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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ikth.ann.w 



SCHEDULE OF I^DI^I*^ 



r>„ii> IVhere or how \ -,, ,. I „, ., 



1837 



.Ian. 17 



Doaksville 

 near Fort 

 Towson in 

 Choctaw 

 country. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 605. 



Choctaw and 

 Chickasaw. 



Uesiriptioii nf rexsioii or rfserration 



Washiii 

 J). C. 



Stat. L., 

 VII. 332 



St. Peter's (at 

 the couflii- 

 ence of St 

 Peter's autl 

 Mississippi 

 rivers), iu I 

 Wisconsin 

 territory. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 531! 



Potawatomi 

 bands of 

 Chee-chaw- 

 kose, Ash- 

 kum, Wee- 

 eaw or Lou- 

 ison, Muck- 

 kose and 

 ftui-qui-to. 



Chippewa 



Sept. 2!l Washin},'toii, 



! ]). c. 



Oct. I'l I Washiiijiton, 

 D. C. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 338 



Stat. L., 

 VII. 310 



Sioux 



Sauk and Fox. . 



asaw district shall be bonndecl as follows, viz: Beginning 

 on the N. bank of Red river at the mouth of Island Bavou 

 about « or 10 miles below the mouth of F.alse W.tchitta' 

 thence rnnuiug N. alouj.- the main channel of said bayou t() 

 its source; thence along the dividing ridge between the 

 Wachitta and Low Blue rivers to the road leading from Fort 

 Gibson to Fort Wachitta; thence along said road to the lino 

 dividing Musha la-tubbee and I'li.sh-nieta-haw districts- 

 thence eastwardly along said district line to the source of 

 Brushy creek ; thence down said creek to where it flows into 

 the Canadian river, 10 or 12 miles above the mouth of the S 

 fork ot the Canadian; thence W. along the main Canadian 

 river to its source, it in the limits of the U.S., or to those 

 limits; .and thence due S. to Red river and down Red river to 

 the beginning. 



The said bands sanction and assent to the provisions of the 

 treaties concluded on Aug. 5 and Sept. 23, 1836, iu which 

 were ceded to the U. S. certain lands in the state of Indiana 

 reserved lorsaid bands by the treaties of Oct. 26 and 27 1832 

 and hereby cede to the U. S. all their interest in said l.md.s 

 and agree to remove to a country that may be provided for 

 them l)y the President of the U. S.. SW. of tiie Missouri river 

 within two years from the ratification of this treaty. ' 



The U. S. agree to convey by patent to the Potawatomies of 

 Indiana a tract of country on the 0.sage river SW. of the 

 Missouri river sufficient iu extent and adapted to their habits 

 aud wants. 

 The U. S. agree to purchase the "five sections in the prairie 

 near Rock vill.age" reserved for Qui-qui-to in the second 

 article ot the treaty of Oct. 20, 1832, for the sum of $4,000. 

 The said Chippewa nation cede to the U. S. the tract of coun- 

 try boiiniled as follows, viz : Beginning at the.junctiou of the 

 Crow Wiug and Mississippi rivers, between 20 and 30 miles 

 above where the Mississippi is crossed by the 46° of N lati- 

 tude, and ruuuiug thence to the N. point of Lake St Croi.K 

 one of the sources of the St Croix river: thence to aud alouo- 

 the dividing ridge between the waters of Lake Superior and 

 those of the Mississippi to the sources of the Ocha-sna-sepe, 

 a triliutary of the Chippewa river; thence to a point on the 

 Chi]ipewa river 20 miles below the outlet of Lake De Flam- 

 beau; theuce to the .iuuction of tlie Wisconsin and Pelican 

 rivers; thence on an E. course 25 miles; thence souther! von 

 ii course parallel with that of the Wisconsin river to the'liue 

 dividing the territories of the Chippewas aud Menomouies; 

 thence to the Plover portage; theuce along the southern 

 boundary of the Chippewa country to the commencement of 

 the bounilaiy line dividing it from that of the Sioux, half a 

 day's march below the falls on the Chippewa river; thence 

 withsiiid boundary line to the mouth of Wah-tap river at its 

 .iuuction with the Mississippi, and thence up tlieMi.ssissippi 

 to the place of beginning. 



Said Indians cede to the U. S. all their land E. of the Mississippi 

 river and all their Islands in saiil river. 



The Sacs and Foxes make to the U. S. the following cessions 

 viz: ' 



1. Of a tract of country containing 1,250,000 acres lyino- 

 W. and ailjoiiiing the tract conveyed by them to" the 

 U.S. in the treaty of Sept. 21, 1832. It'is understood 

 that the jioiiits of termination for the present cession 

 shall be the northern and southern piiints of said tract 

 as fixed by the survey made iimler tlie aiitlioritv of the I 

 L . S., and that a line shall 1m- ilrawu between them so 

 as to intersect aline extended westwardly from the ! 

 angle of said tract, nearly opposite to Rock Island as 

 laid down in the above survey, so far as may be neces- 

 sary to include the number of acres hereby ceded, 



which last-mentioned line, it IS estimated, will be about 

 25 miles. 



