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TREATY IVITH THE PEORIAS, ETC. ISIS. ISI passed Februaryd2S`,180(?, gndi entitled "An act for the relief of cer- 1809,eh.%. tain Alabama an yan ot n ians." ‘ART. 2. In consideration of the preceding cession, the United States R°S¤"¤*i¤¤ will reserve, for the use of the said Wyaridott Indians, sections num- f;;°€§y:;§,;’é blpred fltwenpy-three, twenty-four, twelntygtive, twenty-six, thirty-four, sounhgf the t my- ve t irty-six twenty-seven, an t at part of section numbered 11****1 ¤1’°¤· twenty-twb, which contains eight acres, and lies on the south side of the river Huron, being in the fourth township, south of the base line, and in the ninth range east of the first meridian, in the territory of Michigan, and containing four thousand nine hundred and ninety-six acres; and the said tract of land shall be reserved for the use of the said Wyandott Indians, and their descendants, and be secured to them in the spme manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as is provided in re ation to the Alabama Indians by the first section of the beforementioned act of Congress, except ihat the said Wyandott Indians, and thirddescepldants, shall hold the said land so long as they or their descen ants s all occupy the same. In testimony whereof the said Lewis Cass, commissioner as aforesaid, land tllie chietfs and lyvarrplorsdof thgpalid Wyandothtribe of Iincgajns, ave ereun 0 sett err an s, a . ary’s, in the state o io this twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thou; sand eight hundred and eighteen. LEWIS CASS. Ronesass. or Honas, Scoutash, Haunsiaugh, or Boyer, Dunquod, or Half King, Egnaess, or Racer, Aronue, or Cherokee Boy, nioness, or Joseph, Taruntue, or Between the Logs. In presence of R. A. Forsyth, jun. Secretary to the commissioners. Jno. Johnston, Indian Agent. B. F. Stickney, S. I. A. W. W. Walker, Interpreter. John Con- . Wm: Turner. nu To the Indian names is subjoined a mark. A TREATY Made and concluded by, and between, Mnian Edwards and Au- Sept. 25, 1818. guste Chouteau, Comnizsszoners on the part and behalf of the p,0,,i,,m,,,;,,,,_ United States of America, of the one part, and the undersigned, J¤¤· 5. 1819- principal chiefs and warriors of the Peoria, Kashashia, Wichigamia, Cahohza, and Tamarois, tribes of the Illznozs nation of Indians, on the part and behabf of the said tribes, of the other part. Wnnnnas, by the treaty made at Vincennes, on the thirteenth day of Preamble. August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, Anita; P· 78- between the United States, of the one part, and the head chiefs and warriors of the tribe of Indians commonly called the Kaskaskia tribe but which was composed ot, and rightfully represented, the Kaskaskia; Mitchigamia Cahokia and Tamarois tribes of the Illinois nation of Indians, of the other ipart, a certain,tract of land was ceded to the United States, which was supposed to include all the land claimed by those respective tribes, but which did not include, and was not intended to include, the land which was rightfully claimed by the Peoria Indians, Q