History of Van Wert and Mercer counties, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 5

Author: Sutton, R., & Co., Wapakoneta, Ohio, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Wapakoneta, Ohio : R. Sutton
Number of Pages: 878

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The boundary line was corrected, so as not to convey the idea that it would run "from the portage on that branch of the Miami which runs into the Ohio over to the river Auglaize, but on the contrary that it should run from the said portage directly to the first fork of the Miami River, which is to the southward and eastward of the Miami village, thence down the main brauch of the Miami River to the said village, and thence down that river to Lake Erie and along the margin of the lake to the place of beginning."

On Ed August, 1795, a treaty of peace was held at Greenville between the United States and the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnees, Chippewas, Pottawatomies, Miamis, Eel Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos, Piankishaws. and Kaskaskias, by which the tribes were to receive twenty thousand dollars in goods at price cost, and a perpetual annuity of nine thousand five hundred dollars.

Treaty of Greenville.

The boundary line established May 3, 1795, between the United States and the Indians began at the mouth of Cuyahoga River, and thence up the same to the portage, between that and the Tuscarawas branch of the Muskingum; thence down the branch to the crossing place above Fort Lawrence; thence westerly to a fork of that branch of the Great Miami River running into the Ohio at or near which fork stood Loramie's store, and where commences the portage between the Miami of the Ohio and St. Marys River, which is a branch of the Miami which runs into Lake Erie ; thence a westerly course to Fort Recovery, which stands on a branch of the Wabash; thence southwesterly in a direct line to the Ohio so as to intersect that river opposite the mouth of Kentucky or Cuttawa River.

As an evidence of the retaining friendship of the said Indian tribes they ceded to the United States the following pieces of land: "1. Six miles square at or near Loramie's store. 2. Two miles square at the head of the navigable water or landing on St. Mary's River near Girtys Town. 3. Six miles square at the head of the navigable water of the Auglaize River. 4. Six miles square at the confluence of the Auglaize and Miami Rivers, where Fort Defiance now stands. 5. Six miles square at or near the confluence of the St. Marys and St. Josephs where Fort Wayne now stands or near it. G. Two miles square on the Wabash River at the end of the portage from the Miami of the Lake, and about eight miles westward from Fort Wayne. 7. Six miles square at the Onatanon or oll Weatowns on the Wabash River. 8. Twelve miles square at the British fort on the Miami of the Lakes at the foot of the rapids. 9. Six miles square at the mouth of the said river where it empties into the lake. . 10. One piece six miles square upon San.Insky Lake where a fort formerly stood. 11. Two miles square at the lower rapids of the Sandusky River. . 12. The post of Detroit and all the land to the northwest and south of it, of which the Indian title has been extinguished by gifts or grants to the French or English governments. and so much more land to be annexed to the district of Detroit as shall be comprehended between the river Rosene on the south, Lake St. Clair on the north, and a line the general course whereof shall be six miles distant from the west end of Lake Erie and Detroit River. 13. The post of Michilimacinac and all the lands on the island on which that post stands and the main land adjacent, of which the Indian title has been extinguished, and a piece of land on the main to the north of the island to measure six miles on Lake Huron or the strait between Lakes Huron and Michigan, and to extend three miles back from the water of the lake or strait, and also the island De Bois Dlane, being an extra and

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voluntary gift of the Chippewa nation. 14. Six miles square at the Chicago River, emptying in the southwest end of Lake Michigan where a fort formerly stood. 15. Twelve miles square at or near the mouth of the Illinois River emptying into the Mississippi River. 16. Six miles square at the old Piorias fort village near the south end of the Illinois Lake on said Illinois River."

The Indian tribes were allowed by the treaty a free passage by land and water, as one and the other shall be found convenient, through this country along the chain of posts hereinbefore mentioned. The United States relinquish claims to all Indian lands northward of the Ohio River, eastward of the Mississippi, westward and southward of the Great Lakes and the waters uniting them, according to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain in 1783.

Treaty of Detroit.

The United States accepts the following tracts: 1. 150,000 acres near the rapids of the river Ohio, which has been assigned to Gen. Clark for the use of himself and his warriors. 2. The post of Vincennes on the Wabash River and the lands adjacent, of which the Indian title has been extinguished. 3. The lands at all other places in possession of the French people and other white settlers among them. 4. The post of Fort Mapac towards the mouth of the Ohio.

