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INDIAX LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OE I^DI^I"^ 



Near niimtU 

 (if Mississi- 

 newariver, 

 on tUe Wa- 

 bash. 



1827 

 Aug. 11 



Near nioutU 

 of Mississi- 

 newa river, 

 on tlie Wa- 

 bash. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 300. 



Butte (1 e s 

 Jl r t s, on 

 Fox river 

 in M i c b i - 

 gau terri- 

 tory. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 303. 



Chippewa, 

 Menomini, 

 and Winne- 



Thp Potawataiuie tribe cede to the U. S. their right to the land 

 within the following limits: 



1. Beginning ou the Tippecanoe river where the northern 



boundary of the tract ceded by the Potawatamies 

 to the U. S. by the treaty of St'jiary's iu 1818 inter- 

 sects the same; thence in a direct line to a point ou 

 Eel river halfway between the month of said river 

 and I'ierish's village; thence up Eel river to Seek's 

 village near thi^ head thereof; thence iu a direct line 

 to the month of a creek emptying into the St Joseph's 

 of the Miami near Metea's village; thence up the St 

 Joseiih's to the l)OUndary line between the States of 

 Indiana and Ohio ; thence S. to the Miami; thence up 

 the same to the reservation at Fort Wayne; thence 

 with the lines of the said reservation to the bound- 

 ary established by the treaty with the Miamies in 

 1818; thence with the said line to the Wabash river; 

 thence with the same river to the mouth of the Tip- 

 pecanoe river; and thence w'ith the said Tippecanoe 

 river to the place of beginning. 



2. Beginning at a point upon Lake Michigan 10 miles due 



N. of the southern extreme thereof; running thence 

 due E. to the land ceded by the Indians to the U. S. 

 by the treaty of Chicago "[Aug. 29, 1821]; thence S. 

 with the boundary thereof, 10 miles; thence W. to the 

 southern extreme of Lake Michigan; thence with the 

 shore thereof to the place of beginning. 



3. A strip of laud commencing at Lake Jlichigan and run- 



ning thence to the Wiibaish river 100 feet wide for a 

 road, and also one section of good land contiguous to 

 the said road for each mile of the same and also for 

 each mile of a road from the termination thereof, 

 through Indianapolis, to the Ohio river, for the pur- 

 pose of making a roail aforesaid from Lake Michigan 

 by the way of Indianapolis to some convenient point 

 on the Ohio river. 



The Miami tribe cede to the U. S. all their claim to land in the 

 State of Indiana N. and W. of the AVabash and Miami rivers 

 and of the cession made by said tribe to the U. S. by the 

 treaty concluded at St Mary's Oct. 6, 1818. 



From the foregoing cession the following reservations are made 

 for the use of the tribe : 



1. Fourteen sections of land at Seek's village 



2. Five sections for the Beaver below and adjoining the 



preceding reservation. 



3. Thirty-six sections at Flat Belly's village 



4. Five sections for Little Charley, above the old village on 



the N. side of Eel river. 



5. One section for Laventure's daughter, opposite the is- 



lands, about 15 miles below Fort Wayne. 



6. One section for Chapine, above and adjoining Seek's 



village. 



7. Ten sections at the White Eacoou's village 



8. Ten sections at the mouth of Mud creek on Eel river at 



the old village. 



9. Ten sections at the forks of the Wabash 



10. One reservation, commencing 2.V miles below the month 

 of the Mississinewa and running up the Wabash 5 

 miles with the bank tberetif and from these points 

 running due N. to Eel river. 



The southern boundary of the Chippeway country eastwardly 

 from the Plover portage of the Oniscnusin having beeu left 

 undclined by tlie treaty of Aug. 19, 1825, it is now agreed 

 between the Chippeways, Menomonies, and Winebagoes, 

 that the southern boundary of the Chippeway country shall 

 run as follows, namely: From the Plover portage of the Ouis- 

 consin on a northeasterly course to a point ou Wolf river 



