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 320 TREATY WITH THE CHIPPEWAS, ETC. 1829. Pa ment in After the signature of the Treaty, and at the request of the Indians, €°°*l]S· it was agreed, that of the ten thousand, dollars stipulated to be delivered in goods, in 1829, three thousand dollars shall be delivered immediately, leaving seven thousand dollars in goods to be delivered in 1829. Location of The reservation of Pe. Langlois’ wife to be located upon the north gf¤¤¢¤· side of Eel river, between Peerish’s village and Louison’s reservation, The reservation of Betsey Ducharme to be located at Louison’s run. LEWIS CASS, PIERRE MENARD. ARTICLES OF A TREATY Iuly29, 1829. Made and concluded at Prairie du Chien, in the Territory of p,,,,,;,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Imc/zigan, between the United States if America, by their Corn- ·I¤¤· 2» 1830 missioners, General John McNeil, Colonel Pierre llknard, and Caleb Atwater, Esq. and the United Natioizs of CZZZYJPCZUCZ, Ottawa, and Potawatamie Indians, if the waters tj the Illinois, Milwaukee, and Manitoouck Rivers. ARTICLE I. Certainiands Trim aforesaid nations of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatamie Ineeded to U. S. dians, do hereby cede to the United States aforesaid, all the lands comprehended within the following limits, to wit; Beginning at the W`innebago Village, on Rock river, forty miles from its mouth, and running thence down the Rock river, to a line which runs due west from the most southern bend of Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river, and with that line to the Mississippi river opposite to Rock Island; thence, up that river, to the United States’ reservation at the mouth of the Ouisconsin; thence, with the south and east lines of said reservation, to the Ouisconsin river; thence, southerly, passing the heads of the small streams emptying into the Mississippi, to the Rock River aforesaid, at the Winnebago Village, the place of beginning. And, also, one other tract of land, described as follows, to wit: Beginning on the Western Shore of Lake Michigan, at the northeast corner of the held of Antoine Ouitmette, who lives near Gross Pointe, about twelve miles north of Chicago; thence, running due west, to the Rock River, aforesaid; thence, down the said river, to where a line drawn due west from the most southern bend of Lake Michigan crosses said river; thence, east, along said line, to the Fox River of the Illinois; thence, along the northwestern boundary line of the cession of 1816, to Lake Michigan; thence, northwardly, along the Western Shore of said Lake, to the place of beginning. ARTICLE II. Consideration In consideration of the aforesaid cessions of land, the United States lhemyor, aforesaid agree to pay to the aforesaid nations of Indians the sum of sixteen thousand dollars, annually, forever, in specie: said sum to be paid at Chicago. And the said United States further agree to cause to be delivered to said nations of Indians, in the month of October next, twelve thousand dollars worth of goods as a present. And it is further agreed, to deliver to said Indians, at Chicago, fifty barrels of salt, annu-