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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



[KTH. ANN. 18 



SCHEDULE OF INDI^IST 



}l here or how 

 concluded 



1830 



July 15 ] Prairie du 

 CbieUjMich- 

 i i; a n terri- 

 tory. 



Sept. 27 Dancing Rab- 

 aml28 bit creek, 

 Mississippi. 



Reference Tribe 



Descriplion of assloii or reservation 



StMt. L., 

 VII, 328. 



1831 

 Feb. i 



Stat. L., 

 \ll, 333. 



Sauk and Fox, 

 Medewa- 

 k a n t on, 

 Wahpeku- 

 ta, Wah- 

 peton and 

 Sisse ton 

 bands of 

 Sioux, Oma- 

 ha, Iowa, 

 Oto, and 

 Uissouri. 



WashiDgtou, 

 D. C. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 342. 



Said tribes cede to the U. S. all claims to the following-described 

 teiritory : Beginning at the upper fork of the Demoine river 

 and passing the sources of the Little Sioux and Floy ds rivers 

 to the fork of the lirst creek which lalls into the Big Sioux 

 orC'alumet on the E. side ; thence down said creek and Calu- 

 met river to the Missouri river; thence down said Missouri 

 river to the Missouri state line above the Kansas; thence 

 along said line to the N\V. corner of the said state; thence 

 to tiie highlands between the waters falling into the Mis- 

 souri and Desmoiues, passing to said highlands along the 

 dividing ridge between the forks of the Grand river; thence 

 along said highlands or ridge separating the waters of the 

 Missouri from those of the Demoine to a point opposite the 

 source of Boyer river, and thence in a direct line to the 

 upper fork of the Demoine, the place of beginning. But 

 it is understood that the lands ceded and reliiuiuished by 

 this treaty are to be assigned and allotted under the direc- 

 tion of the President of tuo U. S. to the tribes now living 

 thereon or to such other tribes as the President may locate 

 thereon for hunting and other purposes. 



The Sacs and Foxes cede to the U. S. a tract of country 20 miles 

 in width from the Mississippi to the Demoine, situate S. 

 and adjoining the line between the s:iid Sacs and Foxes and 

 the Sioux, as established bv article 2 of the treaty of Aug. 

 19, 1825. 



The Medawah-kauton, Wah-pa-coota, Wahpeton and Sisseton 

 bauds of Sioux cede to the U. S. a tract of country 20 miles 

 in width from the Mississippi to the Demoine river, situate 

 N. and adjoining the line established by article 2, treaty of 

 Aug. 19, 1825. 



The U. S. agree to reserve for the occupancy of the Sioux half- 

 breeds the following tract of country: Beginning at a place 

 called the Barn, below and near the village of the Ke<l Wing 

 chief, and running back 15 miles; theuce in a iiarallel line 

 with Lake Pepin and the Mississippi about 32 miles to a 

 point opposite Beef or 0-Boeuf river; thence 15 miles to the 

 firand Encampment, opposite the river albresaid. 



The U. S. agree to reser\e for the occupancy of the Omaha, 

 Ioway,Ottoe,Yancli;ton, and San tie Sioux half-breeds the tract 

 of country within the following limits: Beginning at the 

 mouth of the Little Xe-mo-haw river and running up the 

 main channel of said river to a point which will be 10 miles 

 from its mouth in a direct line; from thence in a direct line 

 to strike the Grand Ne-mo-haw 10 miles above its mouth in 

 a direct line (the distance between the two Ne-mo-haws be- 

 ing about 20 miles) ; thence down said river to its mouth; 

 thence up and with the meanders of the Missouri river to 

 the point of beginning. 



The U. S., u'nder a grant specially to be made by the President 

 of the U. S., shall cause to be conveyed to the Choctaw na- 

 tion a tract of country W. of the Mississippi river in fee sim- 

 ple to them and their descendants, so long as they shall exist 

 as a nation and live on it, beginning near Fort Smith, where 

 the Arkansas boundary crosses the Arkansas river; running 

 thence to the source of the Canadian fork, if iu the limits 

 of the U. S., or to those limits; thi>nce due S. to Red river, 

 and down Red river to the \V. boundary of the territory of 

 Arkansas; thence N. along that line to the beginning. 



The Choctaw nation cede to tlie F. S. the entire couutry they 

 own and possess E. of the Mississippi river, and they agree 

 to remove beyond the Mississippi ri ver as early as jiracticable. 



Within the foregoing cession was included the tract of 2 miles 

 8(iuare at Fuketcheepoonta, reserved to the Choctaws by 

 treaty of 1805. 



The Menomonee tribe, by their delegates iu council, delinc the 

 boundaries of their country as follows: On the E. side of 

 Green bay, Fox river, and Winnebago lake, beginning at the 



