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7 Stat. 150 TREATY WITH THE CHICKASAWS.Sept. 20, 1816.Proclamation, Dec. 30, 1816. To settle all territorial controversies, and to perpetuate that peace and harmony which has long happily subsisted between the United States and Chickasaw nation, the president of the United States of America, by major general Andrew Jackson, general David Meriwether, and Jesse Franklin, esq. on the one part, and the whole Chickasaw nation, in council assembled, on the other, have agreed on the following articles, which when ratified by the president, with the advice and consent of the senate of the United States, shall be binding on all parties:
Art. 1. Peace and friendship are hereby firmly established, and perpetuated, Peace and friendship. between the United States of America and Chickasaw nation. Art. 2. The Chickasaw nation cede to the United States (with the Cession to the United States. exception of such reservations as shall hereafter be specified) all right or title to lands on the north side of the Tennessee river, and relinquish all claim to territory on the south side of said river, and cast of a line commencing at the mouth of Caney creek, running up said creek to its source, thence a due south course to the ridge path, or commonly called Gaines’s road, along said road south westwardly to a point on the Tombigby river, well known by the name of the Cotton Gin port, and down the west bank of the Tombigby to the Choctkaw boundary.
Art. 3. In consideration of the relinquishment of claim, and cession Allowance to Chickasaws. of lands, made in the preceding article, the commissioners agree to allow the Chickasaw nation twelve thousand dollars per annum for ten successive years, and four thousand five hundred dollars to be paid in sixty days after the ratification of this treaty into the hands of Levi Colbert, as a compensation for any improvements which individuals of the Chickasaw nation may have had on the lands surrendered; that is to say, two thousand dollars for improvements on the east side of the Tombigby, and two thousand five hundred dollars for improvements on the north side of the Tennessee river.
Art. 4. The commissioners agree that the following tracts of land Tracts reserved to the Chickasaw nation. shall be reserved to the Chickasaw nation: 1. One tract of land for the use of col. George Colbert and heirs, and which is thus described by said Colbert: “Beginning on the north bank of the Tennessee river, at a point that, running north four miles, will include a big spring, about half way between his ferry and the mouth of Cypress, it being a spring that a large cow-path crosses its branch near where a cypress tree is cut down; thence westwardly to a point, four miles from the Tennessee river, and standing due north of a point on the north bank of the river, three [four] miles below his ferry on the Tennessee river, and up the meanders of said river to the beginning point.” 2.
A tract of land two miles square on the north bank of the Tennessee river, and at its junction with Beach creek, for the use of Appassan Tubby and heirs. 3. A tract of land one mile square, on the north side of the Tennessee river, for the use of John McCleish and heirs, the said tract to be so run as to include the said McCleish’s settlement and improvements on the north side of Buffalo creek. 4. Two tracts of land, containing forty acres each, on the south side of Tennessee river, and about two and a half miles below the Cotton 150TREATY WITH THE CHICKASAWS. 1816. 151 Gin port, on the Tombigby river, which tracts of land will be pointed out by major Levi Colbert, and for the use of said Colbert and heirs.
It is stipulated that the above reservations shall appertain to the Chickasaw nation only so long as they shall be occupied, cultivated, or used, by the present proprietors or heirs, and in the event of all or either of said tracts of land, so reserved, being abandoned by the present proprietors or heirs, each tract or tracts of land, so abandoned, shall revert to the United States as a portion of that territory ceded by the second article of this treaty. Art. 5. The two contracting parties covenant and agree that the line Line on the south side of the Tennessee to be ascertained, &c. on the south side of the Tennessee river, as described in the second article of this treaty, shall be ascertained and marked by commissioners to be appointed by the president of the United States; that the marks shall be bold; trees to be blazed on both sides of the line, and the fore and aft trees to be marked with the letters U.
S. That the commissioners shall be attended by two persons to be designated by the Chickasaw nation, and that the said nation shall have due and seasonable notice when said operation is to be commenced. Art. 6. In consideration of the conciliatory disposition evinced, Presents to certain Indians. during the negotiation of this treaty, by the Chickasaw chiefs and warriors, but more particularly as a manifestation of the friendship and liberality of the president of the United States, the commissioners agree to give, on the ratification of this treaty, to Chinmubby, king of the Chickasaws, to Tishshominco, William M‘Glivery, Arpasarshtubby, Samuel Seely, James Brown, Levi Colbert, Ickaryoucullaha, George Pettygrove, Immartarhamiçko, Chickasaw chiefs, and to Malcolm M‘Gee, interpreter, one hundred and fifty dollars each, in goods or cash, as may be preferred, and to major William Glover, colonel George Colbert, capt.
Rabbitt, Hoparyeahoummar, Immoukelourshsharhoparyea, Hoparyea, Houllartir, Tushkerhopoyyea, Hoparyeahoummar, jun. Immoukelusharhopoyyea, James Colbert, Coweamarthlar, and Iilnachouwarhopoyyea, military leaders, one hundred dollars each; and, as a particular mark of distinction and favor for his long services and faithful adherence to the United States government, the commissioners agree to allow to general William Colbert an annuity of one hundred dollars for and during his life.
Art. 7. “Whereas the chiefs and warriors of the Chickasaw nation No more pedlars to be licensed to traffic in the nation. have found, from experience, that the crowd of pedlars, who are constantly traversing their nation from one end to the other, is of a serious disadvantage to the nation; that serious misunderstandings and disputes frequently take place, as well as frauds, which are often practised on the ignorant and uninformed of the nation, therefore it is agreed by the commissioners on the part of the government, and the chiefs of the nation, that no more licenses shall be granted by the agent of the Chickasaws to entitle any person or persons to trade or traffic merchandise in said nation; and that any person or persons, whomsoever, of the white people, who shall bring goods and sell them in the nation, contrary to this article, shall forfeit the whole of his or their goods, one half to the nation and the other half to the government of the United States; in all cases where this article is violated, and the goods are taken or seized, they shall be delivered up to the agent, who shall hear the testimony and judge accordingly.
” This article was presented to the commissioners by the chiefs and warriors of the Chickasaw nation, and by their particular solicitation embraced in this treaty. In testimony whereof, the said commissioners, and undersigned chiefs and warriors, have set their hands and seals. 152TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAWS. 1816. Done at the Chickasaw council house, this twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. ANDREW JACKSON, D. MERIWETHER, J.
FRANKLIN. Chanumbby, King, Tishshomingo, Wm. M‘Gilvery, Arpasarhtubby, Samuel Seely, James Brown, Levi Colbert, Ickaryoucuttaha, George Pettygrove, Immartarharmicco, Major general Wm. Colbert, Major Wm. Glover, Major George Colbert, Captain Rabbit, Hopoyeahoummar, Immouklusharhopoyea, Hopoyeahoullarter, Tushkarhopoyea, Hopoyeahoummar, jun. Immouklusharhopyea, James Colbert, Coweamarthtar, Iilachouwarhopoyea. Witness. James Gadsden, secretary. Wm. Cocke. John Rhea. Malcum M‘Gee.
James Colbert, interpreter. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1816-10-24 Treaty 7 Stat. 152 A TREATY OF CESSION *Between the United States of America and the Chactaw nation Oct. 24, 1816.Proclamation, Dec. 30, 1816. of Indians.* James Madison, president of the United States of America, by general John Coffee, John Rhea, and John M‘Kee, esquires, commissioners on the part of the United States, duly authorized for that purpose, on the one part, and the mingoes, leaders, captains, and warriors, of the Chactaw nation, in general council assembled, in behalf of themselves and the whole nation, on the other part, have entered into the following articles, which, when ratified by the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall be obligatory on both parties:
Art. 1. The Chactaw nation, for the consideration hereafter mentioned, Cession. cede to the United States all their title and claim to lands lying east of the following boundary, beginning at the mouth of Ooktibbuna, the Chickasaw boundary, and running from thence down the Tombigby river, until it intersects the northern boundary of a cession made to the United States by the Chactaws, at Mount Dexter, on the 16th November, Ante, p. 98. 1805. Art. 2. In consideration of the foregoing cession, the United States Consideration. engage to pay to the Chactaw nation the sum of six thousand dollars annually, for twenty years; they also agree to pay them in merchandize, to be delivered immediately on signing the present treaty, the sum of ten thousand dollars.
