Part 75 (2/2)

Beginning at the junction of Buffalo river with the Red River of the North, in Clay county; thence along the western bank of the Red River of the north to thethe western bank of Sioux Wood river to Lake Traverse; thence along its western shore to its southern extre said Sioux river to the northern line of the state of Iowa; thence along the southern boundary of the state of Minnesota to the Mississippi river; thence up said river to the mouth of Waw-tab river (just north of St Cloud in Stearns county); thence up that river to its head; thence to the place of beginning A part of the state of Iowa not included in the above was also ceded to the United States A large strip of Dakota Territory is included This last tract includes nearly one-half of the state of Minnesota, containing its now richest and most populous counties

Sept 30, 1854, at La Pointe, Lake Superior, Wisconsin, the Chippewas of Lake Superior ceded to the United States all of their lands lying east of a line beginning at a point where the east branch of Snake river crosses the southern boundary line of the Chippewa country, running thence up the said branch to its source; thence nearly north in a straight line to the mouth of East Savannah river; thence up the St Louis river to the mouth of East Swan river; thence up the East Swan river to its source; thence in a straight line to the most westerly bend of Vermillion river, and thence down the Vermillion river to its mouth

HENRY C GILBERT, DAVID B HERRIMAN, _Co treaty e upon Lake Superior in the state of Minnesota, including the valuable iron and other mines

The city of Duluth is within the li to the efforts of Henry M Rice, then in Congress, the commissioners were appointed, and to his personal influence with the Chippewas the treaty was ton, District of Coluoshi+sh bands of Chippewa Indians ceded to the United States all the lands owned or claimed by them in the territory of Minnesota, and included within the following boundaries, viz: ”Beginning at a point where the east branch of Snake river crosses the southern boundary line of the Chippewa country, east of the Mississippi river, as established by the treaty of July 29, 1837, running thence up the said branch to its source; thence nearly north in a straight line to the mouth of East Savannah river; thence up the St Louis river to the mouth of East Swan river; thence up said river to its source; thence in a straight line to the most westerly bend of Verht line to the first andFork river; thence down said river to its mouth; thence down Rainy Lake river to the mouth of Black river; thence up that river to its source; thence in a straight line to the northern extreht line to the mouth of Wild Rice river; thence up the Red River of the North to the ht line to the southwestern extreh said lake to the source of Leaf river; thence down said river to its junction with Crow Wing river; thence down Crow Wing river to its junction with the Mississippi river; thence to the place of beginning”

GEORGE W MANYPENNY, _Commissioner_

All lands in Minnesota Territory east of the foregoing boundary line were ceded to the United States at La Pointe, Lake Superior, Sept 30, 1854 Several reservations were set aside in each purchase for the future residence of various bands of said Chippewa and Pillager Indians

It was by the efforts of Henry M Rice, then in Congress, that the Indians were invited to Washi+ngton, and through his personal influence that the treaty was made Several treaties were afterwardor reducing their reservation

Oct 2, 1863, at the old crossing of the Red Lake river, in the state of Minnesota, the Red Lake and Pembina bands of Chippewa Indians ceded to the United States all their right, title and interest in and to all the lands noned and claimed by them in the state of Minnesota and in the territory of Dakota within the following boundaries, to wit: ”Beginning at the point where the international boundary between the United States and the British possessions intersects the shore of the Lake of the Woods; thence in a direct line southardly to the head of Thief river; thence down the main channel of said Thief river to its mouth on the Red Lake river; thence in a southeasterly direction, in a direct line toward the head of Wild Rice river, to a point where such line would intersect the northwestern boundary of a tract ceded to the United States by a treaty concluded at Washi+ngton on the twenty-second day of February, 1855, with the Mississippi, Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshi+sh bands of Chippewa Indians; thence along said boundary line of said cession to the mouth of Wild Rice river; thence up the main channel of the Red river to the mouth of the Sheyenne; thence up the main channel of the Sheyenne river to Poplar Grove; thence in a direct line to the head of the main branch of Salt river; thence in a direct line due north to the international boundary line; thence eastwardly to the place of beginning”

ALEXANDER RAMSEY, ASHLEY C MORRILL, _Co treaty east of the Red River of the North are within the state of Minnesota

The heretofore mentioned treaties include all the lands within the state of Minnesota originally owned by Indian tribes, except the Red Lake reservation, and for its cession a treaty was negotiated in 1886, which to this date, April, 1888, has not been ratified

GEN PIKE AND THE INDIANS

Gen Zebulon M Pike, United States Arovernment in 1805-6 on a tour of inspection, to select sites for forts, and to treat and hold councils with the various Indian tribes of the Upper Mississippi He met the Sioux in council at the junction of the St

Peter's and Mississippi rivers, Sept 23, 1805, and inforovernment forts, and to tell theton desired theovernment A part of his speech we subjoin:

”BROTHERS: You old o ere subject to the king of England, and governed by his laws But he not treating us as children we refused to acknowledge him as father

After ten years of war, in which he lost 100,000 ed us as a free and independent nation They knew that not many years since we received Detroit, Michillish, and now but the other day, Louisiana from the Spanish; so that we put one foot on the sea at the east, and the other on the sea at the west, and if once children are now men; yet I think that the traders who coate them to make war on their red brothers, the Sioux, in order to prevent our traders froh up the Mississippi This I shall inquire into, and so warn those persons of their ill conduct

”Brothers, I expect that you will give orders to all your young warriors to respectand protection, which I may send to the Chippewa chief whoto run to e for safety, his enemy must walk over me to hurt him

”Brothers, I a ruht senses must know that this is injurious and occasions quarrels, st yourselves

For this reason your father has thought proper to prohibit the traders fro you rum

”Brothers, I now present you with sos, as a ive you some liquor to clear your throats_”

At this conference the Sioux granted to the United States government a tract nine miles square at the mouth of the St Croix, and a si on both sides of the Mississippi and including the falls of St Anthony Pike says: ”They gave the land required, about 100,000 acres of land (equal to 200,000), and proht bring down I gave them presents to the amount of about two hundred dollars, and as soon as the council was over allowed the traders to present theallons” Pike in his journeying through the territory ordered dickson and others to haul down the British flag It is on record that the flags were hauled down, but also that they were hoisted again after Pike's departure

From Pike's own account of one of his inland tours he was hospitably entertained by his red brothers, as the following paragraph from his journal will show: