Related Information

Cession Number
266
Nations as named in historic documents
Chippewa
Ottawa
Potawatomi
Present-day Nations
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
June 5, 1846
Royce’s Schedule of Indian Land Cessions (June 5, 1846)
Treaty entry in Charles J. Kappler Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (link)
Treaties related via shared date(s)
RIT 247 - Ratified Indian Treaty 247: Chippewa, Ottawa and Potawatomi - Agency on the Missouri River near Council Bluffs and at Potawatomi Creek near the Osage River, June 5 and 17, 1846
RIT 247 - Cover Sheet: "Original & Printed Copy. 1846. Treaty with the Pottowautomie Nation of Indians. Concluded June 5th & 17th 1846. Ratified July 23d 1846"
RIT 247 - Treaty Between the United States and the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Indians Signed at the Agency on the Missouri River near Council Bluffs on June 5, 1846, and at Potawatomi Creek near the Osage River on June 17, 1846
Historic Maps
Map Name
Kansas 2
Source URL
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701em.gct00002/?sp=27
Thumbnail
Historic Map of Kansas 2