Advent of the New York Indians into Wisconsin

              1830-31]     Coming of New York Indians     435
After several delays, and miueh informal negotiation, in which the claims of the New York Indians were thoroughly discussed, the commissioners and the Menomonees finally mm on the 8th of February, 18S1, when the treaty, since familiarly known as the iitamhaugh treaty^ was definitely concluded, and signed by the parties. The New York Indians were not parties to the treaty. In order to a proper understanding of the subjecti, it is nec^sary to make copious extracts. The treaty sets forth the boundaries as claimed by the Menomonees^, taking, all the lands east of F'ox Eiver, Green Bay and Lake WinnebagO', and from; Fond du Lao south-easterly to the sourcesi of the Milwaukee Eiver, and dowUi the same to its mioutii—^this tract was ceded to the United States. They claimed westierly and north-westerly, everything west of Green Bay fromj the Shoskonabie [Es-co-na~ba] Eiver to the upper forks of the Menomonee, thence to Plover Portage of the Wiscon^ s.in, and thence up that river to Sbft Maple Eiver; west toi Plume Eiver of the Chippewa, thence do^wn the Chippewa thirty miilea; thence easterly to the fork of the Money or Lemonweir Eiver, and down that river to its month; thence to the Wisconsin Plortage, thence down the Fox to Lake Winnebago.
The first article of the treaty relaties exclusively to the New York Indians, and is in the following words: ^^The Menomonee tribe of Indians declare themselves the friends and allies of the United States, under whose parental care and protection tiiey de¬ sire to continue; and though always protesting that they are under no obligation to recognize any claim' of the New York Indians to any portion, of their countrj^; that they neither sold, nor re¬ ceived any value, for the land claimed by these tribesi; yet, at the solicitation of their Great Father, the President of thei United States, and as an evidence of their love and veneration for him, they agree that such part of the land described, being within the following bo'undaries, as he may direct, m;ay be set apairt as a home to the se\'eral tribes of the New. York Indian®, who miay remove to, and settle upon the same, within three years from the date of this agreemient, viz:   Beginning on the west side of Fox Eiver,