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James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting : whereas a treaty was made and concluded at Leech Lake on the twenty-first day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, between the United States by their commissioners, Isaac A. Verplank and Henry M. Rice, and the Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians by their chiefs, headmen and warriors ...

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Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians.
Contributor:
Verplank, Isaac A.
Rice, Henry M. (Henry Mower), 1816-1894.
United States. President (1845-1849 : Polk)
Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library), owner.
Standardized Title:
Treaties, etc. United States, 1847 August 21
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians.
Ojibwa Indians--Treaties.
Ojibwa Indians.
Indian land transfers--Middle West.
Indian land transfers.
Ojibwa Indians--Relocation.
Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869.
Indians of North America.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (4 pages)
Other Title:
Treaty between the United States of America and the Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians
Title on publisher's website: Treaties between the US and the Indians. 99
Place of Publication:
[Washington, D.C. : publisher not identified, 1848]
Notes:
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
Title from caption.
"Concluded August 21, 1847, ratified April 7, 1848."--Cover.
Ratified by the Senate Apr. 3, 1848; and signed by President Polk Apr. 7, 1848.

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