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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



[ETH. ANN. 18 



SCHEDXJLE OF INDI^^ 



1824 



May 26 



Aug. 



Camp on 

 Moultrie 

 creek in 

 Florida 

 territory. 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Washington, 

 D. C. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 224. 



Aug. 



Washington, 

 D. C. 



Stat. L., 

 IV, 57. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 229. 



Florida tribes. 



Christian In- 

 dians. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 231. 



Harrington's, 

 Arkansas 

 territory. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 232. 



Quapaw 



It is agreed by the U. S. that the following reservations shall 

 be surveyed and marked for certain principal chiefs of the 

 Florida Indians, viz: 



1. For the use of Nea Mathla and his connections, 2 miles 



square, embracing the I'uphulga village on the waters 

 of Kocky Comfort i reek. 



2. For Blunt and Tuski Hajo, a reservation commencing on 



the Apalachicola, 1 mile below Tuski Hajo's improve- 

 ments; running up said river 4 miles; thence W. 2 

 miles; thence southerly to a point 2 miles due W. of the 

 beginning; thence E.to the beginning point. 



3. For Slulatto King and Ematliloehee, a reservation com- 



mencing on the Apalachicola at a point to include 

 Yellow Hair's improvements; thence up said river for 

 4 miles; thence W. 1 mile; thence southerly to a point 

 1 mile W. of the beginning, and thence E. to the begin- 

 ning point. 



4. For Econchatimico, a reservation commencing on the 



Chatahoochie, 1 mile below Ecouchatimiio's house; 

 theuce up said river for 4 miles; thence 1 mile W. ; 

 thence southerly to a point 1 mile W. of the begin- 

 ning; theuce E. to the beginning point, 



Whenever the Christian Indians shall notify the President of 

 the U. S. that they wish to remove from their residence on 

 the river Thames into the territory of the U. 8., it shall be 

 lawful for the President to designate a reservation of not 

 less than 24,000 acres of land to be held in the usual njauner 

 of holding Indian reservations so long as they live thereon. 



The Sock and Fox tribes or nations cede and quitclaim to the 

 U. S all right to lands within the State of Missouri situated 

 between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and a line run- 

 ning from the Missouri at the mouth of the Kansas river, N. 

 100 miles to the NW. corner of the State of Missouri, and 

 from thence E. to the Mississippi. 



It is understood, however, that the small tract of land lying 

 between the rivers Desmoin and Mississippi, and the sec- 

 tion of the above line between the Mississippi and the Des- 

 moin, is intended for the use of the half-breeds belonging 

 to the Sock and Fox nations, they holding it, however, by 

 the same title and in the same manner that other Indian 

 titles are held. 



The loway tribe or nation cede and quitclaim to the U. S. all 

 right to lands within the State of Missouri and situated be- 

 tween tbe Mississippi and Missouri rivers and a line running 

 from the Missouri, at the mouth or entrance of Kanzas river, 

 N. 100 miles, to the NW. corner of the State of Missouri, and 

 from thence E. to the Mississippi; and said tribe do aeknowl- 

 . edge that the lands E. and S. of the above-described lines 

 (which have been run and marked by Colonel Sullivan), so 

 far as the Indians claimed the same, belong to the U. S., and 

 that none of said tribe shall be permitted to settle or hunt 

 upon any part of it after Jan. 1, 1826, without permission. 



The Qnapaw nation cede to the U. S. all claim to lands in the 

 Territory of Arkansas within the following boundaries, viz: 

 Beginning at a point on the Arkansas river, opposite to the 

 Post of Arkansas, and running thence a due SW. course to 

 the Ouachita river; and thence up the same to the Saline 

 fork; and up the Saline fork to a point from whence a due 

 NE. course will strike the Arkansas river at Little Rock ; and 

 thence down the right or S. bank of the Arkansas to the place 

 of beginning. 



Tlie Quapaw nation agree to be concentrated and confined to 

 the district of country inhabited by the Caddo Indians, and 

 to form a part of said tribe. 



