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To the Honorable the Senate and Assembly of the State of Wisconsin in Legislature assembled,
The Petition of the Subscribers, residents of the community of Black River in County of Crawford, respectfully sheweth (?) -
That the settlers in said community are much annoyed by bands of Chippewa Indians who remain anually about three months (from about the middle of November to the middle of February) on Black River, and sometimes break into and rob the unguarded houses of Provisions, cooking utensils, implements of industry, etc and when opportunity presents, carry off the productions of the fields; frequently enter the houses of families while intoxicated and seriously frighten the women and children they contain, thereby rendering the residence of families in the county exceedingly unpleasant, consequently greatly retarding the occupation by permanent settlers, of the land now offered for sale by Government.
Therefore, your Petitioners earnestly solicit your Honorable bodies, if compatible with existing treaty with said Indians, to adopt measures to effect their speedy removal.
And your Petitioners will ever pray etc.

Names
Robert Rop
John Mirague
Lews L. Fisher
[illegible] Dill
[illegible] Dill
Anderson Noyt
Edward Dewey
Thomas Perry
Isaac I. Fraser
Martin Vanduser
Elijah Eaten
B.F. Newton
NW Lyny
E.L. Woodard
M Park
H Conn
CH Steele
Jacob G.I
Mathias [illegible]
D.R. Hall