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Winnebagos stayed on the Omaha Reserve they camped in the heavy timber (marked on the diagram) in the South East part of the reservation, large portions of which they use for fuel, destroyed or sold.  For this the Government agreed to pay $7,000.  

Agent Robinson stole from the Omaha funds a large sum of money for which the Omahas made claim & were allowed $13,000 which now not the full amt. but which we agreed upon as a settlement.

The United States agreed to protect the Omahas from incursion of other tribes.  The Santee Sioux having made raid on the Omahas in which they stole a
large number of horses & killed several people & the U.S. furnishing no protection the tribe made claim for damages sustained & were allowed $10,000. 
These three items increased the indebtedness of the United States to the Omaha tribe to $56,630.00

Some time after the Winnebagoes were settled on the land sold to them