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[[image - hand drawn plan of Omaha Reserve boundaries]]
[[annotations]]
Northern line 30 miles
First purchase $50,000.
18 miles
Second purchase $30,000
8 m.
48 m. 
Heavy Timber
Missouri River
Heavy Timber
Omaha Reserve. [[/annotations]]

(The distances in the above diagram may not be accurate for it is hard for Indians to express distances in miles or rods, in English terms)

From the above diagram it will be seen that one corner was not sold in the first purchase.  The Omahas refused to sell that part for it contained a large portion of all the timber they owned.  The tract of land sold by the Omahas was for the consideration of $50,000, to be paid to them by the United States.  The Omahas consented to the sale of this first tract, and make no complaints that anything was done illegally in the transfer of this land to the Winnebagos.  They had no desire to part with any of their land but consented to the sale because they pitied the Winnebagos.

As we understand it the account between the Omaha  Tribe and the United States