(pg. 33-34)
The first land cession in Indiana in which we find the Potawatomi concerned was that of September 30, 1809, held at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The land cessions involved include (1) a narrow strip of land running north-south and parallel to the western edge of the Ohio cession of 1795 (Royce 71); (2) a strip of land between the Wabash and White Rivers in the southwestern portion of the state (Royce 72) and (3) a narrow strip of land running along the west bank of the Wabash and parallel to (1) above.
The land cessions indicated above and whose boundaries are given in the maps prepared by Royce are well to the south of the area of village occupation by the Potawatomi. While it is possible that the Potawatomi may have ranged this far to the south during their winter hunting, that too is unlikely and such an extension of their hunting range is undocumented. This viewpoint is supported by William Henry Harrison (at that time Superintendent of Indian Affairs) in a letter to the Secretary of War, dated March, 1803, "The Potawatomies , so far from having any claim to land on the South East side of the Wabash, acknowledge that they have trespassed upon the Miamis (Harrison, William Henry, Messages and Letters. Indiana Historical Collections, VIII, 1922, p. 80) by settling on the north bank of that river."