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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF IISrDI^:N^ 



iriie're or how 

 concluded 



Eefcreiice 



Hefuription of 



or restrraiion 



1836 



Aug. i 



Sept. 3 



Yellow river, Stat. L., 

 Indiana. vii, 505. 



Ced.ir Point, 

 o n F o X 

 liver, near 

 Green bay, 

 in Wiscon- 

 sin terri- 

 tory. 



Stat. L., 

 VII. 506. 



Potawatomi 

 ( bands of 

 Pe - pin - a - 

 waw, No- 

 taw-kah, 

 and Mac- 

 kah-tah- 

 mo-ah). 



Menomini 



Sept. 10 



Sept. 17 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 510. 



Fort Leaven- i Stat. L., 

 worth, on j VII, 511. 

 Missouri 

 river. 



Sioux of Wa- 

 ba-shaw's 

 tribe. 



Iowa tribe 

 and the 

 band of 

 Sauk and 

 Fox of the 

 Missouri 

 (residing 

 W. of the 

 state of Mis- 

 souri;. 



The foregoing bands cede to the U. S. 22 sections of land 

 reserved for them by the second article of the treaty between 

 the U. S. and the Potawattamie tribe of Indians on Tippe- 

 canoe river on Oct. 26, 1832. 



The said Menomonie nation agree to cede to the U. S. all of 

 tliat tract or district of country included within the follow- 

 ing boundaries, viz : Beginniug at the mouth of Wolf river and 

 running up and along the same to a j>oint on the N. branch of 

 said river, where it crosses the extreme N. or rear line of the 

 500,000-acre tract heretofore granted to the New York 

 Indians; thence following the line last mentioned in a 

 northeastwardly direction 3 miles; thence in .i northwardly 

 course to the upper fork.s of the Menomonie river, at a point 

 to intersect the boundary line between the Menomonie and 

 Chippewa nation of Indians; thence following the said 

 boundary line last mentioned in an eastwardly direction as 

 defined and established by the treaty of the Little Bute des' 

 Mort in 1827, to the Smooth Rock or Shos-kin-aubie river; 

 thence down the said river to where it empties into Green 

 bay, between the Little and Great Bay de Noquet; thence 

 up and along the W. side of Green Bay (and including all 

 the islands therein not heretofore ceded) to the mouth of Fox 

 river; thence up and along the said Fox river and aloug the 

 W. side of Winnebago lake (including the islands therein) to 

 the mouth of Fox river, where it empties into said lake; 

 thence up and along said Fox river to the place of beginning 

 (saving, and reserving out of the district of country above 

 ceded and deseriVied all that ]iart of the 500,000-acre tract 

 granted bv the treaties between the Menomouies and the 

 U. S. made on Feb. 8, 1831, and Oct. 27, 1832, which uuiy be 

 situated witliin the boundaries hereinbefore described), the 

 quantity of land contained in the tract hereby ceded being 

 estimated at about 4,000.000 acres. 



The said Menomonie nation .also cede to the IT. S. all that tract 

 of country lying upon the Wisconsin river in said territory, 

 and included within the following boundaries, viz: Begin- 

 ning at a point upon s.iid Wiscousin river 2 miles above the 

 grant or privilege heretofore granted by said nation and the 

 U. S. to Amable Griguon; thence running up and along said 

 river 48 miles in a direct line; and being 3 miles in width 

 on each side of said river; this tract to contain 8 townships, 

 or 184,320 acres. 



The said tribe cede to the U. S. and quit claim all right and 

 interest in .and to the lands lying between the state of 

 Missouri and the Missouri river, and do fully exonerate the 

 U. S. from any guarantee, condition, or limit.ation, expressed 

 or implied, under the treaty of Prairie du Chien concluded 

 July 15, 18i!0, as to the entire and absolute disposition of 

 said lands, fully authorizing the U. S. to do with the same 

 whatever shall seem expedient or necessary. 



The said Indians cede to the U. S. and quit claim all right and 

 interest in and to the lands lying between the state of Mis- 

 souri and the Missouri river, and do fully exonerate the V . S. 

 from any giKirautee, condition, or limitation, expres.sed or 

 implied, under the treaty of Prairie dn Chien concluded 

 .Inly I.''', l.sMO, as to the entire and alisolute disposition of 

 said lauds, liilly authorizing the U. S. to do with the same 

 whatever .shall seem expedient or necessary. 



The r. S. agree to assign to the loway tribe and Missouri band 

 of Sacks and Foxes the small strip of laud on the S. side of 

 the Missouri river lying lietween the Kickapoo northern 

 boundary line and the Grand Nemah.ar river, and extending 

 from the Missouri back and westwardly with the said Kick- 

 apoo line and the Grand Nemahar, making 400 sections to be 

 divided l)etween the said loways and Missouri band of 

 Sacks and Foxes, the lower half to the Sacks and Foxes 

 and the upper half to the low.ays. 



