714 



INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF IlsrDI^]N^ 



niicre or ho. 

 coiicliidfd 



1825 

 Nov. 7 St Louis, Mis 

 souii. 



1326 



Jan. 24 



Wasbinetou, 

 D. C. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 2S4. 



Stat. L., 

 VII,. 286. 



FdUil (lu Lac 

 olLakeSu- 

 peiiur. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 290. 



Dencriptiun of cession or reserral'wn 



Shawnee na- Tlie Shawnee tribe ecde to tlie L'. S. all claim to the lands on 



tiou resid- 

 ing in Mis- 

 souri. 



wliicli tbe.v settled near Cai)e Gcreileaii under an autborit.v 

 ot llie S|iauisli Government, situate, l.yiiig, and being be- 

 tween the river St Come and Cajie Geredeau and bounded ou 

 the E. by the Mississippi and westwardly bv tlie AVbite 

 Water. 



In cousideriitiim of the foregoing cession the U. S. agree to give 

 to the Shawanee tribe within the State of Missouri, for tliem- 

 selves and such oftho same nation as m:iy emigrate from Ohio, 

 a tract of laud equal to 50 miles square, situated W. of the 

 State of Missouri and within the purchase made from the 

 Osages by treat.y of June 2, 1825, bounded as follows: Com- 

 mencing at a point 2 miles NW. of the SW. corner of Missouri ; 

 thence N. 25 miles; thence \V. 100 miles; thence S. 25 miles; 

 thence E. 100 miles to the place of beginning. 



The treaty concluded at Indian Spriugs, Feb. 12, 1825, between 

 the Creek nation and the U. S., and ratified on Mar. 7, 1825, 

 is declared null and void. 



The Creek nation cede to the U. S. — 



1. All the land belonging to said nation in the state of 



Georgia and lying ou the E. side of the middle of Chat- 

 ahoocliie river. 



2. The general boundaries of the foregoing cession al.so in- 



clude the tract reserved at Oakchoucoolgau creek l>y 

 treaty of 1805. 



3. Also tract reserved at Indian Springs by treaty of 1821.. 



4. Also tract reserved at Gi'U. Mcintosh's by treaty of 1821 . 



5. Also tract reserved for Creek agency by treaty of 1821 . . 



6. The Creeks also cede a tract lying within the state of 



Georgia and bounded as follows: Beginning at a ])oint 

 on the western bank of Chatahoochie river, 47 miles 

 below the poiut where the boundary line between the 

 Creeks and Cherokees strikes the Chatahoochie river 

 near the Jiu/.zard's Koost, measuring the said distance 

 in a direct line and uot following the meaudersof said 

 river; and from the point of beginning running in a 

 direct line to a point in the boundary line between 

 the said Creeks and the Cherokees 30 miles W. of the 

 said Buzzard's Roost; thence to the Buzzard's Roost, 

 and thence with the middle of said river to the i)lace 

 of beginning. 



That i)ortion of the Creek nation known as the friends and fol- 

 lowers of the late (ien. 'William Mcintosh having intimated 

 to the U. S. their desire to remove W. of the Mississippi, it 

 is agreed with their assent that a deputation of live persons 

 shall be sent by them to examine the Indian country AV. of 

 the Mississippi not within citlier of the states or territories 

 and not possessed by the Choctaws or Cherokees. And the 

 II. S. agree to purchase for tliem, if the same can be done 

 upon reasonable terms, wherever they may select, a country 

 whose extent shall in the opinion of the President be propor- 

 tioned to their numbers. 



Chippewa The Chippewa tribe fully assent to the treaty of Aug. 19, 1825, 



at Prairie du Chien. 

 It is agreed that a deputation shall be sent by the C'hippewas 

 to the treaty to be held in 1827 at Green Bay, with full power 

 to arrange and (ix tlie boundary line between the C'hippewas 

 and the Winnebagoes and Menomonees, which was left in- 

 complete by the tretity of Prairie du Chien in consequence 

 1 of the nonattendauce of the principal Menomonee chiefs. 



