Title: The Saginaw treaty of 1819 between General Lewis Cass and the Chippewa Indians
Description: Description of the background to the treaty and the event of the signing, in which the U.S. Government obtained a large portion of south-eastern Michigan from the Native Americans.
Subjects: Indians of North America, Legal status, laws, Ojibwa Indians, Treaties
Places: Michigan, Saginaw (MI)
People: Governor Lewis Cass
Time periods: 1819