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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



[KTH.AXX. 18 



SCHEDULE OF II^DI^IST 



1796 



May 31 



N e Av York 

 City. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 5.5. 



Wyandot, 

 Delaware, 

 Shawnee, 

 Ottawa, 

 Chippewa, 

 Potawato- 

 mi, Miami, 

 Eel Kiver, 

 Wea, Kick- 

 apoo, Pian- 

 kishaw,and 

 Kaskaskia. 



Seven Nations 

 of Canada. 



13. The post of Jlichilliniackinac, and all tbo land on the 

 island on whiili the post stands, and the mainland 



adjacent, of which the Indian title has been extin- 

 guished Ijy gifts or grants to the French or English 

 governments. 



Also a piece of land on the main to the N. of the island, 

 to measure (i miles on Lake Huron or the streight be- 

 tween lakes Huron and Michigan, au<l to extend 3 miles 

 back from the water of the lake or streight. 



Also !)(' Uuis lUanc island, Iieiug an extra and volun- 

 tary gift of tlie Chippewa n.ation. 



14. Six miles Sf|iiare at mouth of Chikago river, emptying 



into the S W. end of Lake Michigan where a fort form- 

 erly stood. 

 1."). Twelve miles sqnare at or near the moiitli of Illinois river. 



16.. Sis miles square at theoldPiorias fort and village, near 

 S. end of Illinois lake on Illinois river. 



17. The Indians .also grant the people of the U. S. a free pas- 



sage by water and laud through their country along 

 the chain of posts from Loromie's store via the St 

 Mary's to Fort W.ayne and down the Miami to Lake 

 Erie; also from Loromie's store down the .\uglaize to 

 Fort Defiance ; also from Loromie's store to Sandusky 

 river and down the s.ame to Sandusky bay ; also from 

 Sandusky to the foot of Miami rapids and thence to 

 Detroit; also from mouth of Chikago to Illinois river 

 and down same to the Mississippi; also from Fort 

 Wayne to the Wab.ash and down Wabash to the r)hio. 



18. The I'. S. relin(|uish their claim to all other Indian lands 



N. of the river Ohio, E. of the Mississippi and W. and 

 S. of the Great Lakes and the w.aters uniting them, 

 according to the bound.iry agreed on in the treaty of 

 1783 between U. S. and Great Britain, except the tract 

 of 150,000 acres, near the rapids of the Ohio, .assigned 

 to General Clark for the use of himself and his war- 

 riors. 



19. The V. S. .also reserve and except the post of 'Vin- 



ccnues on the river Wabash and the lauds adjacent of 

 which the Indian title had previously been extin- 

 guished. 



20. Also the lands at all other places in possession of the 



French jieople and other white settlers among them, of 

 which tho Indian title has been extinguished by grants 

 to the French and English governments. 



21. Also the post of Fort Massac, toward the mouth of the 



Ohio. 



The Seven Nations relinquish to the state of New York all 

 claim to lands within that state, with certain reservations: 



A tract 6 miles square, reserved in tho. sale made by the com- 

 missioners of the land office of New York to Alexander 

 Macomb for the use of the St Regis Indians, is confirmed as 

 a reservation for them. 



One square mile is also reserved at each of the St Regis mills 

 and meadows on Grass river for said Indians. 



