Articles
of a treaty made and concluded on Tippecanoe River,
in the State of Indiana, between Jonathan Jennings,
John W. Davis and Marks Crume, Commissioners on
the part of the United States, and the Chiefs,
Headmen and Warriors, of the Pottawatimie Indians,
this twenty-sixth day of October, in the year
eighteen hundred and thirty-two.
ARTICLE I.
The Chiefs, Headmen and Warriors,
aforesaid, agree to cede to the United States
their title and interest to lands in the State
of Indiana, (to wit:) beginning at a point on
Lake Michigan, where the line dividing the States
of Indiana and Illinois intersects the same; thence
with the margin of said Lake, to the intersection
of the southern
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boundary of a cession made by
the Pottawatimies, at the treaty of the Wabash,
of eighteen hundred and twenty-six; thence east,
to the north-west corner of the cession made by
the treaty of St. Joseph’s, in eighteen hundred
and twenty-eight; thence south ten miles; thence
with the Indian boundary line to the Michigan
road; thence south with said road to the northern
boundary line, as designated in the treaty of
eighteen hundred and twenty-six, with the Pottawatimies;
thence west with the Indian boundary line to the
river Tippecanoe; thence with the Indian boundary
line, as established by the treaty of eighteen
hundred and eighteen, at St. Mary’s to the line
dividing the States of Indiana and Illinois; and
thence north, with the line dividing the said
States, to the place of beginning.
ARTICLE II.
From the cession aforesaid, the
following reservations are made, (to wit:)
For the band of Aub-be-naub-bee, thirty-six sections,
to include his village.
For the bands of Men-o-mi-nee, No-taw-kah, Muck-kah-tah-mo-way
and Pee-pin-oh-waw, twenty-two sections.
For the bands of O-kaw-wause, Kee-waw-nay and
Nee-bosh, eight sections.
For J. B. Shadernah, one section of land in the
Door Prairie, where he now lives.
For the band of Com-o-za, two sections.
For the band of Mah-che-saw, two sections.
For the band of Mau-ke-kose, six sections.
For the bands of Nees-waugh-gee and Quash-qua,
three sections.
ARTICLE III.
In consideration of the cession
aforesaid, the United States agree to pay to the
Pottawatimie Indians, an annuity for the term
of twenty years, of twenty thousand dollars; and
will deliver to them goods to the value of one
hundred thousand dollars, so soon after the signing
of this treaty as they can be procured; and a
further sum of thirty thousand dollars, in goods,
shall be paid to them in the year eighteen hundred
and thirty-three, by the Indian agent at Eel river.
ARTICLE IV.
The United States agree to pay
the debts due by the Pottawatimies, agreeably
to a schedule hereunto annexed; amounting to sixty-two
thousand four hundred and twelve dollars.
ARTICLE V.
The United States agree to provide
for the Pottawatimies, if they shall at any time
hereafter wish to change their residence, an amount,
either in goods, farming utensils, and such other
articles as shall be required and necessary, in
good faith, and to an extent equal to what has
been furnished any other Indian tribe or tribes
emigrating, and in just proportion to their numbers.
ARTICLE VI.
The United States agree to erect
a saw mill on their lands, under the direction
of the President of the United States.
In testimony whereof, the said Jonathan Jennings,
John W. Davis, and Marks Crume, commissioners
as aforesaid, and the chiefs, head men, and warriors
of the Pottawatimies, have hereunto set their
hands at Tippecanoe river, on the twenty-sixth
day of October, in the year eighteen hundred and
thirty-two.
Jonathan Jennings,
John W. Davis,
Marks Crume.
Witness:
Geo. B. Walker.
Louison, his x mark,
Che-chaw-cose, his x mark,
Banack, his x mark,
Man-o-quett, his x mark,
Kin-kosh, his x mark,
Pee-shee-waw-no, his x mark,
Min-o-min-ee, his x mark,
Mis-sah-kaw-way, his x mark,
Kee-waw-nay, his x mark,
Sen-bo-go, his x mark,
Che-quaw-ma-caw-co, his x mark,
Muak-kose, his x mark,
Ah-you-way, his x mark,
Po-kah-kause, his x mark,
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So-po-tie, his x mark,
Che-man, his x mark,
No-taw-kah, his x mark,
Nas-waw-kee, his x mark,
Pec-pin-a-waw, his x mark,
Ma-che-saw, his x mark,
O-kitch-chee, his x mark,
Pee-pish-kah, his x mark,
Com-mo-yo, his x mark,
Chick-kose, his x mark,
Mis-qua-buck, his x mark,
Mo-tie-ah, his x mark,
Muck-ka-tah-mo-way, his x mark,
Mah-quaw-shee, his x mark,
O-sheh-weh, his x mark,
Mah-zick, his x mark,
Queh-kah-pah, his x mark,
Quash-quaw, his x mark,
Louisor Perish, his x mark,
Pam-bo-go, his x mark,
Bee-yaw-yo, his x mark,
Pah-ciss, his x mark,
Mauck-co-paw-waw, his x mark,
Mis-sah-qua, his x mark,
Kawk, his x mark,
Miee-kiss, his x mark,
Shaw-bo, his x mark,
Aub-be-naub-bee, his x mark,
Mau-maut-wah, his x mark,
O-ka-mause, his x mark,
Pash-ee-po, his x mark,
We-wiss-lah, his x mark,
Ash-kum, his x mark,
Waw-zee-o-nes, his x mark.
