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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF i:NDI^>r 



Where or how j j,,^,,,„„, j-,.ij„ 



Uesirlptioii of cession or reservation 



1836 

 Mar. I'll 



Turkey Creek Stat. L., 

 Prairie, i \ii, 490. 

 State of 

 ludiaua. 



AVashington, 

 D.C. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 491. 



Potawatomi The forrgoing chief and his band cede to the U. S. the 4 sec- 

 (Mes-quaw- tions of land reserved for them by the secoud article of the 

 buck's band). treaty of Oct. 27, 1832, ou Tippecanoe river, but two of the 

 sections were reserved for the use of Heury Ossum. 



Ottawa and The Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Indians cede to the U. 

 Chippewa. | S. all the tract of country within the following boundaries: 

 Beginning at the mouth of Grand river of Lake Michigan 

 on the N. bank thereof and following uj) the same to the line 

 called for in the tir.st article of the treaty of Chicago of Aug. 

 29, 1821; thence in a direct line to the head of Thunder Bay 

 river; thence with the line established by the treaty of 

 Saganaw of Sept. 24, 1819, to the mouth of said river; thence 

 NE. to the boundary line in Lake Huron between the U. S. 

 and the British province of Tjiper Cauada; thence north- 

 westwardly following the said line as estal)lished by the 

 commissioners acting under the treaty of Ghent, through the 

 straits, and river St Mary's to a point in Lake Superior N. 

 of the mouth of Gitchy Seebing or Chocolate river; thence 

 S. to the mouth of said river and uj) its channel to the source 

 thereof; thence in a direct line to the head of the Skonawba 

 river of Green bay; thence down the S. bank of said river 

 to its mouth; thence in a direct line through the ship chan- 

 nel iuto Green bay to the outer part thereof; thence S. to a 

 jioint in Lake Michigan W. of the North cape or entrance 

 of Grand river, and thence E. to the place of beginning at 

 the cape aforesaid, comprehending all the lands and islands 

 within these limits not hereinafter reserved. 

 From the foregoing cession said tribes reserve for their own 

 use, to be held in common, the following tracts for the term 

 of five years and no longer except by permission of the U. S.: 



1. One tract of 50,000 acres to be located ou Little Trav- 

 erse bay. 



2. One tract of 20,000- acres to be located ou the N. shore 

 of Grand Traverse bay. 



3. One tract of 70,000 acres to bo located on or N. of the 

 I'ieire Marquetta river. 



4. One tract of 1,000 acres to be located by Chingassanoo " 

 or the Big Sail, on the Cheboigan. 



r>. One tract of 1,000 acres to be located by Mujeekewis, 

 ou Thunder Bay river. 

 There shall also be reserved for the Chippewas living N. of 

 the straits of Mi<'hilimackinac the following tracts, viz: 



1. One tract of 3 miles square ou the N. shore of said 

 straits between Point-au-Barbe and Mille Coquin 

 river, including the fishing grounds in front thereof. 



2. One tract of 3 miles w(]uare on the N. shore of said 

 straits between I'oint-au-Barbe and Mille Coqnin 

 river, including the tishiug grounds in front thereof. 



3. The Beaver islands of Lake Michigan for the use of 

 the Beaver Island Indians. 



4. Round island opposite Michilimackinac as a jilace of 

 encampment for the Indians. 



b. The islands of the Chenos Avith a part of the adjacent ^ 

 N. coast of Lake Huron corresponding in length and 

 1 mile in depth. 



6. Sugar island, with its islets, in the river of St Mary's.. 



7. Si.x hundred and forty acres at the mission of the Lit- 

 tle Kapids. 



8. A tract connuenciug at the mouth of Pississowiuing 

 river, S. of Point Irocjuois; thence running up said 

 stream to its forks; thence westward in a direct line 

 to the lied Water lakes ; thence across the portage to 

 the Tacqiiimenon river and down the same to its 

 mouth, including the small islands and tishing 

 grounds in front of this reservation. 



9. Six hundred and forty aires ou Grand island 



10. Two thousand acresoii the mainland S. of Grand island. 



11. Two sections on the nnrthern extremity of Green bay, 

 to be located by a council of chiefs. 



