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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IX THE UNITED STATES [eth.axn. 18 



SCHEDULE OF I^DI^^iNT 



IFhere or liow 

 concluded 



lieference 



Description of ce 



1825 



Jau. 20 



June 2 



June 3 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Indian 

 Springs, 

 Geoi'oia. 



St Louis, Mis- 

 souri. 



Stat. L., 

 vii, 234. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 237. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 240. 



St Louis, Mis- Stat. L., 

 souri. VII, 244. 



Great and Lit- 

 tle Osage. 



The Choctaw nation cede to the U. S. all that portion of the 

 laud ceded to them by the second article of the treaty of 

 Doak's Staud, Oct. 18, 1820, lying E. of a line beginning on 

 the Arkansas. 100 paces E. of Fort Smith, and runuiug 

 thence due S. to Red river, it being understood that this 

 line shall constitute and remain the permanent boundary 

 between the U. S. and the Choctaws. 



Tlie Creek nation cede to the U. S. all lands lying within the 

 bouiiilaries of the State of Georgia, as defined by the com- 

 pact of Ajir. 24, 1802, between the V. S. aud Georgia, now 

 occupied by said nation, or to which said nation claims title. 



The Creek nation also <edc to the U. S. all other lands occupied 

 or claimed liy thiin lying N. aud W. of a line to be run from 

 the lirst principal falls upon the Chatauhoochie river, above 

 Cowctau town, to Ockfuskee Old Town upon the Tallapoosa, 

 thence to the falls of the Coosaw river at or near a place 

 called the Hickory Ground. 



It is further agreed that the U. S. will give in exchange for the 

 lands above ceded the like quantity, acre for acre, westward 

 of the Mississippi, on the Arkausas river, commencing at the 

 mouth of the Canadian fork thereof and running westward 

 between said rivers Arkansas and Canadian fork for quan- 

 tity. 



The Creeks also relinquish all right to the two reservations 

 at Indian Springs aud on the (;)cmulgee river, respectively, 

 granted to Geu. William Mcintosh by treaty of 1821. 



The Great and Little Osage tribes or nations cede to the U. S. 

 all claim to lands lying within the State of Missouri and the 

 Territory of Arkansas. 



The Osages also cede all claim to lauds lying W. of the State 

 of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas, N. and W. of the Red 

 river, .S. of the Kansas river, and E. of a line to lie drawn 

 from the head sources of the Kansas southwardly tlirough 

 the Rock Saline, with such reservations as are hereinafter 

 specified. 



Within the limits of the foregoing cession there is reserved for 

 the Osages, so long as they choose to occupy the same, the 

 following described tract of land: Beginning at a point due 

 E. of White Hair's village and 2.5 miles W. of the western 

 boundary line of the State of Missouri, fronting on a N. and 

 S. line so as to leave 10 miles N. and 40 miles S. of the point 

 of said beginning, and extending W. with the width of 50 

 miles to the western boundary of the lands hereby ceded 

 and relinquished. 



The Kanzas nation cede to the U. S. all lands lying within the 

 State of Missouri to which said nation has title or claim. 



The Kanzas nation also cede to the I'. S. all other lands claimed 

 by them lying \V. of the State of Missouri and within the 

 following bonudaries: Beginning at the entrance of the 

 Kanzas river into tlie Missouri ; thence N. to the N W. corner 

 of the State of Missouri; thence westwardly to the Nodewa 

 river, 30 miles from its entrance into the Missouri ; thence 

 to the entrance of the Big Nemahaw river into the Missouri, 

 aud with that river to its sour<e ; thence to the source of the 

 Kausas river, leaving the old village of the Pania Repulilic 

 to the W. ; thence on- the ridge dividing the waters of the 

 Kanzas river from those of the Arkansas to the western 

 boundary of the State line of Missouri, and with that line 

 30 miles to the place of beginning. 



From the foregoing cession the Kanzas nation reserve the fol- 

 lowing tract: Beginning 20 leagues up the Kanzas river and 

 to include their village on that river; extending W. 30 miles 

 in width through the lands ceded in the tirst article. 



