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INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



SCHEDULE OF I^DIA.]Sr 



Where or how 

 concluded 



1854 

 May 30 



July 31 



Sept. 1 



Sept. 30 



Wasliington, 

 D.C. 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Act of Con- 



La Poiiite, 

 Wisconsin. 



Hefcrencc 



Stat. L., 

 X, 1082. 



Stat. L., 

 X, 1093. 



Easkaskia, 

 Peoria, Pian- 

 kishaw and 

 Wea. 



Stat. L., 

 X, 1109. 



Sioux on Min- 

 nesota river. 



Kome Lackee, 

 Kome Cult, 

 Nir-muck, 

 et al. 



Chippewa o f 

 Lake Supe- 

 rior and the 

 Mississippi. 



Description of cession or reserralion 



Cede part of tract assigned them hy treaties of Oct. 27 and 



Oct. 29, 1832. 

 Eeserve a quantity eciual to 160 acres for each memher of the 



tribe. 

 Reserve a quantity equal to 10 sections as a national reserve ., 



Grant 1 section to American Indian Mission Association. 

 Grant right of way for roads and railroads. 



Cede tract assigned them by amended treaty of Nov. 28, 1840. 

 Reserve 70,000 acres for futuri' home 



Reserve 640 acres for school purposes. 

 Grant right of way for roads and railroads. 



President authorized to confirm them in reservations described 

 in treaties of July 23 and Aug. 5, 1851. 



Superintendent Henley establishes 

 Lackee. 



a reserv3 called Nome 



Chippewas of Lake Superior cede to the U. S. all the lands 

 heretofore owned by them in common with the Chippewas 

 of the Mississippi river E. of the following boundary : Begin- 

 ning at a point where the E. branch of Snake river crosses 

 the southern boundary line of the Chippewa country; run- 

 ning thence up the said branch to its source; thence nearly 

 N. in a straiglit line to the mouth of East Savannah river: 

 thence up the St Louis river to the mouth of East Swan 

 river; thence up the East Swan river to its source; thence 

 in a straight line to the most westerly bend of Vermillion 

 river; thence down the Vermillion river to its mouth. 

 The U. S. set apart and reserve for the Chippewas of Lake 

 Superior the following tracts of land: 

 1. Eor the L'Anse and Vieux de Sert b.ands, all unsold lands 

 in townships in Michigan, 51 N., R. 33 W. ; 51 N., R. 32 

 W. ; E. + 50 N., R. 33 W. ; W. * 50 N., R. 32 VV. ; and 

 all of 51 N., R. 31 W., lying AV. of Huron bay. 



2. For the La Pointe baud, a tract bounded as follows: 



Beginning on the S. shore of Lake Superior, a few 

 miles W. of Montreal river, at the mouth of a creeic 

 called by the Indians Ke-che-se-be-we-she; running 

 thence S. to a line drawn E. and W. through the center 

 of T. 47 N. ; thence W. to the W. line of said township; 

 thence S.to the SE. cornerof T. 46N.,R.32 W. ; thence 

 W. the width of 2 townships; thence N. the width of 

 2 townships; theuce W. 1 mile; thence N. to the lake 

 shore; thence along the lake shore, crossing Shag- 

 waw-me-quon point to the place of beginning. 



3. Also 200 acres on the northern extremity of Madeline 



island for a fishing ground. 



4. For the otlier Wisconsin bands, a tract lying about Lac 



de Flambeau equal in extent to 3 townships. 



