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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF INDI^^ 



Where or how 

 concludfd 



La Pointe of 

 Lake Supe- 

 rior, inWis- 

 consiu ter- 

 ritory. 



Sac and Fox 

 agency, 

 Territory 

 of Iowa. 



Act of Con- 

 gress. 



Agreement 

 between 

 Delaware s 

 and Wyan- 

 dot. 



Creek agency. 



1846 

 Jan. 14 Methodist 

 mission in 

 the Kansas 

 country. 



Reference 



Agency on 

 Missouri 

 river near 

 Council 

 Bluffs and 

 Potawato- 

 nii creek. 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Act of Con- 



stat. L., 

 VII, 591. 



Stat. L., 

 -vii, 596. 



Stat. L. 

 v,645. 



Stat. L., 

 IX, 337. 



Stat. L., 

 IX, 821. 



Stat. L., 

 IX. 842. 



Stat. L., 

 IX, 853. 



Stat. L., 

 IX, 871. 



Stat. L., 

 IX, 55. 



Description of < 



Chippewa of Menomonees, and Winnebagoes at Butte des Morts, Aug. 11, 



the Missis- 1827), ou the Skonawby river of Green bay; thence north- 



Bippi and wardly to the source of Chocolate river; thence down said 



lake Supe- river to it.s mouth, the place of beginning; it being the 



rior. intention of the parties to this treaty to include in this 



cession all the Chippewa lands eastwardly of the aforesaid 



line running from the American Fur Company's trading post 



on the Fond du Lac river to the intersection of the line of 



the treaty made with the Chippewas of the Mississippi, 



July 29, 1837. 



Sauk and Fox. The confederated tribes of Sacs and Foxes cede to the U. S.. 

 all the lands W. of the Mississippi river to which they have 

 any claim or title. 



The Indians reserve a right to occupy for three years from the 

 signing of this treaty ail that part of the land above ceded 

 which lies W. of a line running due N. and S. from the 

 painted or red rocks on the White Breast fork of the Des 

 Moines river, which rocks will be found about 8 miles in a 

 straight line from the junction of the White Breast with the 

 Des Moines. 



Upon the ratification of this treaty the U. S. agree to assign 

 a tract of land suitable and convenient for Indian purjjoses 

 to the Sacs and Foxes for a permanent home for them and 

 their descendants, which tract shall be upon the Missouri 

 river or some of its waters. 



Stockbridge 

 and Monsee. 



Delaware and 

 Wyandot. 



Creek and 

 Seminole. 



and allotment in severalty of their 



Potawatomi, 

 Chippewa, 

 and Ottawa, 



Provides for subdivisio 

 remaining lands. 



By the terms of this agreement the Wyandot purchased of the 

 Delawares 39 sections oH' the E. end of their reserve on Kansas 

 river. 



The Creeks agree that the Seminoles may settle in any part of 

 the Creek country, and the U. S. agree that the N. and W. 

 boundaries of the Creek country shall be distinctly marked. 



The Kansas tribe cede to the U. S. 2,000,000 acres of land on the 

 E. part of their countrj', embracing the entire width, 30 miles, 

 and running W. for ([uantity. 



It being doubtful whether there would be a sufficiency of tim- 

 ber left for the use of the Kansas after taking off the fore- 

 going cession, it was agreed that if such should prove to be 

 the case after survey the President should cause to be 

 selected and laid oft' for the Kansas tribe a suitable country 

 near the western boundary of the land ceded by this treaty. 

 In consideration of which the Kansas cede to the U. S. the 

 balance of the reservation not ceded by the lirst article of 

 this treaty. 



These tribes cede to the U. S. all the lands to which they have 

 chiini of any kind wliatsoever, and especially the tracts or 

 parcels of land ceded to them by the treaty of Chicago, and 

 6ubse<iuent tliereto, and now in whole or in part possessed 

 by their people, lying and Iteing N. of the river Missouri and 

 embraced in the limits of the territory of Iowa. 



Also all that tract of country lying and being on or near the 

 Osage river and W. of the state of Missouri. These cessions, 

 however, were not to affect the title of said Indians to any 

 grants or reservations made to them by former treaty. 



Patent to be issued to Cherokee nation for their lands 



"Old Settlers" or Western Cherokees agree that country as- 

 signed them by treaties of 1833 and 1835 shall belong to whole 

 nation. 



Stockbridge Repeals act of Mar. 3, 1843 

 and Hunsee. 



