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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OE IIN^DI.^^ 



}h script ion of ci'ssioii ur rinen-alion 



Castor Hill, i Stat. L. 

 St Louis I VII, 403. 

 county, Mo. 



Oct. 1'7 Greeu Bay 



Kaskaski a 

 and Peoria, 

 wliicli, with 

 the Michi- 

 gamea, Ca- 

 holcia, and 

 T a m a r a 

 bands, now 

 united with 

 the two 

 first- named 

 tribes, for- 

 merly com- 

 posed the 

 Illinois con- 

 federacy. 



Stat. L.. 

 VII, 405. 



s. For the liaiul of To-i-sas' brother Me-nint-wav. atul Cbc-- 



iiuam-ka-ko, lOscctious to include tlu-ir villafii-. 

 9. For the baiiil of Ma-sac, I sections 



10. For the band of Ash-knni aud Wee-si-o-uas, 10 sections, 



to include their village. 



11. For the band of Wee-san, 5 sections of laud, iuilnding 



1 section granted to him by treaty of 1S28 aud to in- 

 clude his present residence. 



12. For the baud of Jlota, 4 sections, to include his village. . 



13. Fur the baud of Men o-quet, 4 sections, to include his 



village. 



The Knskaskia tribe of Indians, and the several bands uuited 

 with them as aforesaid, cede and release to the U. S. the lauds 

 granted them 1)V the first section of the treaty of \inceuues 

 of Aug. 13, 1S03.' 



From the foregoing cession there is reserved by the Kaska.skias 

 for Ellen Decoigue, ilaughter of their late chief, the tract of 

 about 3.i0 acres near the town of Kaskaskia, lAliich was 

 secured to said tiibe by the act of Congress of Mar. 3, 17'J3. 



The Peoria tribe, and the bauds aforesaid uuited therewith, 

 cede to the U. S. all claim to laud heretofore reserved by or 

 assigued to them in former treaties, either iu the state of 

 Illinois or Missouri. 



The U. 8. cede to the combined tribes of KaskaskiasandPeoriaa, 

 aud the oauds aforesaid united with them, 150 sections of 

 land forever, or as loug as they live upon it as a tribe, to 

 include the present Peoria village, W. of the state of Mis- 

 souri, on the waters of Osage river, to be bounded as follows: 

 N. by the lauds assigned to the Shawanoes; W. by the west- 

 ern line of the reservation made for the Piankeshaws, Weas, 

 and Peorias, and E. by lands assigned the Piankeshaws and 

 Weas. 



The Peoria aud Kaskaskia tribes and the bauds of Michigamia, 

 Cahokia, and Tamarois Indians united with them, cede to the 

 U. S. their idaims to lands within the states of Illinois aud Mis- 

 souri, and all other claims of whatsoever character against 

 the U. S., including the tract ceded by them by treaty of 

 Sept. 25, 181><, at Edwardsville. 



The Meuominees do not object to any of the nialters contained 

 in the ]iroviso annexed to the resolntion of the Senate of the 

 I'. S. dated .lune 25, 1832, so far as the same relate to the 

 granting of 3 townships of land ou the E. si<leof Winnebago 

 lake to the Stockbridge, Muusee, and lirotliertown tribes. 



The Menomiuees object to all matters contained in the afore- 

 said Senate resolution having reference to the establish- 

 ment of a new boundary line for the New York Indian tract 

 (see description under treaty of Feb. 8, 1^31), and iu lieu 

 thereof agree as follows : The said Menouionee nation hereby 

 agree to cede for the benefit of the New York Indians along 

 the southwestern boundary line of the present 500,000 acres 

 described in the first article of the treaty of Feb. 8, 1831, as 

 set apart for the New York Indians, a tract of land bounded 

 as Ibllows: Beginning ou the said treaty line at the old mill 

 dam on Fox river, and thence exteufling up along Fo.k river 

 to the little Rapid Croche ; from thence running a NW. course 

 Smiles; thence on a line running jiarallel with the several 

 courses of Fox river, and 3 miles clistant from the river, until 

 it will intersect a line running on a N W. course, commencing 

 at a jjoint 1 mile above the tirand Shute: thence on a line 

 running NW. so far as will be necessary to include between 

 the said last line and the line described as the southwestern 

 lionudary line of the 500,000 acres iu the treaty aforesaid, 

 the i|naiititv of 200,000 acres; and thence running NE. 

 until it will intersi ct the line forming the southwestern 

 boundary line aforesaid; aud from thence along the said line 

 to the oiil mill dam, or place of beginuiug, containing 200,000 