Done and executed in full and open council, at the Chactaw trading house, this twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and of the independence of the United States the forty-first. JNO. COFFEE, JOHN RHEA, JOHN M‘KEE. 153TREATY WITH THE MENOMONIES. 1817. Mushoolatubbee, Pooshamattaba, Pukashunnubbee, General Terror, Chactaw Eestannokee, General Humming Bird, Talking Warrior, David Folsom, Bob Cole, Oofuppa, Hoopoieeskitteenee, Hoopoieemiko, Hoopoieehooma.
Witnesses, Tho. H. Williams, secretary to the commission. John Pitchlynn. Turner Brashear, interpreters. M. Mackey. Silas Dinsmoor. R. Chamberlin. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1817-03-30 Treaty 7 Stat. 153 A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP *Made and concluded by and between William Clark, Ninian Edwards, March 30, 1817.Proclamation, Dec. 26, 1817. and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners on the part and behalf of the United States of America, of the one part, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors, deputed by the Menomenee tribe or nation of Indians, on the part and behalf of their said tribe or nation, of the other part.* The parties, being desirous of re-establishing peace and friendship between the United States and the said tribe or nation, and of being placed in all things, and in every respect, on the same footing upon which they stood before the late war, have agreed to the following articles:
Art. 1. Every injury, or act of hostility, by one or either of the Injuries, &c. forgiven. contracting parties, against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot. Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all Perpetual peace and friendship. the citizens of the United States and all the individuals composing the said Menomenee tribe or nation. Art. 3. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, on the part and behalf Former cessions and treaties confirmed. of their said tribe or nation, do, by these presents, confirm to the United States all and every cession of land heretofore made by their tribe or nation to the British, French, or Spanish, government, within the limits of the United States, or their territories; and also, all and every treaty, contract, and agreement, heretofore concluded between the said United States and the said tribe or nation.
Art. 4. The contracting parties do hereby agree, promise, and oblige Prisoners to be delivered up. themselves, reciprocally, to deliver up all prisoners now in their hands, (by what means soever the same may have come into their possession,) to the officer commanding at Prairie du Chien, to be by him restored to the respective parties hereto, as soon as it may be practicable. Art. 5. The undersigned chiefs and warriors as aforesaid, for themselves Protection of U. S. acknowledged. and those they represent, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign, whatsoever.
In witness whereof, the commissioners aforesaid, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors, as aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, this thirtieth day of March, in the 154TREATY WITH THE OTTOES. 1817. year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and of the independence of the United States the forty-first. WILLIAM CLARK, NINIAN EDWARDS, AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU. Towanapee, Roaring Thunder, Weekay, the Calumet Eagle, Muequomota, the Fat of the Bear, Wacaqoun, or Shomin, Warbano, the Dawn, Inemikee, Thunderer, Lebarnaco, the Bear, Karkundego, Shashamanee, the Elk, Penoname, the Running Wolf.
Done at St. Louis, in the presence of R. Wash, secretary to the commissioners. R. Graham, U. S. I. A. for Illinois territory. T. Harrison. Nimrod H. Moore. S. Gantt, Lieut. U. S. Army. C. M. Price. Richard T. M‘Kenney. Amos Kibbe. Nathan. Mills. Samuel Solomon. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1817-06-24 Treaty 7 Stat. 154 *Made and concluded between William Clark and Auguste Chouteau, June 24, 1817.Proclamation, Dec. 26, 1817. commissioners on the part, and behalf of the United States of America, of the one part; and the undersigned chiefs and warriors, of the Ottoes tribe of Indians, on the part and behalf of their said tribe, of the other part.* The parties being desirous of re-establishing peace and friendship between the United States and their said tribe and of being placed, in all things, and in every respect, upon the same footing upon which they stood before the late war between the United States and Great Britain, have agreed to the following articles:
Art. 1. Every injury or act of hostility by one or either of the contracting Injuries, &c. forgiven. parties against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot. Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all Perpetual peace and friendship, &c. the citizens of the United States of America and all the individuals composing the said Ottoes tribe, and all the friendly relations that existed between them before the war, shall be, and the same are hereby, renewed.
Art. 3. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and Protection of U. S. acknowledged. their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign, whatsoever. In witness whereof the said William Clark and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, this twenty-fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and of the independence of the United States the forty-first.
WILLIAM CLARK, AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU. 155TREATY WITH THE PONCARARS. 1817. Chongatonga, Big Horse, Histashone, Big Eyes, Mihahande, Eikest Daughter, Kanseepa, the Kansee Head, Montistonga, Pewter, Pahagranga, Auguste. *Ottoes.* Watokieka, the Runner, Mantoeakiepu, Meeting of Bear, Achieya, Broken Arm, Wathapayignet, The Small Bear, Mantoeignet, the Little Bow, Wapontraska, White Nostrils. *Missouries.* Tarposta, Son of the Priest, Kahhehpah, Crow Head, Harahkraton, the Sparrow Hawk, Tawequa, the Little Deer, Chanohato, Buffalo Hump.
Witnesses Present—Lewis Bissell, acting secretary. Manuel Lisa, U. S. Ind. Ag. Benjamin O. Fallon, U. S. Indian Agent. W. Khrizely. Gen. G. Taylor. W. Tharp. Michl. E. Immell. P. J. Nalsisor. Sam. Solomon, Interpreter. Stephen Julien, United States’ Indian Interpreter. Gabriel S. Chouteau, 2d Lieutenant M. M. Joseph Lafleche, Interpreter. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1817-06-25 Treaty 7 Stat. 155 *Made and concluded between William Clark and Auguste Chouteau, June 25, 1817.Proclamation, Dec. 26, 1817. commissioners on the part and behalf of the United States of America, of the one part, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors of the Poncarar tribe of Indians, on the [their] part and of their said tribe of the other part.* The parties being desirous of re-establishing peace and friendship between the United States and their said tribe, and of being placed, in all things and every respect, upon the same footing upon which they stood before the late war between the United States and Great Britain, have agreed to the following articles:
Art. 1. Every injury or act of hostility by one or either of the Injuries, &c. forgiven. contracting parties against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot. Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all Perpetual peace and friendship, &c. the citizens of the United States of America and all the individuals composing the said Poncarar tribe; and all the friendly relations that existed between them before the war shall be, and the same are hereby, renewed.
Art. 3. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and Protection of U. S. acknowledged. their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign, whatever. In witness whereof, the said William Clark and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, this twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and of the independence of the United States the forty-first.
WILLIAM CLARK, AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU. Aquelaba, the Fighter, Gradonga, Fork-tailed Hawk, Shondagaha, Smoker, Kihegaslringa, Little Chief, Necawcompe, the Handsome Man, Ahahpah, the Rough Buffalo Horn, Showeno, the Comer, Bardegara, he who stands fire. 156TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES. 1817. Witnesses present:—Lewis Bissel, acting secretary to the commissioners. Manuel Lisa, U. S. Indian agent. Benja. O. Fallon, U. S. Indian agent. R. Graham, Indian agent for Illinois. Dr. Wm. J. Clarke.
B. Vasques. Saml. Solomon, interpreter. Stephen Julian, U. S. Indian Interpreter. Joseph Lafleche, interpreter. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1817-07-08 Treaty 7 Stat. 156 ARTICLES OF A TREATY *Concluded, at the Cherokee Agency, within the Cherokee nation, July 8, 1817.Proclamation, Dec. 26, 1817. between major general Andrew Jackson, Joseph M‘Minn, governor of the state of Tennessee, and general David Meriwether, commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States of America, of the one part, and the chiefs, head men, and warriors, of the Cherokee nation, east of the Mississippi river, and the chiefs, head men, and warriors, of the Cherokees on the Arkansas river, and their deputies, John D.
