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sheka, Nanemepahtoo or Trotter, Pamitchepetoo, Chalequa, Tete- tee, Lesheshe, Nawabasheka or White feather, Skepakeskeshe, Tenakeekee, Shemaka, Pasheto, Thiatcheto, Metchemetehe, Cha- cowa, Lawathska, Potchetee or the Man without a Tail, Awab- aneshekaw, Patacoma, Lamakesheka, Papashow, Weathaksheka, Pewaypee, Totah, Canaqua, Skepakutcheka, Welviesa, Kitahoe, Neentakoshe, Oshaishe, Chilosee, Quilaisha, Mawethaque, Ake- pee, Quelenee.
The tract of five miles square, at Hog Creek, is to be equally divided among the following persons, namely: Peeththa Ono- washim, Pematheywa, Wabekesheke, Leeso, Pohcaywese, She- magauashe, Nehquakahucka, Papaskootepa, Meacaywese, Shemaguashe, Nehquakahucka, Papaskotepa, Meamepetoo, Wela- wenaka, Petiska, Ketuckepe, Lawitchetee, Epaumee, Shanacke, Jose, Lanawtucka, Shawaynaka, Wawatashewa, Ketaksosa, Shashekopeah, Lakose, Quinaska.
The tract of forty-eight square miles, including Lewistown, is to be equally divided among the following persons, namely :
Sharemees -Colonel Lewis, Polly Kiser, Theueteseepauh or Weed, Calossete, Vaumauweke, Wancumsee, Skitlewa, Naya- bepe, Wosheta, Nopamago, Willesque, Salock, Walathe, Silver- smith, Siatha, Toseluo, Jemmy M'Donald, Jackson, Mohawk Thomas, Silverheels, John, Wewachee, Cassic, Atshena, French- man, Squesenau, Goohunt, Manwealte, Walisee, Billy Thawwa- mee, Wopsquitty, Naywale, Big Turtle, Nolawat, Nawalippa, Razor, Blue, Tick, Nerer, Falling Star, Hale Clock, Hisoscock, Essquaseeto, Geore, Nuussome, Sauhanoe, Joseph, Scotowe, Bat- tease, Crow, Shilling, Scotta, Nowpour, Nameawah, Quemauto, Snife, Captain, Taudeteso, Sonrise, Sowget, Duettle Lewis, Jac- quis, Tonaout, Swaunacon, General, Cussaboll, Bald Crooked Stick, Wespata, Newasa, Garter, Porcupine, Pocaloche, Woche- que, Sawquaha, Enata, Panther, Colesetos, Joe.
Senecas -Civil John, Wild Duck, Tall Man, Molasses, Ash, Nahanexa, Tasauk, Agusquenah, Roughleg, Quequesaw, Playful, Hairlip, Sieutinque, Hillnepewayatuska, Tauhunsequa, Nynoah, Suchusque, Leemutque, Treuse, Sequate, Caumecus, Scowneti, Tocondusque, Conhowdatwaw, Cowista, Nequatren, Cowhousted, Gillwas, Axtaervas, Conawwehow, Sutteasee, Kiahoot, Crane, Sil- ver, Bysaw, Crawfiste, Woolyhead, Conundahaw, Shacosaw, Co-
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indos, Hutchequa, Nayau, Conodose, Coneseta, Nesluauta, Owl, Couauka, Cocheco, Ceuewash, Sinnecowacheckowe or Leek.
The tract of three miles square for the Delaware Indians, adjoining the tract of twelve miles square upon the Sandusky river, is to be equally divided among the following persons, namely : Captain Pipe, Zeshhauau or James Armstrong, Mahaw- too or John Armstrong, Sanowdoyeasquaw or Silas Armstrong, Teorow or Black Raccoon, Hawdorowwatistie or Billy Montour, Buck Wheat, William Dondee, Thomas Lyons, Johnny Cake, Captain Wolf, Isaac, Isaac Hill, John Hill, Tishatahoones or widow Armstrong, Ayenucere, Hoomaurow or John Ming, You- dorast.
TREATIES AT ST. MARYS.
