764 



INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF i:N^DI^]Sr 



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1836 

 Nov. 30 



1837 

 Jan. 14 



Detroit, Mich- 

 igan. 



• Doaksville 

 near Fort 

 Towsou in 

 Choctaw 

 country. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 527. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 528. 



Stat. L., 

 ^•II, 605. 



Wahpekuta, 

 Sisse t on 

 and Upper 

 Medewa- 

 k a n t on 

 tribes of 

 Sioux. 



Saginaw tribe 

 of the Chip- 



JJeHcriptioii of crsviuii or reservation 



Choctaw and 

 Chickasaw. 



The said Ipcli.ius cede .and (luitclaim to the U. S. 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 U. S. 

 from any gu;irautee, condition, or limitation, expressed or 

 implied, under the treaty of Prairie du Chien, concluded .July 

 15, 1830, 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 tribe cede to the U. S. the following tracts of land 

 lying within the boundaries of Michigan, viz : 

 1. One tract of 8,000 acres on the river Au Sable. 



2. One tract of 2,000 acres on the Misho-wusk or Kifie river. 



3. One tract of (5,000 acres on the N. side of the river Kaw- 



kawling. 



4. One tract of 5,760 acres upon Flint river, including the 



site of Reaums village and a place called Klshkaw- 

 bawee. 



5. One tract of 8,000 acres on the head of the Cass (form- 



erly Huron) river, at the village of Otusson. 



6. One island in the Saganaw bay, estimated at 1,000 acres, 



being tlie island called Shaiugwaukokaug, ou wliicU 

 Mukokoosli formerly lived. 



7. One tract of 2,000 acres at Nababish ou the Saganaw 



liver. 



8. One tract of 1,000 acres on the E. side of the Saganaw 



river. 



9. One tract of 640 acres at Great Bend ou Cass river. 



10. ( Ine tract of 2,000 acres at the mouth of Point Augrais 



river. 



11. One tract of 1,000 acres on the Cass river at Menoquet's 



village. 



12. One tract of 10,000 acres on the Shiawassee river at 



Ketchewaundaugumiuk or Big Lick. 



13. (Jne tract of 6,000 acres at the Little Forks on the Teta- 



bwasing river. 



14. One tract of 6,000 acres at the Black Bird's town on the 



Tetabwasiug river. 



15. One tract of 40,000 acres on the W. side of the Saganaw 



ri\'er. 



16. One tract of 10,000 acres at Big Kock on Shiawassee 



river. 



The said Indians shall have the right of living upon the tracts 

 at the river Augrais and Musho-vvusk or RiHo rivers on the 

 W. side of Saganaw bay, for the term of live years, during 

 which time uo white man shall be allowed to settle ou said 

 tracts under a penalty of $500. 



The said tribe agrees to remove from the st.ate of Michigan as 

 soon as a proper location can be obtained, either W. of lake 

 Superior or at such place W. of the Mississippi and S\V. of 

 the Missouri riveras the legislation of Congress may indicate. 



The U. S. agree to pay to said tribe as one of the parties to the 

 treaty of Nov. 17, 1807, the sum of .$1,000 to quiet their claim 

 to two reservations of laud of 2 sections each, lying iu Oak- 

 laud county, Mich., which were ceded to the U. S. by the I'ot- 

 towattouiies of St Joseph's on Sept. 10, 1827. 



It is agreed by the Choctaws that the Cbickasaws shall have 

 the ])rivilege of forming a district within the limits of tlieir 

 country, to lie held on the same terms that the Choctaws now 

 hold it, except the right of disposing of it (which is held iu 

 common by the Choctaws <and Cbickasaws), to be called the 

 Chickasaw district of the Choctaw nation. The said Chick- 



