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INDIAJf LAND CESSIONS IX THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF I^DI^J^:?sr 



Where or how 

 concluded 



Reference 



Descriplioii o/cefmion or rrserration 



1789 i 

 Jan. 9 Fort Haruiar, 

 Ohio. 



1790 



Aug. 7 ) N e w York 

 City. 



1791 

 Mar. 3 



July 2 



1794 

 Nov. 11 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 33. 



Stat. L. 

 VII, 35. 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



On H o 1 8 1 o n 

 river, near 

 mouth of 

 F r e n c h 

 Broad. 



Stat. L., 

 I, 221. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 39. 



Kon-on-(lai- 

 gua, New 

 York. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 44. 



The U. S. confirm to the Sis Nations all lands inhabited Ijy' 

 them and not herein i>reviously ceded. | 



The U. S. ooulirm the Oneida and Tuskarora in the possession 

 of their respective lands. \ 



Article 4 defines the boundaries of the Creek n.atiou as f(dlow8: 

 Beginning where the old line strikes the river Savannah ; 

 thence np the said river to a place on the most northern 

 branch of the same, commonly called the Keowee, where a 

 NE. line to be drawn from tlie top of the Occunna mountain 

 shall intersect; thence along the said line in a S\V. direction 

 to Tugelo river; thence to the tup of the Currahec nionntaiu ; 

 thence to the source of the main south branch of the Oconee 

 river, called the Appalachee; thence down the middle of said 

 main south branch and river Oconee to its coutiueuce with 

 the Oakmulgee, which form the Altamaha ; and thence down 

 the middle of the Altamah.a. to the old line on the said river, 

 and thence along the said old line to river St Mary's. 



The Creeks cede all claim N. and E. of the foregoing boundaries. 



Piankishaw Provides that l.")0 acres at Vincennes, heretofore in the posses- 1 



andKaskas- sion of the I'iaiikishaws, shall be given to the persons in i)os- I 



Ida. I session thereof at the date of this act. [ 



' Provision is further made that the tract previously occupied [ 



[ by the Kaskaskias attheir village shall be omfirmed to their 



! use. I 



Cherokee . 



Article 4 provides that the boundary between the U. S. and the 

 Cherokee nation shall begin at the top of the Currahec moun- 

 tain where the Creek line passes it; thence a direct line to 

 Tugelo river; thence NE. to the Ocunna mountain and over 

 the same along the South-Carolina Indian boundary to the 

 North-Carolina boundary ; thence N. to apoiut from which a 

 line is to be extended to the river Climli, that shall pass 

 the Holston at the ridge which divides the waters running 

 into Little river from those running into the Tennessee; 

 thence nji the river C'lihch to Campbell's line, and along the 

 same to the top of Cumberland mountain; thence a direct 

 line to the Cumberland river where the Kentucky ro.ad crosses 

 it; thence down the Cumberland river to a point from which 

 a SW. line will strike the ridge which divides the waters of 

 Cumberland from those of Duck river, 40 miles above Nash- 

 ville; thence down said ridge to a point from whence a SW. 

 line will strike the mouth of Duck river. 



The Cherokee cede and relinquish to the U. S. all land to the 

 right of the line described aiul beginning as aforesaid. 



By article 2 the U. S. .acknowledge the title of the Onondaga, 

 Oneida, and Cayuga to the reserves given them by treaty 

 with the state of Ne iv York. 



By article 3 the boundaries of the Seneka nation are defined as 

 tiegmning on Lake Ontario at the NW. corner of the land 

 they sold to ( )liver Phelps ; thence westerly along the lake as 

 far as O \ otig wong ych creek at Johnsou's Landing jdace, 

 about 4 miles eastward from Fort Niagara; thence south- 

 erly up that creek to its main fork; tlience straight to the 

 main fork of Stedman's creek, which empties into the river 

 Niagara above Fort Schlosser, and then onward from that 

 fork in the same straight course to that river (this line, from 

 the mouth of U youg wong yeh creek to the river Niagara 



