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 342 TREATY WITH THE MENOMONIES. 1831. In presence of E. Breathitt, Secty. to Coms. W. Ward, Ag!. for Choctaws. M, Mackey, U. S. Intr. John Pitchlynn, U. S. Intr. R. P. Currin. Jno. W. Byrn. Geo. S. Gaines. To the Indian names are subjoined marks. ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT Feb. s, 1831. Made and concluded at the City ry' Washington, this eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, be- Juiy 9, 1832. tween John H Eaton, Secretary ry" War, and Samuel C. Stambaugh, Indian Agent at Green Bay, specially authorized by the President of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the Jlffenomonee nation of Indians, fully authorized and empowered by the said nation, to conclude and settle all matters provided for by this agreement. THE Menomonee Tribe of Indians, by their delegates in council, this day, define the boundaries of their country as follows, to wit; Boundaries of On the east side of Green Bay, Fox river, and Winnebago lake, be- Menomonee ginning at the south end of Vilinnebago lake; thence sontheastwardly °°“¤¤'Y· to the Milwauky or Manawauky river; thence down said river to its mouth at lake Michigan; thence north, along the shore of lake Michigan, to the mouth of Green Bay; thence up Green Bay, Fox river, and Winnebago lake, to the place of beginning. And on the west side of Fox river as follows: beginning at the mouth of Fox river, thence down the east shore of Green bay, and across its mouth, so as to include all the islands of the “Grand Traverse ;" thence westerly, on the highlands between the lake Superior and Green bay, to the upper forks of the Menomonee river; thence to the Plover portage of the Wisconsin river; thence up the WVisconsin river, to the Soft Maple river; thence to the source of the Soft Maple river; thence west to the Plume river, which falls into the Chippeway river; thence down said Plume river to its mouth; thence down the Chippeway river thirty miles; thence easterly to the forks of the Manoy river, which falls into the Wiscorisiri river; thence down the said Manoy river to its mouth; thence down the Wiscousin river to the WVisconsin portage; thence across the said portage to the Fox river; thence down Fox river to its mouth at Green bay, or the place of beginning. The country described within the above boundaries, the Menomonees claim as the exclusive property of their tribe. Not yet having disposed of any of their lands, they receive no annuities from the United States: whereas their brothers the Pootowottomees on the south, and the Winnebagoes on the west, have sold a great portion of their country, receive large annuities, and are now encroaching upon the lands of the Menomonees. For the purposes, therefore, of establishing the boundaries of their country, and of ceding certain portions of their lands to the United States, in order to secure great and lasting beneiits to themselves and posterity, as well as for the purpose of settling the long existing dispute between themselves and the several tribes of the New York Indians, who claim to have purchased a portion of their lands, the undersigned, chiefs and headmen of the Menomonee tribe, stipulate and agree with the United States, as follows: First. 'I‘he Menomonee tribe of Indians declare themselves the friends and allies of the United States, under whose parental care and protec-