The boundaries of the land ceded were as follows: Beginning at the mouth of the Miami River of the Lakes, and running thence up the middle thereof to the mouth of the Great Auglaize River; thence run- ning due north until it intersects a parallel of latitude to be drawn from the outlet of Lake Huron which forms the river Sinclair; thence running northeast the course that may be found will lead in a direct line to White Rock on Lake ITuron; thence due east until it intersects the boundary line between the United States and Upper Canada on said lake; thence southwardly, following the said boundary line down said lake, through river Sinclair, Lake St. Clair, and the river Detroit into Lake Erie to a point due cast of the aforesaid Miami River; thence west to the place of beginning.

The following lands were reserved for the use of the Indian nation: Que tract of land six miles square, on the Miami of Lake Erie above Roche de Boeuf, to include the village where Tondaganie (or the Dog) now lives. Also three miles square on the said river (above the twelve miles square ceded to the United States by the treaty of Greenville) including what is called Presque Isle. Also four miles square on the Miami Bay, including the villages where Meshkemau and Wangau now live. Also three miles" square on the river Raisin, at a place called Macon, and where the river Macon falls into the river Raisin, which place is about fourteen miles from the mouth of the said river Raisin. Also two sections of one mile square each on the river Rouge at Segin- savius village. Also two sections of one mile square each at Ton- quish's village, near the river Rouge. Also three miles square on Lake St. Clair above the river Huron, to include Machonce's village. Also six sections, each section containing one mile square within the cession aforesaid, in such situation as the said Indians shall elect, sub- jert to the approbation of the President of the United States as to the places of location. If the reservation cannot be laid out in squares, then in parallelograms or other figures so as to contain the area spect- find, but not to interfere with any improvements of the French or other white people, or any former cessions.

Sept. 17, 1802, Gen. Harrison entered into a treaty at Vincennes with the various Indian tribes in regard to the boundaries of land. The Lourdary established by the treaty at Fort McIntosh was confirmed and extended westward from Loramie's store to Fort Recovery, and thence $. W. to the mouth of Kentucky River.

July 4, 1805, a treaty was held at Fort Industry between the United M'ites and the Wyandots, Ottawas, Chippewas, Munsees, Delawares, ... awnres, and Pottawotamies, by which the tribes were to receive six- , ten thousand dollars and a perpetual annuity of one thousand dollars. The sum of four thousand dollars was secured to the President of the I'nited States in trust for them by the Connecticut Land Company and " " Proprietors of the half million of acres of land called "Sufferers' I.and.". The same Company and Proprietors secured to the President Two thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents to 1

raise an annuity of one hundred and seventy-five do. s, part of said amount of one thousand dollars. These were the cover. its paid by the agents of the Western Reserve for the cession of their i ods.

November 17, 1807, Governor William Hull of the Michigan Terri- tory and Commissioners of the United States, and the several Indian nations northwest of the Ohio River, consisting of the Ottawas, Chip- pewas, Wyandots, and Pottawattomies, formed a treaty, by which the United States gave them ten thousand dollars in goods, a perpetual annuity of two thousand four hundred dollars, and agreed to furnish two blacksmiths for ten years.

Gen. Wm. Hull also entered into a second treaty with the above nations at Brownstown, Michigan, on November 25, 1808, in these words :-

Treaty of Brownstown.

The several Indian nations northwest of the Ohio do give, grant, and cede unto the United States a tract of land for a road of one hundred and twenty feet in width from the foot of the rapids of the river Miami on Lake Erie to the western line of the common reserve, and all the land within one mile of the said road on east sule thereof for the pur- pose of establishing settlements along the same. Also a tract of land for a road only, of one hundred and twenty feet in width, to run south- wardly from what is called Lower Sandusky to the boundary line estab- lished by the treaty of Greenville, with the privilege of taking at all times such timber and other materials from the adjacent lands as may be necessary for making and keeping in repair the said road, with the bridges that may be required along the same. Lines to be run as the President of the United States shall deem advantageous.

September 29, 1817. Lewis Cass and Duncan MeArthur, Esquires, Commissioners of the United States, entered into a treaty with the Sachems, Chiefs, and Warriors of the Wyandots, Senecas, Delawares, Shawnces, Pottawatomies, Ottawas, and Chippewas, at the Foot of the Rapids of the Miami of the Lakes.

Treaty of the Foot of the Rapids of the Miami of the Lakes.