Chisholm and James Rogers, duly authorized by the chiefs of the Cherokees on the Arkansas river, in open council, by written power of attorney, duly signed and executed, in presence of Joseph Sevier and William Ware.* Whereas in the autumn of the year one thousand eight hundred and Preamble. eight, a deputation from the Upper and Lower Cherokee towns, duly authorized by their nation, went on to the city of Washington, the first named to declare to the President of the United States their anxious desire to engage in the pursuits of agriculture and civilized life, in the country they then occupied, and to make known to the President of the United States the impracticability of inducing the nation at large to do this, and to request the establishment of a division line between the upper and lower towns, so as to include all the waters of the Hivassee river to the upper town, that, by thus contracting their society within narrow limits, they proposed to begin the establishment of fixed laws and a regular government:
The deputies from the lower towns to make known their desire to continue the hunter life, and also the scarcity of game where they then lived, and, under those circumstances, their wish to remove across the Mississippi river, on some vacant lands of the United States. And whereas the President of the United States, after maturely considering the petitions of both parties, on the ninth day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and nine, including other subjects, answered those petitions as follows:
“The United States, my children, are the friends of both parties, and, as far as can be reasonably asked, they are willing to satisfy the wishes of both. Those who remain may be assured of our patronage, our aid, and good neighborhood. Those who wish to remove, are permitted to send an exploring party to recombine the country on the waters of the Arkansas and White rivers, and the higher up the better, as they will be the longer unapproached by our settlements, which will begin at the mouths of those rivers.
The regular districts of the government of St. Louis are already laid off to the St. Francis.” “When this party shall have found a tract of country suiting the emigrants, and not claimed by other Indians, we will arrange with them and you the exchange of that for a just portion of the country they leave; and to a part of which, proportioned to their numbers, they have a right. Every aid towards their removal, and what will be necessary for them 157 there, will then be freely administered to them; and when established in their new settlements, we shall still consider them as our children, give them the benefit of exchanging their peltries for what they will want at our factories, and always hold them firmly by the hand.
” And whereas the Cherokees, relying on the promises of the President of the United States, as above recited, did explore the country on the west side of the Mississippi, and made choice of the country on the Arkansas and White rivers, and settled themselves down upon United States’ lands, to which no other tribe of Indians have any just claim, and have duly notified the President of the United States thereof, and of their anxious desire for the full and complete ratification of his promise, and, to that end, as notified by the President of the United States, have sent on their agents, with full powers to execute a treaty, relinquishing to the United States all the right, title, and interest, to all lands of right to them belonging, as part of the Cherokee nation, which they have left, and which they are about to leave, proportioned to their numbers, including, with those now on the Arkansas, those who are about to remove thither, and to a portion of which they have an equal right agreeably to their numbers.
Now, know ye, that the contracting parties, to carry into full effect the before recited promises with good faith, and to promote a continuation of friendship with their brothers on the Arkansas river, and for that purpose to make an equal distribution of the annuities secured to be paid by the United States to the whole Cherokee nation, have agreed and concluded on the following articles, viz: Art. 1. The chiefs, head men, and warriors, of the whole Cherokee Cession of lands to U.
S. in exchange for other lands. nation, cede to the United States all the lands lying north and east of the following boundaries, viz: Beginning at the high shoals of the Appalachy river, and running thence, along the boundary line between the Creek and Cherokee nations, westwardly to the Chatahouchy river; thence, up the Chatahouchy river, to the mouth of Sougue creek; thence, continuing with the general course of the river until it reaches the Indian boundary line, and, should it strike the Turrurar river, thence, with its meanders, down said river to its mouth, in part of the proportion of land in the Cherokee nation east of the Mississippi, to which those now on the Arkansas and those about to remove there are justly entitled.
Art. 2. The chiefs, head men, and warriors, of the whole Cherokee Further cession of lands. nation, do also cede to the United States all the lands lying north and west of the following boundary lines, viz: Beginning at the Indian boundary line that runs from the north bank of the Tennessee river, opposite to the mouth of Hywasee river, at a point on the top of Walden’s ridge, where it divides the waters of the Tennessee river from those of the Sequatchic river; thence, along the said ridge, southwardly, to the bank of the Tennessee river, at a point near to a place called the Negro Sugar Camp, opposite to the upper end of the first island above Running Water Town; thence, westwardly, a straight line to the mouth of Little Sequatchic river; thence, up said river, to its main fork; thence, up its northernmost fork, to its source; and thence, due west, to the Indian boundary line.
Art. 3. It is also stipulated by the contracting parties, that a census A census of the Cherokee nation to be taken. shall be taken of the whole Cherokee nation, during the month of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, in the following manner, viz: That the census of those on the east side of the Mississippi river, who declare their intention of remaining, shall be taken by a commissioner appointed by the President of the United States, and a commissioner appointed by the Cherokees on the Arkansas 158 river; and the census of the Cherokees on the Arkansas river, and those removing there, and who, at that time, declare their intention of removing there, shall be taken by a commissioner appointed by the President of the United States, and one appointed by the Cherokees east of the Mississippi river.
Art. 4. The contracting parties do also stipulate that the annuity Annuity, how to be divided between the Cherokees. due from the United States to the whole Cherokee nation for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, is to be divided between the two parts of the nation in proportion to their numbers, agreeably to the stipulations contained in the third article of this treaty; and to be continued to be divided thereafter in proportion to their numbers; and the lands to be apportioned and surrendered to the United States agreeably to the aforesaid enumeration, as the proportionate part, agreeably to their numbers, to which those who have removed, and who declare their intention to remove, have a just right, including these with the lands ceded in the first and second articles of this treaty.
Art. 5. The United States bind themselves, in exchange for the The U. S. to give as much land, &c. as they receive from the Cherokees. lands ceded in the first and second articles hereof, to give to that part of the Cherokee nation on the Arkansas as much land on said river and White river as they have or may hereafter receive from the Cherokee nation east of the Mississippi, acre for acre, as the just proportion due that part of the nation on the Arkansas agreeably to their numbers; which is to commence on the north side of the Arkansas river, at the mouth of Point Remore or Budwell’s Old Place; thence, by a straight line, northwardly, to strike Chataunga mountain, or the hill first above Shield’s Ferry on White river, running up and between said rivers for complement, the banks of which rivers to be the lines; and to have the above line, from the point of beginning to the point on White river, run and marked, which shall be done soon after the ratification of this treaty; and all citizens of the United States, except Mrs.
P Lovely, who is to remain where she lives during life, removed from within the bounds as above named. And it is further stipulated, that the treaties Former treaties in force. heretofore between the Cherokee nation and the United States are to continue in full force with both parts of the nation, and both parts thereof entitled to all the immunities and privilege which the old nation enjoyed under the aforesaid treaties; the United States reserving the right of establishing factories, a military post, and roads, within the boundaries above defined.
Art. 6. The United States do also bind themselves to give to all the Rifle guns, ammunition, &c. as compensation for Cherokee improvements. poor warriors who may remove to the western side of the Mississippi river, one rifle gun and ammunition, one blanket, and one brass kettle, or, in lieu of the brass kettle, a beaver trap, which is to be considered as a full compensation for the improvements which they may leave; which articles are to be delivered at such point as the President of the United States may direct: and to aid in the removal of the emigrants, they further agree to furnish flat bottomed boats and provisions sufficient for Full compensation for improvements of real value. that purpose: and to those emigrants whose improvements add real value to their lands, the United States agree to pay a full valuation for the same, which is to be ascertained by a commissioner appointed by the President of the United States for that purpose, and paid for as soon after the ratification of this treaty as practicable.
The boats and provisions promised to the emigrants are to be furnished by the agent on the Tennessee river, at such time and place as the emigrants may notify him of; and it shall be his duty to furnish the same. Art. 7. And for all improvements which add real value to the lands Payment for improvements which add real value to ceded lands, &c. lying within the boundaries ceded to the United States, by the first and second articles of this treaty, the United States do agree to pay for at 159 the time, and to be valued in the same manner, as stipulated in the sixth article of this treaty; or, in lieu thereof, to give in exchange improvements of equal value which the emigrants may leave, and for which they are to receive pay.
And it is farther stipulated, that all these improvements, left by the emigrants within the bounds of the Cherokee nation east of the Mississippi river, which add real value to the lands, and for which the United States shall give a consideration, and not so exchanged, shall be rented to the Indians by the agent, year after year, for the benefit of the poor and decrepid of that part of the nation east of the Mississippi river, until surrendered by the nation, or to the nation.
And it is further agreed, that the said Cherokee nation shall not be called upon for any part of the consideration paid for said improvements at any future period. Art. 8. And to each and every head of any Indian family residing Reservations for heads of Indian fandlies. on the east side of the Mississippi river, on the lands that are now, or may hereafter be, surrendered to the United States, who may wish to become citizens of the United States, the United States do agree to give a reservation of six hundred and forty acres of land, in a square, to include their improvements, which are to be as near the centre thereof as practicable, in which they will have a life estate, with a reversion in fee simple to their children, reserving to the widow her dower, the register of whose names is to be filed in the office of the Cherokee agent, which shall be kept open until the census is taken as stipulated in the third article of this treaty.