On the 17th of September, 1818, a treaty was made at St. Marys, in the State of Ohio, between Lewis Cass and Duncan McArthur, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Wyandot, Seneca, Shaw- nee, and Ottawa Indians ; being supplementary to the treaty made and concluded with said tribes, and the Delawares, Pottawottomie, and Chippewa tribes of Indians, at the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, on the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
ARTICLE I. It is agreed between the United States and the parties hereunto that the several tracts of land described in the treaty to which this is supplementary, and agreed hereby to be granted by the United States to the chiefs of the respective tribes named therein, for the use of the individuals of the said tribes, and also the tract described in the twentieth article of the said treaty shall not be thus granted, but shall be excepted from the cession made by the said tribes to the United States, reserved for the use of the said Indians, and held by them in the same manner as Indian reservations have been heretofore held. But. (it) is further agreed that the tracts thus reserved shall be re- served for the use of the Indians named in the schedule to the said treaty, and held by them and their heirs forever, unless ceded to the United States.
ARTICLE 2. It is also agreed that there shall be reserved for the use of the Wyandots, in addition to the reservations before made, fifty-five thousand six hundred and eighty acres:
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of land, to be laid off in two tracts, the first to adjoin the south line of the section of six hundred and forty acres of land here- tofore reserved for the Wyandot chief, Cherokee Boy, and to extend south to the north line of the reserve of twelve miles square, at Upper Sandusky, and the other to adjoin the east line of the reserve of twelve miles square at Upper Sandusky, and to extend east for quantity.
There shall also be reserved for the use of the Wyandots residing at Solomon's Town, and on Blanchard's Fork, in addi- tion to the reservation before made, sixteen thousand acres of land, to be laid off in a square form, on the head of Blanchard's Fork, the center of which shall be at the Big Spring, on the trace leading from Upper Sandusky to Fort Findlay, and one hundred and sixty acres of land, for the use of the Wyandots, on the west side of the Sandusky River, adjoining the said river, and the lower line of two sections of land, agreed by treaty, to which this is supplementary, to be granted to Elizabeth Whit- aker.
There shall also be reserved for the use of the Shawnees, in addition to the reservation before made, twelve thousand eight hundred acres of land, to be laid off adjoining the east line of their reservation ten miles square at Wapaghkonetta; and for the use of the Shawnees and Senecas, eight thousand nine hun- dred and sixty acres of land, to be laid off adjoining the west line of the reserve of forty-eight square miles at Lewiston. And the last reserve hereby made, and the former reserve at the same place, shall be equally divided by an east and west line, to be drawn through the same. And the north half of the said tract shall be reserved for the use of the Senecas who reside there, and the south half for the use of the Shawnees who reside there.
There shall also be reserved for the use of the Senecas, in addition to the reservations before made, ten thousand acres of land, to be laid off on the east side of the Sandusky River, at the lower corner of William Spicer's section, and excluding there- from the said William Spicer's section.
'ARTICLE 3. It is hereby agreed that the tracts of land, which by the eighth article of the treaty to which this is supple- mentary, are to be granted by the United States to the persons mentioned, shall never be conveyed, by them or their heirs, with- ·out permission of the President of the United States.
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ARTICLE 4. The United States agree to pay to the Wyan- dots an additional annuity of five hundred dollars, forever, to the Shawnees and to the Senecas of Lewiston, an additional annuity of one thousand dollars, forever; and to the Senecas an additional annuity of five hundred dollars, forever; and to the Ottawas an additional annuity of one thousand five hundred dol- lars, forever. And these annuities shall be paid at the places, and in the manner prescribed by the treaty to which this is sup- plementary.
ARTICLE 5. This treaty shall take effect, and be obligatory on the contracting parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof.
Proclaimed January 4, 1819.
WYANDOTS.
Articles of a treaty made and concluded at St. Mary's, in the state of Ohio, on the 20th day of September, 1818, between Lewis Cass, commissioner of the United States, thereto especially authorized by the President of the United States, and the chiefs and warriors of the Wyandot tribe of Indians.
ARTICLE I. The Wyandot tribe of Indians hereby cede to the United States all the right reserved to them in two tracts of land in the Territory of Michigan, one including the village called Brownstown, and the other the village called Maguagua, formerly in the possession of the Wyandot tribe of Indians, con- taining in the whole not more than five thousand acres of land ; which two tracts of land were reserved for the use of the said Wyandot tribe of Indians and their descendants, for the term of fifty years, agreeably to the provisions of the act of Congress passed February 28th, 1809, and entitled "An act for the relief of certain Alabama and Wyandot Indians."
