Chicago Treaties

With the Chicago Treaty of 1821 Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatomie Indian Tribes agreed to sell more than five million acres of tribal land to the Territory of Michigan. The Chicago Treaty of 1833 Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatomie Indian Tribes agreed to move west and cede more than five million acres of tribal land in northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan to the United States Federal Government. - AsNotedIn



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Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1821/08/29 Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatomie Indian Tribes agreed to sell more than five million acres of tribal land to the Territory of Michigan
1833/00/00 Settlers and Pioneers complain to the US Government of Indian misconduct and hostility.
1833/00/00 Patrick Marantette participates in negotiating the 1833 Nottawaseppi Treaty, a supplement to the Chicago treat of 1833
1833/00/00 Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatomie Tribes agreed to move west and cede more than five million acres of tribal land in northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan to the United States Federal Government
1833/00/00 US Government representatives, including General Scott, report to Washington that the rumors and newspaper stories of Indian misconduct and hostilities were false and unjust
1833/03/00 Elbert Hering, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, instruct officials to find land to accommodate all the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatomie Indian members
1833/03/00 Office of Indian Affairs investigates the removal of the Potawatomi.
1845/00/00 Pine Creek settlement is purchased with money owed to the Potawatomi of Huron from an 1807 treaty with the US Federal Government Pine Creek Potawatomi Reservation, Athens
1849/00/00 Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building, Topeka

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