Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States: Illustrated by Those in the State of Indiana eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 35 pages of information about Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States.

Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States: Illustrated by Those in the State of Indiana eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 35 pages of information about Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States.

No. 6.  “Post of Vincennes and adjacent country, to which the Indian title has been extinguished.”  This tract was specially excluded from the limits of the Indian country by treaty of August 3, 1795.  Doubt having arisen as to its proper boundaries, they were specifically defined by treaty of June 7, 1803.  It is known as the “Vincennes tract”; is partly in Illinois, and is bounded on the map by scarlet lines.

No. 7.  Tract ceded by the treaties of August 18, 1804, with the Delawares, and August 27, 1804, with the Piankeshaws.  In the southern part of the State, and bounded on the map by green lines.

No. 8.  Cession by the treaty of August 21, 1805, with the Miamis, Eel Rivers, and Weas, in the southeastern part of the State, and designated by blue lines.

No. 9.  Cession by treaty of September 30, 1809, with the Miami, Eel River, Delaware, and Pottawatomie tribes, adjoining “Vincennes tract” (No. 9) on the north, and designated by yellow lines.  This cession was concurred in by the Weas in the treaty of October 26, 1809.

No. 10.  Cession by the same treaty of September 30, 1809; in the southeastern portion of the State; bounded on the map by yellow lines.

No. 11.  Cession also by the treaty of September 30, 1809; marked by crimson lines, and partly in Illinois.  This cession was conditional upon the consent of the Kickapoos, which was obtained by the treaty with them of December 9, 1809.

No. 12.  Cession by the Kickapoos, December 9, 1809, which was subsequently reaffirmed by them June 4, 1816.  It was also assented to by the Weas October 2, 1818, and by the Miamis October 6, 1818.  It is partly in Illinois, and is bounded on the map by green lines.  The Kickapoos also assented to the cession No. 11 by the Miamis et al., of September 30, 1809.

No. 13.  Cession by the Wyandots, September 29, 1817.  This is mostly in Ohio, and is bounded on the map by yellow lines.

No. 14.  Cession by the Pottawatomies, October 2, 1818; partly in Illinois, and is denoted by brown lines.  A subsequent treaty of August 30, 1819, with the Kickapoos, cedes a tract of country (No. 16) which overlaps this cession, the overlap being indicated by a dotted blue line.

By the treaty of October 2, 1818, the Weas ceded all the land claimed by them in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, except a small reserve on the Wabash River.  Their claim was of a general and indefinite character, and is fully covered by more definite cessions by other tribes.

By the treaty of October 3, 1818, the Delawares ceded all their claim to land in Indiana.  This claim, which they held in joint tenancy with the Miamis, was located on the waters of White River, and it is included within the tract marked 15, ceded by the Miamis October 6, 1818.

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