Everything about Treaty Of St Joseph totally explained
Note: There are multiple treaties referred to as Treaty with the Potawatomi. See Treaty with the Potawatomi for others.
The
Treaty of St. Joseph (formally titled
A treaty between the United States and the Potawatamie Tribe of Indians) was a
treaty established between the
United States of America and the
Potawatomi tribe on
September 19,
1827 in
St. Joseph, Michigan. The document, and many others like it, was created in service of the United States government's policy of
Indian removal.
Summary
Citing the need to "consolidate some of the dispersed bands of the Potawatamie Tribe in the
Territory of Michigan," the treaty lists several tracts of land "heretofore reserved for the use of the said Tribe" which were to be
ceded to the United States. The treaty makes clear that these lands were being ceded in order to keep the Potawatomi "as far as practicable from the settlements of the Whites" and the territorial road leading from
Detroit to
Chicago.
The cessions cover settlements in southeast Michigan, along the
River Rouge and the
River Raisin, as well as tracts in southwest Michigan around the
Kalamazoo River. In exchange, the Potawatomi were to receive a consolidated reservation occupying large areas around the border between the modern-day Michigan counties of
Kalamazoo and
St. Joseph.
The treaty was formally proclaimed on
February 23,
1829.
Signatories
Lewis Cass, governor of the Michigan Territory, signed on behalf of the United States. On behalf of the Potawatomi tribe, marks were made by Mixs-a-bee, Shee-ko-maig, Pee-nai-sheish, Kne-o-suck-o-wah, Mais-ko-see, A-bee-ta-que-zic, Ko-jai-waince, Sa-kee-maus,
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish, Ma-tsai-bat-to, Ne-kee-quin-nish-ka, Wa-kai-she-maus, Peerish Moran, Mee-she-pe-she-wa-non, O-tuck-quen, Que-quan, Wai-sai-gau, O-kee-yau, and Me-shai-wais.
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