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Only 21 responses out of over 200 “friends”? Oh LJ, how far you have fallen. Anyway, maps are leading so you get a maps post.
This one was a request – a map showing the results of the Treaty of Prairie du Chien in 1829. This was really two treaties negotiated at the same time, one with the United Nations of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Indians and the other with the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Nation– largely a consequence of a brief Winnebago uprising which was used as an excuse to seize valuable lead deposits in what is now northwest Illinois around Galena.
What is interesting is trying to match the land cessions specified in the treaties to a modern map. The text fortunately survives – for the first treaty there are 2 sections defined:
( details below the cut, this ended up being really long, hopefully it's interesting )
This one was a request – a map showing the results of the Treaty of Prairie du Chien in 1829. This was really two treaties negotiated at the same time, one with the United Nations of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Indians and the other with the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Nation– largely a consequence of a brief Winnebago uprising which was used as an excuse to seize valuable lead deposits in what is now northwest Illinois around Galena.
What is interesting is trying to match the land cessions specified in the treaties to a modern map. The text fortunately survives – for the first treaty there are 2 sections defined:
( details below the cut, this ended up being really long, hopefully it's interesting )