ARTICLE 2. In consideration of the preceding cession, the United States will reserve for the use of the said Wyandot Indi- ans, sections numbered twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, twenty-seven, and that part of section numbered twenty-two, which contains eight acres, and lies on the south side of the river Huron, being in the fourth. township south of the base line, and in the ninth range east of the first meridian, in the Territory of Michigan,
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and containing four thousand nine hundred and ninety-six acres ; and the said tract of land shall be reserved for the use of the said Wyandot Indians and their descendants, and be secured to them in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions as is provided in relation to the Alabama Indians by the first sec- tion of the before mentioned act of Congress, except that the said Wyandot Indians and their descendants shall hold the said land so long as they or their descendants shall occupy the same. Proclaimed January 7, 1819.
DELAWARES.
Articles of a treaty made and concluded at St. Mary's, Octo- ber 3, 1818, between Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Ben- jamin Parke, commissioners of the United States, and the Dela- ware Nation of Indians.
ARTICLE I. The Delaware Indians cede to the United States all their claim to land in the State of Indiana.
ARTICLE 2. In consideration of the aforesaid cession, the United States agree to provide for the Delawares a country to reside in, upon the west side of the Mississippi, and to guaranty to them the peaceable possession of the same.
ARTICLE 3. The United States also agree to pay the Dela- wares the full value of their improvements in the country hereby ceded ; which valuation shall be made by persons to be appointed for that purpose by the President of the United States; and to furnish the Delawares with one hundred and twenty horses, not to exceed in value forty dollars each, and a sufficient number of pirouges, to aid in transporting them to the west side of the Mississippi ; and a quantity of provisions, proportionate to their numbers and the extent of their journey.
ARTICLE 4. The Delawares shall be allowed the use and occupation of their improvements for the term of three years from the date of this treaty, if they so long request it.
ARTICLE 5. The United States agree to pay to the Dela- wares a perpetual annuity for four thousand dollars, which, to- gether with all annuities which the United States, by any former treaty, engaged to pay them, shall be paid in silver, at any place to which the Delawares may move.
ARTICLE 6. The United States agree to provide and sup-
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port a black-smith for the Delawares after their removal to the west side of the Mississippi.
ARTICLE 7. One half section of land shall be granted to each of the following persons, namely Isaac Wobby, Samuel Cassman, Elizabeth Petchaka, and Jacob Dick; and one quarter of a section of land shall be granted to each of the following persons, namely, Solomon Tindell and Benoni Tindell, all of whom are Delawares; which tracts of land shall be located after the country is surveyed, at the first creek above the old fort on White River, and running up the river; and shall be held by the persons herein named, respectively, and their heirs; but shall never be conveyed or transferred without the approbation of the President of the United States.
ARTICLE 8. A sum not exceeding thirteen thousand three hundred and twelve dollars and twenty-five cents shall be paid by the United States, to satisfy certain claims against the Dela- ware Nation, and shall be expended by the Indian agent at Piqua and Fort Wayne, agreeably to a schedule this day exam- ined and approved by the commissioners of the United States.
'ARTICLE 9. This treaty, after the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States, shall be binding on the con- tracting parties.
Proclaimed January 15th, 1819.
Supplementary article to the Delaware treaty concluded at St. Mary's, in the State of Ohio, on the 3d of October, 1818.
Whereas the foregoing treaty stipulates that the United States shall provide for the Delaware Nation a country to reside in, west of the Mississippi, as the permanent residence of their nation; and whereas the said Delaware Nation are now willing to remove, on the following conditions, from the country on the James' Fork of White River in the State of Missouri, to the country selected in the fork of the Kansas and Missouri River, as recommended by the Government, for the permanent resi- dence of the whole Delaware Nation; it is hereby agreed upon by the parties, that the country in the fork of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, extending up the Kansas River to the Kansas line, and up the Missouri River to Camp Leavenworth, and thence by a line drawn westwardly, leaving a space ten miles wide, north of the Kansas boundary line, for an outlet, shall
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be conveyed and forever secured by the United States to the said Delaware Nation as a permanent residence ; and the United States hereby pledges the faith of the Government to guarantee to the said Delaware Nation, forever, the quiet and peaceable possession and undisturbed enjoyment of the same, against all claims and assaults of all and every other people whatever.
And the United States hereby agrees to furnish the Dela- ware Nation with forty horses, to be given to their poor and destitute people, and the use of six wagons and ox-teams, to assist the nation in removing their heavy articles to their per- manent home; and to supply them with all necessary farming utensils and tools necessary for building houses, etc. ; and to sup- ply them with provisions on their journey, and with one year's provisions after they get to their permanent residence; and to have a grist and saw-mill erected for their use, within two years after their complete removal.