Cession of Lands by the Wyandots: The Wyandot tribe of Indians cede to the U. S. the lands within the following boundaries: Beginning at a point on the southern shore of Lake Erie where the present Indian boundary line intersects the same, between the mouth of Sandusky Bay and the mouth of Portage River; thence running south with said line to the line established 1795 by the treaty of Greenville, which runs from the crossing-place above Fort Lawrence to Loramie's store; thence west- erly with the last-mentioned line to the eastern line of the Reserve at Loramie's store ; thence with the lines of said Reserve north and west to the northwestern corner thereof; thence to the N. W. corner of the Reserve on the River St. Marys at the head of the navigable waters thereof; thence E. to the western bank of the St. Mary's River aforesaid; thence down on the western bank of the said river to the Reserve at Ft. Wayne; thence with the lines of the last-mentioned Reserve, easterly and northerly to the north bank of the River Miami of Lake Erie; thence down on the north bank of the said river to the western line of the land ceded to the U. S. by the treaty of Detroit in 1807; thence with the said line south to the middle of the said Miami River opposite the mouth of the Great Auglaize River; thence down the middle of said Miami River southeasterly with the lines of the tract ceded to the U. S. by the treaty aforesaid so far that a south line will strike the place of beginning.

Cession of Lands by the Pottawatomies, Ottawas, and Chippewas. They ceded their lands as follows : Beginning where the western line of the State of Ohio crosses the River Miami of Lake Erie, which is about 21 miles above the mouth of the Great Auglaize River; theuce with the western line of the land ceded to the U. S. by the treaty of Detroit, in 1807, N. 45 miles; thence west so far that a line south will strike the place of beginning; thence south to the place of beginning.

The Wyandot, Sencea, Delaware, Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Ottawa, and Chippewa tribes of Indians accede to the cessions mentioned in the two preceding articles by the U. S. paying a perpetual annuity to the following nations: to the Wyandots $1000; to the Shawnee+ $2000; to the Pottawatomies for 15 years $1300; to the Delawares $500; to the Senecas $500; to the Ottawas $1000; to the Chippewas $1000.

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The United States was also to erect a saw and grist mill for the use of the Wyandots, and provide one blacksmith for the Wyandots and Senecas, and one for the Indians at Hog Creek.

In addition thereto the United States paid for property injured during the war: to the Wyandots $4319.39; to the Delawares $3956.50; to the Shawnees under the treaty of Fort Industry $2500; to the Senecas $4208.24; to the Shawnees $420; to the representatives of Hembis $348.50; to the Indians at Lewis and Scoutasks towns $1227.50.

Grants to the Wyandots in fee simple by patent. To Doanquod, How- oner, Rontondee, Tauyau, Rontayau, Dawatont, Manocne, Tauyaudau- tanson, and Haudaunwaugh, chiefs of the Wyandot tribe, and their successors in office, chiefs of the said tribe, for the use of the persons and for the purposes mentioned in the annexed schedule, a tract of land 12 miles square at Upper Sandusky, the centre of which shall be the place where Fort Ferree stands, aud also a tract of I mile square, to be located where the chief's direct, on a cranberry swamp on Broken Sword Creck, and to be held for the use of the tribe.

Grants to the Senceas. To Tahawmadoyaw, Captain Harris, Isshown- usau, Joseph Tawgyou, Captain Smith, Coffee House, Running About, and Wipingstick, chiefs of the Seneca tribe of Indians, and their suc- cessors in office, chiefs of the said tribe, for the use of the persons men- tioned in the annexed schedule, a tract of land to contain 30,000 acres, beginning on the Sandusky River at the lower corner of the section hereinafter granted to Wm. Spicer; thence down the said river on the east side, with the meanders thereof, at high-water mark to a point cast of the mouth of Wolf Creek; thence and from the beginning east, so far that a north line will include the quantity of 30,000 acres aforesaid.

Grants to the Shawnees. To Catewekesa or Black Hoof, Byaseka or Wolf, Pomthe or Walker, Shemenetoo or Big Snake, Othawakeseke or Yellow Feather, Chakalowah or The Tail's End, Pemthala or John Perry, Wabepee or White Color, chiefs of the Shawnee tribe residing at Wapaghkonetta, and their successors in office, chiefs of the said tribe residing there, a tract of land 10 miles square, the centre of which shall be the council house at Wapaghkonetta.

. Grants to the Shawnees on Hog Crock. To Poeththa or Falling Trec, and to Onowaskemo or the Resolute Man, chiefs of the Shawnee tribes residing on Hog Creek, and their successors in office, chief's of the said tribe residing there, a tract of land containing 25 square miles, which is to join the tract granted at Wapaughkonetta and to include the Shaw- nees settlement on Hog Creek, and to be laid off as nearly as possible in a square form.

