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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF INDI^TS^ 



Jl'lieie or liow 

 cunchnhd 



Aug. 25 



Sept. 20 



Green li a y , 

 Miuliigau 

 territoiy. 



Missi onary 

 establish- 

 ments upon 

 the St Jo- 

 s e p h o I' 

 LakeMich- 

 i g a n , in 

 M i c h i g an 

 territory. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 315. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 317. 



Winnebago 

 and united 

 tribes of 

 Potawato- 

 mi, Chip- 

 pewa, and 

 Ottawa. 



1829 



July L'! 



Prairie <Im 

 Chieu, Mich- 

 igan terri- 

 tory. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 320. 



Chi ppewa, 

 Ottawa, and 

 Potawato- 

 nii nations 

 of the wa- 

 ters of the 

 II 1 in ois , 

 Milwaukee , 

 and Mani- 

 towoc riv- 

 ers. 



Deaciijilioii of cfsaioti or rcservatiuii 



It 18 agreed that the following shall be the provisional boundary 

 between the land.s of the U. S. and those of the foregoing 

 tribes: The Ouisconsiu river from its mouth to its nearest 

 approach to the Blue Mounds; theuce southerly, passing E. 

 of the said mounds to the head of that branch of the Poca- 

 tolaka creek which ruus near the Spotted Arm's village; 

 thence with the said branch to the main forks of Pocatolaka 



• creek; thence southeasterly to the ridge dividiug the Wine- 

 bago country from that of the Potawatamic, Chippewa, and 

 Ottawa tribes; thence southerly with the said ridge to the 

 line ruuning from Chicago to the Mississippi, near Kock 

 Island. And it is f'llly understood that the U. S. may freely 

 occupj' the country between these boundaries and the 

 Mississippi river until a treaty shall be held with the Indians 

 lor its ci^ssion. 



It is further agreed that a ferry may be established over the 

 Rock rivor where the Fort Clark road crosses the same, and 

 also a ferry over the same river at the crossing of the Lewis- 

 ton road. 



The Potawatamie tribe of Indians cede to the I'. S. the tracts 

 of land included within the following boundaries: 



1. Beginning at the mouth of the St .losejih of Lake Michi- 



gan, and thence ruuning up the said river to a point 

 on the said river half-way between La-vache-qui-pisse 

 and Macousin village; thence in a direct line to the 

 nineteenth-mile tree on the northern boundary line of 

 the State of Indiana; thence with the samoWest to 

 Lake Miihig.an; and thence with the shore of the said 

 lake to the place of beginning. 



2. Beginning at a point on the line run in 1817 due E. from 



the southern extreme of Lake Michigan, which point 

 is due S. from the head of the most easterly branch 

 of the Kankekee river, and from that point running 

 S. 10 miles; thence in a direct line to the NE. corner 

 of Platbelly's reservation; thence to the NW. corner 

 of the reservation at Seek's village; thence with the 

 lines of the said reservation and of former cessions 

 to the line between the States of Indiana and Ohio; 

 theme with the same to the former described line, 

 running due E. from the southern extreme of Lake 

 Michigan, and thence with said line to the place of 

 beginning. 



The aforesaid nations hereby cede to the U. S. all the lands 

 comprehended within the following limits, viz: Beginning 

 at the Winnebago village, ou Kock river, -10 miles from its 

 mouth, and running thence down Rock river to a line which 

 runs due W. from the most southern bend of Lake Michigan 

 to the Mississippi river, and with that line to the Mississijipi 

 river opposite to Rock Island; thence up that river to the 

 I'. S. reservation at the mouth of the Ouisconsiu; thence 

 with the S. and E. lines of said reservation to the Ouiscon- 

 siu river; thence southerly, passing the heads of the small 

 streams emptying into the Mississippi, to the Rock river 

 aforesaid at the Winnebago village, the place of beginning. 



2. Also one other tract of land, described as follows, to wit : 

 Beginning ou the western shore of Lake Michigan, at the 

 NE. corner of the field of Antoine Ouitmette, who lives near 

 fiross Poiute, about 12 miles N. of Chicago; thence rnu- 

 ningdueW.to the Rock river aforesaid; thence down the 

 said river to where a line drawn due W. from the most 

 southern bend of Lake Michigan crosses said river; thence 

 E. along said line to the I'ox river of the Illinois; thence 

 along the northwestern boundary line of the cession of 1816 

 to Lake Jlichigan; thence northwardly along the western 

 shore of said lake to the place of beginning. 



