Articles
of a treaty made at Maumee in the State of Ohio,
on the eighteenth day of February in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three,
between George B. Porter, Commissioner on the
part of the United States, of the one part; and
the undersigned Chiefs and Head men of the Band
of Ottawa Indians, residing on the Indian Reserves,
on the Miami of Lake Erie, and in the vicinity
thereof, representing the whole of said band,
of the other part:
WHEREAS, by the twentieth article of the treaty
concluded at the foot of the Rapids of the Miami
of Lake Erie, on the twenty-ninth day of September
A. D. 1817, it is provided as follows: “The United
States also agree to grant, by patent, to the
Chiefs of the Ottawa tribe of Indians for the
use of the said tribe, a tract of land, to contain
thirty-four square miles, to be laid out as nearly
in a square form as practicable, not interfering
with the lines of the tracts reserved by the treaty
of Greenville, on the south side of the Miami
River of Lake Erie, and to include Tush-que-gan,
or McCarty’s village; which tracts, thus granted,
shall be held by the said tribe, upon the usual
conditions of Indian reservations, as though no
patent were issued.” And whereas by the sixth
article of the treaty concluded at Detroit, on
the seventeenth day of November A. D. 1807, it
is provided, for the accommodation of the Indians
named in the treaty, that certain tracts of land,
within the cession then made, should be reserved
to the said Indian nations, among which is a reservation
described as follows:— “Four miles square on the
Miami Bay, including the villages where Meskeman
and Waugan now live,” which reservation was expressly
made for the Ottawa tribe. By virtue of which
stipulations and reservations the said Band of
Ottawas are now in the occupancy and enjoyment
of the two tracts of land therein described;—and
for the consideration hereinafter stated, have
agreed to cede the same to the United States;
and bind themselves to each and all of the articles,
and conditions which follow:
ARTICLE I.
The said Ottawa Band cede to the United States
all their land on each or either side of the Miami
River of Lake Erie, or on the Miami Bay, being
all the lands mentioned or intended to be included
in the two reservations aforesaid, or to which
they have any claim. No claims to be made for
improvements.
ARTICLE II.
It is agreed that out of the lands hereby ceded,
the following reservations shall be made: and
that patents for each tract shall be granted by
the United States to the individuals respectively
and their heirs for the quantity hereby assigned
to each, that is to say:—A tract of fifteen hundred
and twenty acres shall be laid off at the mouth
of the River, on the south side thereof, and to
be so surveyed as to accommodate the following
persons, for whose use respectively, each tract
hereinafter described is reserved, viz: three
hundred and twenty acres for Au-to-kee, a Chief,
at the mouth of the river, to include Presque
Isle:—eight hundred acres for Jacques, Robert,
Peter, Antoine, Francis and Alexis Navarre, to
include their present improvements: —one hundred
and sixty acres for Way-say-on, the son of Tush-qua-guan,
to include his father’s old cabin:—the remaining
two hundred and forty acres to be set off in the
rear of these two sections: —eighty acres thereof
for Pe-tau, and if practicable to include her
cabin and field:—eighty acres more thereof for
Che-no, a Chief, above, or higher up the little
creek, and the other eighty acres thereof, for
Joseph Le Cavalier Ranjard, in trust for himself,
and the legal representatives of Albert Ranjard,
deceased. Also, the following tracts on the north
side of said river:—one hundred and sixty acres
for Wau-sa-on-o-quet, a Chief, to include the
improvement where he
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now lives on Pike creek, and to front on the
Bay:—eighty acres for Leon Guoin and his children,
adjoining the last and on the south side thereof:—one
hundred and sixty acres for Aush-cush and Ke-tuck-kee,
Chiefs, to be laid off on the north side of Ottawa
creek, fronting on the same, and above the place
where the said Aush-cush now lives. One hundred
and sixty acres for Robert A. Forsyth of Maumee,
to be laid off on each side of the turnpike road
where half-way creek crosses the same: and one
hundred and sixty acres, fronting on the Maumee
River, to include the place where Ke-ne-wau-ba
formerly resided:— one hundred and sixty acres
for John E. Hunt, fronting on the said river,
immediately above and adjoining the last; and
also one hundred and sixty acres, to adjoin the
former tract, on the turnpike road. The said tracts
to be surveyed and set off, under the direction
of the President of the United States.
The said Au-to-kee, Wa-say-on, Pe-tau-che-no,
Wau-sa-on-o-quet, Aush-cush, and Ke-tuck-kee,
being Indians, the lands hereby reserved for them,
are not to be alienated without the approbation
of the President of the United States.
