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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OE Ij>s^DI^V]Sr 



M'herc or liotv 

 con eluded 



Reference 



Description of ctxsion or reaerration 



1809 



Sept. 30 



Fort AVayue, 

 Indiana. 



Stat. L.. 

 VII, 113. 



V i n c e n n e s, 

 Indiana ter- 

 ritory. 



1814 

 Auk. 9 



Fort .lackson, 

 Alabama. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, lit;. 



Stat. L., 

 vn, 117. 



Stat. L., 

 \il, 120. 



Del aware, 

 Potawatomi, 

 Miami, and 

 Eel River 

 Miami. 



Kickapoo. 



By article 2 tlio Mianiies ex|>liritly ackuowledyo tlio equal 

 lijfUt of llie IJelawares witli tlieui-selvi-s to tlii> (ountry 

 \v:itered by the Wbito river. But ni'itlicr party shall have 

 the right of di.spo.siu^ of the same without Ihe consent of the 

 other, and any iniprovenients made on said laud by the Dela- 

 wares or their friends the Jlochecana shall be theirs forever. 



By article 5 the consent of the Wea trilje is made nec<'ssary to 

 completo tiin litlo of the U. S. to the tract first herein ceded. 



By article 8 the U. S. aiiree to relinf|nish their right to the res- 

 ervation at the old Ourocten<ui towns, made Iiy the treaty 

 of Greenville 1^179.5), so far at least as to make no other use of 

 it than for tlio establishment of a military post. 



By article 9 the tribes, parties to this treat.v, being desirous of 

 showing their attachment to the Kickajioos. agree to cede to 

 the U. S. the lands on the N\V. side of the Wabash, from the 

 Vineennes tract to a northwardly extension of the line run- 

 ning from the mouth of Raccoon creek, and 15 miles in width 

 from the Wabash, bnt this article shall be of no ett'ect until 

 the Kickapoos shall agree thereto. 



The Wea trilie gives its full assent to the treatv of Sept. 30, 

 1809, at Fort Wayne. 



The Kickapoos give their consent to the terms of the ninth 

 article of the treaty of Sept. 30. 1809. 



The Kickapoos agree to cede to the 11. S. all that tract of land 

 lying between the tract ceded by treaty of Sept. 30, 1809, 

 the Wal)ash, the Vermillion river, and a line to be drawn 

 fnun the N. corner of said ceded tract, so as to strike the Ver- 

 million river at a distance of 20 miles in a direct line from 

 its mouth. 



The U. S. demand an eciuivalent for all expenses incurred in 

 prosecuting the war to its termination by a cession of all the 

 territory belonging to the Creek nation, within the limits of 

 the U. S.. lying W., S., and southeastwanlly of a line to be 

 run as follows: ISeginning at a point on the eastern bank of 

 Coosa river, where the S. boundary lino of the Cherokee n.a- 

 tion crosses the same ; thence down the Coosa river, with its 

 eastern bank, to a point 1 mile al)Ove the mouth of Cedar 

 creek at Fort Williams ; thence E. 2 miles ; thence S. 2 miles ; 

 thence W. to the eastern bank of Coosa river; thence down 

 the eastern bank thereof to a point opposite the upjier 

 end of the great falls (called by the natives Woetumka); 

 thence E. from a true meridian line to a point due N. of the 

 mouth of Ofucshee; thence S,, by a like meridian line, to the 

 mouth of Ofucshee, on the S. side of Tallapoosa river; thence 

 up the same to a point where a direct course will cross the 

 same at the distance; of 10 miles from the mouth thereof; 

 thence a direct line (o the mouth of Sunmiochico creek, 

 which empties into the Chatahoiichie river on the K.side, 

 below IheEufaulau town; thence IL from a true nieriilian line 

 to a point which shall intersect the line dividing the lands 

 clainieil by the Creek nation from those claimed and owned 

 by the state of Georgia. If in running E. from tho mouth 

 of i^unimochico creek it shall happen that the settlement 

 of the Kennarcls fall within the limits of this cession, then 

 the line shall bo run E. on a true meridian to Kitcbolooneo 

 creek; thence ilowu the middle of the creek to its junction 

 with Flint river, immediately below the Oakmiilgee town; 

 thence up the middle Of Flint river to a point due E. of that 

 at which the above line struck the Kitchofoouee creek ; thence 

 E. to the old line dividing the lands claimed by tho Creeks 

 from those ehiimed and owned by the state of Georgia. 



The U. S. demand the right to estal)lish military posts and 

 trading houses and to open roads within the territory still 

 retained liy tho Creeks. 



Chiefs and warriors of the Creek nation who were friendly to 

 the U. S. during the Creek war are each entitled to locate a 

 reserve of 1 S(|uare mile, to include their improvements, as 

 near the center as mav be of the tract lirst above ceded. 



