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 908 TREATY WITH PILLAGER. BAND OF INDIANS. Aim. 21, 1847. Mg- "· *8*7- TREATY WITH THE PILLAGER. BAND OF CHIPPEWA lamn T£;'°°A,,,§°'i,, INDIANS. Articks of a Treaty made and concluded at Leech Lake em the twenty- jirst Day of August, in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, between the United States, by their Commissioners, Isaac A. Verplcm/c and Henry M Rice, and the Pilluger Band of Unippewa Indians, by their Chiefs, Hcaduzen, and Warriors. Am·1cr.¤ I. Peqce and I1- is agreed that the peace and friendship which exists between the  ‘° "° United States and the'Iudia.us, parties to this treaty, shall be perpetual, Amxcu: II. Uessicu oflquds The Pillager band of Chippewa Indians hereby sell and cede tc the g’tu;¤° Umwd United States all the country within the following boundaries, viz.; ` Beginning at the south end of Otter Tail Lake ; thence southerly on the boundary line between the Sioux and Chippewa Indians to Long Prairie River; thence up said river to Crow Wing River; thence up Crow Wing River to Leaf River; thence up Leaf River to the head of said river; and from thence in a direct line to the place of beginning. ARTICLE III. I *;;**:2%  It is stipulated that the country hereby ceded shall be held by the d`;,, [End umii United States as Indian land, until otherwise ordered by the President. oshetwise order- _ Am·1c1.z IV. Annuity in In consideration of the foregoing cession, the United States agrcc z¤¤d¤ Mg v¤=v¤» toafumisb to the Pillager band of Chippewa Indians annually, rm me Q`} ,;2n?°;;°:{:; years, the following articles: Fifty three-point Mackinaw blankets, ceswion. three hundred two and a half point Mackinaw blankets, iifiy one and a. half point Mackinaw blankets, three hundred and forty yards of gray list cloth, four hundred and fifty yards of white list scarlet cloth, eighteen hundred yards of strong dark prints, assorted colors, one hundred and fifly pounds three-thread gray gilliug twine, seventy-five pounds turtle twine, tihy bunches sturgeon twine, twenty-Eve pounds of linen thread, two hundred combs, ive thousand assorted needles, one hundred and iiily medal lookingglasses, ten pounds of vermillion, thirty nests (fourteen each) heavy tin kettles, five hundred pounds of tobacco, and live barrels of salt. And the United States further agree, that at the first payment made under this treaty, the Indians, parties to this treaty, shall receive as a present two hundred warranted beaver traps and seventy-tive north-west gunsi Aurrcma V. Treaty to be This treaty shall be obligatory upon the parties thereto when ratified m”w'f: by the President and Senate of the United States. In testimony Pmidem or me whereof, the said Isaac A. Verplank and Henry M. Rice, commissioners, U¤**°d $*-**4**- as aforesaid, and the chiefs, headmcn, and warriors of the Piliager band of Chippewa Indians, have hereunto set their hands at Leech