No. 23. Cession by the Pottawatomies, October 26, 1832, is in the northwest portion of the State, and is indicated by yellow lines. Near the southwest corner it overlaps the Kickapoo cession (No. 16) of August 30, 1819. Within the general limits of this cession seven tracts were reserved for different bands of the tribe, which will be found on the map numbered as follows: 33, 34, 39, 40 (two reserves), 41, and 42.
No. 24. Cession by the Pottawatomies of Indiana and Michigan, October 27, 1832, which in terms is a relinquishment of their claim to any remaining lands in the States of Indiana and Illinois, and in the Territory of Michigan south of Grand River. The cession thus made in Indiana is bounded on the map by scarlet lines. Within the general limits of this cession, however, they reserved for the use of various bands of the tribe eleven tracts of different areas, and which are numbered as follows: 35, 36, 37, 38, 43 (two reserves), 44 (two reserves), 45, 46, and 47.
Nos. 25 to 32, inclusive. Cession of October 23, 1834, by the Miamis, of eight small tracts previously reserved to them, all bounded on the map by green lines. These are located as follows:
No. 25. Tract of
thirty-six sections at Flat Belly’s village,
reserved by treaty of
1826; in townships 33 and 34 north, ranges 7
and 8 east.
No. 26. Tract
of five miles in length on the Wabash, extending
back to Eel River, reserved
by treaty of 1826; in townships 27 and
28 north, ranges 4 and
5 east.
No. 27. Tract
of ten sections at Raccoon’s Village, reserved
by
the treaty of 1826;
in townships 29 and 30 north, ranges 10 and 11
east.
No. 28. Tract
of ten sections on Mud Creek, reserved by the treaty
of 1826; in township
28 north, range 4 east. The treaty of October
27, 1832, with the Pottawatomies,
established a reserve of sixteen
sections for the bands
of Ash-kum and Wee-si-o-nas (No. 46), and
one of five sections
for the band of Wee-sau (No. 47), which
overlapped and included
nearly all the territory comprised in the
Mud Creek reserve.
No. 29. Tract
of two miles square on Salamanie River, at the mouth
of At-che-pong-quawe
Creek, reserved by the treaty of 1818; in
township 23 north, ranges
13 and 14 east.
No. 30. A
portion of the tract opposite the mouth of Aboutte
River, reserved by the
treaty of 1818; in townships 29 and 30
north, ranges 10, 11,
and 12 east.
No. 31. A
portion of the tract known as the “Big Reserve,”
established by the treaty
of 1818; in townships 21 to 27,
inclusive, ranges 1
and 2 east.
No. 32. Tract
of ten sections at the Forks of the Wabash, reserved
by the treaty of 1826.
This cession provides for the relinquishment
of the Indian title
and the issuance of a patent to John B.
Richardville therefor.
In township 28 north, ranges 8 and 9 east.