And it is hereby expressly stipulated and agreed upon by the parties that, for and in consideration of the full and entire relinquishment by the Delaware Nation of all claim whatever to the country now occupied by them in the State of Missouri, the United States shall pay to the said Delaware Nation an additional permanent annuity of one thousand dollars.
And it is further stipulated that thirty-six sections of the best land within the limits hereby relinquished shall be selected, under the direction of the President of the United States, and sold for the purpose of raising a fund to be applied, under the direction of the President, to the support of schools for the education of Delaware children.
It is agreed upon by the parties that this supplementary article shall be concluded in part only, at this time, and that a deputation of a chief, or warrior, from each town, with their interpreter, shall proceed with the agent to explore the country, more fully, and if they approve of said country to sign their names under ours, which shall be considered as finally concluded on our part ; and after the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate of the United States, shall be binding on the con- tracting parties.
Proclaimed March 24. 1831.
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MIAMIS.
Articles of a treaty. made and concluded at St. Mary's, in the State of Ohio, between Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Parke, commissioners of the United States, and the Miami Nation of Indians. Made Oct. 6th, 1818.
ARTICLE I. The Miami Nation of Indians cede to the United States the following tract of country: Beginning at the Wabash River, where the present Indian boundary line crosses the same, near the mouth of Raccoon Creek; thence up the Wa- bash River, to the reserve at its head, near Fort Wayne; thence to the reserve at Fort Wayne; thence, with the lines thereof, to the St. Mary's River; thence up the St. Mary's River to the reservation at the portage; thence, with the line of the cession made by the Wyandot Nation of Indians to the United States, at the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, on the 29th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, to the reservation at Loramie's store; thence, with the present Indian boundary line, to Fort Recovery ; and with the said line, following the course thereof, to the place of beginning.
ARTICLE 2. From the cession aforesaid the following reser- vations, for the use of the Miami Nation of Indians, shall be made : One reservation, extending along the Wabash River, from the mouth of Salamonie River, to the mouth of Eel River, and from these points, running due south, a distance equal to a direct line from the mouth of Salamonie River to the mouth of Eel River. One other reservation of ten miles square, on the river Salamonie, at the mouth of Atchepongqwawe Creek. One other reservation of six miles square, on the Wabash River, below the forks thereof. One other reservation of ten miles square, oppo- site the mouth of the river A Bonette. One other reservation of ten miles square, at the village of Sugar Tree Creek. One other reservation of two miles square, at the mouth of a creek called Flat Rock, where the road to White River crosses the same.
ARTICLE 3. The United States agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, to Jean Bapt. Richardville, principal chief of the Miami Nation of Indians, the following tracts of land :
Three sections of land, beginning about twenty-five rods below his house, on the St. Mary's, near Fort Wayne; thence,
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at right angles with the course of the river, one mile; and from this line and the said river, up the stream thereof, for quantity.
Two sections upon the east side of the St. Mary's River, near Fort Wayne, running east one mile with the line of the military reservation; thence, from that line and from the river, for quantity.
Two sections on the Twenty-Seven-Mile Creek, where the road from St. Mary's to Fort Wayne crosses it, being one section on each side of said creek.
Two sections on the left bank of the Wabash, commencing at the forks and running down the river.
The United States also agree to grant to each of the follow- ing persons, being Miami Indians by birth, and their heirs, the tracts of land herein described :
To Joseph Richardville and Joseph Richardville, Jun., two sections of land, being one on each side of the St. Mary's River, and below the reservation made on that river by the treaty of Greenville in 1795.
To Wemetche, or the Crescent, one section, below and ad- joining the reservation of Anthony Chesne, on the west side of the St. Mary's River, and one section immediately opposite to Macultamunqua, or Black Loon.
To Keenquatakqua, or Long Hair; Arozon, or Twilight; Peconbequa, or a Woman Striking; Aughquamauda, or Diffi- culty, and Meaghqua, or Noon, as joint tenants, five sections of land upon the Wabash River, to the center of which shall be the Wyandot village, below the mouth of Tippecanoe River.
To Francois Godfrey, six sections of land, on the Salamonie River, at a place called La Petite Prairie.
To Louis Godfrey, six sections of land, upon the St. Mary's River, above the reservation of Anthony Shane.
To Charley, a Miami Chief, one section of land, on the west side of the St. Mary's River, below the section granted to Pe- metche, or the Crescent.
