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We received four Dollars per head, in partaking of their payment. Then the Commissioners spoke to us and said, your Great Father requests you to sell him the Mineral lhat is to be found on your lands, Copper and Lead. He does not want to buy your lands, he wants the Mineral.
You shall be paid for Twenty Five years. Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars in Coin. Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars in worth of Goods, of which you will receive in each year for twenty five years.
Also Provision, Ammunition together to the value of Five Thousand Dollars. Also Beef and working Cattle were promised to be given every Year.
And again he told us; Your Great Father agrees and promises to give School Teachers and Carpenters. And also, he will give you Ninety Thousand Dollars to give to your Mixed Bloods.
Next Season you shall see this Vessel full of Provisions for your own use to bind this Contract if you accede to the wishes of your Great Father. This he promises you in good faith if you sell him your Mineral.
Again another promise was made, that house furniture should be furnished them. Also to conclude the agreement Ninety Thousand Dollars were to be given. These were the conditions agreed upon, in complying with the request of his Great Father.
Then, and not till then was the Indians called to council among themselves how to answer, tis then that Chief Shingoob spoke to his fellow Indians in this wise.
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 6 |
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 | TP040006 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
Format | Text |
Size | 16 p. |
Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
Owner Object ID | SC-O 40 |
Full Text |
We received four Dollars per head, in partaking of their payment. Then the Commissioners spoke to us and said, your Great Father requests you to sell him the Mineral lhat is to be found on your lands, Copper and Lead. He does not want to buy your lands, he wants the Mineral.
You shall be paid for Twenty Five years. Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars in Coin. Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars in worth of Goods, of which you will receive in each year for twenty five years. Also Provision, Ammunition together to the value of Five Thousand Dollars. Also Beef and working Cattle were promised to be given every Year. And again he told us; Your Great Father agrees and promises to give School Teachers and Carpenters. And also, he will give you Ninety Thousand Dollars to give to your Mixed Bloods. Next Season you shall see this Vessel full of Provisions for your own use to bind this Contract if you accede to the wishes of your Great Father. This he promises you in good faith if you sell him your Mineral. Again another promise was made, that house furniture should be furnished them. Also to conclude the agreement Ninety Thousand Dollars were to be given. These were the conditions agreed upon, in complying with the request of his Great Father. Then, and not till then was the Indians called to council among themselves how to answer, tis then that Chief Shingoob spoke to his fellow Indians in this wise. |
Event Date | 1864 |
Event Years | 1864 |
Type | Text |