Provided, That if any of the heads of families, for whom reservations may be made, should remove therefrom, then, in that case, the right to revert to the United States.And provided further, That the land which may be reserved under this article, be deducted from the amount which has been ceded under the first and second articles of this treaty. Art. 9. It is also provided by the contracting parties, that nothing in Free navigation of all the waters, &c. the foregoing articles shall be construed so as to prevent any of the parties so contracting from the free navigation of all the waters mentioned therein.
Art. 10. The whole of the Cherokee nation do hereby cede to the United Cession to the U. S. of certain reservations. States all right, title, and claim, to all reservations made to Doublehead and others, which were reserved to them by a treaty made and entered into at the city of Washington, bearing date the seventh of January, one thousand eight hundred and six. Art. 11. It is further agreed that the boundary lines of the lands Boundary lines to be run by commissioners. ceded to the United States by the first and second articles of this treaty, and the boundary line of the lands ceded by the United States in the fifth article of this treaty, is to be run and marked by a commissioner or commissioners appointed by the President of the United States, who shall be accompanied by such commissioners as the Cherokees may appoint; due notice thereof to be given to the nation.
Art. 12. The United States do also bind themselves to prevent the U. S. to prevent intruders until the treaty is ratified, &c. intrusion of any of its citizens within the lands ceded by the first and second articles of this treaty, until the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate of the United States, and duly promulgated. Art. 13. The contracting parties do also stipulate that this treaty When to take effect. shall take effect and be obligatory on the contracting parties so soon as the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States. 160TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS, ETC. 1817.
In witness of all and every thing herein determined, by and between the before recited contracting parties, we have, in full and open council, at the Cherokee Agency, this eighth day of July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, set our hands and seals. ANDREW JACKSON, JOSEPH McMINN, D. MERIWETHER, } United States’ Commissioners. Richard Brown, Cabbin Smith, Sleeping Rabbit, George Saunders, Roman Nose, Currohe Dick, John Walker, George Lowry, Richard Taylor, Walter Adair, James Brown, Kelachule, Sour Mush, Cholioa, Chickasautchee, The Bark of Chota, The Bark of Hightower, Big Half Breed, Going Snake, Leyestisky, Ch.
Hicks, Young Davis, Souanooka, The Locust, Beaver Carrier, Dreadful Water, Chyula, Ja. Martin, John McIntosh, Katchee of Cowee, White man killer. *Arkansas Chiefs.* Tocchalar, The Glass, The Glass, Wassossee, John Jolly, The Gourd, Spring Frog, John D. Chisholm, James Rogers, Warwhatchy, Attalona, Kulsuttchee, Tuskekeetchee, Chillawgatchee, John Smith, Toosawallata. In presence of J. M. Glassel, secretary to the commission. Thomas Wilson, clerk to the commission. Walter Adair.
John Speirs, interpreter. A. McCoy, interpreter. James C. Bronaugh, hospital surgeon U. S. army. Isham Randolph, captain 1st redoubtables. Wm. Meriwether. Return J. Meigs, agent Cherokee nation. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1817-09-29 Treaty 7 Stat. 160 *Made and concluded, at the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Sept. 29, 1817.Proclamation, Jan. 4, 1819.Supplementary treaty, post, p. 178. Lake Erie, between Lewis Cass and Duncan McArthur, commissioners of the United States, with full power and authority to hold conferences, and conclude and sign a treaty or treaties with all or any of the tribes or nations of Indians within the boundaries of the state of Ohio, of and concerning all matters interesting to the United States and the said nations of Indians, on the one part; and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors, of the Wyandot, Seneca, Delaware, Shawanese, Potawatomees, Ottavas, and Chippeway, tribes of Indians.* Art. 1.
The Wyandot tribe of Indians, in consideration of the stipulations Cession of lands by the Wyandots. herein made on the part of the United States, do hereby forever cede to the United States the lands comprehended within the following lines and boundaries: Beginning at a point on the southern shore 161 of lake Erie, where the present Indian boundary line intersects the same, between the mouth of Sandusky bay and the mouth of Portage river; thence, running south with said line, to the line established in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, by the treaty of Greenville, which runs from the crossing place above fort Lawrence to Loramie’s store; thence, westerly, with the last mentioned line, to the eastern line of the reserve at Loramie’s store; thence, with the lines of said reserve, north and west, to the northwestern corner thereof; thence to the northwestern corner of the reserve on the river St.
Mary’s, at the head of the navigable waters thereof; thence, east, to the western bank of the St. Mary’s river aforesaid; thence, down on the western bank of the said river, to the reserve at fort Wayne; thence, with the lines of the last mentioned reserve, easterly and northerly, to the north bank of the river Miami of lake Erie; thence, down on the north bank of the said river, to the western line of the land ceded to the United States by the treaty of Detroit, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven; thence, with the said line, south, to the middle of said Miami river, opposite the mouth of the Great Auglaize river; thence, down the middle of said Miami river, and easterly with the lines of the tract ceded to the United States by the treaty of Detroit aforesaid, so far that a south line will strike the place of beginning.
Art. 2. The Potawatomy, Ottawas, and Chippeway, tribes of Indians, Cession of lands by Pottawatimies, Ottawas, and Chippewas. in consideration of the stipulations herein made on the part of the United States, do hereby forever cede to the United States the land comprehended within the following lines and boundaries: Beginning where the western line of the state of Ohio crosses the river Miami of lake Erie, which is about twenty-one miles above the mouth of the Great Auglaize river; thence, down the middle of the said Miami river, to a point north of the mouth of the Great Auglaize river; thence, with the western line of the land ceded to the United States by the treaty of Detroit, in one thousand eight hundred and seven, north forty-five miles; then, west, so far that a line south will strike the place of beginning; thence, south, to the place of beginning.
Art. 3. The Wyandot, Seneca, Delaware, Shawnee, Potawatomy, Other tribes accede. Ottawas, and Chippeway, tribes of Indians accede to the cessions mentioned in the two preceding articles. Art. 4. In consideration of the cessions and recognitions stipulated Annual payments to certain tribes. in the three preceding articles, the United States agree to pay to the Wyandot tribe, annually, forever, the sum of four thousand dollars, in specie, at Upper Sandusky: To the Seneca tribe, annually, forever, the sum of five hundred dollars, in specie, at Lower Sandusky:
To the Shawnee tribe, annually, forever, the sum of two thousand dollars, in specie, at Wapaghkonetta: To the Potawatomy tribe, annually, for the term of fifteen years, the sum of one thousand three hundred dollars, in specie, at Detroit: To the Ottawas tribe, annually, for the term of fifteen years, the sum of one thousand dollars, in specie, at Detroit: To the Chippewa tribe, annually, for the term of fifteen years, the sum of one thousand dollars, in specie, at Detroit: To the Delaware tribe, in the course of the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the sum of five hundred dollars, in specie, at Wapaghkonetta, but no annuity:
And the United States also agree, that all annuities due by Annuities under former treaties. any former treaty to the Wyandot, Shawnee, and Delaware tribes, and the annuity due by the treaty of Greenville, to the Ottawas and Chippewas tribes, shall be paid to the said tribes, respectively, in specie. Art. 5. The schedule hereunto annexed, is to be taken and considered Schedule a part of the treaty. as part of this treaty; and the tracts herein stipulated to be granted to the Wyandot, Seneca, and Shawnee, tribes of Indians, are 162 to be granted for the use of the persons mentioned in the said schedule, agreeably to the descriptions, provisions, and limitations, therein contained.
Art. 6. The United States agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, Grants in fee simple to the Wyandots. to Doanquod, Howoner, Rontondee, Tauyau, Rontayau, Dawatont, Manocue, Tauyaudautauson, and Haudaunwaugh, chiefs of the Wyandot tribe, and their successors in office, chiefs of the said tribe, for the use of the persons and for the purposes mentioned in the annexed schedule, a tract of land twelve miles square, at Upper Sandusky, the centre of which shall be the place where fort Ferree stands; and also a tract of one mile square, to be located where the chiefs direct, on a cranberry swamp, on Broken Sword creek, and to be held for the use of the tribe.
