grants were legal, they also could be interpreted as incentives to secure the tribal leaders' cooperation and support of the negotiated treaty. Of the 24 individual land grants made under the terms of the treaty, 20 of them went to métis individuals living in the area and their families. Richardville, who signed the treaty as the principal Miami chief, received of land for himself as part of the treaty agreement; tribal leaders Francis Godfroy and Louis Godfroy each received . Treaty of Mississinewas (1826) The Treaty of Mississinewas was concluded near the mouth of Mississinewa River in Indiana on October 23, 1826, with 37 representatives of the Miami people, including Richardville, and three representatives of the federal government, Lewis Cass, James B. Ray, and John Tipton. Under the treaty's terms, the Miamis ceded their claims to land north and west of the Wabash and Miami Rivers, as well as the land cessions made by the tribe under the terms of the Treaty of Saint Marys (1818), with the exception of reserved land at six village sites, reserve lands on the Eel River at the mouth of Mud Creek and at the forks of the Wabash, and tribal reservation lands along the Wabash River. In addition to other concessions such as goods and equipment, livestock, annual annuity payments in cash and goods, part-time laborers, and payment of some of the Miamis' debts as outlined in the treaty, the federal government agreed to pay $600 each to nine individuals, including Richardville, to subsidize construction of homes for themselves and their families. Richardville was also among those who received individual grants of land, although these lands could not be sold without prior approval from the U.S. president. The treaty terms also granted a $2,000 annual annuity to be used to educate Miami children and to care for the Miamis who were poor and infirm. It also gave the Miamis the right to hunt on the ceded lands owned by the federal government and gave the State of Indiana the right to establish a canal or road through the Miamis' reserve lands. Treaties of 1834, 1838, and 1840 Richardville opposed Miami removal from Indiana, but after recognizing that the time had come to secure the best terms for their land and eventual removal, he signed treaties in 1834, 1838, and a final one in 1840 that ceded most of the Miami National Reserve land