Treaty of Chicago

The Treaty of Chicago appoints two contracts, which were concluded in Chicago, Illinois between the United States and the Ottawa, Ojibwa ( Chippewa ), and the Potawatomi ( Native American ).

First Treaty of Chicago ( 1821)

The first Treaty of Chicago was completed by Lewis Cass, Governor of Michigan Territory, and Solomon Sibley for the United States and the Members of Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi on August 29, 1821 and ratified on 25 March 1822. In the contract the Native Americans came from all land in Michigan Territory south of Grand Rivers with exceptions of several smaller reserves are in the United States.

Second Treaty of Chicago ( 1833)

The second Treaty of Chicago was founded by George B. Porter, Governor of Michigan Territory, Thomas JV Owen and William Weatherford for the United States and the members of the "United Nation of Chippewa, Ottawa and Potawatomi " completed on 26 September 1833 at February 21, 1835 ratified. In agreement all the tribes were all the land west of Lake Michigan, approximately 5,000,000 acres (20,000 km ²), with a reserve of equal size to the west on the Missouri River from. In the additional articles in the Treaty, the tribes ceded some certain reserves that were promised to them in earlier contracts in Michigan territory on the east side of Lake Michigan and south of the Grand River.