In order
to consolidate some of the dispersed bands of
the Potawatamie Tribe in the Territory of Michigan
at a point removed from the road leading from
Detroit to Chicago, and as far as practicable
from the settlements of the Whites, it is agreed
that the following tracts of land, heretofore
reserved for the use of the said Tribe, shall
be, and they are hereby, ceded to the United States.
Two sections of land on the river Rouge at Seginsairn’s
village.
Two sections of land at Tonguish’s village, near
the river Rouge.
That part of the reservation at Macon on the river
Raisin, which yet belongs to the said tribe, containing
six sections, excepting therefrom one half of
a section where the Potawatamie Chief Moran resides,
which shall be reserved for his use.
One tract at Mang ach qua village, on the river
Peble, of six miles square.
One tract at Mickesawbe, of six miles square.
One tract at the village of Prairie Ronde, of
three miles square.
One tract at the village of Match e be nash she
wish, at the head of the Kekalamazoo river, of
three miles square, which tracts contain in the
whole ninety nine sections and one half section
of land.
And in consideration of the preceding cession,
there shall be reserved for the use of the said
tribe, to be held upon the same terms on which
Indian reservations are usually held, the following
tracts of land.
Sections numbered five, six, seven and eight,
in the fifth township, south of the base line,
and in the ninth range west of the principal meridian
in the Territory of Michigan.
The whole of the fifth township, south, in the
tenth range, west, not already included in the
Nottawa Sape reservation.
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Sections numbered one, two, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five,
twenty-six, thirty-five, and thirty-six, in the
fifth township, south, and eleventh range, west.
The whole of the fourth township, south, in the
ninth range, west.
Sections numbered eight, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one
and thirty-two, in the fourth township, south,
and ninth range, west.
Sections numbered one, two, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five,
twenty-six, thirty-five and thirty-six, in the
fourth township, south, and eleventh range, west.
Which tracts of land will form a continuous reservation,
and contain ninety-nine sections.
After this treaty shall be ratified by the President
and Senate, the same shall be obligatory on the
United States and the said tribe of Indians.
In testimony whereof, Lewis Cass, commissioner
on the part of the United States, and the chiefs
and warriors of the said tribe, have hereunto
set their hands at St. Joseph, in the territory
of Michigan, this nineteenth day of September,
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven.
Lewis Cass,
Mixs-a-bee, his x mark,
Shee-ko-maig, or marsh fish, his x mark,
Pee-nai-sheish, or little bird, his x mark,
Kne-o-suck-o-wah, his mark,
Mais-ko-see, his x mark,
A-bee-ta-que-zic, or half day, his x mark,
Ko-jai-waince, his x mark,
Sa-kee-maus, his x mark,
Mitch-e-pe-nain-she-wish, or bad bird; his x mark,
Ma-tsai-bat-to, his x mark,
Ne-kee-quin-nish-ka, his x mark,
Wa-kai-she-maus, his x mark,
Peerish Moran, his x mark,
Mee-she-pe-she-wa-non, his x mark,
O-tuck-quen, his x mark,
Que-quan, his x mark,
Wai-sai-gau, his x mark,
O-kee-yau, his x mark,
Me-shai-wais, his x mark.
In presence of—
John L. Leib,
R. A. Forsyth,
Benj. B. Kercheval,
Isaac McCoy,
G. W. Silliman,
James J. Godfroy,
Joseph Bertrand,
T. T. Smith.
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