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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



[ETH.ANX. 18 



SCHEDULE OF I]NrDI^^Isr 



1816 

 Aug. 24 



Where or how 

 concluded 



S.t L o n i s , 

 Missouri 

 territory . 



Sept. 14 



Sept. 20 



Chick a saw 

 council 

 liouse and 

 Turkey 

 Town. 



Chickasaw 

 council 

 house. 



lieference 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 146. 



Ottawa, Chip- 

 p e w a , and 

 Potawat m i 

 residing o n 

 llhnois and 

 Milwaukee 

 rivers and 

 their waters. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 148. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 150. 



DescriptUin of c 



as to cross Saudy creek 10 miles above its mouth ; thence in 

 a direct line to a point 10 miles N. of the W. end of the port- 

 age between Chicago creek, which empties into Lake Michi- 

 gan, and the river Depleines, a fork of the llliuois; thence 

 in a direct liue to a point on Lake Michigan 10 miles north- 

 ward of the mouth of Chicago creek ; thence along the lake 

 to a point 10 miles southward of the mouth of Chicago creek ; 

 thence In a direct liue to a point on Kankakee river 10 miles 

 above its mouth; thence with the said Kankakee and Illi- 

 nois rivers to the mouth of Fox river, and theuce to the 

 beginning. 



The U. S. agree to relimiuish to the aforesaid tribes or bauds 

 all the land contained in the aforesaid cession of Nov. 3, 1804, 

 by the Sacs and Foxes which lies N. of a due W. liue from 

 the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the Mississippi 

 river. 



From this latter relinquishment the U. S. reserve a tract 3 

 leagues square* at the mouth of the Ouisconsing river, includ- 

 ing both bauks, and such other tracts on or near to the Ouis- 

 consing and Mississiiipi rivers as the President of the U. S. 

 may think proper to reserve, provided the same shall not 

 exceed in (juantity 5 leagues square. 



The Cherokee nation acknowledge the following as their 

 westi'iu boundary: S. of the Tennessee river, commencing at 

 Camp Coffee, which is opposite the Chickasaw island; run- 

 ning from thence .a due S. course to the top of the dividing 

 ridge between the waters of the Tennessee and Tombigbee 

 rivers ; thence eastwardly along said ridge, leaving the head- 

 waters of the Black Warrior to the right hand until opposed 

 by the W. branch of Will's creek ; thence down the E. bank 

 of said creek to the Coosa river :1ud down said river. 



The Cherokee nation relinquish to the U. S. all claim to lauds 

 lying S. and W. of the liue above c. escribed. 



The Chickasaw nation cede to the U. S. (with the exception of- 

 such reservations as .shall hereafter be specitied) all right or 

 title to lands on the N. side of Tennessee river. 



The Chickasaws also relini|uish all claim to territory on the 

 S. side of Tennessee river and E. of a line commencing at the 

 month of Cauey creek and running up the same to its source; 

 thence a due S. course to the Ridge path, commonly called 

 Gaines' road; along said road southwcstwardly to a poiut 

 on Tombigby river, called Cotton Gin Port, and down the 

 W. bank of the Tombigby to the Choctaw boundary. 



From the foregoing cessions the following tracts are reserved 

 to the Chickasaw nation : 



1. One tract of land for the use of Col. George Colbert and 



his heirs, described as follows: Beginning on the N. 

 bank of Tennessee river at a point that, running N. 4 

 miles, williuclude a big spring abouthalfway between 

 his ferry and the mouth of Cypress creek, it being a 

 spring that a large cow path crosses its branch near 

 where a cypress tree is cut down ; thence westwardly 

 to a poiut 4 miles from the Tennessee river, and 

 standing due N. of a point on the N. liank of the 

 river 3 [4] miles below his ferry on the Tennessee 

 river, and up the meanders of said river to the begin- 

 ning. 



2. A tract of land 2 miles square on the N. bank of the 



Tennessee river, and at its jimctiou with Beach creek, 

 for the use of Appassantubby and heirs. 



3. A tract of land 1 mile sijuare ontheN. side of the Ten- 



nessee river, for the use of John McCleish and heirs, 

 the said tract to be so run ;)s to include the said 

 McCleish's settlement and improvements on the N. side 

 of Buffalo creek. 



4. Two tracts of land, coutainiuglO acres each, on the S. 



side of Tennessee river and about 2^ miles below 

 the Cotton Gin Port on the Tombigby river, wliich 

 tracts of land will be pointed out by Maj. Levi Col- 

 bert, and for the use of said Colbert and heirs. 



