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 TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS, ETC. 1817. 163 mentioned line, and westerly, with the second mentioned line, so as to include the quantity as nearly in a square form as practicable, after excluding the section of land hereinafter granted to Nancy Stewart. There shall also be reserved for the use of the Ottawas Indians, but Reservations not granted to them, a tract of land on Blanchard’s fork of the Great Y<>¤¤h¤ Ol·*¤W¤¤· Auglaize river, to contain five miles square, the centre of which tract is to be Where the old trace crosses the said fork, and one other tract to contain three miles square, on the Little Auglaize river, to include Oquanoxa’s village. Aer. 7. And the said chiefs or their successors may, at any time they Poway of conmay think proper, convey to either of the persons mentioned in the said V¢Y¤¤<=¤ l¤ schedule, or his heirs, the quantity secured thereby to him, or may g""°°°°' refuse so to do. But the use of the said land shall be in the said person; and after the share of any person is conveyed by the chiefs to him, he may convey the same to any person whatever. And any one entitled by the said schedule to a portion of the said land, may, at any time, convey the same to any person, by obtaining the approbation of the President of the United States, or of the person appointed by him to give such approbation. And the agent of the United States shall make Agent to make an equitable partition of the said share when conveyed. P“"“’°“· Am. S. At the special request of the said Indians, the United States Grants to Inagree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, to the persons hereinafter men- $3;* °°“”°x° tioned, all of whom are connected with the said Indians, by blood or ` adoption, the tracts of land herein described : To Elizabeth Whitaker, who was taken prisoner by the Wyandots, E. Whitaker. and has ever since lived among them, twelve hundred and eighty acres of land, on the west side of the Sandusky river, below Croghansville, to be laid off in a square form, as nearly as the meanders of the said river will admit, and to run an equal distance above and below the house in which the said Elizabeth Whitaker now lives. To Robert Armstrong, who was taken prisoner by the Indians, and R. Armstrong. has ever since lived among them, and has married a Wyandot woman, one section, to contain six hundred and forty acres of land, on the west side of the Sandusky river, to begin at the place called Camp Ball, and to run up the river, with the meanders thereof, one hundred and sixty poles, and, from the beginning, down the river, with the meanders phereof onp hundred and sixty poles, and from the extremity of these mes west or quantit. To the children of the late William M‘Collock, who was killed in The children August, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, near Maugaugon, and ff Y£Vm·M‘C°l‘ who are quarter-blood Wyandot Indians, one section, to contain six °° ' hundred and forty acres of land, on the west side of the Sandusky river, adjoining the lower line of the tract hereby granted to Robert Armstrong, and extending in the same manner with and from the said river. '.[‘o John Vanmeter, who was taken prisoner by the Wyandots, and John Vanmewho has ever since lived among them, and has married a Seneca woman, lfffggdbllghem and to his wife’s three brothers, Senecas, who now reside on Honey ° creek, one thousand acres of land, to begin north, forty-five degrees west, one hundred and forty poles from the house in which the said John Vanmeter now lives, and to run thence, south, three hundred and twenty poles, thence, and from the beginning, east for quantity. T0 Sarah Williams, Joseph Williams, and Rachel Nugent, late Sarah and Io- Rachel Williams, the said Sarah having been taken prisoner by the ::%hI&l1l;'{"IQ’&_ Indians, and ever since lived among them, and being the widow, and the gcnm said Joseph and Rachel being the children, of the late Isaac Williams, a halflblood Wyandot, one quarter section of land, to contain one hundred and sixty acres, on the east side of the Sandusky river, below Croghansville, and to include their improvements at a place called Negro Point.