Witnesses:
William Marshall, Indian agent,
Henry Hoover, secretary,
H. Lasselle, interpreter,
E. V. Cicott, Sint. interpreter,
J. B. Bourie, interpreter,
J. B. Jutra, Sint. interpreter,
Edward McCartney, interpreter,
Luther Rice, interpreter.
After the signing of this Treaty,
and at the request of the Indians, five thousand
one hundred and thirty-five dollars were applied
to the purchase of horses, which were purchased
and delivered to them, under our direction, leaving
ninety-four thousand eight hundred and sixty-five
dollars to be paid in merchandise.
Jonathan Jennings,
John W. Davis,
Marks Crume.
It is agreed, that the United
States will satisfy the claims mentioned in the
following schedule, as provided for in the fourth
article of the foregoing treaty, viz:
To Andrew Waymire, forty dollars.
Zacheriah Cicott, nine hundred and fifty dollars.
H. Lassell, senior, four thousand dollars.
Silas Atchinson, two hundred and twenty dollars.
Alexander McAllister, two hundred and twenty dollars.
Walker and Davis, fifteen hundred dollars.
Walker, Carter & Co. five thousand six hundred
dollars.
Edward McCartney, one thousand dollars.
F. R. Kintner, six hundred and twenty dollars.
Joseph Trucky, one hundred dollars.
J. Vigus & C. Taber, eight hundred and fifty
dollars.
James Burnit, six hundred dollars.
Samuel Hanna, executor of Abraham Burnet, three
hundred and fifty dollars.
James Hickman, sixty dollars.
William Scott, two hundred and fifty dollars.
M. Harse, seventy dollars.
Emmerson and Huntington, assignees of Willis Fellows,
four thousand five hundred dollars.
W. G. and G. W. Ewing, one thousand dollars.
Peter Barron, seventeen hundred and sixty-six
dollars.
Hamilton & Taber, seven hundred and thirty-seven
dollars.
Skelton & Scott, six hundred and fifty dollars.
Cyrus Taber, three hundred and fifty dollars.
G. S. Hubbard, one thousand dollars.
Moses Rice, one hundred dollars.
John E. Hunt, three thousand two hundred and sixteen
dollars.
John Baldwin, one thousand dollars.
Louis Drouillard, sixty-eight dollars.
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George Crawford, eighty dollars.
Thomas Hall, forty dollars.
John B. Duret, four hundred dollars.
Anthony Gambin, three hundred dollars.
Joseph Barron, seven hundred and ninety-six dollars.
James H. Kintner, three hundred and fifty-seven
dollars.
John B. Bourie, five hundred dollars.
Henry Ossum, nine hundred dollars.
Samuel Hanna, fifteen hundred dollars.
Barnet & Hanna, three thousand five hundred
dollars.
Todd & Vigus, six thousand five hundred and
thirteen dollars.
Allen Hamilton, seven hundred dollars.
W. G. and G. W. Ewing, three thousand dollars.
George F. Turner, two hundred dollars.
Peter Longlois, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Thomas Robb, eight hundred and forty dollars.
The estate of George Cicott, deceased, fifteen
hundred dollars.
George C. Spencer, one hundred and fifty-seven
dollars.
John T. Douglass, one hundred dollars.
W. G. and G. W. Ewing, seven hundred and sixteen
dollars.
H. B. M’Keen, six hundred dollars.
Joseph Bertrand, senior, fifteen hundred dollars.
George C. Spencer, three hundred dollars.
Jesse Buzann, three hundred and sixteen dollars.
Joseph Douglass, four hundred and fifty dollars.
John Smith, four hundred and eighty dollars.
Moses Barnett, eight hundred and forty-five dollars.
Harison Barnett, two hundred and sixty-seven dollars.
Lot Bozarth, ninety dollars.
Silas Alchison, two hundred and forty-four dollars.
Harison Barnett & Co. one hundred and seventy-eight
dollars.
James Elliott, one hundred and nineteen dollars.
Alexander Smith, one hundred dollars.
Walker, Carter & Co. four hundred and four
dollars.
John Forsyth, amr. &c. of Thomas Forsyth,
four hundred and seventy-three dollars.
John Forsyth, six hundred dollars.
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