Miami, Near the Mouth of the Mississinewa upon the Wabash (1826)
In 1826 the Miami ceded their claims north and west of the Wabash and Miami rivers in Indiana, keeping reservations, for goods and annuities.
- Signed
- October 23, 1826
- Senate
- Ratified
- Land set aside for the nations
- about 92,000 acres
What happened
What happened
On October 23, 1826, Lewis Cass, James B. Ray and John Tipton signed a treaty near the mouth of the Mississinewa River in Indiana with the chiefs and warriors of the Miami Tribe.
In Article 1 the Miami ceded "all their claim to land in the State of Indiana, north and west of the Wabash and Miami rivers," along with the cession of the St. Mary's treaty of October 6, 1818. Article 2 set aside reservations for the tribe, including fourteen sections at Seek's village and thirty-six sections at Flat Belly's village. The State of Indiana could lay out a canal or road through any of them. Article 3 granted tracts to persons named in a schedule, who could not convey them without the President's consent.
The commissioners had delivered goods worth $31,040.53 and promised $26,259.47 more. Article 4 says "payment for these goods shall be made by the Miami tribe out of their annuity, if this treaty be not ratified by the United States."
The United States promised an annuity of $35,000 in 1827 and $30,000 in 1828. After that, a permanent annuity of $25,000 would be paid "as long as they exist together as a tribe." It also promised wagons, oxen, houses, cattle, hogs and iron. The Statutes at Large record a proclamation on January 24, 1827.
Summarized with AI assistance from 3 sources and checked against their words; not yet reviewed by historians or by the nations. Report an error
What the sources say, and how this was checked
Well supported by the sources below.
payment for these goods shall be made by the Miami tribe out of their annuity, if this treaty be not ratified by the United States
Tribal Treaties Database (OSU)a permanent annuity of twenty-five thousand dollars shall be paid to them, as long as they exist together as a tribe
Tribal Treaties Database (OSU)Chiefs and Warriors of the Miami Tribe of Indians
Statutes at Large, vol. 7 (GovInfo)
Research notes. Acreage is not stated.
What the treaty did to the land
About 92,000 acres recognized, kept or set aside for the nations. Each shape is a numbered area in the federal government’s 1899 record of land cessions.
set aside as a reservationabout 46,000 acres
Land of the Miami in Indiana, ceded 1834 (area 193)
Kept for the Miami as a Wabash River reserve of about 23,000 acres in the 1826 Treaty of the Wabash, then ceded by the Miami in October 1834.
set aside as a reservationabout 23,000 acres
Land of the Miami in Indiana, ceded 1834 (area 192)
Kept for the Miami as 36 sections at Flat Belly's village in the 1826 Treaty of the Wabash, then ceded by the Miami in October 1834.
set aside as a reservationabout 23,000 acres
Land of the Miami in Indiana, ceded 1838 (area 255)
Kept for the Miami at Seek's village on Eel River in 1826, then ceded in the 1838 treaty at the Forks of the Wabash.
set aside as a reservation
Land of the Miami in Indiana, ceded 1834 (area 194)
Kept for the Miami as 10 sections at White Raccoon's village in the 1826 Treaty of the Wabash, then ceded by the Miami in October 1834.
set aside as a reservation
Land of the Miami in Indiana, ceded 1834 (area 195)
Kept for the Miami as 10 sections at Mud Creek on Eel River in the 1826 Treaty of the Wabash, then ceded by the Miami in October 1834.
set aside as a reservation
Land of the Miami in Indiana, ceded 1834 (area 199)
Kept for the Miami as 10 sections at the forks of the Wabash in 1826; not ceded in 1834, but deeded outright by the President to the chief J. B. Richardville.
What happened next
Everything the record holds about this land and this treaty, in order: what earlier agreements said, what this one did, and what the United States, the courts and the nations did afterwards.
- 1826
This treaty
About 92,000 acres set aside as a reservation for the Miami
In 1826 the Miami ceded their claims north and west of the Wabash and Miami rivers in Indiana, keeping reservations, for goods and annuities.
- 1834
Land lost
About 69,000 acres ceded to the United States by the Miami
By Miami at Forks of the Wabash, Indiana (1834)
- 1834
- 1838
Land lost
About 23,000 acres ceded to the United States by the Miami
By Miami at Forks of the Wabash, Indiana (1838)
Who is doing the work today
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Who is doing the work
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Sources
Sources
- treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/treaty-with-the-miami-1826-0278reference work
Oct. 23, 1826. | 7 Stat., 300. / scan: 278 TREATY WITH THE MIAMI, 1826.
Shapes are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land, title or jurisdiction.