The United States also agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, Grant to the Senecas. to Tabawmadoyaw, captain Harris, Isahownusay, Joseph Tawgyou, captain Smith, Coffee-house, Running About, and Wiping stick, chiefs of the Seneca tribe of Indians, and their successors in office, chiefs of the said tribe, for the use of the persons mentioned in the annexed schedule, a tract of land to contain thirty thousand acres, beginning on the Sandusky river, at the lower corner of the section hereinafter granted to William Spicer; thence, down the said river, on the east side, with the meanders thereof at high water mark, to a point east of the mouth of Wolf creek; thence, and from the beginning, east, so far that a north line will include the quantity of thirty thousand acres aforesaid.
The United States also agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, Grant to the Shawnees. to Catewekesa or Black Hoof, Byaseka or Wolf, Pomthe or Walker, Shemenetoo or Big Snake, Othawakeseka or Yellow Feather, Chakalowah or the Tail’s End, Pemthala or John Perry, Wabepee or White Colour, chiefs of the Shawnees tribe, residing at Wapaghkonetta, and their successors in office, chiefs of the said tribe, residing there, for the use of the persons mentioned in the annexed schedule, a tract of land ten miles square, the centre of which shall be the council-house at Wapaghkonetta.
The United States also agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, Grant to the Shawnees on Hog Creek. to Peeththa or Falling Tree, and to Onowaskosmo or the Resolute Man, chiefs of the Shawnees tribes, residing on Hog Creek, and their successors in office, chiefs of the said tribe, residing there, for the use of the persons mentioned in the annexed schedule, a tract of land containing twenty-five square miles, which is to join the tract granted at Wapaghkonetta, and to include the Shawnees settlement on Hog creek, and to be laid off as nearly as possible in a square form.
The United States also agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, Grants to the Shawnees and Senecas at Lewistown. to Quatawape or Captain Lewis, Shekaghkela or Turtle, Skilowa or Robin, chiefs of the Shawnees tribe of Indians residing at Lewistown, and to Mesomea or Civil John, Wakawuxsheno or the White Man, Oquasheno or Joe, and Willaquasheno or When you are tired sit down, chiefs of the Seneca tribe of Indians residing at Lewistown, and to their successors in office, chiefs of the said Shawnees and Seneca tribes, for the use of the persons mentioned in the annexed schedule, a tract of land to contain forty-eight square miles, to begin at the intersection of the line run by Charles Roberts, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, from the source of the Little Miami river to the source of the Sciota river, in pursuance of instructions from the commissioners appointed on the part of the United States, to establish the western boundary of the Virginia Military Reservation, with the Indian boundary line established by the treaty of Greenville, in one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, from the crossings above fort Lawrence to Loramie’s store, and to run from such intersection, northerly, with the first 163 mentioned line, and westerly, with the second mentioned line, so as to include the quantity as nearly in a square form as practicable, after excluding the section of land hereinafter granted to Nancy Stewart.
There shall also be reserved for the use of the Ottawas Indians, but Reservations for the Ottawas. not granted to them, a tract of land on Blanchard’s fork of the Great Auglaize river, to contain five miles square, the centre of which is to be where the old trace crosses the said fork, and one other tract to contain three miles square, on the Little Auglaize river, to include Oquanoxa’s village. Art. 7. And the said chiefs or their successors may, at any time they Power of conveyance in grantees. may think proper, convey to either of the persons mentioned in the said schedule, or his heirs, the quantity secured thereby to him, or may refuse so to do.
But the use of the said land shall be in the said person; and after the share of any person is conveyed by the chiefs to him, he may convey the same to any person whatever. And any one entitled by the said schedule to a portion of the said land, may, at any time, convey the same to any person, by obtaining the approbation of the President of the United States, or of the person appointed by him to give such approbation. And the agent of the United States shall make Agent to make partition. an equitable partition of the said share when conveyed.
Art. 8. At the special request of the said Indians, the United States Granta to Indian connexions. agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, to the persons hereinafter mentioned, all of whom are connected with the said Indians, by blood or adoption, the tracts of land herein described: To Elizabeth Whitaker, who was taken prisoner by the Wyandots, E. Whitaker. and has ever since lived among them, twelve hundred and eighty acres of land, on the west side of the Sandusky river, below Croghansville, to be laid off in a square form, as nearly as the meanders of the said river will admit, and to run an equal distance above and below the house in which the said Elizabeth Whitaker now lives.
To Robert Armstrong, who was taken prisoner by the Indians, and R. Armstrong. has ever since lived among them, and has married a Wyandot woman, one section, to contain six hundred and forty acres of land, on the west side of the Sandusky river, to begin at the place called Camp Ball, and to run up the river, with the meanders thereof, one hundred and sixty poles, and, from the beginning, down the river, with the meanders thereof, one hundred and sixty poles, and from the extremity of these lines west for quantity.
To the children of the late William M‘Collock, who was killed in The children of Wm. M‘Collock. August, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, near Maugaugon, and who are quarter-blood Wyandot Indians, one section, to contain six hundred and forty acres of land, on the west side of the Sandusky river, adjoining the lower line of the tract hereby granted to Robert Armstrong, and extending in the same manner with and from the said river. To John Vanmeter, who was taken prisoner by the Wyandots, and John Vanmeter and his wife’s brothers. who has ever since lived among them, and has married a Seneca woman, and to his wife’s three brothers, Senecas, who now reside on Honey creek, one thousand acres of land, to begin north, forty-five degrees west, one hundred and forty poles from the house in which the said John Vannueter now lives, and to run thence, south, three hundred and twenty poles, thence, and from the beginning, east for quantity.
To Sarah Williams, Joseph Williams, and Rachel Nugent, late Sarah and Joseph Williams, and Rachel Nugent. Rachel Williams, the said Sarah having been taken prisoner by the Indians, and ever since lived among them, and being the widow, and the said Joseph and Rachel being the children, of the late Isaac Williams, a half-blood Wyandot, one quarter section of land, to contain one hundred and sixty acres, on the east side of the Sandusky river, below Croghansville, and to include their improvements at a place called Negro Point. 164 To Catharine Walker, a Wyandot woman, and to John R.
Walker, C. Walker and her son John. her son, who was wounded in the service of the United States, at the battle of Mauguagon, in one thousand eight hundred and twelve, a section of six hundred and forty acres of land each, to begin at the northwestern corner of the tract hereby granted to John Vanmeter and his wife’s brothers, and to run with the line thereof, south, three hundred and twenty poles, thence, and from the beginning, west for quantity. To William Spicer, who was taken prisoner by the Indians, and has Wm.
Spicer. ever since lived among them, and has married a Seneca woman, a section of land, to contain six hundred and forty acres, beginning on the east bank of the Sandusky river, forty poles below the lower corner of said Spicer’s cornfield, thence, up the river on the east side, with the meanders thereof, one mile, thence, and from the beginning, east for quantity. To Nancy Stewart, daughter of the late Shawnees chief Blue Jacket, one section of land, to contain six hundred and forty acres, on the Nancy Stewart.
Great Miami river below Lewistown, to include her present improvements, three quarters of the said section to be on the southeast side of the river, and one quarter on the northwest side thereof. To the children of the late Shawnees chief captain Logan, or Spamagelabe, who fell in the service of the United States during the late The children of Captain Logan. war, one section of land, to contain six hundred and forty acres, on the east-side of the Great Auglaize river, adjoining the lower line of the grant of ten miles at Wapaghkonetta and the said river.
To Anthony Shane, a half blood Ottawas Indian, one section of land, A. Shane. to contain six hundred and forty acres, on the east side of the river St. Mary’s, and to begin opposite the house in which said Shane now lives, thence, up the river, with the meanders thereof, one hundred and sixty poles, and from the beginning down the river, with the meanders thereof, one hundred and sixty poles, and from the extremity of the said lines east for quantity. To James M‘Pherson, who was taken prisoner by the Indians, and J.
M‘Pherson. has ever since lived among them, one section of land, to contain six hundred and forty acres, in a square form, adjoining the northern or western line of the grant of forty-eight miles at Lewistown, at such place as he may think proper to locate the same. To Horonu, or the Cherokee Boy, a Wyandot chief, a section of land, The Cherokee Boy. to contain six hundred and forty acres, on the Sandusky river, to be laid off in a square form, and to include his improvements.