The said Leon Guoin has resided, for a long time
among these Indians;—has subsisted them when they
would otherwise have suffered, and they are greatly
attached to him. They request that the grant be
to him and his present wife, during their joint
lives, and the life of the survivor, and to their
children in fee.
The said Jacques, Robert, Peter, Antoine, Francis
and Alexis Navarre have long resided among these
Indians—intermarried with them, and been valuable
friends.
The said Albert Ranjard, deceased, had purchased
land of them previous to the late war, upon which,
before he died, he had paid them three hundred
dollars, for which his family have never received
any equivalent.
The reservations to the said Robert A. Forsyth
and John E. Hunt, being at the especial request
of the said band, in consideration of their long
residence among them, and the many acts of kindness
they have extended to them.
ARTICLE III.
In consideration of which it is agreed that the
United States shall pay to the said band of Indians
the sum of twenty-nine thousand four hundred and
forty dollars, to be, by direction of the said
band, applied in extinguishment of their debts,
in manner following: that is to say, to John Hollister
and Company, seven thousand three hundred and
sixty-five dollars, which includes other claims,
directed by the said Indians to be by him paid,
amounting to thirteen hundred and nine-five dollars,
as per schedule A. herewith:—To John E. Hunt,
nine thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine dollars,
which includes other claims, directed by the said
Indians to be by him paid, amounting to two thousand
six hundred and seventy-five dollars, and sixty-three
cents, as per schedule B. herewith:—To Robert
A. Forsyth of Maumee, ten thousand eight hundred
and ninety dollars, which includes other claims
directed by the said Indians to be by him paid,
amounting to four thousand four hundred and ten
dollars, as per schedule C. herewith.—To Louis
Beaufit seven hundred dollars. To Pierre Menard
four hundred dollars. To John King, one hundred
dollars. To Louis King fifty-six dollars.a
Within six months after payment by the United
States, of the said consideration money the said
Indians agree to remove from all the lands herein
ceded. And it is expressly understood that in
the meantime no interruption shall be offered
to the survey of the same by the United States.
And whereas the said Band have represented to
the said Commissioner that under the treaty, as
interpreted to them, entered into with John B.
Gardiner, Commissioner on the part of the United
States, on
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the 30th day of August, 1831, for the cession
of a part of their lands, there is due to them,
jointly with that portion of the tribe that has
emigrated, eighteen thousand dollars, and for
which they have made claim: whenever this deficiency
shall be paid, it is agreed that out of said fund
there shall be paid to Joseph Leronger in full
satisfaction of all his claim, four hundred dollars;
and to Pierre Menard in like satisfaction, sixteen
hundred dollars; to Gabriel Godfroy, junior, in
like satisfaction, two hundred dollars, to Waubee’s
daughter Nau-quesh-kum-o-qua, fifty dollars; to
Charles Leway or Nau-way-nes, fifty dollars; to
Dr. Horatio Conant, two hundred dollars in full
satisfaction of all his claim; to Joseph F. Marsac,
fifty dollars.
This treaty, after the same shall have been ratified
by the President and Senate of the United States,
shall be binding on the contracting parties.
In testimony whereof, the said George B. Porter,
and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the
said band, have hereunto set their hands, at Maumee,
the said day and year.
G. B. Porter,
Wau-see-on-o-quet, his x mark,
An-to-kee, his x mark,
She-no, his x mark,
Wau-be-gai-kek, his x mark,
Shaw-wa-no, his x mark,
Kee-tuk-kee, his x mark,
Aush-cush, his x mark,
No-ten-o, his x mark,
Way-say-on, his x mark,
Sas-sain, his x mark,
Nau-qua-gai-shik, his x mark,
O-sage, his x mark,
Me-sau-kee, his x mark,
Kin-je-way-no, his x mark,
An-ne-qua-to, his x mark,
Meesh-quet, his x mark.
Sa-see-go-wa, his x mark,
Pe-ton-o-quet, his x mark,
Saw-ga-nosh, his x mark,
Enne-me-kee, his x mark,
Aish-qua-bee, his x mark.
In presence of—
E. A. Brush, secretary,
Kintzing Pritchette,
Henry Conner,
Louis Beaufait,
James Jackson, sub-agent,
John E. Hunt,
Chs. C. P. Hunt,
G. B. Knaggs,
John Hollister,
James H. Forsyth,
J. D. Beaugrand.
a These schedules are not on file at Washington.
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