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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IX THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF IISTDI^N^ 



1831 



Fel). 28 



July 20 



Where or how 

 concluded 



Washington, 

 1>.C. 



Lewisto wn, 

 Ohio. 



Reference 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 348. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 351. 



Aug. 8 



Wapaghkon - 

 rietta, Ohio. 



Seneka of San- 

 dusky river. 



Seneka and 

 Shawnee 

 (mixed band 

 residing a t 

 and around 

 Lewistown). 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 355. 



Shawnee (re- 

 siding at 

 W a p a g h- 

 konnetta 

 and Hog 

 creek). 



Description of cession or 



the Cherokee nation, Jinil ailjoiniup; tlie boiinclary of 

 the et.ite of Missouri, wliich tract shall extend 15 

 miles troni E. to \V. and 7 miles from N. to S., con- 

 tainiug about 67,000 acres. 



The Seneca and Shawnee Indians residing at and around Lewis- 

 town, in the State of Ohio, cede to the U. S. the lands 

 granted to them by patent in fee simple by the sixth article 

 of the treaty of 8ei>t. 29. 1817. containing 48 scpiare miles, and 

 described in said treaty as follows : "Beginning at the inter- 

 section of the line run by Charles Roberts in the year 1812, 

 from the source of the Little Miami river to the source of the 

 Scioto river, in pursuance of instructions ironi the commis- 

 sioners appointed on the part of theU. S. to establish the 

 western boundary of the Virginia military reservation with 

 the Indian boundary line established by the treaty of Green- 

 ville in 17H5 from the crossings above Fort Lawrence to Lora- 

 mie's store and to run from such intersection northerly with 

 the fijst-meutioncd line, so as to include the quantity as 

 nearly in a scjuare form as practicable, after excluding the 

 section of land granted to Nancy Stewart." And the said 

 Senecas and Shawnees also cede to the U. S. in manner afore- 

 said one other tract of land, reserved for them by article 2 

 of treaty of Sept. 17. 1818. which tract is descrilied in saiil 

 treaty as Ibllows: "8,9ti0 acres to be laid otf adjoiniug the W. 

 line of the reserve of 48 square miles at Lewiston." 



In consideration of the foregoing cessions the U. S agree to 

 cause said band of Senecas and Shawnees, about 300 in num- 

 ber, to be removed to W.of the Mississippi river, and will 

 grant them, by patent in fee simple, as long as they shall exist 

 as a nation and remain on the same, a tract of land to con- 

 tain 60,000 acres, to be located, under the direction of the 

 President, contiguous to the lands granted to the Senecas of 

 Sandusky by treaty of Feb. 28, 1831, and the Cherokee set- 

 tlements. The E. line ofsaid tract sliall be within 2 miles of 

 the VV. line of the lands granted to the Senecas of Sandusky 

 and the S. line shall be within 2 miles of the N. line of the 

 lands held by the Cherokees, and said two miles between the 

 aforesaid lines shall serve as a comuion passway between 

 the before mentioned tribes, to jireveut them from intruding 

 on each other's lauds. 



The tribe or band of Shawnee Indians residing at Wapaghkon- 

 netta and on Hog creek, in the state of Ohio, cede to the U. S. 

 the lands i)revioasly granted to them, as follows: 



1. A tract of land 10 miles square, the center of which shall 



be the council house at Wapaghkonnetta, granted to 

 the said Indians by patent in fee simple by the sixth 

 section of the treaty of Sept. 29, 1817, and also a tiact 

 granted to said .Shawnees by article 2, treaty of Sept. 

 17, 1818, and described as cout.aining 12,800 acres 

 ad.joiuing the E. line of the reserve of 10 miles square 

 at Wapaghkonnetta. 



2. A tract of land containing 25 square miles, adjoining 



the tract granted at \Vap.aghkonuetta and to inclmle 

 the Shawnee settlement on Hog creek and to be laid 

 oft' as nearly as possible in square form, which tract 

 was granted to said Shawnees by patent in pursuance 

 of the jirovisions of the treaty of Sept. 29, 1817. 

 In consideration of the foregoing cessions the U. S. agree to 

 cause said baud or tribe of Shawnees, to the number of about 

 400, to be removed to the \V. of the Mississippi river, and 

 will grant them, by patent in fee simple, as long as they shall 

 exist as a nation and remain upon the same, a tract of land 

 to contain 100,000 acres, to be located, under the direction of 

 the President of the U. S., within the tract of land equal to 

 50 miles square which was granted to the Shawnee Indians 

 of Missouri by article 2 of the treaty of Nov. 7, 1825. and in 

 which it is provided that the grant shall be for the Shawnee 

 tribe within the State of Missouri, "and for those of the 

 same nation now residing; in Ohio who may hereafter emi- 

 grate to the W. of the Mississippi." 



