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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDLTLE OF I^EH^INT 



Where or how 

 concluded 



Description of cession or reserraiion 



1819 

 July 30 



Edwardsville. 

 lUiuois. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 20U. 



Sept. 24 



Fort Harrison, 

 ludiuuu. 



Kickapoo. 



Stat. L., Kickapoo of 

 \ii,202. .the Vermil- 

 ion. 



Saginaw, Stat. L.. Chippewa. 

 Michigan ' ^11,21)::!. 

 territory. 



tribe aud all and every demand wbicli they might have had 

 in conseciueuce of the second article of the treaty with the 

 rottn.wattamy nation of Indians at St Mary's on Oct. 2, 1818. 

 Also without reservation all other tracts of land to which 

 they have any riglit or title on the left side of the Illinois 

 aud ilississippi rivers. 

 In consideration of the foregoing cessions the U. S. agree to 

 cede to the Kickapoos and their heirs forever a certain tract 

 of land lying in the Territory of Missouri aud included 

 within the following boundaries, viz: Beginning at the con- 

 fluence of the rivers Pomnies de Terre and Osage; thence up 

 said river Pommes de Terre to the dividing ridge which 

 separates the waters of Osage and White rivers; thence 

 with said ridge aud westwardly to the Osage Hue; thence 

 due N. Avith said line to Nerve creek ; thence down the same 

 to a point due S. of the mouth of White Clay or Richard 

 creek ; thence N. to the Osage river; thence down said river 

 to the beginning: Provided, that said trilie shall never sell 

 said land without the consent of the Presideut of the U. S. 



The Kickapoos of the Vermillion cede to the U. S. all lands 

 which said tribe has heretofore possessed or which they may 

 rightfully claim on the Wabash river or any of its waters. 

 And to the end that the U. S. may be able to fix Avith the 

 other Indian tribes a boundary between their respective 

 claims, the chiefs, warriors, and headmen of the said tribe 

 do hereby declare tliat their rightful claim is as follows: 

 Beginning at the NW. corner of the Vincenues tract; thence 

 westwardly by the boundary established by a treaty with 

 the Piankeshaws on Dec. 06, 1805, to the dividing ridge 

 between the waters of the Embarras and the Little Wabash ; 

 thence by the said ridge to the source of the Vermillion 

 river; thence by the same ridge to the head of Pino creek; 

 thence by the said creek to the Wabash river ; thence by the 

 said river to the mouth of Aermillion river, aud thence by 

 the Vermillion and the boundary jireviously established to 

 the place of beginning. 



The Chippewa nation cede to the U. S. the land comprised 

 withiu the tollowiug described boundaries, viz: Beginning 

 at a point in the present Indian boundary line, which ruus 

 due X. from the moulh of the great Auglaize river, 6 miles 

 S. of the place where the base line so called intersects the 

 same; thence W'. (30 miles; thenee in a direct line to the 

 headof Thunder Bay river; thenee down the same, following 

 the lourses thereof to tlie mouth; thence NE. to the bound- 

 ary line between the U. S. and the British Province of Upper 

 Canada; thence with the same to the line established by the 

 treaty of Detroit in 1807; thence with said lino to the place 

 of bei;inuing. 



From the foregoing general cession the Chippewa nation 

 reserves for future use and occupancy the following de- 

 scribed tracts : 



1. One tract of 8,000 acres on the E. side of the river Au 



Sable, near where the Indians now live. 



2. One tract of 2,000 acres on the river Mesagwisk 



3. One tract of 0,000 acres on the N. side of the river Kaw- 



kawling at the Indian tillage. 



4. One tract of 5,760 acres upon the Flint river, to include 



Reaum's village and a place called Kishkawbawee. 



5. One tract of 8,000 acres on the head of the river Huron 



which empties into the Saginaw river at the village of 

 Otusson. 



6. One island in the Saginaw l>ay 



7. One tract of 2,000 acres where Nabobask formerly lived. . 



8. One tract of 1,000 acres near the island in Saginaw river 



9. One tract of 640 acres at the bend of the river Huron, 



which empties into the Saginaw river. 

 10. One tract of 2,000 acres at the mouth of Point Augrais 

 river. 



