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The 1833 Treaty of Chicago was an agreement between the United States government and the Chippewa, Odawa, and Potawatomi tribes. It required them to cede to the United States government their 5,000,000 acres (2,000,000 ha) of land (including reservations) in Illinois, the Wisconsin Territory, and the Michigan Territory and to move west of the Mississippi River.
The first treaty of Chicago was signed by Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Cass and Solomon Sibley for the United States and representatives of the Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi (Council of Three Fires) on August 29, 1821, and proclaimed on March 25, 1822. The treaty ceded to the United States all lands in Michigan Territory south of the ...
On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was incorporated with a population of 350. The Chippewa, Odawa and Potawatomi ceded land in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan in the 1833 Treaty of Chicago and were forced to move west of the Mississippi River by 1838.
1868 – Treaty of Fort Laramie – with the Sioux and Arapaho ending Red Cloud's War. 1869 – Naturalization Convention – with Sweden and Norway. 1870 – Naturalization Convention – with United Kingdom. 1871 – Treaty of Washington – settles grievances between the U.S. and Canada including the Alabama Claims.
1833 1833 Treaty of Chicago; Chicago incorporated as a town. 1835 August 31, about 800 Potawatomi men gathered for a war dance in Chicago before being removed to west of the Mississippi River. 1837 Chicago incorporated as a city. C.D. Peacock jewelers was founded. It is the oldest Chicago business still operating today.
In 1833, Pokagon negotiated an amendment to the 1833 Treaty of Chicago that allowed Pokagon's Band to remain on the land of their ancestors in Michigan. Nearly all the rest of the Potawatomi were to be moved west of the Mississippi River by the federal government following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 .
Arguably, for the Native Americans, it was an example of "winning the battle but losing the war" since the US later pursued a policy of removing the tribes from the region, resulting in the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, which was marked at its culmination in 1835 by the last great Native American war dance in the nascent city. Thereafter, the ...
Treaty of Chicago (1821) – not implied, though all 3 nations present; First Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1825) – implied, as well as individually with the Ojibwe and Odawa. Second Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1829) Treaty of Washington (1836) with the Ojibwe and Odawa; Treaty of Chicago (1833) – all 3 nations party to treaty; See also