land and water through the territory still owned by the Indians. The reader will understand that the Indians relinquished all claims to the lands lying eastwardly and southwardly of the line above described, in consideration "of the peace now established; of the goods formerly received from the United States; of those now to be delivered; and of the yearly delivery of goods now stipulated to be made hereafter; and to indemnify the United States for the injuries and expenses they have sustained during the war."

On the 4th of July, 1805, at a treaty made at Fort Industry, on the Miami of the Lake, between the United States of America and the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Wyandot, Ottawa, Chippewa, Muncie, Delaware, Shawanese and Pottawatomie nations, it was determined that the boundary line "between the United States and the nations aforesaid shall in the future be a meridian line drawn south and north through a boundary to be erected on the south shore of Lake Erie, 120 miles due west of the west boundary line of the state of Pennsylvania extending north until it intersects the boundary line of the United States and extending south until it intersects a line heretofore established by the treaty of Greenville. Thus, all the lands lying east of the above-described line, bounded southerly and easterly by the line established by the treaty of Greenville and northerly by the northernmost part of the forty-first degree of north latitude, were ceded by the Indians to the United States by article 4 of this treaty, the United States delivered to the Wyandot, Shawanese, Muncie and Delaware nations goods to the value of $20,000, and stipulated for a perpetual annuity of $9,500, payable in goods reckoned at first cost in the city or place in the United States where they should be procured.

The Wyandots were also interested parties in the treaty of Detroit which was concluded on the 17th day of November, 1807, and as the lands ceded were for the most part within the limits of the present state of Michigan we refrain from further mention of its provisions, etc.

The treaty of Brownstone was made November 25, 1808, between William Hull, governor of Michigan territory, and the Chippewa, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Wyandot and Shawanese nations. This treaty related mainly to the cession of lands for roads through the territory still owned by the Indians. Among the routes then ceded was a "tract of land, for a road only, of 120 feet in width, to run southwardly from what is now called

Lower Sandusky to the boundary line established by the treaty of Greenville, with the privilege of taking at all times such timber and other materials from the adjacent lands as may be necessary for making and keeping in repair the said road, with the bridges that may be required along the same." This, probably was the first highway projected by the English speaking whites, or Americans, in a direction which would lead through the present county of Wyandot.

Meanwhile, from the date of the conclusion of the treaty of Greenville until the beginning of the last war with Great Britain-1812-15-the Wyandots, true to their treaty obligations remained at peace with the Americans. In 1812, however, at a time when the great Shawanese chieftain, Tecumseh, and his brother, the Prophet, were endeavoring to array under arms all of the northwestern tribes against the Americans, a great Indian council of the northern nations was held at Brownstone in the Michigan territory. At that meeting Tarhe, or "The Crane," and Between-the-logs were among the chief representatives of the Wyandots. The eloquence of Tecumseh's adherents, and the glittering promises of the British agents, proved to be as nothing to them and they firmly rejected all overtures to join in the war against the Americans. True, a few fiery young warriors of the Wyandot nation did enter the British service. But Tarhe, Between-the-logs, Summundewat, Big Tree and the major portion of the Wyandots, remained faithful to their pledges. These chiefs left the Brownstone council, returned to Upper Sandusky, and immediately joined the American cause. Fort Ferree, at Upper Sandusky, and Fort Meigs, at Lower Sandusky, were erected upon their lands. Here were concentrated large numbers of troops from Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Ohio, under General Harrison, and here were they treated in the most friendly manner by the Wyandots. When General Harrison invaded Canada, he was accompanied by a large party of Wyandot chiefs and warriors. But the principal object of his Indian friends was to detach that part of the Wyandot nation from the British interest, who, by the surrounding Indians had in a measure been forced to join the English. This was effected.

We now come to the consideration of an event which, by its realization, placed the Wyandots upon a comparatively small tract of territory or "reservation" where they remained until within the memory of some present inhabitants of Wyan

dot county. We allude to the "treaty of the Foot of the Rapids of the Miami of the Lake," which was concluded on the 29th of September, 1817, between Lewis Cass and Duncan McArthur, commissioners of the United States, and the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Wyandot, Seneca, Delaware, Shawanese, Pottawatomie, Ottawa and Chippewa tribes of Indians. The articles of this treaty, which have an especial reference to our topic, are as follows:

"Article 2. The Wyandot tribe of Indians, in consideration of the stipulations herein made on the part of the United States, do hereby forever cede to the United States the lands comprehended within the following lines and boundaries: Beginning at a point on the southern shore of Lake Erie, where the present Indian boundary line intersects the same, between the mouth of Sandusky Bay and the mouth of Portage river; thence running south with said line to the line established in the year 1795, by the treaty of Greenville, which runs from the crossing place above Fort Laurens to Loromie's store; thence westerly with the last mentioned line to the eastern line of the reserve at Loromie's store; thence with the lines of said reserve north and west to the northwest corner thereof; thence to the northwestern corner of the reserve on the River St. Mary's at the head of the navigable waters thereof; thence east to the western bank of the St. Mary's river aforesaid; thence down on the western bank of the said river to the reserve at Fort Wayne; thence with the lines of the last mentioned reserve, easterly and northerly to the north bank of the River Miami of Lake Erie; thence down to the north bank of the said river to the western line of the land ceded to the United States by the treaty of Detroit, in the year 1807; thence with the said line south to the middle of said Miami river, and easterly with the lines of the tract ceded to the United States by the treaty of Detroit aforesaid, so far south that a south line will strike the place of beginning.

