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Potawatomi (Muck Rose's Band) at Tippecanoe River, Indiana (1834)

In December 1834 a Potawatomi chief, Muck Rose, and his band ceded six reserved sections on the Tippecanoe River.

Signed
December 10, 1834
Senate
Ratified
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What happened

On December 10, 1834, William Marshall, commissioner for the United States, signed a short treaty at a camp on the Tippecanoe River in Indiana. The other party was Muck Rose, a chief of the Potawatomi (spelled Potawattamie in the text), and his band.

Article 1 has the chief and his band cede six sections of land. These sections had been reserved for them by the second article of the October 26, 1832 treaty with the Potawatomi on the Tippecanoe River. The treaty states no acreage. In Article 2 the band agreed to yield peaceable possession of the sections to the United States within three years of the date of ratification of the 1832 treaty.

For this the United States stipulated to pay four hundred dollars in goods at signing, which the treaty acknowledges as received, and "an annuity of one thousand dollars for two years." The treaty was proclaimed on March 16, 1835. The text does not describe how the negotiation went or what happened to the band afterward.

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What the sources say, and how this was checked

Supported by the sources below; some details rest on one source.

  1. yield peaceable possession of the said sections of land to the United States within three yearsTreaty with the Potawatomi, 1834 (OSU Tribal Treaties Database)
  2. six sections of land reserved for them by the second article of the treatyTreaty with the Potawatomi, 1834 (OSU Tribal Treaties Database)
  3. an annuity of four hundred dollars for one yearTreaty with the Potawatomi, 7 Stat. 467 (govinfo)

Research notes. The treaty states no acreage, only six sections.

What the treaty did to the land

Each shape is a numbered area in the federal government’s 1899 record of land cessions.

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.

  1. 1832

    Land kept

    Land set aside as a reservation for the Potawatomi (Mau-ke-kose or Muck Rose's band)

    By Potawatomi (Wabash and Elkhart Bands) at Tippecanoe River, Indiana (1832)

    area 200

  2. 1834

    This treaty

    Land ceded to the United States by the Potawatomi (Mau-ke-kose or Muck Rose's band)

    In December 1834 a Potawatomi chief, Muck Rose, and his band ceded six reserved sections on the Tippecanoe River.

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Sources

  1. treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/treaty-with-the-potawatomi-1834-0429reference work
    Treaty with the Potawatomi, 1834 Dec. 10, 1834 | 7 Stat., 467:

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