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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THK rNITP:D STATES 



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Nov. 6 Forks of the i Stat. L., 

 Wabasli, in j vii,569. 

 i .State of In- 

 I diaiia. 



1839 



Jan. 11 I Fort Gibson, 

 \V. of Ar- 

 kansas. 



Sept. 



Stat. L., 

 VII, 576. 



3 Stockbrid j; e, Stat. L., 

 Wisconsin vii. .5^*0. 

 territory. 



Great and Lit- 

 tle Osage. 



1840 



Nov. 28 



Stockbridge 

 and Mun- 

 see, resid- 

 ing on Lake 

 Winnebago, 

 Wisconsin 

 territory. 



Fork.s of the Stat. L., 

 Wabash, in \ii,.582. 

 State of In- 

 diana. 



IftSCI'iptifHI of ' 



.■>. .Mso the reservation of land made for the use of said I 

 tribe at Seek's village, on Eel river, by the second j 

 article of a treaty couclude<l on Oct. 23, 182(1. ! 



From the cession first above described the Miami tribe reserve 

 for the band of Me-to-siu-ia the following tract of laud, to 

 wit: Heginning on the eastern boundary line of the liig 

 reserve, where the Mississinnewa river crosses the same; 

 thence down said river with the meanders thereof to the 

 mouth of the creek called Forked Branch; thence N. 2 

 miles; theuce iu a ilirect line to a point on the eastern 

 boundary line 2 miles N. of the place of beginning; thence ' 

 S. to the place of beginning, supposed to contain 10 s(|uare i 

 miles. 



The U. S. stipulate to possess the Miami tribe of Indians of, 1 

 and guaranty to them forever, a country W. of the Missis- 1 

 sippi river, to remove to and settle on. when the s.aid tribe I 

 may be disposed to emigrate from their present country, 

 and that guaranty is hereby pledged; and the .said country 

 shall be sufficient iu extent, and suited to their wants and 

 couditiim, and be in a region contiguous to that in the occu- 

 pation of the tribes which emigrat.ed from the states of 

 Ohio and Indiana. And when the said tribe shall have emi- 

 grated, the U.S. shall protect the said tribe in their rights I 

 and ])OS8es8ions against the injuries, incroachments, and 

 o))pressions of any persons or tribes whatsoever. 



The Great and Little Osage Indians make the following ces- 

 sions to the U. S. : 



1. Of all title or interest in any reservation heretofore 



claimed by them within the limits of any other tribe. 



2. Of all claim or interest under the treaties of Nov, 10, 



1S08, and .lune 2, 182."), except so much of the latter as 

 is contained in the sixth article thereof, and tlie said 

 Indians bind themselves to remove from the lauds of 

 other tribes and to remain Avithin their own bound- 

 aries. 

 The U. S. agree to purchase the reservations jirovided for indi- 

 viduals in the fifth article of the treaty of .lune 2, 182,5, at 

 not exceeding .'|'2 per .acre, to be paid to the respective 

 reservees, excepting, however, from this provision the tracts 

 that were purchased in the fourth article of the treaty with 

 the Cherokees of Dec. 29, 18:«. 



The Stockbridge and Munsee trilies (formerly of New York) 

 cede to the U. S. the K.half of the tract of 4(i,080 acres of 

 land which was laid ofi' for their use on the E. side ot Lake 

 Winnebago iu pursuance of the treaty made by (Jeorge B. 

 Porter, commissioner for the U. S., and the Menominee 

 nation of Indians on Oct. 27,1832, the said E. half hereby 

 ceded to contain 23,010 acres, to be of e<iual width at the 

 N. and S. ends, and to be divided from the W. half of said 

 tract of Jti,080 acres by a line to be run parallel to the E. 

 line of said tract. 



It is agreed that an exploring party not exceeding three in j 

 numlier may visit the country W.. if the Indians shall con- 

 sider it necessary, and that whenever those who are desirous 

 of emigrating shall signify their wish to that eHect the II. S. 

 will defray the expenses of their removal W. of the Missis- 

 sippi and furnish them with subsistence for one year after i 

 their arrival in their new homes. 



The Miami tribe of Indians cede to the U. S. all that tract of 

 laud on the S. side of the Wabash river, not heretofore ceded 

 .and coinnionly known as "the residue of the Big Keserve," j 

 being all ot their remaining lands iu Indiana. 



It is further stipulated that the I'. S. convey by patent to > 

 Me-shing-go-me-sia, son of Ma-to-sin-ia, the tract of land 

 reserved by the second article of the treaty of Nov. ti. 1838, 

 to the band of Ma-to-sin-ia, to be held in trust by said Me- I 

 shing-go-mesia for his band. 1 



