July 29, 1837
A treaty was made with the Chippewas of the Mississippi at Fort Snelling, ceding all their lands in Wisconsin south of the divide between the waters of Lake Superior and those of the Mississippi.
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“17. On the,29th of July, 1837, a treaty was made with the Chippewas of the Mississippi, at Fort Snelling, and the United States, the nation ceding to the government all their lands in Wisconsin lying south of the divide between the waters of Lake Superior and those of the Mississippi.”
1879-history-of-rock-county/04-wisconsin-railroads-commerce-health-statistics.md, PDF p. 213 / book p. 217
Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.
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On the printed page (PDF p. 213 / book p. 217) · open the whole page “s in the state. The 1837 land cession treaty between the United States and the Ojibwe was concluded at a conference held near present-day Minneapolis-St. Paul in Minnesota. There, the Ojibwe traded the majority of their Wisconsin lands for a 20-year annuity of $9,500 in cash, $19,000 in goods (blankets, rifles, and cooking utensils), $2,000 worth of provisions, $3,000 to establish and maintain three blacksmiths' shops, and $500 worth of tobacco. Congress appropriated another $75,000 to pay debts the tribe owed to fur traders. A final treaty provision reserved the Ojibwe's right to hunt, fish, and gather wild rice on ceded lands. The 1842 treaty was negotiated at La Pointe on Madeline Island in northern Wisconsin, ceding the last of their lands in northern Wisconsin and part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula to the United States with compensation greater than that in the 1837 treaty. Each year for 25 years, the Ojibwe would receive $12,500 in cash, $10,500 in goods, $”
https://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-110
mpm.edu, https://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-110
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