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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF I]Sri3IA^^ 



Wlure or how 

 concluded 



lieference 



Itfiicripiioit of cfsitioii or reaerrulioit 



1831 

 Feb. 8 AVashinytou, 

 D. C. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 342. 



S. end of Winnebago lake; tbeiice soiitlieastwardly to the 

 Milwau^y or Manawanky river; theme down said river to 

 its month at Lake Michigan; thence N. along the shore of 

 Lake Michigan to the mouth of Green bay ; thence np Greeu 

 Bay, Fox river, and Winnebago lake to the place of begin- 

 ning. And on the W. side of Fox river as follows: Begin- 

 ning at the mouth of Fox river; thence down the E. shore of 

 Green Bay and across its month, so as to include all the 

 islands of the "Grand Traverse;" theme westerly on the 

 highlands between Lake Superior and Green Bay to the up- 

 per forksof the Menomonee river; thence to the Plover port- 

 age of the Wisconsin river; thence up the Wisconsin to the 

 Soft Maple river; thence to the source of the Soft Maple 

 river; thence W. to the Plume river, which falls into the 

 Chippeway river; thence down said Plume river to its 

 month; thence down the Chippeway river 30 miles; thence 

 easterly to the forks of the Mauoy river, which falls into the 

 Wisconsin river; thence down the said Manoy river to its 

 mouth; thence down the Wi.sconsiu river to the Wisconsin 

 portage; thence across the said portage to the Fox river; 

 thence down Fox river to its month at Greeu Bay or the 

 place of beginning. 



The Menomonees, though protesting that they are under no 

 obligation to recognize any claim of the New York Indians 

 to any ])ortion of their country; that they neither sold nor 

 received any value tor the land claimed by said New York 

 Indians, yet at the solicitation of the President of the U. S. 

 they agree that such part of the land described within the 

 following boundaries as he may direct may be set apart as a 

 home for the several tribes of New York Indians who may 

 remove to and settle upon the same within three years from 

 the date of this agreement, viz : Beginning on the W. side of 

 Fox river, near the "Little Kackaliu,'' at a point known as 

 the "Old Mill Dam;"' thence NW. 40 miles; thence NE. to 

 the Oconto creek falling into Green bay; thence down said 

 Oconto creek to Green bay; thence up and aUmg Greeu Bay 

 and Fox river to the place of beginning, excluJiug therefrom 

 all private land claims continned. 



From the foregoing tract for the New York Indians there is 

 also excepted the folio wing reservation for military purposes: 

 Beginning on the Fox river at the mouth of the tirst creek 

 above Fort Howard; thence N. 64"^ W. to Duck creek; thence 

 down Duck creek to its month; thence up and along Green 

 Bay and Fox river to place of beginning. 



The Menomonees further cede to the U. S. all their country on 

 the SE. side of Winnebago lake. Fox river, and Green Bay, 

 which they describe by the following boundaries, to wit: 

 Beginning at the S. end of Winnebago lake and running in a 

 SE. direction to Mil wanky or Manawauky river; thence down 

 said river to its nmnth; thence N. along the shore of Lake 

 Michigan to the entrance of Green Bay; thence up and along 

 Green Bay, Fox river, and Winnebago lake to the place of 

 of beginning, excluding all i)rivate land claims previously 

 sanctioued and coutirnied by the U. S. It is also agreed that 

 this cession shall include all the islands in Fox river and 

 Green Bay. 



The Menomonees reserve the following-described tract upon 

 which to make their improvements and establish their homes 

 as an agricultural ^leople, viz: Begmniug on tlie W. side of 

 Fox river at the "OldJlill Dam." near the "Little Kackaliu," 

 and ruuning up and along said river to the Winnebago lake; 

 thence along said lake to the mouth of Fox river; thence 

 np Fox river to the Wolf river; thence up Wolf river to a 

 point SW. of the W. corner of the tr:ict designated for the 

 New Y'ork Indians; theuce NE. to said W. corner; thence SE. 

 to the place of l)eginniug. 



The boundary, as stated and defined in this agreement of the 

 Menomouee country, with the exeption of the cessions here- 

 inbefore made to the 1'. S., the Menomonees claim as their 

 country; that part of it adjoining the farming country on 