To the two oldest children of Peter Langlois, two sections of land, at a place formerly called Village du Puant, at the mouth of the River called Pauceaupichoux.
To the children of Antoine Boudie, two sections of land, on the border of the Wabash River, opposite a place called l'Esle al'Aille.
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To Francois Lafontaine and his son, two sections of land, adjoining and above the two sections granted to Jean Bapt. Richardville, near Fort Wayne, and on the same side of the St. Mary's River. .
To the children of Antoine Rivarre, two sections of land, at the mouth of the Twenty-Seven-Mile Creek, and below the same.
To Peter Langlois' youngest child, one section of land, op- posite the Chipaille, at the Shawnese village.
To Peter Labarie, one section of land, on the river St. Mary's, below the section granted to Charley.
To the son of George Hunt, one section of land, on the west side of the St. Mary's River, adjoining the two sections granted to Francois Lafontain and his son.
To Meshenoqua or the Little Turtle, one section of land, on the south side of the Wabash, where the portage path strikes the same.
To Josetta Beaubien, one section of land on the left bank of the St. Mary's above and adjoining the three sections granted to Jean Bapt. Richardville. .
To Ann Turner a half-blooded Miami, one section of land on the northwest side of the Wabash River, to commence at the mouth of Fork Creek, on the west bank of the said creek, and running up said creek one mile in a direct line, thence at right angles with this line for quantity.
To Rebecca Hackley, a half-blooded Miami, one section of land, to be located at Munsey Town, on White River, so that it shall extend on both sides to include three hundred and twenty acres of the prairie, in the bend of the river, where the bend assumes the shape of a horseshoe.
To William Wayne Wells, a half-blooded Miami, one section of land at the mouth of the Fork Creek, where the reservation for Ann Turner commences, running down the Wabash River on the northwest bank one mile; thence back one mile, thence east one mile, to the boundary line of the grant to Ann Turner.
To Mary Wells, a half-blooded Miami, one section of land, at the mouth of Stony Creek, on the southwest side of the Wa- bash River, the center of which shall be at the mouth of said creek, running with the meanders thereof, up and down the Wabash River, one half mile, and thence back for quantity.
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To Jane Turner Wells, a half-blooded Miami, one section of land, on the northwest side of the Wabash River, to commence on the west bank of said river, opposite the old lime-kiln, thence down the said river one mile and back for quantity.
ARTICLE 4. The Miami Nation of Indians assent to the cession made by the Kickapoos of the United States, by the treaty concluded at Vincennes, on the ninth day of December, one thou- sand eight hundred and nine.
ARTICLE 5. In consideration of the cession and recognition aforesaid, the United States agree to pay to the Miami Nation of Indians a perpetual annuity of fifteen thousand dollars, which, together with all annuities which, by any former treaty, the United States have engaged to pay to the said Miami Nation of Indians, shall be paid in silver.
The United States will cause to be built for the Miamis one grist-mill and one saw-mill, at such proper sites as the chiefs of the nation may select, and will provide and support one blacksmith and one gunsmith for them, and provide them with such imple- ments of agriculture as the proper agent may think necessary.
The United States will also cause to be delivered, annually to the Miami Nation one hundred and sixty bushels of salt.
ARTICLE 6. The several tracts of land which, by the. third article of this treaty, the United States have engaged to grant to the persons therein mentioned, except the tracts to be granted to Jean Bapt. Richardville, shall never be transferred by the said persons or their heirs, without the approbation of the President of the United States.
ARTICLE 7. This treaty shall be obligatory on the contract- ing parties after the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof.
Proclaimed January 15, 1819.
POTTAWOTTOMIES.
Articles of a treaty made and concluded at St. Mary's, in the State of Ohio, on the 2d day of October, 1818, between Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Park, commissioners of the United States, and the Pottawottomie Nation of Indians.
ARTICLE I. The Pottawottomie Nation of Indians cede to the United States all the country comprehended within the fol-
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lowing limits : Beginning at the mouth of the Tippecanoe River and running up the same to a point twenty-five miles in a direct line from the Wabash River; thence on a line as nearly parallel to the general course of the Wabash River as practicable, to a point on the Vermilion River twenty-five miles from the Wabash River ; thence down the Vermilion River to its mouth, and thence up the Wabash River to the place of beginning. The Pottawottomies also cede to the United States all their claim to the country south of the Wabash River.
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