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 TREATY WITH THE OTTAVVAS. 1833. 421 by the sixth article of the treaty concluded at Detroit, on the seven- Objects. ment}; day of November A. D. 1807, it is provided, for the accommo. A¤*¤»P· wi dation of the Indians named in the treaty, that certain tracts of land, within the cession then made, should be reserved to the said Indian nations, among which is a reservation described as follows :——"Four miles square on the Miami Bay, including the villages where Meskeman and Waugan now live," which reservation was expressly made for the Ottawa tribe. By virtue of which stipulations and reservations the said Band of Ottawas are now in the occupancy and enjoyment of the two tracts of land therein described ;—-·and for the consideration hereinafter stated, have agreed to cede the same to the United States; and bind themselves to each and all of the articles, and conditions which follow: Arvrrcnm I. The said Ottawa Band cede to the United States all their Cession to the land on each or either side of the Miami River of Lake Erie, or on the Umlcd S*a*°s· Miami Bay, being all the lands mentioned or intended to be included in the two reservations aforesaid, or to which they have any claim. No claims to be made for improvements. Anrrcrn II. It is agreed that out of the lands hereby ceded, the fol- Reservations. lowing reservations shall be made: and that patents for each tract shall be granted by the United States to the individuals respectively and their heirs for the quantity hereby assigned to each, that is to say :—-A tract of fifteen hundred and twenty acres shall be laid off at the mouth of the River, on the south side thereof, and to be so surveyed as to accommodate the following persons, for whose use respectively, each tract hereinafter described is reserved, viz: three hundred and twenty acres for Au-to-kee, a Chief, at the mouth of the river, to include Presque Isle :—eight hundred acres for Jacques, Robert, Peter, Antoine, Francis and Alexis Navarre, to include their present improvements : -—one hundred and sixty acres for W'a-say-on, the son of Tush-qua-guan, to include his father’s old cabin : —-the remaining two hundred and forty acres to be set off in the rear of these two sections:——eighty acres thereof for Pe—tau, and if practicable to include her cabin and field:-- eighty acres more thereof for Che—no, a Chief, above, or higher up the little creek, and the other eighty acres thereof, for Joseph Le Cavalier Ranjard, in trust for himself, and the legal representatives of Albert Ranjard, deceased. Also, the following tracts on the north side of said river:-one hundred and sixty acres for W`au-sa-on-o-quet, a Chief, to include the improvement where he now lives on Pike creek, and to front on the Bay:—eighty acres for Leon Guoin and his children, adjoining the last and on the south side thereof: ——one hundred and sixty acres for Aush-cush and Ke-tuck-kee, Chiefs, to be laid off on the north side of Ottawa creek, fronting on the same, and above the place where the said Aush-cush now lives. One hundred and sixty acres for Robert A. Forsyth of Maumee, to be laid off on each side of the turnpike road where halflway creek crosses the same: and one hundred and sixty acres, fronting on the Maumee River, to include the place where Kene-wau-ba formerly resided:—oi1e hundred and sixty acres for John E. Hunt, fronting on the said river, immediately above and adjoining the last; and also one hundred and sixty acres, to adjoin the former tract, on the turnpike road. The said tracts to be surveyed and set off, under Surveys. the direction of the President of the United States. The said Au-to-kee, YVa-say-on, Pe-tau-che-no, NVau-sa-on-o·quet, Aush-cush, and Ke-tuck-kee, being Indians, the lands hereby reserved for them, are not to be alienated without the approbation of the President of the United States. The said Leon Guoin has resided, for a long time among these Indians;--— has subsisted them when they would otherwise have suffered, and they are greatly attached to him. They request thetltlie grant be