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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IX THE UNITKD STATES 



SCHEDULE OF i:^DI^N^ 



1794 

 Nov. 11 



1795 

 Aug. 3 



IVhcrt' nr hoir 

 concluded 



Kon-ou-dai- 

 gua, New 



Greeueville, 

 Ohio. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 44. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 49. 



Uesvr'qit'iun cf i 



Wya n dot, 

 Delaware, 

 S li awn e o , 

 Ottawa, 

 Chippewa, 

 P 1 a wato- 

 mi, Miami, 

 Eel River, 

 Wea, Kick- 

 apoo, Pian- 

 kishaw, and 

 Kaskaskia. 



above Fort ScUlosser, being tlie eastern boundary of a strip 

 of land extending from the same line to Niagara river, whicli 

 the Seneka nation t-eded to the King of Great Britain at 

 a treaty held about thirty years ago. with Sir William 

 Johnson) ; then the line runs along the river Niagara to 

 Lake Eric ; then along Lake Eiii' to the NE. corner of a tri- 

 angnliir piece of laud which the U. S. conveyed to the state 

 of Pennsylvania by patent dated Mar. 3, 1792; then due S. 

 to the N. boundary of that state; then due E. to the SW. 

 corner of the land sold by the Seneka nation to Oliver Phelps ; 

 and then N. and northerly along Phelps'.s line to the place 

 of beginning on Lake Ontario. 



By article 4 the Six Nations engage that they will never claim 

 any other land within the boundaries of the U. S. 



By article .5 the Six Nations cede to the U. S. the right to con- 

 struct a wiigon road from Fort Schlosser to Lake Erie as far S. 

 as Buffaloe Creek ; also the free use of all harliors and rivers 

 within their limits. 



Article 3 defines the general boundary line between the lauds of 

 the U. S. and the lands of said tribes as follows : Beginning at 

 the mouth of Cayahoga river and run thence up the same to 

 the portage between that and the Tuscarawas branch of the 

 Muskingum; theuce down that branch to the crossing place 

 above Fort Lawrence; thence westerly to a fork of that 

 branch of the Great Miami river running into the Ohio at or 

 near which fork stood Loromie's store and where commences 

 the portage between the Miami of the Ohio and St Mary's 

 river, which is a branch of the Miami, which runs into Lake 

 Erie; thence a westerly course to Fort Recoveiy, which 

 stands on a branch of the Wabash; then southwesterly in 

 a direct line to the Ohio, so as to intersect that river oppo- 

 site the mouth of Kentucke or Cuttawa river; and the said 

 Indian tribes cede and relinquish forever all claim to lands 

 lying eastwardly and southwardly of said general boundary 

 line. 



The Indians also cede to the U. S. a number of small tracts of 

 laud within the general limits of the territory reserved by 

 the former, as follows: 



1. Six miles square at or near Loromie's store 



2. Two miles square at the head of navig.able water on St 



Mary's river, near Girty's town. 



3. Six miles square at the head of navigable water of Au- 



Glaize river. 



4. Six miles square at the confluence of Au-Glaize .and 



Miami rivers where Fort Defiance stands. 



5. Six miles square at or near the confluence of St Mary's 



and St Joseph's rivers, where Fort Wayne stands or 

 ne.ar it. 

 G. Two miles square on the Wabash at the end of the port- 

 age from the Miami of thelake, about 8 miles westward 

 from Fort Wayne. 



7. Six miles S(|uare at the Ouatauon or old Weea towns ou 



the ^\' abash. 



8. Twelve miles square at the British fort on the Miami of 



the lake, at the foot of the rapids. 



9. Six miles square at the mouth of the Mi.ami of the lake, 



where it empties into I^ake Erie. 

 1(\ Six miles square on Sandusky Lake, where a fort form- 

 erly stood. 



11. Two miles square at the Lower rapids of Sandusky river. . 



12. The post of Detroit and all land to the N., W., and S. 



of it to which the Indian title had been extinguished 

 by gifts or grants to the French or English govern- 

 ments, and so much more land to be annexed to the 

 district of Detroit as shall be comprehended between 

 the river Eosi neon the S., Lake St Clair on the N., and 

 a line the general course whereof shall be 6 miles dis- 

 tant from the W. end of Lake Erie and Detroit river. 



