, 1880-07-11

] Counties OF Du rage, LAKE, Mcftehry; WI
anu lroquols. receiving lts name llvn E,,tG. gutG
+. Cn0h, Q member o. IU:igress lIoln tsoutttt nt
ern llllnos SanuS ief Gnoson egaf iGtc
eva. anu t SamtS mrn;ee;nners M1, Nfarch &
% 0,nce Us LIN G,unsy y Ti nn4raa .fns1ise: W;Ilian1
4os.' ~ ~ Sofsie riarE = ~ and 4rchihald Civbourn
Tee''ss, ~ was ~ Tn5ad;nh 1VnrmIv Was l,onnty
ie:tsulT 1Greo aiecr,on flistricts wera or.
ganized, d,-ons at Chicago. one S.as1l on the pu
Paso kl'er' ana Que VI naeno.. ~ ~s9eA. ..r,
IT WAS NOT UNTIL T"o ! f'A1sS Ia
that the Town Of Chicago took any. acton
towards organizing. when, uhaef genera
purpose Aug. 10. 1888, and Incorporated the
embryo town. Only 2S votes were cast, Which
was but o feeble constituency with which
TO start metropolis, P. j. Y. Owen, George
w. Dole, Mcderd Beaubier, John Miller, antl
s, S. Kimberly were elected Us Trustees: a
log Jail was built OH the public square Where
the Courthouse has since been erected: ~ ~
eslray pen was also ool4t ~ az eApen'o VI
81 o,ao+oa
Inc next year Ml. Ml!lanlS w TnI,atnas xauu.He
PRESIDENT OF the Councii B0afa OF e ad;cs
he found many difficulties In his path. Ihere
were various public improvements necessary
to be made to Keep pace Wlta the progIesS3 ~ -
such public works US had been prq}eclet. q
G9veEnnent expense, sMGn as ~ ny rt alth'g5H P;er -
and opening straight channel for the NOUN
OF the river through the sand-Dar around
which it had formerly formed a circultons
delta.
way from north to south. During excessive
rains it was inpassablc in its low places, and
It was the first pressing want Of tile town to
make ditch on each Side Of it.. The Treas
y Hfy aS snS Sg W ad 'fn G d afeanpsh e. nsh
importantly, Mr. Williams succeeded in ne
sotiatiny oH;. for $40 with Mcssrs. Stralan j.
Scott. by becoming personally response
bic for its payment. The amount
fnr wi,Ich # was Intended. and thus the pub
lie credit and imnroyement of Chicago be-
gan. which have since been Witnessed up to
This date f1SS01 hy him who inaugurated
tn e HER toi o men M YoT h9e %a osd
in Years. 'o
-. ,1,r, v,,, 1900 ,,,,z, ,,o,-r WV rro,,rrs
~ - -, - ~ ,o4. a. - ~
OF lhdiana ana Michlgall, on t4e IVt.i ol 80
t1oer, az lamp Iappsc4hhoef 4h ~ tnui4n, Gtnt eG
ciuueo trcasy Mitn i, tIle Olllteu states, "
Ihe terms ol Whleh Tue country inte1se4ulg
between tnelr Gession Oh iot2, a4onE .ne ilne
oi lne ptoPoseh cHuaa aliu tue 1lai1a1A i1i!e'
soa to te nev ~ es
to private 1n!ians ior services rendered .ne
2lale, the Uhlled otates acIee4 20 pay sooo g tAe
fotlaWaltoillleS IN annuity 81 9i2'oV0 'ogoo 1oI
Ru ssSiut s t3 aa 1.uy = Ronso
1: anu s2og TO f!erfe Le Clsie. e. curing M tnelr
llves. Further, the SUN Of S2S.t40 was to %
palo 70 iiQuld1te certain private ciaius
against me ~lnatans, anu Mercnandlse
tionni n,nntt 15r.I,nf;1' ~ ~" 4h a. ,I,,o
NJ tt "a EM was u f. T be dejixeIe t. tn ~ Them Al
G N fbe s 9Th te, If s1,c 0ctober. the same year
1852, and at the same place {Tippecanoe),
the Pottawattoluies Of Indiana sid to tie
United States ~ tie remainder Of the lands
saith Of Grand River. in Indiana an1 in
illinois.
This treaty did not release the claim Of the
Pottuwatumies. Chippewas, and OttaWas, OF
Of the cessiou Of ISIS along the track Of the
nronosed canal and if VIII tins he seen that
almost iii the northern portion of Illinois
were still in undisputed Indian possession.
APPROPRIATIONS to bnild the Illinois i SIicl.i-
State Of Illinois. to whom tho a!tcruate Sec
tinns of nuh|ic lands for six miles On each
side Of tie canal had been donated by tie
Government tor this purpose.
in Chicago in September. 1853, the three
Ottawas and Pottawat-
to,nits-cetit,i 10 lha United States the entire
remainder Of their lands i'll Illinois that had
not already been sold. The ceded tract laid
Embracing the entire lake Shore north OF CHI
cago. alld ali the lands Intervening. between
the c;ulal cession Of 1916 and tie Sac, and
Fox, and Winnebuso cessions between the
Rock and Mississippi Rivers Of 1880 and 1882.
r.rr covsrnrp.rn,,~ ro,, TRY orr r~o,11sr,
MESr
of this land was first 100000 acres granted
to theln, situated on the east bank of the
Missouri River south Of the Boyer River, to
which they were to. be transported
at the expense Of the Government ;
as soon as practicable. and maintained
in their new home for one year. One HIM
tlreu Thousand dollars was to be paid BY the
United States to satisfy certain claimants
for reservations, and to Indemnity the Chip
pewas for certain lands in Michigan, ceded |
to the United States by the Menomonees to |
which they laid an equal claim. One hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars to satisfy
private claims made against the three tribes:
m annuity Of S14,O0O per year Tor twenty
years; S150, 600 to he applied to the erection
Of mills, farming fools, and other improve
lnents III their new home. Seventy thou
sand dollars to support the means Of educa- |
tion among them, and, lastly, 500 per annum
was to be added to the annuity Of Billy Cn'd- |
well, $3.50 to that Of Alexander Robinson. !
and 5000 each to the annuity of Joseph La
Fromhoise and Sliabonee.
&. B. Porter, Th j. Y. Owen, and William |
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