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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THK UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF II^DIA^^ 



1819 

 Feb. 27 Washington, 

 D.C. 



July 30 , Eilwardsville, 

 Illinjis 



Stat. L., 

 vn, 195. 



.Stat. L., 

 VII. 2U0. 



Kickapoo 



Description of cession or reservation 



The Cherokee nation cedes to the IT. S. all of their lanils lying 

 N. and E. of the following line, viz: Beginning ou the Ten- 

 nessee liver at the point where the Cherokee boundary with 

 Madison county, in the Alabama territory, joins the same; 

 thence along the main channel of said river to the mouth of 

 the Highwnssce; thence along its main channel to the lir.st 

 hill which clu.ses in on said liver, about 2 miles above 

 Highwassee Old Town ; thence along the ridge which divides 

 the waters of the Highwassee and Little Tellico to the Ten- 

 nessee river at Tallasee; thence along the main channel to 

 the junction ot the Cowee and Nanteyalee; thence aloug the 

 ridge in the fork of said river to the top of the lilue Kidge; 

 thence along the Blue Ridge to the Unicny Turujiike road; 

 thence by a straight line to the nearest main source of the 

 Chestatee; thence along its main channel to the Chata- 

 houchee; and thence to the Creek boundary ; it being under- 

 stood that all the islands in the Chestatee and the parts of 

 the Tennessee and Highwassee (with the exception of Jolly's 

 island in the Tennessee), which constitute a portion of the 

 present boundary, belong to the Chei okees. 



The Cherokee nation cedes to the U. S. Jolly's island in Ten- 

 nessee river. 



Also a small tract lying at and below the mouth of Clinch river, 

 reserved to the former by treaty of Oct. 2.5, 180.5. 



Also in trust, to be sold for the benefit of the Cherokee national 

 school fund, a tract equal to 12 miles sipuire, to be located by 

 commencing at the point formed by the intersection of the 

 boundary line of Madison county and theN. bank of the Ten- 

 nessee river; thence along the said line and up the said river 

 12 miles. 



Also one section of 1 square mile at the foot of Cumberland 

 mountain, at and near the jdace where the turnpike gate 

 stands, which was reserved bv said nation bv treaty of Oct. 

 25, 1805. 



Also one section of 1 square mile on the N. bank of the Ten- 

 nessee river, where the Cherokee Talootlske now lives, which 

 was reserved by said nation by treaty of Oct. 25, 1805. 



Also the 3 other square miles which were reserved liy treaty of 

 Oct. 25, 1805, for the particular disposal of the U. S. on the 

 N. bank of the Tennessee, opposite to and below the mouth 

 of Hiwassa river. 



From the above cession 31 tracts of 640 acres each -were re- 

 served for individuals; it was also agreed that every head of 

 an Indian family who would become a citizen of the U. S. 

 should receive 040 acres. 



The Kickapoo tribe cede to the U. S. all claim to land on the 

 SE. side of the Wabash river, including the principal village 

 in which their ancestors formerly resided, consisting of a 

 large tract to which they have had from time immemorial 

 and now have, as they claim, a just right. 



The Kickapoo tribe also cede to the U. S. all land within the 

 following boundaries, viz: Beginning on the Wabash river 

 at the upper ]ioint of their cessiou made by the second ar- 

 ticle of their treaty at Viucenncs, on the 9th of December, 

 1809; running thence northwestwardly to the dividing line 

 between the States of Illinois and Indiana; tlience along 

 said line to the Kankakee river : thence with said river to the 

 Illinois river; thence down the latter to its mouth; thence 

 with a direct line to the NW. corner of the Vincennes tract as 

 recognized in the treaty with the Piankeshaw tribe at Vin- 

 cennes, Dec. 30, 1805: and thence with the western and 

 northern boundaries of the cessions heretofore made by the 

 said Kickapoo tribe of Indians, to the beginning. Of this 

 tract of land the Kickapoos claim a large portion by descent 

 from their ancestors, and the balance by conquest from the 

 Illinois nation coupleil with uninteirupted possession for 

 more than half a century. 



The Kickapoo tribe also confirm all their former treaties with 

 tlie U. S. and relinquish to the latter all claim to every por- 

 tion of their lands which mav have been ceded by any other 



