Place: Treaty Cession

• Place ID: R1400002

  Title: Great Reserve partial cession, Royce Area 251
• Parent Place ID: R140

  Source: Stat. L, VII, 569

  Acreage: 119830.7250
• Treaty Citation: Stat. L, VII, 569

  Royce Number: 251

  Royce Map Title: Indiana
• Transcription:

  1838 Treaty: "The Miami tribe of Indians hereby cede to the United States all that tract of land lying south of the Wabash river and included within the following bounds to wit: Commencing at a point on said river where the western boundary line of the Miami reserve intersects the same, near the mouth of Pipe creek; thence south two miles; thence west one mile; thence south along said boundary line, three miles; thence east to the Mississinnewa river; thence up the said river with the meanders thereof to the eastern boundary line of the said Miami reserve; thence north along said eastern boundary line to the Wabash river; thence down the said last named river with the meanders thereof to the place of beginning."