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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



[EIH. ANN. 18 



SCHEDHTLE OF II^DI^j^ 



1806 



Jan. 7 



1807 



Mar. 3 



Sept. 11 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Chickasaw 

 Old Fields. 



Stat. L., : 

 VII, 101. i 



Stat. L.. 

 II, 448. 



Stat. L., 

 vii, 103. 



Nov. 17 Detroit, Mich- 

 igan. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 105. 



Ottawa, Chip- 

 pewa, Wy- 

 andot, and 

 Potaw a 1 - 



From the foregoing cession the Cherokees reserve a tract 

 hounded southerly on the Tennessee river at a place called 

 the Muscle shoals, westerly liy a creek calleil Te-kee-ta- 

 no-eh or Cyprus creek, and easterly hy C'hu-wa-lee or Klk 

 river or creek, and northerly by a line to he drawn from a 

 point on said Klk river 10 miles on a direct line from its 

 month or .jnnction with Tennessee river to a point on the 

 said Cyprus creek 10 miles on a direct line from its .i unction 

 with Tennessee river, which tract is to be considered the 

 common property of the Cherokees residing on the same, 

 including Jolin 1). Cliesliolm, Au-to\v-we, and Cheh-Chnli. 



The Cherokees also reserve a tract 2 miles in width on the N. 

 side of Tennessee river, extending northeily from that river 

 3 miles, and bounded as follows: Beginniug at the mouth of 

 Spring Creek and running up said creek 3 miles on a straight 

 line; thence westerly 2 miles at right angles with tlie gen- 

 eral course of said creek ; thence southerly on a line jiarallel 

 with the general course of said creek to the Tennessee river; 

 thence up siiid river by its waters to the lirginning. This 

 reserve is to be considered the property of Moses Melton and 

 Charles Hicks in equal shares. 



The Cherokees also cede to the U. S. all right or claim to what 

 is called the Long island in Holstou river. 



TheU. S. agree to use their best endeavors to prevail on the 

 Chi<kasaw nation to agree to tlie following boundary be- 

 tween that nation and tlie Cherokees, to the southward of 

 Tennessee river, viz : Beginning at the mouth of Caney creek 

 near the lower part of the Muscle Shoals and to run up said 

 ci'eek to its heiul and in a direct line from thence to the llat 

 stone or rock, the old corner boundary. 



The U. S. reserve and set apart 13 sections, including the Lower 

 Delaware town in Ohio, for the use of the Delawares. 



This treaty is expliinatory and in elucidation of the cession 

 made by article 1 of the treaty of Jan. 7, 1806, and declares 

 that the eastern boundary of said ceded tract shall be limited 

 by a line so to be run from the upper end of the Chickasaw 

 Old Fields, a little above the upper point of an island called 

 Chickasaw island, as will most directly intersect the first 

 waters of Klk river; theuce carried to the Great Cumberland 

 mouutuin in which the waters of Elk river have their source; 

 then along the margin of said mountain until it shall inter- 

 sect lauds heretofore ceded to the V. !>., at the said Tennessee 

 ridge. 



The foregoing tribes cede to the U. S. all claim to the following- 

 described tract of country, viz: Beginning at the mouth of 

 the Miami river of the lakes and running thence up the mid- 

 dle thereof to the month of the great An filaize river ; thence 

 due N. until it intersects a parallel of latitude to be drawn 

 from the outlet of Lake Huron which forms the river Sin- 

 clair; thence rnnniug NE. the course that may be found 

 will ]e;id in a direct line to \Vhite Rock in Lake Hnron; 

 theme due K. until it intersects tlie boundary line between 

 the U. S. and Upper Canada in said lake; thence southwardly, 

 following the said boundary line, down said lake through the 

 river Sinclair, Lake St Clair, and the river Detroit, into 

 Lake Krie. to a point due E. of the aforesaid Miami river; 

 thence W. to the place of beginning. 



From the foregoing cession tlie tribes aforesaid reserve : 



1. A tract of miles scpiaie on the Miami of Lake Erie 



above Roche de Bo'uf, to include the village where 

 Tondaganie, (or the Dog) now lives. 



2. Three miles si|uare on the Miami of Lake Erie (above 



tlie 12 miles sipiare ceded to the U. S. by the treaty of 

 Greenville), including what is called Presque Isle. 



3. Four miles 8(|uare on the Miami bay, including the vil- 



lages where Meshkemau and Waugau live. 



