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The Agency for the Winnebago Indians was originally called the [[Prairie du Chien Indian Agency (Wisconsin)|Prairie du Chien Agency]]. | The Agency for the Winnebago Indians was originally called the [[Prairie du Chien Indian Agency (Wisconsin)|Prairie du Chien Agency]]. | ||
A special agent was appointed in 1864 for the Winnebago and Potawatomi Indians who had gone to Wisconsin to avoid moving to the [[Crow Creek Indian Reservation (South Dakota)|Crow Creek Reservation]] in Dakota Territory. This special agency was located at Plover in Portage County until 1869 and then moved to Necedah and then to New Lisbon, in Juneau County. It was abolished in 1870. Most of the Winnebago Indians settled at the [[Winnebago Indian Reservation (Nebraska)|Winnebago Reservation]] in eastern Nebraska, where the [[Winnebago Indian Agency (Nebraska)|Winnebago Agency]] had moved in 1865.<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974, pp. | A special agent was appointed in 1864 for the Winnebago and Potawatomi Indians who had gone to Wisconsin to avoid moving to the [[Crow Creek Indian Reservation (South Dakota)|Crow Creek Reservation]] in Dakota Territory. This special agency was located at Plover in Portage County until 1869 and then moved to Necedah and then to New Lisbon, in Juneau County. It was abolished in 1870. Most of the Winnebago Indians settled at the [[Winnebago Indian Reservation (Nebraska)|Winnebago Reservation]] in eastern Nebraska, where the [[Winnebago Indian Agency (Nebraska)|Winnebago Agency]] had moved in 1865.<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974, pp. 205-208.</ref> | ||
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