To Alexander D. Godfroy and Richard Godfroy, adopted children of A. D. and R. Godfroy. the Potawatomy tribe, and at their special request, one section of land, to contain six hundred and forty acres, in the tract of country herein ceded to the United States by the Potawatomy, Ottawas, and Chippewas, tribes, to be located by them, the said Alexander and Richard, after the said tract shall have been surveyed. To Sawendebaus, or the Yellow Hair, or Peter Minor, an adopted Yellow Hair. son of Tondaganie, or the Dog, and at the special request of the Ottawas, out of the tract reserved by the treaty of Detroit, in one thousand eight hundred and seven, above Roche de Bœuf, at the village of the said Dog, a section of land, to contain six hundred and forty acres, to be located in a square form, on the north side of the Miami, at the Wolf Rapid.
Art. 9. And The United States engage to appoint an agent; to reside Agent for the Wyandots, Senecas, and Delawares. among or near the Wyandots, to aid them in the protection of their persons and property, to manage their intercourse with the government and citizens of the United States, and to discharge the duties which commonly appertain to the office of Indian agent; and the same agent is to execute the same duties for the Senecas and Delawares on the Sandusky river. And an agent for similar purposes, and vested with Agent for the Shawnees. similar powers, shall be appointed, to reside among or near the Shaw-165nees, whose agency shall include the reservations at Wapaghkonetta, at Lewistown, at Hog creek, and at Blanchard’s creek.
And one mile square shall be reserved at Malake for the use of the agent for the Shawnee. And the agent for the Wyandots and Senecas shall occupy such land Agent for the Wyandots and Senecas to occupy land. in the grant at Upper Sandusky, as may be necessary for him and the persons attached to the agency. Art. 10. The United States engage to erect a saw-mill and a grist-mill, Saw-mill, &c. for Indians. upon some proper part of the Wyandot reservation, for their use, and to provide and maintain a blacksmith, for the use of the Wyandots and Senecas, upon the reservation of the Wyandots, and another blacksmith, for the use of the Indians at Wapaghkonetta, Hog creek, and Lewistown.
Art. 11. The stipulations contained in the treaty of Greenville, relative Rights of hunting and making sugar. Ante, p. 49. to the right of the Indians to hunt upon the land hereby ceded, while it continues the property of the United States, shall apply to this treaty; and the Indians shall, for the same term, enjoy the privilege of making sugar upon the same land, committing no unnecessary waste upon the trees. Art. 12. The United States engage to pay, in the course of the year Payment to Indians for property destroyed during the war with Great Britain. one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the amount of the damages which were assessed by the authority of the secretary of war, in favour of several tribes and individuals of the Indians, who adhered to the cause of the United States during the late war with great Britain, and whose property was, in consequence of such adherence, injured or destroyed.
And it is agreed, that the sums thus assessed shall be paid in specie, at the places, and to the tribes or individuals, hereinafter mentioned, being in conformity with the said assessment; that is to say: To the Wyandots, at Upper Sandusky, four thousand three hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty-nine cents. To the Senecas, at Lower Sandusky, three thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty-four cents. To the Indians at Lewis and Scoutashs towns, twelve hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
To the Delawares, for the use of the Indians who suffered losses at Greentown and at Jerome’s town, three thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents, to be paid at Wapaghkonetta. To the representatives of Hembis, a Delaware Indian, three hundred and forty-eight dollars and fifty cents, to be paid at Wapaghkonetta. To the Shawnee, an additional sum of four hundred and twenty dollars, to be paid at Wapaghkonetta. To the Senecas, an additional sum of two hundred and nineteen dollars, to be paid at Wapaghkonetta.
Art. 13. And whereas the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars Payment under treaty of Fort Industry. Ante, p. 87. has been paid by the United States to the Shawneee, being one half of five years’ annuities due by the treaty of Fort Industry, and whereas the Wyandots contend that the whole of the annuity secured by that treaty is to be paid to them, and a few persons of the Shawneee and Senecas tribes; now, therefore, the commissioners of the United States, believing that the construction given by the Wyandots to the said treaty is correct, engage that the United States shall pay to the said Wyandot tribe in specie, in the course of the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the said sum of two thousand five hundred dollars.
Art. 14. The United States reserve to the proper authority, the right Roads, taverns and ferries. to make roads through any part of the land granted or reserved by this treaty; and also to the different agents, the right of establishing taverns 166 and ferries for the accommodation of travellers, should the same be found necessary. Art. 15. The tracts of land herein granted to the chiefs, for the use Grants free from taxes. of the Wyandot, Shawness, Seneca, and Delaware Indians, and the reserve for the Ottawa Indians, shall not be liable to taxes of any kind so long as such land continues the property of the said Indians.
Art. 16. Some of the Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomy tribes, Grant for the education of Indian children. being attached to the Catholick religion, and believing they may wish some of their children hereafter educated, do grant to the rector of the Catholick church of St. Anne of Detroit, for the use of the said church, and to the corporation of the college at Detroit, for the use of the said college, to be retained or sold, as the said rector and corporation may judge expedient, each, one half of three sections of land, to contain six hundred and forty acres, on the river Raisin, at a place called Macon; and three sections of land not yet located, which tracts were reserved, for the use of the said Indians, by the treaty of Detroit, in one thousand eight hundred and seven; and the superintendent of Indian affairs, in the territory of Michigan, is authorized, on the part of the said Indians, to select the said tracts of land.
Art. 17. The United States engage to pay to any of the Indians, Improvements to be paid for. the value of any improvements which they may be obliged to abandon in consequence of the lines established by this treaty. Art. 18. The Delaware tribe of Indians, in consideration of the Cession by the Delawares. stipulations herein made on the part of the United States, do hereby forever cede to the United States all the claim which they have to the thirteen sections of land reserved for the use of certain persons of their tribe, by the second section of the act of congress, passed March the third, one thousand eight hundred and seven, providing for the disposal 1807, ch. 49. of the lands of the United States between the United States’ Military Tract and the Connecticut Reserve, and the lands of the United States between the Cincinnati and Vincennes districts.
Art. 19. The United States agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, Grant to James and Silas Armstrong. to Zeeshawau, or James Armstrong, and to Sanondoyourayquaw, or Silas Armstrong, chiefs of the Delaware Indians, living on the Sandusky waters, and their successors in office, chiefs of the said tribe, for the use of the persons mentioned in the annexed schedule, in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions, provisions, and limitations, as is hereinbefore provided for the lands granted to the Wyandot, Seneca, and Shawness, Indians, a tract of land, to contain nine square miles, to join the tract granted to the Wyandots of twelve miles square, to be laid off as nearly in a square form as practicable, and to include Captain Pipe’s village.
Art. 20. The United States also agree to grant, by patent, to the Grant to the Ottawas. chiefs of the Ottavws tribe of Indians, for the use of the said tribe, a tract of land, to contain thirty-four square miles, to be laid out as nearly in a square form as practicable, not interfering with the lines of the tracts reserved by the treaty of Greenville on the south side of the Ante, p. 49. Miami river of Lake Erie, and to include Tushquegan, or M‘Carty’s village; which tracts, thus granted, shall be held by the said tribe, upon the usual conditions of Indian reservations, as though no patent were issued.
Art. 21. This treaty shall take effect, and be obligatory on the contracting Treaty obligatory when ratified. parties, as soon as the same shall have been ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof. 167 In testimony whereof, the said Lewis Cass and Duncan M‘Arthur, commissioners as aforesaid, and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors, of the Wyandot, Seneca, Shawnese, Delaware, Potawatoma, Ottaway, and Chippewa, tribes of Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, this twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
LEWIS CASS, DUNCAN McARTHUR. *Chippewas.* Wasonnezo, Okemance, or the Young Chief, Shinguax, or Ceder, Kinobee, Chinguagin, Sheginack, or Black Bird, Mintougaboit, or the Devil Standing, Wastuau, Penquam, Chemokcomon, or American, Papceumegat, Matwaash, or Heard Fell Down, Potaquam, Pensweguesie, the Jay Bird, Weabskewen, or the White Man, Waynoce. *Pattawatimas.* Metea, Wynema, Wynemakons, or the Front, Ocheackabee, Conge, Wankeway, Perish, Tonguish, Papekitcha, or Flat Belly, Medomin, or Corn, Saguemai, or Musketo, Waweacee, or Full Moon, Ninwichemon, Missenonsai, Waysagua, Nannanmee, Nannansekau, Meanqueah, Wawenoke, Ashenekazo, Nanemucskuck, Ashkebee, Makotai, Wabinsheway, White Elk, Gabriel, or Gabiniai, Waishit, Naonquay, Meshawgonay, Nitchetash, Skewbicak, Chochalk, or Crane. *Wyandots.* Dunquad, or Half King, Runtunde, or War Pole, Aronue, or Cherokee Boy, T.
