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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDXJLE OF i:NrDi^:N^ 



1820 



Oct. 18 Doak's Stand, 

 Choctaw 

 nation. 



1821 



Jan. 8 



Stat. L., 

 vii,210. 



Indian Spring, 

 Creek na- 

 tion. 



Aug. 29 



Stat. L., 

 MI, 215. 



Chicago, Illi- 

 nois. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 218. 



Ottawa, Chip- 

 pewa, and 

 Fotawatomi, 



to the head of Black creek, or Bouge Loosa; thence down 

 Black creek, or Bouge Loosa, to a small lake: thence a 

 direct course, so as to strike the Jlississij)])! 1 mile below 

 the mouth of the Arkansas river; thence down the Missis- 

 sippi to our liouudary ; thence around aud along the same to 

 the beginning. 

 In cousiiieratiou of the foregoing cession by the Choctaws, 

 and in part satisfaction of the same, the I'. S. cede to said 

 Choctaw nation a tract of country AV. of the Mississippi 

 river, situate between the Arkansas and Red river and 

 bounded as follows: Beginning on the Arkansas river where 

 the lower Ijoundary line of the Cherokees strikes the same; 

 thence up the Arkansas to the Canadian fork, and up the 

 same to its source; thence due S. to the Red river; thence 

 down Red river 3 miles below the mouth of Little river, 

 which empties itself iuto Red river on the N. side; thence a 

 direct line to the beginning. 



The Creek nation cede to the U. S. the land east of the follow- 

 ing boundaries, viz: Beginuing on the E. bank of Flint 

 river where Jackson's Hue oros.ses, running thence up the 

 eastern bank of the same along the water's edge to the head 

 of the principal western branch; from theuce the nearest 

 and a direct line to the Chatahooche river, up the eastern 

 bank of the said river, along the water's edge to the Shal- 

 low ford where the present boundary line between the 

 state of Georgia and the Creek nation tonclies the said 

 river, provided, however, that if the said line should strike 

 the Chatahooche river below the Creek village Buzzard 

 Roost, there shall be a set-oft' made, so as to leave the said 

 village 1 mile withiu the Creek nation. 



From the foregoing cession there is reserved to the Creek 

 nation the following tracts: 



1. One thousand acres to be laid oft' in a square, so as to in- 



clude the Indian spring in the center thereof. 



2. Six hundred and forty acres on the western bank of 



Oakmulgee river, so as to include the improvements 

 at present in the possession of the Indian chief. Gen- 

 eral Mclutosh. 

 It is also agreed that the title and possession of the following 

 tracts of laud shall continue in the Creek nation so long as 

 the present occupants .shall remain in personal possession 

 thereof: One mile square ea<h, to include as near as may be 

 in the center thereof the improvements of Michey Barnard, 

 James Barnard, Buckey Barnard, Cussena Barnard, and 

 Efauemathlaw, on the E. side of Flint river, which reser- 

 vations shall constitute a part of the cession made by the 

 first article so soon as they shall be abandoned by the pres- 

 ent occupants. 

 It is also agreed that so long as the U. S. continue the Creek 

 agency at its present situation on Flint river the land 

 inclnded within the following boundary, viz: Beginning on 

 the E. bank of Flint river at the mouth of the Boggy branch 

 and running out at right angles from the river H miles; 

 thence up and parallel with the river 3 miles; thence paral- 

 lel with the first line to the river, aud thence down the 

 river to the place of beginning, shall be reserved to the 

 Creek nation for the use of the U. S. agency and shall con- 

 stitute a part of the cession made by the first article wheu- 

 ever the agency shall be removed. 



The foregoing nations of Indians cede 1o the U. S. the laud 

 comprehended within the following boundaries: Beginning 

 at a point on the .S. l>ank of the river St Joseph of J^ake 

 Michigan near the Pare anx Vaches, due N. from Rum's vil- 

 lage, and running thence S. to a line drawn due E. from the 

 southern extreuje of Lake Michigan ; thence with the said 

 line E. to the tract ceded by the I'attiwatimies to the V. S. 

 by the treaty of Fort Meigs in 1817 if the said line should 

 strike said tract, but if the said line should pass N. of the 