Grant to the Shawnees and Senecas at Lewistown. To Quatawape or Captain Lewis, Shekaghikele or Turtle, Skilowa or Robin, chief's of the Shawnee tribe residing at Lewistown, and to Mesomea or Civil John. Waukauwuxsheno or The White Man, Oquasheno or Joe, and Willa- quasheno or When-you-are-tired-sit-down, chiefs of the Seneca tribes of Indians residing at Lewistown, and to their successors in office, chiefs of the said Shawnee and Sencea tribes, a tract of land containing 48 square miles, to begin at the intersection of the line run by Charles Roberts in 1812 from the source of the Little Miami River to the source of the Scioto River, in pursuance of instructions from the Commissioners appointed on the part of the U. S. to establish the western boundary of the Va. Military Reservation with the Indian boundary line established . by the Treaty of Greenville in 1795 from the crossings above Fort Lar- rence to Loramie's store, and to run from said intersection northerly with the first-mentioned line, and westwardly with the 2d mentioned line so as to include the quantity as nearly in a square form as practicable after excluding the section of land hereinafter granted to Vary Stewart.

Reservations for the Olfarras, but not granted to them. A tract of land on Blanchard's fork of the Auglaize River, to contain 5 miles square, the centre of which traet is to be where the old trace crosses the said fork ; and one other tract, to contain 3 miles square, on the Little Au- glaize River, to include Oquanoxa's village.

The chiefs and their successors had power to convey and make par- tition of the same, but it required the consent and approval of the Pre- sident of the U. S., or a person appointed by him. At the special request of the said Indians the U. S. agreed to grant by patent in fre simple to the persons hereinafter mentioned, all of whom are connected with the said Indians by blood or adoption, the tracts of lands herein described.

To Elizabeth Whitaker, who was taken prisoner by the Wyandots and has ever since lived among them, 1280 acres of land on the W. side of the Sandusky River, below Croghansville, to be laid off in a square form as nearly as the meanders of the said river will admit, and to near an equal distance above and below the house in which the said Elizabeth Whitaker now lives.

To Robert Armstrong, who was taken prisoner by the Indians and has ever since lived among them, and has married a Wyandot woman, one section, to contain 610 acres of land on the west side of the Sandusky River, to begin at the place called Camp Ball, and to run up the river, with the meanders thereof, 160 poles, and from the beginning down the river, with the meanders thereof, 160 poles, and from the extremity of these lines west for quantity.

To the Children of Win. M. Cullock, who was killed in August, 1812, near Mangangon, and who are quarter-blood Wyandot Indians, 1 sect-, to contain 640 acres, on the west side of Sandusky River, adjoining the lower line of Robt. Armstrong's, and extending with and from the said river.

To John Vanmeter and his Wife's Brothers. To John Vanmeter, who was taken prisoner by the Wyandots and who has ever since lived among them and has married a Seneca woman, and to his wife's 3 brothers, Senecas, who now reside on Honey Creek, 1000 A., to begin N. 45° W. 140 poles from the house in which the said Jno. Vanmeter now lives, and to run S. thence 320 poles, thence and from the beginning east for quantity.

To S. and J. Williams and R. Nugent. To Sarah Williams, Joseph Williams, and Rachel Nugent, late Rachel Williams, the said Sarah having been taken prisoner by the Indians and ever since lived among them, and being the widow, and the said Joseph and Rachel being the children of the late Isaac Williams, a half-blood Wyandot, 4 sect. of Jand to contain 160 acres on the E. side of the Sandusky River below Croghansville, and to include their improvements at a place called Negro Point.

To Catharine and J. R. Walker. A Wyandot woman and John R. Walker her son, who was wounded in the service of the U. S. at the battle of Maugaugon in 1812, a section of 640 acres each, to begin at the N. W. cor. of the tract hereby granted to John Vanmeter and his wife's brothers, and to run with the line thereof S. 320 poles thence, and from the beginning west for quantity.

To William Spicer, who was taken prisoner by the Indians and has ever since lived among them, and has married a Seneca woman, a section of land to contain 640 acres, beginning on the east bank of the Sandusky River 40 poles below the lower corner of said Spicer's cornfield, thence up the river on the E. side with the meanders thereof, 1 mile thence, and from the beginning east for quantity.

To Nancy Stewart, daughter of the late Shawnee chief Blue Jacket, I sect. of land' to contain 640 acres, on the Great Miami River below Lewistown, to include her present improvements; 2 of the said section to be on the S. E. side of the river and one quarter on the N. W. side thereof.

The Children of Capt. Logan. To the children of the late Shawnee chief Capt. Logan or Spamagelabe, who fell in the service of the U. S. during the late war, 1 sect. of land to contain 640 acres, on the E. sile of the Great Auglaize River adjoining the lower line of the grant of 10 miles at Wapaghikonetta and the said river.

