Winnebago Treaty documents, 1829-1884

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Summary

Title:
Winnebago Treaty documents
Dates:
1829-1884
Abstract:
Third treaty of Prairie Du Chien between the United States and the Winnebago tribe.
Extent:
2.5 Linear Feet (1 oversize folder and 1 box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Winnebago Treaty documents, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Irene Nora Sang, June 2018.
Custodial history:

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).

Processing information:

Processed by Brooke M. Black, October 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Bibliography:

Published in Treaties between the United States and the Indian tribes, Volume 7 (C.C. Little, 1848), p. 323-325.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Brooke M. Black
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-10-13 09:27:18 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Winnebago Treaty documents, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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