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144 HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY.
THE TREATY OF SAGINAW.
Early in June, 1819, General Cass received a copy of the treaty,
which the Government desired should be made with the Indians.
In that document a few extraordinary articles were presented, which
however were not read before the council. The following is a
transcript of the first treaty of Saginaw, with the names of all parties engaged in its presentation to, and acceptance by the Indians.
ART. 1. The Chippewa nation of Indians, in consideration of the stipulations
herein made on the part of the United States, do hereby forever cede to the
United States the land comprehended within the following lines and boundaries:
Beginning at a point in the present Indian boundary line, which runs due north
from the mouth of the great Anglaize river, six miles south of the place where
the base line, so called, intersects the same; thence, west, sixty miles; thence, in
a direct line, to the head of Thunder Bay river; thence, down the same, following the course thereof, to the mouth; thence, noitheast, to the boundary line
between the United States and the British Province of Upper Canada; thence,
with the same, to the line established by the treaty of Detroit, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and seven; thence with the said line to the place of
beginning.
ART. 2. From the cession aforesaid the following tracts of land shall be
reserved, for the use of the Chippewa nation of Indians.
One tract, of eight thousand acres, on the east side of the river Au Sable near
where the Indians now live.
One tract, of two thousand acres, on the river Mesagwisk.
One tract, of six thousand acres, on the north side of the river Kawkawling, at
the Indian village.
One tract, of five thousand seven hundred and sixty acres, upon the Flint
river, to include Reaum's village, and a place called Kishkawbawee.
One tract, of eight thousand acres, on the head of the river Huron, which
empties into the Saginaw river, at the village of Otusson.
One island in the Saginaw Bay.
One tract, of two thousand acres, where Nabolask formerly lived.
One tract, of one thousand acres, near the island in the Saginaw river.
One tract, of two thousand acres, at the mouth of Point Au Gr s river.
One tract, of one thousand acres, on the river Huron, at Menoequet's village.
One tract, of ten thousand acres, on the Shawassee river, at a place called the
Big Rock.
One tract, of three thousand acres, on the Shawassee river, at Ketchewaundaugenick.
One tract, of six thousand acres, at the Little Forks, on the Tetabawasink river.
One tract, of six thousand acres, at the Black Bird's town, on the Tetabawasink
river.
One tract, of forty thousand acres, on the Saginaw river, to be hereafter located.
ART. 3. There shall be reserved for the use of each of the persons hereinafter
mentioned and their heirs, which persons are all Indians by descent, the following tracts of land:
F or the use of John Riley, the son of Menawcumegoqua, a Chippewa woman,
six hundred and forty acr,s of land, beginning at the head of the first marsh
above the mouth of the Saginaw river, on the east side thereof.
For the use of Peter Riley, the son of Menawcumegoqua, a Chippewa woman,
six hundred and forty acres of land beginning above and adjoin ng the appletrees on the west side of the Saginaw river, and running up the same for quantity.
For the use of James Riley, the son of Me lawcumegoqua, a Chippewa woman,
six hundred and forty acres, beginning on the east side of the Saginaw river,
nearly opposite to Campau's trading house, and running up the river for quantity.
For the use of Kawkawiskou, or the Crow, a Chippewa chief, six hundred and
forty acres of land, on the east side of the Saginaw river, at a place called Menitsgow, and to include, in the said six hundredand forty acres, the island opposite
to the said place.