dollars’ worth of guns, sixty horses, one hundred Past. p. 672· cows, twenty yoke of oxen and wagons, two chains each, and Eve hundred dollars’ worth of agricultural implements, in addition to those on the reserve hereby ceded.