Hoosier Dusty Files - October 06, 1818 - Treaty of St. Mary's - Miami Ceded Lands in Indiana

A Year of Indiana History - 2016

October 06, 1818 - Treaty of St. Mary's - Miami Ceded Lands in Indiana
The Miami tribe, hard pressed by the expanding Americans, had vacated their lands in Ohio after General Anthony Wayne's victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Most of the Miami had settled in current central and eastern areas Indiana. By 1818, the Americans forced the tribe to cede a large section of land in central Indiana.
Miami Tribe
At the time of European settlement, the Miami occupied northern portions of Illinois, Indiana and southern Michigan. Probably pressured by the Iroquois to the east, the tribe migrated to the area of the Maumee and upper Wabash River valleys in northern Ohio and Indiana around 1700. The Miami had become one of the most powerful tribes in the region, however, European diseases spread by encroaching Americans and warfare reduced their numbers dramatically. After the Battle of Fallen Timbers and Harrison's defeat of the Shawnee chief Tecumseh in 1811, the Miami found themselves forced to cede still more land. The resulting 1818 Treaty of St. Mary's awarded the United States a vast region in the middle of the new state of Indiana.
Treaty of St. Mary's
The lands acquired from the Miami tribe by the terms of the Treaty with the Miami, 1818 (Treaty of St. Mary's), are referred to as the "New Purchase." Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Parke acting as representatives of the United States signed a treaty with the Miami nation on October 6, 1818. As per terms of the treaty, the Miami has ceded a vast area in central Indiana to the United States. The treaty excepted except a seven-mile square reserve located at the mouth of Raccoon Creek. The United States agreed to pay the Miami tribe fifteen thousand dollars a year, erect a gristmill and one sawmill. They would also provide a blacksmith and pay one hundred sixty bushels of salt a year to the tribe.
Final Removal
The United States Government used the Indian Removal Act of 1846 to remove the remaining 350 members of the Miami tribe to Oklahoma. The tribe still exists as a recognized tribe there. Many of the Miami were allowed to remain in Indiana. The Miami, not federally recognized, still exist as a tribe in Indiana. Interested parties may contact the tribe for more information:
Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana
P.O. Box 41
Peru, Indiana 46970
80 W 6th Street
(765) 473 - 9631
miamiindians@sbcglobal.net

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