INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION. [intro]

Anthropological Report Docket No. 317 (Cons.)

An Anthropological Report on the History of the

Miamis, Weas, and Eel River Indians, Vol. I.

• pp. ii (Cover Sheet), iii (Table of Contents)
• Introduction: pp. iv , v, vi, vii, viii, ix, x. 

---

BEFORE THE INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION

_________________________

Consolidated Dockets Nos. 15-H, 29-F,

307, 314, 317, 253, 131

_________________________

An Anthropological Report on the History of the Miamis, Weas, and Eel River Indians; on the Background of the Treaty of Grouseland of August 21, 1805 and the Treaty of Fort Wayne of September 30, 1809; on Native Use and Occupancy of Royce Areas 56, 71, 72, 73 and 74; a History of the Mohican Claim to Lands in Indiana.

_________________________

Drs.

Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Emily J. Blasingham Dorothy R. Libby

Treaties of:
    August 21, 1805
    September 30, 1809
    October 26, 1809
    December 9, 1809

---

VOLUME I

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction	. . . . . . . . . . . . . Areas and Treaties Involved . . . Materials Covered in the Report . . . Research and Form . . .	iv iv vii x
Chapter I.	Early History of the Atchatchakangouen or Crane (later known as Miami), Kilatica, Mengakonkia, Pepicokea, Piankashaw and Wea Bands, ca. 1650- 1710 . . . . . . . . Summary and Conclusions . . .	1 14
Chapter II.	The Miami Proper, 1710-1805 . . . 1710-1727 . . . 1728-1746 . . . 1747 - 1758 . . .  1759-1782 . . . 1783-1805 . . . Summary and Conclusions . . .	19 19 25 28 40 53 72
Chapter III.	The Weas, 1710-1805 . . . 1710-1759 . . . 1760-1782 . . . 1783 -1805 . . . Summary and Conclusions . . .	80 80 92 109 141
Chapter IV.	The Eel River Indians . . . The Eel River Indians Prior to the  Treaty of Grouseland of August 21,  1805 . . . The Eel River Indians, 1805-1821 . . . Summary and Conclusions . . .	151 151 165 176

(Anth. Rep. Docket 317 Volume II Table of Contents)

MAPS

1. Geographic Locations . . .	facing page 1
2. Map showing certain drainage areas in    State of Indiana, keyed to Treaties of Grouseland,    August 21, 1805 and Fort Wayne, September 30,    1809 . . .	19
3. Little Turtle's Claim . . .	69

---

iv

Introduction

Areas and Treaties Involved. In October, 1957, the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley Research Project of Indiana University was requested to prepare a Report for the Department of Justice on native use and occupancy of Royce Areas 73 and 74 in west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois, and the cession of these two Areas.

Royce Area 73, which comprises a strip of land ca. 60 miles long and some 15 miles wide at its widest point, lies along and west of the middle Wabash River. Royce Area 74, which is directly north of Royce Area 73, is in rough outline a northwest-southeast slanting parallelogram, with the Wabash bounding it on the eastern, and eastern third of the northern side, and the Vermilion River bounding it on the remainder of its northern side.

Royce Area 73 was originally ceded to the United States in Article 9 of the Treaty of Fort Wayne of September 30, 1809, William Henry Harrison, commissioner, by the "Delaware, Putawatame, Miami, and Eel River tribes of Indians" (7 Stat. 114). Article 9 of this Treaty reads as follows:

Art. 9th. The tribes who are parties to this treaty, being desirous to show their attachment to their brothers the Kickapoos, agree to cede to the United States the lands on the north-west side of the Wabash, from the Vincennes tract to a northwardly extension of the line running from the mouth of the aforesaid Raccoon creek, and fifteen miles in width from the Wabash, on condition that the United States shall pay them an annuit

y