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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



;eth. AXX. 18 



SCHEDULE OF i:N^r)i^isr 



C o le r a i n , 

 Georgia. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 56. 



Albany, New 

 Yorli. 



Stat. L., ' Mohawk 

 vii, 61. 



Genesee, New Stat. L., 

 York. VII, 601. 



By article 3 the Creeks concede to the U. S. tbe right to estab- 

 lish a trailing or military post on tbe S. side of the Alatamaha 

 river, on tlio bluff about 1 milealiove Beard's bluff, or any- 

 where lower down tbe river, and to annex thereto a tract of 

 land 5 luile^ S(|Uare, bordering on one side on tlie river. 



By article 4 the ('reeks conceded a grneral right to the U. S. to 

 establish necessary military or trailing posts within their 

 territory , with reservationsof 5 miles square of land attached, 

 with the stipulation that whenever any of the posts shall be 

 abandoned the laud shall revert to tbe Indians. 



The Mob.awks cede to the state of New York all claim to land 

 within the territorial limits of the state. 



The Senekas sell to Robert Morris a tract bounded as follows: 

 Easterly by the land confirmed to Oliver Phelps and Na- 

 thaniel Gorluim by the legislature of the Commonwealth of 

 Mas.sachusetts, by act of Nov. 21, 1788; southerly by the N. 

 boundary line of the state of Pennsylvania; westerly, partly 

 by a tract of land, part of the land ceded by the state of 

 Massaclmselts to the U. !?. and by them sold to Pennsylvania, 

 being a right-angled triangle whose hypothenuse is in or 

 along the shore of Lake Erie; partly by Lake Erie from the 

 northern point of that triangle to the sontbern bounds of a 

 tract of lanil 1 mile in width lying on and along the E. side 

 of the strait of Niagara, and partly by the said tract to 

 Lake Ontario; and on the N. by tbe boundary line between 

 the U. S. and the King of Great Britain. From this cession 

 the Senekas reserve sundry tracts, as below enumerated: 



1. A tract containing 2 square miles at Canawagus, to 

 , include the village and 1 mile in breadth along the 



river. 



2. A tract containing 2 square miles at Big Tree, to 



incluile the village and 1 mile in breadth along the 

 river. 



3. A tract containing 2 sijuare miles at Little Beard's 



town, to include the village and 1 mile in breadth 

 along the river. 



4. A tract containing 2 S([uare miles at Squawky Hill, 1 



sipiare mile to be laid off along the river to include 

 the village and the other directly west thereof and 

 contiguous thereto. 



5. A tract at Gardeau, beginning at the mouth of Steep 



Hill creek ; thence due E. until it strikes the old path ; 

 thence S. until a due W. line will intersect with certain 

 steep rocks on the W. side of Genesee river; thence 

 due W., N., and E. to the beginning, inclosing as much 

 land on the W. as on tbe E. side of the river. 



6. A tract at Kaounadeau along the river 8 miles in length 



and 2 miles in breadth. 



7. A tract nt Cataraugos, beginning at the mouth of Eight- 



een Mile or Koghquaugu creek; thence a line or lines 

 ilrawn parallel to Lake Erie, 1 mile from the lake to 

 the mouth of Cataraugos creek ; thence a line or lines 

 extending 12 miles up the N. side of said creek at a 

 distance of 1 mile therefrom; thence a direct line to 

 said creek; thence down the said creek to Lake Erie; 

 thence along the lake to the first mentioned creek, 

 and thence to the place of beginning. 



8. Also one other tract at Cataraugos, beginning at the 



shore of Lake Eric on the S. side of Cataraugos creek 

 at the distance of 1 mile from the mouth; tlience run- 

 ning 1 inilo from the lake; thence on a line parallel 

 thereto to a point 1 mile from the Connondauwcyea 

 creek; thence up the said creek 1 mile in a line par- 

 allel thereto; thence on a direct line tothe said creek; 

 thence down the same to Lake Erie; thence along the 

 lake to the beginning. 



