| 词条 | Treaty of Lewistown |
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On August 3, 1829, members of the Shawnee Indians and the Seneca Indians signed the Treaty of Lewistown with the United States. In this treaty, Senecas and Shawnees living at Lewistown, Ohio, relinquished their claim to the land and joined the rest of the Ohio Senecas already living on a reservation west of the Mississippi River. The United States government granted this group of about three hundred Indians {{convert|60000|acre|km2}} of land in the west and a six thousand dollar advance on the sale of their Ohio lands. In addition, the United States presented the natives with blankets, plows, axes, hoes, rifles, and other supplies. On July 20, 1831, James B. Gardiner, acting on behalf of U.S. President Andrew Jackson, signed the treaty which stipulated, in part:[1] References
References1. ^Treaty with the Seneca, etc., 1831 5 : Logan County, Ohio|History of Ohio|United States and Native American treaties|1829 treaties|1829 in Ohio |
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