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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



[ETH. ANN. 18 



SCHEDULE OF I^DI^V:^^ 



1805 



July 4 



July 23 



Aug. 21 



Fort Indus- 

 try, ou the 

 Miami of 

 the Lake. 



Chickasaw 

 country. 



Grouseland, 

 near Vin- 

 cennes. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 89. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 91. 



Delaware, 

 Pot awato - 

 mi, Miami, 

 Eel Eiver, 

 and Wea. 



Sept. 23 Sioux. 



Oct. 25 I Tellico, Ten- , Stat. L., 

 uessee. j vii, 93. 



'?,. Tho tract lying S. of thfi two preceding tracts and be- 

 tween the same and the Greenville treaty line of 1795. 



The Chickasaws ccdo to the U. S. the following tract of coun- 

 try: Beginning on the left bank of the Ohio at the ](oint 

 where the present Indian boundary adjoins the same; 

 thence down the left bank of the Ohio to tho Tennessee 

 river; thence up the main channel of the Tennessee river 

 to the mouth of Duck river; thence up the left bank of 

 Duck river to the Columbian highway or road leading from 

 Nashville to Natchez ; thence along the said road to tho 

 ridge dividing the waters running into Duck river from 

 those rnuning into Buti'aloe river; thence eastwardly along 

 said ridge to the great ridge dividing the waters running 

 iuto the main Tennessee river from those running into Buf- 

 faloe river near the main source of Buffaloe river; thence 

 in a direct line to the great Tennessee river near the Chick- 

 asaw Old Fields, or eastern point of the Chickasasv claim 

 on that river ; thence northwardly to the great ridge dividing 

 the waters running into the Tennessee from those running 

 iuto Cumberland river, so as to include all the waters run- 

 ning into Elk river; thence along the top of the said great 

 ridge to the place of beginning. 



The Delawares release the U. S. from the guarauteo given in 

 the treaty of Aug. 18, 1804, as to the ownership of the coun- 

 try between tho Ohio and White rivers, for the reason that 

 tho Mianiis, from whom the Delawares derived their claim, 

 contend that in their cession of tho tract to the Delawares 

 it was only their intention to make the latter tenants at 

 will, and not to invest them with any right of soil. 



The Miamis, Eel Rivers, and Weas cede to the U. S. all that 

 tract lying's, of a line to be drawn from the NE. corner of 

 the Vincennes tract, so as to strike the boundary line of 

 1795 at a distance of .")0 miles from its intersection with the 

 Ohio river opposite the mouth of Kentucky river. 



The U. S. agree to consider the Miamis, Eel Kivers. and Weas 

 as joint owners of all the country on the Wabash and its 

 waters, above the Vincennes tract, not ceded to the U. S. by 

 this or any previous treaty, provided that nothing herein 

 shall afteet any claim the Kickapoos may have to the coun- 

 try occupied by them ou Vermillion river. 



The Putawatiuiies, Miamis, Eel Kivers, and Weas acknowledge 

 the right of the Delawares to sell the tract of land conveyed 

 to the U. S. by treaty of Aug. 18, 1804, which tract was given 

 by the Piankashaws to the Delawares about .37 years ago. 



The Sioux nation cede to the U. S., for the purpose of estab- 

 lishing military posts, a tract 9 miles square at the mouth of 

 the river St Croix. 



The Sionx nation also cede for the same purpose a tract ex- 

 tending from below the confluence of the Mississippi and St 

 Peters rivers up the Mississippi to include the Falls of St 

 Anthony, extending 9 miles on each side of the river. 



The Cherokees cede to the U. S. all the land previously claimed 

 by them, lying X. of the following boundary line : Beginning 

 at the mouth of Duck river; thence up the same to the junc- 

 tion of the fork at the head of which Fort Nash stood, with 

 the main south fork ; thence a direct course to a point ou the 



