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the interpreter informed the Omaha chiefs that their presence was desired in Washington.  On inquiring for what purpose they were told that it was to transfer more land to the Winnebagoes.  To this the chiefs made an emphatic protest & every citizen of the tribe.  The Agent informed the chiefs that if they would not consent to go to Washington to transfer the land, that he would depose them & send other men who would.  Knowing that they could not resist the Government of the United States under the pressure of this threat they went to Washington & signed papers transferring another part of the
Omaha Reserve to the Winnebagoes.  These papers were so worded as to include the heavy timber which the Omahas refused to sell in the first instance (see diagram second purchase)  For this tract of land the Government agreed to pay the Omahas $30,000.  Of that $30,000 the Omahas did as follows: