Term: Treaty of 1827 (Butte des Morts)
Definition:
Agreement negotiated with the Ojibwe and Menominee that established boundaries between them and gave the U.S. president the power to arbitrate the dispute between the Menominee and the so-called New York Indians.
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[Source: Kappler, Charles Joseph, 1868-1946. Kappler's Indian affairs: laws and treaties. (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1904-1979), vol. II, pp. 281-283; online at http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/]
