Term: Menominee Treaty of 1831
Definition:
Agreement negotiated Feb. 8 at Washington, D.C. with the Menominee, who ceded the area from Milwaukee to Green Bay and the Fox River, and agreed to settle the New York Indians on a portion of Menominee lands; much misunderstanding arose over the latter provision, and years of subsequent negotiations followed.
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[Source: Kappler's Indian affairs: laws and treaties. (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1904-1979). vol. II, pp. 319-323; online at http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/]
