(pg. 44-46)
The cession of October 27, 1832 concluded with the Potawatomi on Tippecanoe River is indicated on the map of Indiana as Royce #181. The land description is couched in very general terms, including their title and interest to lands in the States of Indiana and Illinois and in Michigan south of Grand river. Except for the tract designated by Royce #181, the other areas in this region had already been ceded to the United States. Reserved from the cession were several limited areas designed to take care of the Potawatomi bands resident in the area. These include two bands in Michigan: (1) the reservation at Po-ca-gan's village for his band; and (2) a reservation for such of the Potawatomi as are resident at the village of Notta-we-sipa. The area in Indiana (Royce #181) included the following tracts that were reserved for the Potawatomi: (1) for the band of Kin-kash, 4 sections; (2) for the band of Mes-qua-buck, 4 sections, to include his village; (3) for the band of Che-kase, 4 sections, to include his village; (4) for the band of Che-chaw-kose, 10 sections, to include his village; (5) for the Potawatomi, two sections, to include their mills on Tippecanoe river; (6) for the band of To-i-sas' brother Ma-mot-way, and Che-quam-ka-ko, 10 sections in include their village; (7) for the band of Ma-sac, 4 sections; (8) for the band of Ash-kum and Wse-si-o-nas, 16 sections, to include their village; (9) for the band of Mota, 4 sections to include his village; and for the band of Men-o-quet, 4 sections, to include his village. These tracts were subsequently ceded to the United States by treaties in 1833 and 1836.
The foregoing list of Potawatomi bands who were specifically considered in the treaty arrangements would suggest that this tribe had primary occupation of the region. This appears to be the case, but they did not have exclusive occupation of the region. It will be recalled that when on October 23, 1826 a treaty was concluded with the Miami in which they ceded all their claims to land in the state of Indiana north and west of the Wabash and Miami rivers, they withheld two specific tracts to take care of the Miami resident in the area. These included tracts on Mud Creek on Eel river and Flat Belly's village in the extreme northeastern corner of the larger tract. The Potawatomi and the Miami would appear to have been the only Indian groups occupying this region at the time these cessions were made.