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Winnebago Treaty documents

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First item is the Third treaty of Prairie Du Chien between the United States and the Winnebago tribe, concluded August 1, 1829. It is a single sheet of vellum measuring 21" x 37". The Winnebago Tribe ceded land to the United States in Illinois and Wisconsin in exchange for payments of $18,000 per year for a period of 30 years, as well as $30,000 in goods (1 time), and 3,000 pounds of tobacco and 50 barrels of salt to be delivered annually (for 30 years). It was signed by John McNeil, Pierre Menard, and Caleb Atwater for the United States; it was also signed by more than forty Winnebago individuals (all signing with their mark), and more than thirty Indian agents and officers of the United States Army, including then Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Taylor. All signatures appear on the verso, along with a small wax seal. Accompanied with a volume titled "Personnel of the Winnebago (o-chun-gra-Large Fish) Treaty of 1829." The manuscript, bound in deerskin and completed after 1884, contains biographies of the Winnebago and American signatories and attesters of the Third Treaty of Prairie Du Chien and an account of the "friendly council" between "Nau-Kaw" Winnebago Chief, in company with fifteen other Chiefs and Warriors of that Nation and President John Quincy Adams, on December 2, 1828.
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Production date
1829-1884.
Call number
mssWinnebago
Provenance
Gift of Irene Nora Sang, June 2018. From the collection of the donor's grandfather, Philip D. Sang (1902-1975), a corporate executive and collector. After his death, his widow, Elsie Olin Sang, sold many of his manuscripts and archival collections. This is most likely the same document that in 1925 was offered for purchase to the Chicago Historical Society by Walter C. Wiman, a New York book dealer who had purchased it "during a recent trip to the West" (Chicago Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 3, June 1925, p. 21).
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Atwater, Caleb, (1778-1867,)
McNeil, John, (1784-1850,)
Menard, Pierre, (1766-1844,)
Taylor, Zachary, (1784-1850,)
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