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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF IjSTDI^^ 



1 There or how 

 concluded 



1837 

 Oct. 21 [ Wasliington, 

 D.C. 



Oct. 21 AVashiiigtoii. 

 D.C. 



Oct. 21 Wasbington, 

 D.C. 



Nov. 1 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 542 



Stat. L , 

 VII, 513 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Stat. E., 

 VII, 541. 



Nov. 23 St Louis, Mis- 

 Boiiri. 



Dec. 20 j Flint River, 

 Michigan. 



1S38 

 Jan. 15 j Buffalo Creek, 



I New York. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 547. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 547. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 550. 



Yankton tribe 

 of Sioux. 



Sauk and Fox 

 of Missouri. 



3)e8Cf\ptioti of ci'Hsion or reservaih 



tribe of 

 Chippewa. 



The several 

 tribes of 

 New York 

 Indians. 



2. Of all right or interest in the land ceileil by saiil con- 

 federated tribes on July 15, 1830, which might be 

 claimed by them under the phraseology of the lirst 

 article of said treaty. 



The Yaul<ton tribe of Sioux Indians cede to the U. S. all the 

 right aud interest in the land ceded by the treaty concluded 

 July 15, 1830, which they might lie eutitleil to claim by virtue 

 of the phraseology employed in the second article of said 

 treaty. 



The Missouri Sac and ]"ox Indians make the following cessions 

 to the U. S., viz: 



1. Of all right or interest in the country between the Mis- 



souri and Mississippi rivers and the boundary line 

 between the Sac aud Fox and the Sioux ludians, 

 described in the secoud article of thi^ treaty of Aug. 

 19, 1825, to the full extent to which said claim was 

 recognized in the third article of said treaty, and of 

 all interest or claim by virtue of the provisions of any 

 treaties since made by the U. S. with the Sacs and 

 Foxes. 



2. Of all right to locate for hunting or other purposes on 



the laud ceded in the Hrst article of the treaty of .Inly 

 15, 1830, which, by the authority therein Conferred on 

 the President of the U. S., they may be permitted by 

 him to enjoy. 



3. Of all claims or interest under the treaties of Nov. 3, 



1804, Aug. 4, 1824, July 15, 1830, and Sept. 17, 1836, for 

 the satislactiou of which uo appropriations have been 

 made. 



The Winnebago nation of ludians cede to the U.S. all their 

 land east of the Mississippi river. 



The said ludians agree, further, to relinquish the right to 

 occupy, except for the purpose of hunting, a portion of the 

 land held by them W. of the Mississippi, included between 

 that river aud a line drawn from a point 20 miles distant 

 therefrom on the southern boundary of the neutral ground 

 to a point equidistant from the said river on the northern 

 boundary thereof. Hut this stii)ulatiou shall not be so con- 

 strued as to invalidate their title to the said tract. 



The said Indians agree to remove, within eight months from 

 the ratification of this treaty, to that portion of the neurral 

 ground W. of the Mississippi which was <onveyed to them 

 in the secoud article of the treaty of Sept. 21, i832, and the 

 U. S. agree that the said Indians may hunt upon the western 

 part of said neutral ground until they shall procure a per- 

 maneut settlement. 



The loway Indians cede to the U. S. all right and interest in 

 the land ceded by the treaty concluded with them and other 

 tribes on July 15, 1830, which they might bo entitled to 

 claim by virtue of the phraseology employed in the second 

 article of said treaty. 



The U. S. agree to reserve a location for said tribe on the head 

 waters of the Osage river, in the country visited by a delega- 

 tion of the said tribes during the present year, to be of 

 proper extent agreeably to their numbers, embracing a due 

 proportion of wood and water .ind lying contiguous to tribes 

 of kindred language. Nor shall anything contained in the 

 sixth article of the treaty of Jan. 14, 1837, entitle tlieui at 

 this tiuie to a location in the country W. of Lake Sujierior. 



The several tribes of New York Indians hereby cede aud relin- 

 <|uish to the U. S. all their right, title, and interest to the 

 lauds secured to them at Green Bay by the Menomonie treaty 

 of 1831, excepting the following tract, on which a part of 

 the New York Indians now reside, viz: 



Beginning at the southwesterly corner of the French grants 

 at (ireen bay aud running thence southwardly to a point 

 on a line to he run Irom the Little Cocaliu, parallel to a line 



