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. 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.

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