Chicago Treaty
The Chicago Treaty refers to two treaties made in Chicago , Illinois between the United States and the Ottawa , Anishinabe (Chippewa) and the Potawatomi ( Native American ).
First Treaty of Chicago (1821)
The First Treaty of Chicago was signed by Lewis Cass , governor of the Michigan Territory , and Solomon Sibley for the United States and the MPs Anishinabe and Potawatomi on August 29, 1821 and ratified on March 25, 1822. In the treaty, the Native Americans ceded all of Michigan territory south of the Grand River to the United States, with the exception of several smaller reservations.
Second Treaty of Chicago (1833)
The Second Treaty of Chicago was signed by George B. Porter , Governor of Michigan Territory, Thomas JV Owen and William Weatherford for the United States and the United Nation of Anishinabe, Ottawa and Potawatomi on September 26, 1833 and on Ratified February 21, 1835. In the treaty, all tribes ceded all of the land west of Lake Michigan , approximately 5,000,000 acres (20,000 km²), to a reservation of the same size further west on the Missouri River . In the amendments to the treaty, the tribes ceded certain specific reservations that had been guaranteed to them in previous treaties in the Michigan Territory on the east side of Lake Michigan and south of the Grand River.