AT A COUNCIL
*• Holden at Vincennes on the seventh day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and three, under the direction of William HenryHarrison , governor of the Indiana territory, superintendant ofIndian affairs, and commissioner plenipotentiary of the UnitedStates for concluding any treaty or treaties which may he foundnecessary with any of the Indian nations north west of theriver Ohio , at which were present the chiefs and warriors ofthe Eel River, Wyandot, Piankashaw and Kaskaskia nations,and also the tribe of the Kihapoes, by their representatives, the^ chiefs of the Eel River nation.
The fourth article of the treaty holden and concluded at Fort Wayne ,on the seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and three,being considered, the chiefs and warriors of the said nations give theirfree and full consent to the same, and they do hereby relinquish andconfirm to the United States the privilege and right of locating threeseveral tracts of land of one mile square each, on the road leading fromVincennes to Kaskaskia, and also one other tract of land of one milesquare on the road leading from Vincennes to Clarksville ; which loca-tions shall be made in such places on the aforesaid roads as shall bestcomport with the convenience and interest of the United States in theestablishment of houses of entertainment for the accommodation oftravellers.
In witness whereof, The said William Henry Harrison , and thesaid chiefs and warriors of the before mentioned nations and tribeof Indians, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their sealsthe day and year first above written.
Ke Tunga or Charly,Akeketa or Ploughman,Puppequon or Gun,
La Boussier,
Saconquaneva or Tired Legs,
Little Eyes,
Grosble or Big Corn,Black Dog,
Ducoigne,
Pedegogue,
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us, Jno. Rice Jones, B. Parker,Joseph Barron, Interpreter.
To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal.
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Aug. 7, 1803,
Proclamation.,Dec. 23, 1803.
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