On June 1, 1811, the United States Government ratified the 

 treaty, President James Madison granting by patent the land to John 

 W., William and David Macomb, heirs of William. On July 3, 1901, 

 the old Treaty Tree fell, the victim of a severe storm. Like many 

 another veteran, it is represented by a younger generation, a sapling 

 having sprung from its roots. 



In 1906, on the 130th anniversary of the purchase of the island, 

 the Woman's Improvement Association of Grosse He, marked the 

 site of the old tree with a bronze tablet placed upon a large boulder. 

 During the ceremony, the tablet was unveiled by a direct descendant 

 of the Macombs. The inscription reads as foUows: 



"This stone marks the location of the Treaty Tree and com- 

 memorates the conveyance by treaty of Grosse lie (known to the 

 Indians as Kitche-Minishon) and the adjacent islands to WiUiam 

 and Alexander Macomb by the Potawatamie Indians. The treaty 

 was signed by eighteen of the chiefs of the Potawatamie nation of 

 Indians. 



The events of the past shape the pathway of the future. 



Erected by the Woman's Improvement Association of Grosse 

 He, 1906. The dee is recorded in the register of Detroit, No. 2, 

 Vol 6. p. 19." 



The Osage Orange of New Harmony 



In 1824, the Rappite community of New Harmony, Ind., was 

 purchased by Robert Owen, a believer in the community system, and 

 William Machen of Philadelphia, Pa., a noted geologist. Under their 

 leadership. New Harmony "soon became the mecca of scientists, a 

 settlement which indeed, failed to realize the hopes of its founder, 

 yet which served to awaken that scientific spirit which has never died 

 out in Indiana." 



A tree which still flourishes, commemorating the palmy days of 

 the community, is the Osage Orange, planted there in 1826, by 

 Thomas Say, the naturalist. Nuthall, the botanist, named it "Madura 

 aurantiaca" in honor of Maclure. 



Today, its trunk measures eleven and one-half feet around, 

 branching six feet from the ground. 



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