Art. 3. The Wyandots, Seneca, Delaware, Shawanese, Pottawatomie, Ottawa and Chippewa tribes of Indians, accede to the cessions mentioned in the two preceding articles.

Art. 6. The United States agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, to Doanquod, Howoner, Rontondee, Tauyau, Rontayau, Dawatont, Mononcue, Tauyaudautauson and Haudauwaugh, chiefs of the Wyandot tribe and their successors in office, chiefs of the said tribe, for the use of the persons and for

the purposes mentioned in the annexed schedule, a tract of land twelve miles square at Upper Sandusky, the center of which shall be the place where Fort Ferree stands; and also a tract of one mile square, to be located where the chiefs direct, on a cranberry swamp, on Broken Sword Creek, and to be held for the use of the tribe.

Art. 7. And the said chiefs or their successors may, at any time they may think proper, convey to either of the persons mentioned in the said schedule, or his heirs, the quantity secured thereby to him, or may refuse to do so. But the use of the said land shall be in the said person; and after the share of any person is conveyed by the chiefs to him, he may convey the same to any person whatever. And any one entitled by the said schedule to a portion of the said land, may, at any time, convey the same to any person, by obtaining the approbation of the president of the United States, or of the person appointed by him to give such approbation. And the agent of the United States shall make an equitable partition of the said share when conveyed.

Art. 8. At the special request of the said Indians, the United States agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, to the persons hereinafter mentioned, all of whom are connected with the said Indians, by blood or adoption, the tracts of land herein desribed:

"To Elizabeth Whitaker, who was taken prisoner by the Wyandots and has ever since lived among them, 1,280 acres of land, on the west side of the Sandusky river, below Croghansville, to be laid off in a square form, as nearly as the meanders of the said river will admit, and to run an equal distance above and below the house in which the said Elizabeth Whitaker now lives.

"To Robert Armstrong, who was taken prisoner by the Indians, and has ever since lived among them, and has married a Wyandot woman, one section to contain 640 acres of land, on the west side of the Sandusky river, to begin at the place called Camp Ball and to run up the river, with the meanders thereof, 160 poles and from the beginning down the river, with the meanders thereof, 160 poles, and from the extremity of these lines west for quantity.

"To the children of the late William McCollock, who was killed in August, 1812, near Maugaugon, and who are quarterblood Wyandot Indians, one section to contain 640 acres of

land, on the west side of the Sandusky river, adjoining the lower line of the tract hereby granted to Robert Armstrong, and extending in the same manner, with and from the said river.

"To John VanMeter, who was taken prisoner by the Wyandots and who has ever since lived among them, and has married a Seneca woman, and to his wife's three brothers, Senecas, who now reside on Honey Creek, 1,000 acres of land, to begin north, forty-five degrees west, one hundred and forty poles from the house in which the said John Van Meter now lives, and to run thence south 320 poles, thence and from the beginning, east for quantity.

"To Sarah Williams, Joseph Williams and Rachel Nugent, late Rachel Williams, the said Sarah having been taken prisoner by the Indians, and has ever since lived among them, and being the widow, and the said Joseph and Rachel being the children of the late Isaac Williams, a half-blooded Wyandot, one-quarter section of land, to contain 160 acres, on the east side of the Sandusky river, below Croghansville, and to include their improvements at a place called Negro Point.

"To Catherine Walker, a Wyandot woman, and to John R. Walker, who was wounded in the service of the United States at the battle of Maugaugon, in 1812, a section of 640 acres of land each, to begin at the northwestern corner of the tract hereby granted to John VanMeter and his wife's brothers, and to run with the line thereof south 320 poles; thence and from the beginning west for quantity.

"To William Spicer, who was taken prisoner by the Indians, and has ever since lived among them and married a Seneca woman, a section of land to contain 640 acres, begining on the east bank of the Sandusky river, forty poles below the corner of said Spicer's cornfield; thence up the river on the east side with meanders thereof one mile; thence and from the beginning east for quantity.

"To Horonu, or the 'Cherokee Boy,' a Wyandot chief, a section of land to contain 640 acres, on the Sandusky river, to be laid off in a square form, and to include his improvements.”

Art. 15. The tracts of land herein granted to the chiefs for the use of the Wyandot, Shawanese, Delaware and Seneca Indians and the reserve for the Ottawa Indians, shall not be liable to taxes of any kind so long as such lands continue the property of said Indians.