Site of an Indian Treaty - Saginaw, MI
N 43° 25.284 W 083° 57.404
17T E 260648 N 4811859
A plaque on a boulder now located at intersection of Hamilton and Court Streets in Saginaw, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM16EK0
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 07/15/2022
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9. The SITE OF AN INDIAN TREATY, Hamilton and Throop Sts., the spot where Governor Lewis Cass signed the treaty (1819) by which the Indians relinquished all claims to northeastern Michigan, is marked by a plaque on a boulder. -Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State 1941
Although the boulder has been moved seven blocks southeast to a higher traffic route, it still marks a significant event in our nations and Michigan's history. Now known as the
Treaty of Saginaw, the Native Americans ceded a large tract of land (more than six million acres (24,000 km²) in the central portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. This occurred 18 years before Michigan became a state.
The text on the marker reads:
On this spot
on the 24th day of
September, A.D. 1819
General Lewis Cass
made and executed a Treaty with
Chippewa Indians of Saginaw
by which they ceded
the largest part of their lands
situated in
Northeastern Michigan to the
United States government