Ratified treaty no. 146, Documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of October 16, 1826, with the Potawatomi Indians
Date
October 16, 1826
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service
Summary
1. U. S. Senator James Noble to Sec. of War, Jan. 8, 1826, enclosing letter of Jan. 5, 1826, from Lewis Cass re disposition of tribes in Indiana to cede their lands. (OIA, LR, Miami, 1826)
2. Gov. J. B. Ray to Sec. of War, Feb. 16, 1826, re measures for extinguishing title of Indians to lands in Indiana. (OIA, LR, Ind., 1826)
3. Instructions, May 24, and Aug. 4, 1826. (OIA, LS, vol. 3, p. 93, 155-156; orig. instructions of May 24, 1826, in Mich. Suptcy., LR, 1826)
4. Records of the proceedinga of Lewis Cass, James Brown Ray, and Gen. John Tipton, comrs. appointed to treat with the Indians owning lands in the State of Ind., Sept. 20-Oct. 23, 1826. (33 p.)*
5. James M. Ray, Ass't Sec. to Treaty Commission, to Sec. of War, Oct. 27, 1826, transmitting record of the proceedings (item 4, above).*