Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-05-02
laws Of the United States,
PUBLISHED BY AUrHoRIyY.
JAMES MONROE,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
TO all and singular, TO qvhom these
presents shall come, greeting
Whereas Treaty between the United
States of America and the Chippewa
nation OF Indians, was made and con-
cluded on the twenty-fourth day of Sep
TENDER, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and nineteen, at
Saganaw, in the territory of Michigan,
by Commissioner on the part of the
United States, and certain Chiefs and
I Warriors of the said nation, on the part
and in behalf of the said nation; which
treaty is in the words following, to wit
articles Of Treaty, made and con-
claded at Saganazv, in the territory
Of Michigan, detzveen the United
States Of .America, by their commits
sioner, Lezvis Cass, and tie Chihf,ewa
nation IF Indians.
ART. !. The Chippewa nation of
Indians, in consideration of the stipula-
tons herein made on the part of the
United States, do hereby forever cede
10 the United States the land .compre-
hended within the following lines and
boundaries: Beginning at point in the
present Indian boundary line, which
runs due north from the mouth of the
great Auglaize river, six miles south of
the place where the base line, so called,
intersects the same; thence, west, sixty
miles; thence, in a direct line, to the
head of Thunder Bay River; thence,
down the same, following the courses
thereof, to the mouth; thence, north
cast, to the boundary line between the
United States and the British Province
of Upper Canada; thence, with the
same, to the line established by the treaty
of Detroit, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and seven; thence, with
the said line, to the place ofbeginning.
ART. Q. From the session aforesaid
the following tracts of land shall be re-
served, for the use ofthe Chippewa ma
ton of Indians
One tract, of eight thousand acres, on
the east side of thu, river Au Sable, near
where the Indians now live.
One tract, of two thousand acres, on
the river Mesegwisk.
One tract, of six thousand acres, on
the north side of the river Kawkawling,
at the Indian village.
One tract, of FIVE thousand seven
hundred and sixty acres, upon the Flint
river, to include Reaum's village, and a
place called Kishkawbawee.
One tract, of eight thousand acres, on
the head of the river Huron, which
empties into the Saganaw river, at the
village of Otusson.
One island in Saginaw bay.
One tract, of two thousand acres,
where Nabobask formerly lived.
One tract, of one thousand acres, near
the island in the Saginaw river.
One tract, of six hundred and forty
acres, at the bend of the river Huron.
which empties into the Saginaw river,
One tract, of two thousand acres, at
the mouth Of Point Augrais river.
One tract, of one thousand acres, on
the river Huron, at Menoequet's village.
One tract, of ten thousand acres, on
the Shawassee river, at a place called
the Big Rock.
One tract, of three Thousand acres, on
the Shawassee river, at Ketchewaund-
augenink.
One tract, of six thousand acres, at
the little forks on the Tetabawasink
river.
One tract, of six thousand acres, at the
Black Birds town, on the Tetabawasink
river.
One tract, of forty thousand acres, on
the west side of the Saginaw river, to
be hereafter located.
ART. 8. There shall be reserved, for
Che use of each of the persons hereinafter
mentioned and their heirs, which persons
are all Indians by descent, the following
tracts of land:
For the use of John Riley, the son Of
Menawcumegoqua, a Chippewa woman,
six hundred and forty acres OF land, be-
ginning at the head of the first marsh
above the mouth of the Saginaw river,
ION the east side thereof.
For the use of Peter Riley, the son 81
Advantageous, Chippewa woman
s;x hundred and forty acres of land, be-
ginning above and adjoining the apple
trees on the west side Of the Saginaw
river, and running up the same to'
quantity.
For the use of James Riley, the son O
Menawcumegoqua, Chippewa woman
six hundred and forty acres, beginning