Miami National Reserve maps, circa 1818-1840s

Resource Information

The work Miami National Reserve maps, circa 1818-1840s represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/Collection, Multimedia, Mixed Materials.

Label

Miami National Reserve maps, circa 1818-1840s

Inclusive dates

circa 1818-1840s

Subject

• trueIndian Removal, 1813-1903
• trueIndians of North America -- Treaties
• Miami Tribe

Genre

• trueTreaties

Language

• eng
• eng

Summary

This collection includes seven half sheet maps and one full size map, hand drawn in ink on vellom paper. The first half-size one is entitled "T. 21, N., R. 1 E. 2nd Mer." Each half-size map following is labeled the same except for the T. (Township) number, which progresses from 21 to 27. The full-size map is: "Township No. 27 N, Range No. 4 E 2nd Mer." On this larger map, the Wabash River is along the bottom edge with Miamisport just north of the river. The sections above Miamisport are: 3 and 4, 9 and 10, 15 and 16, 21 and 22, and 27 and 28. The boundaries are noted by trees, such as ironwood, ash, sugar, elm, oak, and beech. There is one exception to the tree markers, which is the northwest corner of section 28 marked by "Mound in prairie." Creeks are drawn in all the sections except sections 27 and 28. In the Miamisport area, twelve tiny boxes are drawn along the Wabash River to represent dwellings

Biographical or historical data

Miami people are a Native American nation who lived in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. They spoke one of the Algonquian languages. Most of the Miami were removed to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) by 1846.

Cataloging source

ISL

Location of other archival material

Materials relating to this collection may be found in the following collections in Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN: L614: Treaty of St. Mary's collection, 1818 Oct.