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Potawatomi (Mosack's Band) at Chippewanaung, Indiana (1836)

In September 1836 the Potawatomi chief Mo-sack and his band ceded four reserved sections for $3,200 and agreed to move west within two years.

Signed
September 22, 1836
Senate
Ratified
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What happened

On September 22, 1836, Abel C. Pepper, commissioner for the United States, signed a treaty at Chippewanaung, Indiana, with Mo-sack, a chief of the Potawatomi (spelled Potawattimie in the text), and his band.

In Article 1 the chief and his band ceded four sections of land reserved for him and his band by the second article of the October 1832 treaty with the Potawatomi on the Tippecanoe River. The treaty states no acreage. In Article 2 the United States agreed to pay $3,200 on or before the first of May following. At the request of the chief and band, Article 4 had a commissioner appointed by the United States pay debts of the band that he found just, deducted from that sum. Article 5 had the United States pay the expenses of making the treaty.

In Article 3 the chief and his band agreed to remove to the country west of the Mississippi River provided for the Potawatomi nation by the United States, within two years. The treaty was proclaimed on February 16, 1837. The text does not describe how the negotiation went, and the sources used here do not say what happened to the band afterward.

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.

  1. agree to remove to the country west of the Mississippi river provided for the Potawattimie nation by the United States within two yearsTreaty with the Potawatomi, 1836 (OSU Tribal Treaties Database)
  2. the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars, on or before the first of May nextTreaty with the Potawatomi, 1836 (OSU Tribal Treaties Database)
  3. the sum of three thousand two hundred dollarsTreaty with the Potawatomi, 7 Stat. 514 (govinfo)

Research notes. Acreage not stated (four sections). The cited sources do not describe the signing or what happened to the band afterward.

What the treaty did to the land

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What happened next

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Sources

  1. treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/treaty-with-the-potawatomi-1836-0471reference work
    Treaty with the Potawatomi, 1836 Sept. 22, 1836. | 7 Stat., 514.

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