Aruntue, or Between the Logs, D. Wottondt, or Jno. Hicks, T. Undetaso, or Geo. Punch, Menonkue, or Thomas, Undauwa, or Matthews. *Delawares.* Kithtuwheland, or Anderson, Punchhuck, or Capt. Beaver, Tahunqeecoppi, or Capt. Pipe, Clamatoneckis, Aweallesa, or Whirlwind. *Shawanees.* Cateweekesa, or Black Hoof, Biaseka, or Wolf, Pomthe, or Walker, Shemenetu, or Big Snake, Chacalowa, or Tail’s End, Pemthata, or Perry, Othawakeska, or Yellow Feather, Wawathethaka, or Capt. Reed, Tecumtequa, Quitewe, War Chief, Cheacksea, or Captain Tom, Quitawepea, or Captain Lewis. *Senecas.* Methomea, or Civil John, Sacourewaeghta, or Wiping Stick, Shekoghkete, or Big Turtle, Aquasheno, or Joe, Wakenueeno, White Man, Samendue, or Captain Sigore, Skilleway, or Robbin, Dasquoerunt. *Ottaways.* Tontagimi, or the Dog, Misquegin, M‘Carty, Pontiac, Oquenoxas, Tashmwa, Nowkesick, Wabekeighko, Kinewaba, Twaatum, Supa, Nashkema, Kuwashewon, Kusha.
In presence of Wm. Turner, Secretary to the Commissioners. John Johnston, In-168dian Agent. B. F. Stickney, Indian Agent. W. Knaggs, Indian Agent. G. Godfroy, Indian Agent. R. A. Forsyth, jr. Secretary Indian Department. *Sworn Interpreters.* William Conner, H. W. Walker, Jno. R. Walker, James M‘Pherson, F. Duchouquet, A. Shaw, J. B. Beaugrand, Peter Ryley, Henry I. Hunt, Jos. Vance, Jonathan Leslie, Alvan Coe, John Gunn, C. L. Cass, Lt. U. S. Army. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark. *Schedule referred to in the foregoing treaty, and to be taken and considered as part thereof.* Three sections, to contain six hundred and forty acres each, are to Appropriation of part of tho lands granted to the Wyandots. be reserved out of the tract of twelve miles square to be granted to the Wyandots.
One of the said sections is to be appropriated to the use of a missionary, one for the support of schools, and one for the support of mechanics, and to be under the direction of the chiefs. Two sections, of six hundred and forty acres each, are to be granted to each of the following persons, being the chief of the Wyandot tribe, and his six counsellors, namely: Doouquod, or half king; Routoudu, or Warpole; Tauyaurontoyou, or Between the logs; Dawatout, or John Hicks; Manocue, or Thomas;
Sauyoudautausaw, or George Ruuh; and Hawdowuwaugh, or Matthews. And, after deducting the fifteen sections thus to be disposed of, the Division of the remainder. residue of the said tract of twelve miles square is to be equally divided among the following persons, namely: Hoocue, Roudootouk, Mahoma, Naatoua, Mautanawto, Maurunquaws, Naynuhanky, Abrm. Williams, sen. Squautaugh, Tauyouranuta, Tahawquevouws, Dasharows, Trayhetou; Hawtooyou, Maydounaytove, Neudooslau, Deecalrautousay, Houtooyemaugh, Datoowawna, Matsaye-aanyourie, James Ranken, Sentumass, Tahautoshowweda, Madudara, Shaudauaye, Shamadeesay, Sommodowot, Moautaau, Nawsottomaugh, Maurawskinquaws, Tawtoolowne, Shawdouyeayourou, Showweno, Dashoree, Sennewdorow, Toayttooraw, Mawskattaugh, Tahawshodeuyea, Haunarawreudee, Shauromou, Tawyaurontoreya, Roumelay, Nadocays, Carryumandutaugh, Bigarms, Madonrawcays, Haurauoot, Syhrundash, Tahorowtsemdee, Roosayn, Dautoresay, Nashawtoomous, Skawduutoutee, Sanorowsha, Nautennee, Youausha, Aumatourow, Ohoutautoon, Tawyougaustayou, Sootonteeree, Dootooau, Hawreewaicudee, Yourahatsa, Towntoreshaw, Syuwewataugh, Cauyou, Omitztseshaw, Gausawaugh, Skashowayssquaw, Mawdovdoo, Narowayshaus, Nawcatay, Isuhowhayeato, Myatosha, Tauoodowma, Youhreo, George Williams, Oharvatoy, Saharossor, Isaac Williams, Squindatee, Mayeatohot, Lewis Coon, Isatouque or John Coon, Tawaumanocay or E.
Wright, Owawtatuu, Isontraudee, Tomatsahoss, Sarrahoss, Tauyoureehoryeow, Saudotoss, Toworordu or Big Ears, Tauomatsarau, Tahoroudoyou or Two, Daureehau, Dauoreenu, Trautohauweetough, Yourowquains or the widow of the Crane, Caunaytoma, Hottomorrow, Taweesho, Dauquausay, Toumon, Hoogaudoorow, Newdetoutow, Dawhowhouk, Daushouteehawk, Sawaronuis, Norrorow, Tawwass, Tawareroons, Neshaustay, Toharratough, Taurowtotucawaa, Youshindauyato, Tauosanays, Sadowerrais, Isanowtowtouk or Fox Widow, Sauratoudo or William Zane, Hayanoise or Ebenezer Zane, Maweasharrow or widow M‘Cullock, Susannah, Teshawtaugh, Bawews, Tamatuarank, Razor, Rahisaus, Cudeetore, Shawnetaurew, Tatrarow, Cuqua, Yourowon, Sauyounaoskra, Tanorawayout, Howcuquawdorow, Gooyeamee, Dautsaqua, Maudamu, Sanoreeshoc, Haulceyeatausay, Gearoohee, Matoskrawtouk, Dawweeshoe, Sawyoura-169wot, Nacudseoranauaurayk, Youronurays, Scottish, Serroymuch, Hoondeshotch, Ishuskeah, Dusharraw, Ondewaus, Duyewtale, Roueyoutacolo, Hoonorowyoutacob, Hownorowduro, Nawanaunonelo, Tolhomanona, Chiyamik, Tyyeakwheunohale, Aushewhowole, Schowondashres, Mondushawquaw, Tayoudrakele, Giveriahes, Sootreeshuskoh, Suyouturaw, Tiudee, Tahorroshoquaw, Irahkasquaw, Ishoreameusuwat, Curoweyottell, Noriyettete, Siyarech, Testeatete.
The thirty thousand acres for the Senecas upon the Sandusky river, Division of the lands granted to the Senecas. is to be equally divided among the following persons, namely: Syuwasautau, Nawwene, Joseph, Iseumetaugh or Picking up a club, Orawhaotodie or Turn over, Saudaurous or Split the river, Tahowtoorains or Jo Smee, Ispomduare Yellow-bay, Dashowrowramou or Drifting sand, Hauautounasquas, Hamyautuhow, Tahocayn, Howdautauyeao or King George, Standing Bones, Cyahaga or Fisher, Suthemoore, Red Skin, Mentauteehoore, Hyanashraman or Knife in his hand, Running About, John Smith, Carrying the Basket, Cauwauay or Striking, Rewauyeato or Carrying the news, Half up the Hill, Trowyoudoys or G.
