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QQ TREATY WITH THE POTTAWATIMIES. 1826. Louison, Waupsee, Meshekaunau, Menno, Kauk, Showaukau, Ackknahewa, Kaukaukshee, Mukkose, Pashshepowo, Shaquinon, Nowikasto. Done in presence of William Marshall, Secretary to the Commission. J. M. Ray, Assistant Secretary to the Commission. Jno. Ewing, Senator, State of Indiana. Benj. B. Kercheval, Sub Agent. William Conner, Interpreter. Joseph Barron, Interpreter. Henry Conner, Interpreter. Josiah F. Polk. Felix Hinchman. Isaac. M¢Coy. D. G. Jones. Samuel Hanna, Member of the Legislature. Martin M. Ray, Member of the Legislature. James Conner, Interpreter. James Foster. James Gregory, Senator, of Indiana. 0. L. Glark. 0. W. Ewing. J. D. Dorsey. Lewis G. Thompson. To the Indian names are oubjoined marks. Schedule of grants referred to in the foregoing Treaty. Land granted To Abraham Burnett, three sections of land; one to be located at to each of the and to include Wynemac’s village, the centre of the line on the Wabash foll¤Wi¤8 Wl'- to be opposite that village, and running up and down the river one mile

,‘2;l;¥,f;j;_ in a direct line, and back for quantity; the two other sections, commencing at the upper end of the Prairie, opposite the mouth of the

Passeanong creek, and running down two miles in a. direct line, and back, for quantity. To Nancy Burnett, Rebecca Burnett, James Burnett, and William Burnett, each one section of land, to be located under the direction of the President- of the United States; which said Abraham, Nancy, Rebecca and James, are the children, and the said William is the grandchild of Kaukeama, the sister of Topenibe, the principal Chief of the Potawatamie tribe of Indians. To Eliza C. Kercheval, one section on the Miami river, commencing at the first place where the road from Fort Wayne to Defiance strikes the Miami on the north side thereof, about live miles below Fort Wayne, and from that point running half a mile down the river, and half a mile up the river, and back for quantity. To James Knaggs, son of the sister of Okeos, Chief of the river Huron Potawatamies, one half section of land upon the Miami, where the boundary line between Indiana and Ohio crosses the same. To the children of Joseph Barron, a relation of Richardville, principal Chief of the Miamies, three sections of land, beginning at the mouth of Eel River, running three miles down the Wabash in a direct line, thence back for quantity. To Zachariah Cicott, who is married to an Indian woman, one section of land, below and adjoining Abraham Burnett’s land, and to be located in the same way. To Baptiste Cicott, Sophi Cicott, and Emelia Cicott, children of Zacharia Cicott, and an Indian woman, one half section each, adjoining and below the section granted to Zachariah Cicott. To St. Luke Bertrand and Julia Ann Bertrand, children of Madeline Bertrand, a Potawatamie woman, one section of land, to be located under the direction of the President of the United States. To the children of Stephen Johnson, killed by the Potawatamie Indians, one half section of land, to be located under the direction of the President of the United States. To each of the following persons, Indians by birth, and who are now, or have been, scholars in the Carey Mission School, on the St. Joseph’s, under the direction of the Rev. Isaac M‘Coy, one quarter section of land, to be located under the direction of the President of the United