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I have not ceded my lands yet the Indian said. It is true that only a portion not even one half of the Indians went after their payment at Sandy Lake.
Harnesses were there and then given to the Indians, and told that at some future time Horses should be given them. But they have never received them.
The whole of Two Payments remained at Sandy Lake, which the Wisconsin and Michigan Indian did not go after and which he never got.
It was there that these two payments were burned up. It was a great loss to the Indians. This happened when Watrous was Agent.
There was over One Hundred of the Indians that died the previous year on account of the unwholesome provisions that were fed out to them, and that was the reason that they did not go after their payments.
And on the arrival of Gilbert, he said to the Indians, I bring with me the payment for Five Bands. Those bands that are living along the lake Shore. The payment I bring is only for them, and only their share.
I bring nothing for the interior Indians. Their payment is gone around by the way of St Peters. This he told the Indians.
But there was some of the interior Indians here. And when he saw how destitute they were, he asked the Lake Indians, whether they would not be willing to lend them a part of their payment, for that year.
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 11 |
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 | TP040011 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
Format | Text |
Size | 16 p. |
Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
Owner Object ID | SC-O 40 |
Full Text |
I have not ceded my lands yet the Indian said. It is true that only a portion not even one half of the Indians went after their payment at Sandy Lake.
Harnesses were there and then given to the Indians, and told that at some future time Horses should be given them. But they have never received them. The whole of Two Payments remained at Sandy Lake, which the Wisconsin and Michigan Indian did not go after and which he never got. It was there that these two payments were burned up. It was a great loss to the Indians. This happened when Watrous was Agent. There was over One Hundred of the Indians that died the previous year on account of the unwholesome provisions that were fed out to them, and that was the reason that they did not go after their payments. And on the arrival of Gilbert, he said to the Indians, I bring with me the payment for Five Bands. Those bands that are living along the lake Shore. The payment I bring is only for them, and only their share. I bring nothing for the interior Indians. Their payment is gone around by the way of St Peters. This he told the Indians. But there was some of the interior Indians here. And when he saw how destitute they were, he asked the Lake Indians, whether they would not be willing to lend them a part of their payment, for that year. |
Event Date | 1864 |
Event Years | 1864 |
Type | Text |