September 17, ISIS, a supplementary treaty was entered into at St. Marys, Ohio, with the Wyandots, Senecas, and Shawnces, and an annu- ity of five hundred dollars was given to the Wyandots, one thousand dollars to the Shawnees, to the Senecas five hundred dollars, and to the Ottawas fifteen hundred dollars.

Sept. 24, 1819, Gen. Lewis Cass concluded at Saginaw a treaty by which a large part of Michigan was ceded to the United States.

Sept. 1832, the Indian treaties were closed, which relinquished thirty millions of acres of land constituting the eastern portion of the State of Iowa.

An act of May 26, 1824, by Congress, reserving to the Wyandot tribe n certain tract of land, in lieu of a reservation, made to them hy treaty. That there be and hereby is reserved for the use of the chief's and tribe of Wyandot Indians, subject to the conditions and limitations of the former reservation, the northeast quarter of Sec. 2 in Tp. 2, and range

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17 south of the base line of land in Delaware Land District in the State of Ohio, in lieu of one hundred and sixty acres of land on the west side of and adjoining the Sandusky River, and which was reserved by the supplementary treaty between the United States and certain tribes of Indiany held at St. Marys, in Ohio, Sept. 17, 1818. on condition that the chiefs of the said Wyandot tribe first relinquish to the United States all the right, title, and claim of said tribe to the one hundred and sixty acres of reservation by said supplementary treaty.

Anthony Shane. To Anthony Shane, a half-blood Ottawa Indian, one section of land to contain 640 acres, on the east side of the river St. Marys, and to begin opposite the house in which Shane now lives; thence up the river, with the meanders thereof, 160 poles, and from the beginning down the river, with the meanders thereof, 160 poles, and from the extremity of the said lines east for quantity.

J. MePherson. To James McPherson, who was taken prisoner by the Indians and has ever since lived among them, one section of land, to contain 640 acres, in a square form, adjoining the northern or western line of the grant of 48 miles at Lewistown, at such place as he may think proper to locate the same.

The Cherokee. Boy. To Horonu the Cherokee Boy, a Wyandot chief, a section of land, to contain 640 acres, on the Sandusky River, to be laid off in a square form and to include his improvements.

A. D. and R. Godfrey. To Alex. D. Godfrey and Richard Godfrey, adopted children of the Pottawatomie tribe, and at their special request, one section of land, to contain 640 acres, in the tract of country herein ceded to the United States by the Pottawatomie, Ottawa, and Chippewa tribes, to be located by them, the said Alex. and Richard, after the said track shall have been surveyed.

Yellow Ilair. To Sawendebans, or the Yellow Hair, or Peter Minor, an adopted son of Tondaganie or the Dog, and at the special request of the Ottawas, out of the tract reserved by the treaty of Detroit in 1807, above Roche de Boeuf, in the village of the said Dog, a section of land, to contain 640 acres, to be located, in a square form, on the north side of the Miami at the Wolf Rapid.

Grants free from Taxes. The tracts herein granted to the chiefs for the use of the Wyandot, Shawnese, Seneca, and Delaware Indians and the reserve for the Orlanz Indians shall not be liable to taxes of any kind, so long as such land continues the property of the said Indians.

The Delawares. The Delaware tribe, in consideration of the stipula- tions herein made on the part of the United States, do hereby forever cele to the United States all the claim which they have to the thirteen sections of lands, reservel for the use of certain persons of their tribe, by the 2dl section of the Act of Congress, passed March 3, 1807, provid- ing for the disposal of the land of the United States between the United States military tract and the Connecticut Reserve and the lands of the United States between the Cincinnati and Vincennes districts.

To J. and S. Armstrong. The United States agree to grant by patent in fee simple to Zeeshawan or James Armstrong and Sanondoyouray- guaw or Silas Armstrong, chiefs of the Delaware Indians, living on the Sandusky waters, and their successors in office, chiefs of the said tribe, for the use of the persons mentioned in the annexed schedule, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions, provisions, and limi- tations as is hereinbefore provided for the lands granted to the Wyan- slot, Seneca, and Shawnee Indians, a tract of land to contain nine square miles, to join the tract granted to the Wyandots, of twelve miles square, to be laid off as nearly in a square form as practicable, and to include Capt. Pipe's village.

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History of Van Wert and Mercer counties, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 5

Author: Sutton, R., & Co., Wapakoneta, Ohio, pub Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Wapakoneta, Ohio : R. Sutton Number of Pages: 878

Author: Sutton, R., & Co., Wapakoneta, Ohio, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Wapakoneta, Ohio : R. Sutton
Number of Pages: 878