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The Treaty of Brownstown was between the
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( Chippewa,
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,
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), Wyandott, and Shawanoese
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. It was concluded November 25, 1808, at Brownstown in
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, and provided cession of a strip of Indian land for a road to connect two disconnected areas of land previously ceded by Indians in Michigan and Ohio.


Background

With the
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in 1795 the Indian Nations ceded southern and eastern
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to white settlement. The
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in 1805 moved the boundary westward to a line west of
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, which coincided with the western boundary of the
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of the
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. In 1807, the
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called for the cession of lands northwest of the
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, mostly in the Territory of Michigan. - Text of Treaty of Detroit
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The area between the Maumee River and the 1805 boundary remained Indian Lands, and thus, the United States could not legally build a road connecting settlements in
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and the Territory of Michigan. This area was also swampy, and would require much engineering effort and funds to cross with a road.


Treaty

The treaty contained 5 articles. Among them were a provision that ceded to the United States a narrow strip of land in northwestern Ohio comprising "a tract of land for a road, of one hundred and twenty feet in width, from the foot of the rapids of the river Miami of Lake Erie (today known as the
Maumee River The Maumee River (pronounced ) ( sjw, Hotaawathiipi; mia, Taawaawa siipiiwi) is a river running in the United States Midwest from northeastern Indiana into northwestern Ohio and Lake Erie. It is formed at the confluence of the St. Joseph and ...
, to the western line of the Connecticut reserve, and all the land within one mile of the said road...".


See also

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Maumee Road Lands Maumee Road Lands were a group of land tracts granted by the United States Congress to the state of Ohio in 1823 along the path of a proposed road in the northwest corner of the state. History With the Treaty of Greenville in 1795 the Indian Nati ...
* Indian Removals in Ohio * List of Indian treaties


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External links


Turnpike Lands – Ohio History CentralMaumee Road Lands – Ohio History Central
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