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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF INDI^^^s^ 



Whei-e or how 

 concluded 



Reference 



1834 j 

 May 24 Washington, Stnt. L. 

 D. C. VII, 150. 



Oct. 23 



Forks of tlio I Stat. L., 

 AVabash, in ' vil, 463. 

 the Stiiteot' 

 Indiana. 



Lake Max ee- 

 n i e - k n e - 

 kee.in State 

 of luiliana. 



Stat. L,, 

 VII, 467. 



Description of ce^xion or rescyvulion 



P 1 a w atomi 

 (Comoza's 

 band). 



The Chickaeaws so far have been nnsnccessful in findinj; a 

 country W. of the Mississippi adapted to their wants ; should 

 they succeed, however, the IJ. S. agree to protect and del'end 

 them against all intrusions from Indians or whites, and 

 agree not to include them within the limits of any state or 

 territory. 



By the sixth article of the treaty of Oct. 19, 1818, with the 

 Chickasaws, it was provided that a commissioner should be 

 a])pointed to mark the southern boundary of the tract ceded 

 by that treaty. It is now agreed that the line which was 

 run and marked on the part of the U. S. by the commissioner 

 appointed in pursuance of said treaty shall be considered the 

 true line to the extent that the riglits and interests of the 

 Chickasaws are concerned and no farther. 



The Chickasaw nation desire to close liniilly all the business 

 they have on the E. side of the Mississipjii, iiud they there- 

 fore cede to the II. S. a tract of land of 4 miles si|uare, 

 reserved to them bv the fourth article of the treaty of Oct. 

 I'J, 1818. 



The Miami tribe of Indians agree to cede to the U. S. the fol- 

 lowing-described tracts of land within the state of Indiana, 

 being a part of reservations made to said tribe from former 

 cessions, viz : 



1. One tract of 36 sections at Flat Belly's village, a reserve 



made l>y the treaty of Wabash of 1826. 



2. One tract of land about 23, ('00 acres, more or less, a re- 



serve made at Wabash treaty, in 1826, of 5 miles in 

 length on the Wabash river, extending back to Eel 

 river. 



3. One tract of 10 sections at White Raccoon's village, 



reserved at Wabash treaty of 1826. 



4. One tract of 10 sections at Mud creek, on Eel river, 



reserved by treaty of 182(i. 



5. One reserve of 2 miles square on the Salamany river at 



the mouth of At-<he-pong-(ina creek, a reserve made 

 at the treaty of St Jlary's in 1818. 



6. One tract, being a portion of the 10-mile square reserve 



made at the treaty of .St Jlary's of 1818, opposite the 

 mouth of the river Abontte, comuieneing at the NK. 

 corner of said reserve, thence S. with the eastern 

 boundary of thesiime 10 miles to the SK. coriiei of the 

 reserve; thence W, with the southern boundary 1 

 mile; thcnceM. Oiuiles; tlience W. 9 miles; thence N. 

 1 mile to the N\V. corner of said reserve ; thence to the 

 place of beginning. 



7. Also a 7iortion of their big reserve made at the treaty 



of 8t Mary's of 1818, situated SK, of the Wabash, ex- 

 tending along the Wabash river from the month of 

 Salamany river to the mouth of Eel river. The part 

 now ceded shall be embraced within the following 

 bounds, to wit: Commencing on the Wabash river, 

 opposite the mouth of Eel river; runuiug up said 

 Wabash river 8 miles; thence S. 2 miles; thence west- 

 wardly 1 mile; thence S. to the southern boundary of 

 said reserve; thence along said boundary line 7 miles 

 to the SW, corner; thence northerly with the western 

 boundary line to the place of beginning. 

 It is agreed that a patent in fee simple shall be issued by the 

 President of the IT. S. to .lohn 1'.. Kichardville, principal 

 chief of the Miami tribe, for a reserve of 10 sections at the 

 forks of the Wabash, made to said tribe by treaty of Oct. 

 23, 1826. 



Com-o-zaand his band cede to the U. .S. the 2 sections of land 

 reserved for them by the second article of the treaty between 

 the U. S. and the Potawattamie Indians on Tippecanoe river 

 on Oct. 26, 1832. 



