An Ethno-historical Evaluation of Land-holdings at Shabbona’s Grove, DeKalb County Illinois

Researched and Prepared on the Behalf of DeKalb County Taxpayers Against the Casino.

By

James P. Lynch

Historical Consulting and Research Services LLC.

Waterbury, Connecticut

September 26, 2007

Table of Contents:

Introduction……………………………………………..4.

I. Tribal Claims..………………………………………….10.

II. Shabenay.………………………………………………..17.

Shaw bee nay” or “Shobonier”?.................................17.

III. Treaties.…………………………………………………27.

“For the use of…”: The 1829 Treaty of Prairie

du Chien.…….…………………………………………...27.

The 1833 treaty at Chicago: What Did and Didn’t

Happen………..…………………………………………34.

IV. Treaty Language..............................................................45.

Land Disposition……..………………………………….45.

V. The Band moves West......................................................51.

VI. The Trigger: The 1846 Council Bluffs

Treaty...……………………………………….................57.

VII. Shabbona’s Grove: Survey and Sale….………………60.

VIII. Conclusions…..………………………………………….74.