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The 1833 Treaty of Chicago was an agreement between the United States government and the Chippewa, Odawa, and Potawatomi tribes. It required them to cede to the United States government their 5,000,000 acres (2,000,000 ha) of land (including reservations) in Illinois, the Wisconsin Territory, and the Michigan Territory and to move west of the Mississippi River.
The treaty ceded to the United States all lands in Michigan Territory south of the Grand River, with the exception of several small reservations. Also ceded by the Native Americans was a tract of land, an easement between Detroit and Chicago (through Indiana and Illinois ), around the southern coast of Lake Michigan , and specific Native ...
Supplement to Treaty with the Chippewa—Red Lake and Pembina Bands: 13 Stat. 689: 1864: May 7: Treaty with the Chippewa, Mississippi, and Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish Bands: 13 Stat. 693: 1864: October 14: Treaty with the Klamath, etc. 16 Stat. 707: 1864: October 18: Treaty with the Chippewa of Saginaw, Swan Creek, and Black River: 14 Stat ...
In addition to drawings of tribal chiefs, scenes of the Prairie du Chien and Butte des Morts treaty grounds were drawn, as well as a drawing of a Chippewa pipe dance and tomahawk dance. Lewis also made a journey to Fond du Lac in the summer of 1846 and made drawings there. The earliest painting included is dated 1823, and the latest 1833.
The Council of Three Fires (in Anishinaabe: Niswi-mishkodewinan, also known as the People of the Three Fires; the Three Fires Confederacy; or the United Nations of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Indians) is a long-standing Anishinaabe alliance of the Ojibwe (or Chippewa), Odawa (or Ottawa), and Potawatomi North American Native tribes.
The territorial effects of the Treaty of Saginaw. The Treaty of Saginaw, also known as the Treaty with the Chippewa, was made between Gen. Lewis Cass and Chief Mash Kee Yosh, Chief John Okemos, Chief Wasso and other Native American tribes of the Great Lakes region (principally the Ojibwe, but also the Ottawa and Potawatomi) in what is now the United States, on September 24, 1819, proclaimed by ...
Jack-O-Pa ("The Six"), described as "a Chippewa chief" in History of the Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas L. McKenney and illustrated by Charles Bird King. Zhaagobe (c.1794), also known as Jack-O-Pa or Shagobai, was a St. Croix Ojibwe chief of the Snake River band.
He spent some time working for the governor of the Michigan Territory in the 1820s and became an Indian subagent at Fort Winnebago until he returned to Chicago in 1833. [4] In 1831, Kinzie was appointed by governor as the inaugural Cook County Sheriff. [5] [6] In 1833, Kinzie signed the 1833 Treaty of Chicago as a witness. [7]