CESSIONS OF 1842-1846 



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L^:N'D CESSION'S-Contiiiiied. 



JiistoricrJ ihila iind remarks 



As shown on tlio ma)), a reil lino tbrouf;Ii 

 iinnieiliately ceded from the i>ortioii to lio 

 years. 



the middle separates the part 

 siirreiiilerod at the end of three 



Designation of cession on map 



A tract was assigned them adjoiuiu"? the Shawnee on the S. It overlapped See 419, 494 Kansas 2. 

 and included a portion of the tract assigneil to the Potawatomi l)y treaty of 

 Feb. 11, 1837. The latter, however, ceded tlieir tract bv treaty of June 5 

 and 17, 1846, which h ft ihv title clear for the Sauk ami Fox. The extent of 

 the overlai) is shown on Kansas map 2. 



Part of the tribe refused to be 

 by act of Aug. 6, 1846. 



lerned by this act, and Congress repealed it 



This agreement was approved by act of Congress, .Tuly 25, 1848 



Disagreements having arisen between the Creeks and the Seminole, a treaty 

 was concluded Aug. 7. 185U, by which the Creeks ceded to the Seminole, for 

 the separate use of the latter, a tract between Canadian river and its north 

 fork and from the mouth of I'ond creek to 100^ W. longitude. 



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Kansas 1. 



Insufficient timber was found to exist, and the contingent cession of their whole 

 reserve became eft'ective. The U. S. thereupon selected for them another 

 reserve, as agreed. i 



This tract was supposed to join the .Shawnee lauds on the S.. but upon survey See 420, 421 Kansas, 2. 

 was found to include a part of the latter tract. The Shawnee, however, 

 ceded this portion of their reserve in 18.5-t, and all trouble was obviated. 



Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, Potawatonii of the Prairie, Potawatomi 

 of the Wabash, and Potawatomi of Indi.ana become united under common 

 designation of Potawatomi nation. 



The reserve assigned the Sauk and Fox by treaty of Oct. 11, 1842. overla])K this 

 tract. (For description see treaty of Feb. 11, 1837.) 



This tract lay 

 the Delaware. 



on both sides of Kansas river, betwei-n the Shawnee and Seo433, 434 Kansas 2. 



A patent dated Dec. 31, 18.3,8, had already been issued to the Cherokee lor their 

 lands under the provisions of articles 2 and 3 of the treaty of 183.5 and the act 

 of Congri'ss approved May 28. 1830. 



It was found impracticable to carry this act into efl'ect, and to adjust all difticul- 1 

 ties a new treaty was concluded Nov. 24. 1848. by which the Indians agreed 

 to cede all remaining lands and remove W. of the Mississippi. | 



