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These are the promises that were made to the Indian, that they were to be paid once in a year for Twenty Five years.
Beef and working Cattle were promised to us, also Horses.
Also the promise of One Hundred Thousand Dollars were promised to the Mixed Bloods.
Again they were told, your Great Father agrees and promises, that if you sell him the Pine Timber, Ninety Thousand Dollars will be paid you, to be disposed of by you as you may see fit.
Also Employees were promised us, School Teachers, Black Smiths, Farmers, and Carpenters.
We did not have any workman, save three at "Bakagamaw Lake" for three years there were workmen there.
So then Father, Our Great Father requests me to sell him my Pine Timber, our Great Father is mighty, therefore whatever he says would not be in vain, and whatever he promises to do he will fulfill.
Very well, I will sell him the Pine Timber as he requests me to, From the usual height of cutting a tree down and upwards to lop is what I sell you, I reserve the root of the tree. Again this I hold in my hand the Maple Timber, also the Oak Timber, also this Straw which I hold in my hand. Wild Rice is what we call this. These I do not sell.
Object Description
Page Title | Ojibwe treaty statement and related papers, 1864 |
Author | Ojibwe chiefs |
Source Creation Date | 1864 |
Language | Ojibwe; English |
Digital Format | XML |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2005 |
Digital Identifier | TP040000 |
Description | This document, sometimes cited as the "Statement made by the Indians, a bilingual petition of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 1864" was carried by an Ojibwe delegation to the U.S. Commission of Indian Affairs in Washington. It conveys the Ojibwe's grievances concerning federal government actions over the previous decades, and explains their understanding of the various treaty negotiations conducted since 1825. It deals specifically with land cessions and tribal rights to timber, minerals, and wild rice. Its history and background were discussed in an article by Harry Miller in the summer 2001 Wisconsin Magazine of History entitled, "These I Do Not Sell" (linked on the Turning Points site). The original bilingual manuscript is shown here with Ojibwe on the left and English on the right. Click on a handwritten passage to see it in more detail, and use the "Page & Text" button to view a typed transcript of the English text. |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | "Ojibwe treaty statement, 1864." Original manuscript in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives (SC-O 40); online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=40 |
Document Number | TP040 |
Size | 16 p. |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=40 |
Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
Owner Object ID | SC-O 40; WIHV92-A371 |
Genre | Indian account; translation |
State/Province | Wisconsin; Michigan; Minnesota |
Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans |
Sub-Topic | Treaty Councils, from Prairie du Chien to Madeline Island |
Event Date | 1864 |
Event Years | 1864 |
Agriculture | Livestock; Wild Rice |
Politics | Indians of North America Government relations |
Topography | Islands; Mines and mineral resources |
Manufacturing and Industry | Logging |
Indian Tribe | Ho-Chunk; Ojibwe |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | Page 4 |
Author | Ojibwe chiefs |
Source Creation Date | 1864 |
Language | Ojibwe; English |
Digital Format | JPG |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2005 |
Digital Identifier | TP040004 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
Format | Text |
Size | 16 p. |
Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
Owner Object ID | SC-O 40 |
Full Text |
These are the promises that were made to the Indian, that they were to be paid once in a year for Twenty Five years.
Beef and working Cattle were promised to us, also Horses. Also the promise of One Hundred Thousand Dollars were promised to the Mixed Bloods. Again they were told, your Great Father agrees and promises, that if you sell him the Pine Timber, Ninety Thousand Dollars will be paid you, to be disposed of by you as you may see fit. Also Employees were promised us, School Teachers, Black Smiths, Farmers, and Carpenters. We did not have any workman, save three at "Bakagamaw Lake" for three years there were workmen there. So then Father, Our Great Father requests me to sell him my Pine Timber, our Great Father is mighty, therefore whatever he says would not be in vain, and whatever he promises to do he will fulfill. Very well, I will sell him the Pine Timber as he requests me to, From the usual height of cutting a tree down and upwards to lop is what I sell you, I reserve the root of the tree. Again this I hold in my hand the Maple Timber, also the Oak Timber, also this Straw which I hold in my hand. Wild Rice is what we call this. These I do not sell. |
Event Date | 1864 |
Event Years | 1864 |
Type | Text |