Treaty with the Winnebago, 1855

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Articles of agreement and convention, made and concluded at Washington City on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, between George W Manypenny, commissioner on the p...

Articles of agreement and convention, made and concluded at Washington City on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, between George W Manypenny, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the following-named chiefs and delegates representing the Winnebago tribe of Indians, viz. Waw-kon-chaw-koo-kaw, The Coming Thunder or Kinnoshik; Sho-go-nik-kaw, or Little Hill, Maw-he-coo-shah-naw-zhe-kaw, One that Stands and Reaches the Skies, or Little Decorie, Waw-kon-chaw-hoo-no-kaw, or Little Thunder; Hoonk-hoo-no-kaw, Little Chief or Little Priest, Honch-hutta-kaw, or Big Bear; Wach-ha-ta-kaw, or Big Canoe, Ha-zum-kee-kaw, or One Horn, Ha-zee-kaw, or Yellow Bank, and Baptiste Lassallier, they being thereto duly authorized by said tribe--

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