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Well my Friends, I shall give an answer to the White man. I shall not say anything about your property. I shall only answer for myself and speak of the property belonging to me.
I comply with the request of our Great Father in what he expects from us. It was all he said. The Chiefs along the Lake Shore did not say a word, not being willing to sell or make any agreement.
Then it was that the Chief White Crow spoke, he spoke in regard to everything, and all the business being transacted at the time.
And said to him, My Father I understand you to say that you want the Mineral, well then I will comply with the wish of our Great Father in asking me to sell him the Mineral which he wants.
I do not give you the land, it is the Mineral only that I sell if there is any to be found on my land.
I do not cede the Land, as he cried with a loud voice turning to his fellow Indians in which they all responded with Eh! Eh!
And as my Great Father promises and agrees I accept. I agree with the proposition that the payment should be for Twenty Five Years, and also that I shall see the end of my payments here.
Then he was answered back, and told that he any how had the privelege of remaining on the land for Fifty Years, and even for a Hundred Years, as he owned and had possession of the land, he has a right to live on it.
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 7 |
| 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 | TP040007 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Format | Text |
| Size | 16 p. |
| Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
| Owner Object ID | SC-O 40 |
| Full Text |
Well my Friends, I shall give an answer to the White man. I shall not say anything about your property. I shall only answer for myself and speak of the property belonging to me.
I comply with the request of our Great Father in what he expects from us. It was all he said. The Chiefs along the Lake Shore did not say a word, not being willing to sell or make any agreement. Then it was that the Chief White Crow spoke, he spoke in regard to everything, and all the business being transacted at the time. And said to him, My Father I understand you to say that you want the Mineral, well then I will comply with the wish of our Great Father in asking me to sell him the Mineral which he wants. I do not give you the land, it is the Mineral only that I sell if there is any to be found on my land. I do not cede the Land, as he cried with a loud voice turning to his fellow Indians in which they all responded with Eh! Eh! And as my Great Father promises and agrees I accept. I agree with the proposition that the payment should be for Twenty Five Years, and also that I shall see the end of my payments here. Then he was answered back, and told that he any how had the privelege of remaining on the land for Fifty Years, and even for a Hundred Years, as he owned and had possession of the land, he has a right to live on it. |
| Event Date | 1864 |
| Event Years | 1864 |
| Type | Text |