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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894
Date: July 1, 1835
Where or how concluded: Caddo agency in State of Louisiana.
Reference: Statutes at Large, Volume VII, page 470.
Tribe: Caddo
Description of cession or reservation: Said nation agree to cede to the U. S. all their land contained in the following boundaries, to wit: Bounded on the W. by the N. and S. line which separates the U. S. from Mexico between the Sabine and Red rivers wheresoever the same shall be defined and acknowledged to be by the two governments. On the N. and E. by the Red river from the point where the said N. and S. boundary line shall intersect the Red river, whether it be in the territory of Arkansas or the state of Louisiana, following the meanders of said river down to its junction with the Pascagoula bayou. On the S. by the said Pascagoula bayou to its junction with the Bayou Pierre; by said bayou to its junction with Bayou Wallace; by said bayou and Lake Wallace to the mouth of the Cypress bayou; thence up said bayou to the point of its intersection with the first mentioned N. and S. line following the meanders of the said water courses; but if the said Cypress bayou be not clearly definable, so far then from a point which shall be definable by a line due W. till it intersect the said first mentioned N. and S. boundary line, be the contents of land within said boundaries more or less. The said Caddos further agree to remove at their own expense within one year outside the boundaries of the U. S. and territories and to never more return to settle or establish themselves within the same as a nation or tribe.
View maps: Arkansas 1 ~ Louisiana
Designation of cession(s) on map: 202
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