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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES [eth. anx, 18 



SCHEDULE OF INDI^jN 



Stnt. L. 

 vu, 30' 



1828 

 Feb. 11 



Wvaiulot vil- 

 liige, iienv 

 thc\Vii1i;i8li 

 in Indiaua. 



Wasbiiigtou, 

 D. C. 



The boundaries of the cession of Jan. 24, 1826, not having eoni- 

 prised, as was expected, all the Creek lauds within the limits 

 of Georgia, the Creek nation now therefore cedes to the V. S. 

 all the remaining land owned or claimed by the Creek nation 

 not previously ceded, which on actual survey may be found 

 to lie within the chartered limits of Georgia. 



Stat. L., Eel river or The Eel river or Thorntowu jiarty of Miami Indians cede to 



VII, 309. Thorntown the U. S. all claim to a reservation of land about 10 miles 



party of scjuare at their village on Sugar Tree creek in Indiaua, 



j Miami In- reserved to them by article 2, of the treaty of Oct. 6, 1818. 

 I dians. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 311. 



Cherokee na- The western boundary of Arkansas shall be, and is hereby 

 tionwestof defined, viz. : A line shall be run commencing on Red river 

 Mississippi at the point where the eastern Choctaw line strikes said 

 river. river and run due N. with said line to the river Arkansas, 



I thence in a direct line to the SW. corner of Missouri. 

 The V. S. agree to possess the Cherokees and to guarantee it 

 to them forever, and that guarantee is hereby solemnly 

 pledged, of 7,000,000 acres of land to be bounded as follows, 

 viz. : Commencing at that point on Arkansas river where the 

 eastern Choctaw boundary line strikes said river, and running 

 thence with the western line of Arkansas, as defined in the 

 foregoing article, to the SW. corner of Jlissouri, and thence 

 with the western boundary line of Missouri till it crosses 

 the waters of Neasho, generally called Grand river; thence 

 due W. to a point from which a due S. course will strike the 

 present NW. corner of Arkansas territory ; thence continuing 

 dne S. on and with the present western boundary line of the 

 territory to the main branch of Arkansas river; thence down 

 said river to its junction with the Canadian river, and thence 

 up and between the said rivers Arkansas aud Canadian to 

 a point at which a line running N. and S. from river to river 

 will give the aforesaid 7,000,000 acres. 

 In addition to the 7,000,000 acres provided for as above, the 

 U. S. further guarantee to the Cherokee nation a ]»erpetual 

 outlet W., and a free aud unmoleste<l use of all the country 

 lying \V. of the western boundary of the above described 

 limits and as far W. as the sovereignty of the U. S. aud their 

 right of soil extend. 



It is agreed that the property aud improvements connected 

 with the Cherokee agency shall be sold under the direction 

 of the agent aud the proceeds applied to aid in the erection 

 in the new country of the Cherokees of a grist and sawmill 

 for their use. Said property aud improvements are thus 

 defineil : Commence at the Arkausas river opposite \Villiam 

 Stinnett's and run due X. 1 mile, thence due E. to a point 

 Irom which a dne S. line to the Arkansas river would include 

 the Chalybeate or Mineral Spring attached to or uear the 

 ]iresent residence of the agent, and thence up the Arkansas 

 river to the beginning. 



The Cherokees aforesaid agree to give up and surrender to the 

 r. S., and to remove within 14 months therefrom, all the 

 lands to which they are entitled in Arkansas and which were 

 secured to them by the treaty of Jan. 8, 1817, aud the con- 

 vention of Feb. 27," 181 9. 



It is agreed that a tract of laud 2 miles wide and 6 miles long 

 shall be reserved for the use of the U. S. for the accommoda- 

 tion of the military force w liich is or may be stationed at 

 Fort Gibson on tlie Neasho (jr Grand river, to commence on 

 said river one half mile below said fort and run thence dne 

 E. 2 miles; thence northwardly G miles to a point which shall 

 be 2 miles distant from the river aforesaiil; thence due W. 

 to said river, aud down it to the place of beginning, and the 

 r. S. shall have a free right of way for a road to and from 

 said fort. 



