TREATY WITH THE POTTAVVATIMIES. 1828, 317 Wan-kaun-haw-kaw, or Snake Skin, Nee-hoo-kaw, or Whirlpoole, Man-ah-kee-tshump-kaw, or Spotted Arm, Nath-kay-saw-kaw, or Fierce Heart, Wee-no-she·kaw, Wheank-kaw, or Duck, 'I`shaw-wan-shaip-shootsh-kaw, Saw-waugh·kee-wau, or He that leaves Hoo-tshoap-kaw, or Four Legs, (senior) the Yellow Track. Na u-soo-ray-risk-kaw, Shoank-tshunsk-kaw, or Black ‘WoltQ Sin-a-gee-wen, or Ripple, Wau-tshe-roo-kun-ah-kaw, or He who is Shush-que-nan, Master of the Lodge, Sa-gin-nai-nee—pee, Kay-rah-tsho-kaw, or Clear Weather, Nun-que~wee.bee, or Thunder sitting, Hay-ro·kaw-kaw, or He without Horns, O·bwa·gunn, or Thunder turn back, Wau-kaum·kam, or Snake, Tusk-que-gun, or Last Feather, Kan-kaw-saw·kaw, Maun-gee·zik, or Big Foot, Man-kay-ray-kau, or Spotted Earth, Way-meek-see-goo, or Wampum, Thaun~wan·kaw, or Wild Cat, Meeks·zoo, Span-you-kaw, or Spaniard, Pay-mau-bee-mee, or Him that looks over. Shoank-skaw-kaw, or White Dog, Wrrxrssrs 1>nesrzr1·:—W. B. Lee, Secretary. H. J. B. Brevoort, U. S. Indian Agent. R. A. Forsyth. Jno. H. Kinzie. John Marsh. E. A. Brush. G. W. Silliman. C. Chouteau. Peter Menard, Jun., Indian Sub-Agent. Henry Gratiot. Pierre Paquet, Winnebago Interpreter. J. Ogee, Potawatimie Interpreter. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. ARTICLES OF A TREATY Made and concluded at the 1`mssiouary Establishments- upon the Sept 20, 1g2S_ St. Joseph, if Lake Dhchigan, in the Territory of Mc/zigan, *,7-]%* this 20th day of September, in the year tf our Lord one thousand ia:?y?T§;§?n’ eight hundred and twenty-eight, between Lewis Cass and Pierre Jlmnard, Commissioners, on the part of the United States, and the Potowatami tribe of Indians. Anrrcuz 1st. The Potowatami tribe of Indians cede to the United Pouawarimics States the tract of land included within the following boundaries. Wd? Pm °Y Ist. Beginning at the mouth of the St. Joseph, of Lake Michigan, th°”landS‘ and thence running up the said river to a point on the same river, half way between La-vache-qui-pisse and Macousin village: thence in a direct line, to the 19th mile tree, on the northern boundary line of the State Indiana; thence, with the same, west, to Lake Michigan; and thence, with the shore of the said Lake, to the place of beginning. 2. Beginning at a point on the line run in 1817, due east from the southern extreme of Lake Michigan, which point is due south from the head of the most easterly branch of the Kankekee river, and from that point running south ten miles; thence, in a direct line, to the northeast corner of Flatbelly’s reservation; thence, to the northwest corner of the reservation at Seek’s village; thence, with the lines of the said reservation, and of former cessions, to the line between the States of Indiana and Ohio; thence, with the same to the former described line, running due east from the southern extreme of Lake Michigan; and thence, with the said line, to the place of beginning. ART. 2. In consideration of the cessions aforesaid, there shall be paid Addiiiomi im. to the said tribe an additional permanent annuity of two thousand dol- nuitivslars; and also an additional annuity of one thousand dollars, for the term of twenty years; goods, to the value of thirty thousand dollars, shall be given to the said tribe, either immediately after signing this 2 B 2