Hunter, Spike Buck, Caugcoshow or Clearing up, Mark on his Hip, Captain Hams, Isetaune or Crying often, Taunerowyea or Two companies, Haudonwauays or Stripping the river, Isohauhasay or Tall chief, Tahowumandoyou, Howyouway or Paddling, Clouding up, Youwautowtoyou or Burnt his body, Shetouyouwee or Sweet foot, Tauhaugainstoany or Holding his hand about, Oharrawtodee or Turning over, Haucaumarout, Sarrowsauismatare or Striking sword, Sadudeto, Oshoutoy or Burning berry, Hard Hickery, Curetscetau, Youronocay or Isaac, Youtradowwoulee, Newtauyaro, Tayouonte or Old foot, Tauosanetee, Syunout or Give it to her, Doonstough or hunch on his forehead, Tyaudusout or Joshua Hendricks, Taushaushaurow or Cross the arms, Henry, Youwaydauyea or the Island, Armstrong, Shake the Ground, His Neck Down, Youheno, Towotoyoudo or Looking at her, Captain Smith, Tobacco, Standing Stone, Ronunaise or Wiping stick, Tarsduhatse or Large bones, Hamanchagave, House Fly or Maggot, Roudouma or Sap running, Big Belt, Cat Bone, Sammy, Taongauats or Round the point, Ramuye or Hold the sky, Mentoududu, Hownotant, Slippery nose, Tauslowquowsay or Twenty wives, Hoogaurow or Mad man, Coffee-house, Long Hair.
The tract of ten miles square at Wapaghkonetta is to be equally Division of the tract at Wapaghkonetta. divided among the following persons, namely: The Black Hoof, Pomthe or Walker, Piaseka or Wolf, Shemenutu or Snake, Othawakeseka or Yellow feather, Peuethata or Perry, Chacalaway or the End of the tail, Quitawee or War chief, Sachachewa, Waseweela, Waseweela or Bright horn, Othawsa or Yellow, Tepetosoka, Caneshemo, Newabetucka, Cawawescucka, Thokutchema, Setakosheka, Topee or James Saunders, Meshenewa, Tatiape, Pokechaw, Alawaymotakah, Lalloway or Perry, Wabemee, Nemekoshe, Nenepomeshequa or Cornstalk, Sheshe, Shawabahke, Naneskaka, Thakoska or David M‘Nair, Skapakake, Shapoquata, Peapakseka, Quaghquona, Quotowame, Nitaskeka, Thakaska or Spy buck, Pekathchseka, Tewaskoota or James Blue Jacket, Calawesa, Quaho, Kaketchheka or W.
Perry, Swapee, Peektoo or Davy Baker, Skokapowa or George M‘Dougall, Chepakosa, Shemay or Sam, Chiakoska or Captain Tom, General Wayne, Thaway, Othawee, Weeasesaka or Captain Reed, Lewaytaka, Tegoshea or George, Skekacumsheka, Westeshemo, Mawenatcheka, Quashke, Thaswa, Baptieste, Waywalapee, Peshequkame, Chakalakee or Tom, Keywaypee, Egotacumshequa, Wabepee, Aquashequa, Pemotah, Nepaho, Takepee, Toposheka, Lathawanomo, Sowaghkota or Yellow clouds, Meenkesheka, Asheseka, Ochipway, Thapaeka, Chakata, Nakacheka, Thathouakata, Paytokothe, Palaske, Shesheloo, Quanaqua, Kalkoo, Toghshena, Capowa, Ethowakosee, Quaquesha, Capea, Thakatcheway, The man going 170 up hill, Magotha, Tecumtequa, Setepakothe, Kekentha, Shiatwa, Shiabwasson, Koghkela, Akopee or a Heep of any thing, Lamatothe, Kesha, Pankoor, Peitehthator or Peter, Metchepelah, Capeah, Showagame, Wawaleepesheeka, Meewensheka, Nanemepahtoo or Trotter, Pamitchepetoo, Chalequa, Tetetee, Lesheshe, Nawabasheka or white feather, Skepakeskeshe, Tenakee, Shemaka, Pasheto, Thiatcheto, Metchemetche, Chacowa, Lawathska, Potchetee or the Man without a tail, Awabaneshekaw, Patacoma, Lamakesheka, Papashow, Weathaksheka, Pewaypee, Totah, Canaqua, Skepakutcheka, Welviesa, Kitahoe, Neentakoshe, Oshaishe, Chilosee, Quilaisha, Mawethaque, Akepee, Quelenee.
The Division of the tract at Hog Creek. tract of five miles square, at Hog creek, is to be equally divided among the following persons, namely: Peeththa, Onowashim, Pematheywa, Wabekesheke, Leeso, Pohcaywese, Shemagauashe, Nehquakahucka, Papaskootepa, Meamepetoo, Welawenaka, Petiska, Ketuckepe, Lawitchetee, Epaumee, Chanacke, Jose, Lanawytucka, Shawaynaka, Wawatashewa, Ketatsosa, Shashekopeah, Lakose, Quinaska. The tract of forty-eight square miles, including Lewistown, is to be Division of the tract including Lewistown. equally divided among the following persons, namely: *Shawnoese*—Colonel Lewis, Polly Kizer, Theuetessepuah or Weed, Calossete, Vamauweke, Waucumsee, Skitlewa, Nayabepe, Wosheta, Nopamago, Willesque, Salock, Walathe, Silversmith, Siatha, Toseluo, Jemmy M‘Donald, Jackson, Mohawk Thomas, Silverheels, John, Wewachee, Cassie, Atshena, Frenchman, Squesenau, Goohunt, Manwealte, Walisee, Billy, Thawwamee, Wopsquitty, Naywale, Big Turtle, Nolawat, Nawalippa, Razor, Blue, Tick, Nerer, Falling Star, Hale Clock, Hisoscock, Essquaseeto, Geore, Nuussome, Sauhanoe, Joseph, Scotowe, Battease, Crow, Shilling, Scotta, Nowpour, Nameawah, Quemauto, Snife, Captain, Taudeteso, Sonrise, Sowget, Deshau, Lettle Lewis, Jacquis, Tonaout, Swaunacou, General, Cusaboll, Bald, Crooked Stick, Wespata, Newasa, Garter, Porcupine, Pocaloche, Wocheque, Sawquaha, Enata, Panther, Colesetos, Joe. *Senecas*—Civil John, Wild Duck, Tall Man, Molasses, Ash, Nahanexa, Tasauk, Agusquenah, Roughleg, Quequesaw, Playful, Hairlip, Sieutinque, Hillnepewayatuska, Tauhunsequa, Nynoah, Suchusque, Leemutque, Treuse, Sequate, Caumecus, Scowneti, Tocondusque, Conhowdatwaw, Cowista, Nequatren, Cowhousted, Gillwas, Axtaea, Conawwehow, Sutteasee, Kiahoot, Crane, Silver, Bysaw, Crayfiste, Woollyhead, Conundahaw, Shacosaw, Coindos, Hutchequa, Nayau, Connodose, Coneseta, Nesluauta, Owl, Couauka, Cocheco, Couewash, Sinnecowacheckowe or Leek.
The tract of three miles square for the Delaware Indians, adjoining Division of the tract for the Delawares. the tract of twelve miles square upon the Sandusky river, is to be equally divided among the following persons, namely: Captain Pipe, Zeshauau or James Armstrong, Mahawtoo or John Armstrong, Sanowdoyeasquaw or Silas Armstrong, Teorow or Black Raccoon, Hawdorowwatistie or Billy Montour, Buck Wheat, William Dondee, Thomas Lyons, Johnny Cake, Captain Wolf, Isaac Hill, John Hill, Tishatahoones or widow Armstrong, Ayenucere, Hoomaurow or John Ming, Youdorast.
LEWIS CASS, DUNCAN McARTHUR, } Commissioners. 1818-01-22 Treaty 7 Stat. 171 A TREATY OF LIMITS *Between the United States and the Creek nation of Indians, made Jan. 22, 1818.Proclamation, March 28, 1818. and concluded at the Creek Agency, on Flint river, the twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.* James Monroe, President of the United States of America, by David Brydie Mitchell, of the state of Georgia, agent of Indian affairs for the Creek nation, and sole commissioner, specially appointed for that purpose, on the one part, and the undersigned kings, chiefs, head men, and warriors, of the Creek nation, in council assembled, on behalf of the said nation, of the other part, have entered into the following articles and conditions, viz:
Art. 1. The said kings, chiefs, head men, and warriors, do hereby The Creeks cede two tracts of land to U. S. agree, in consideration of certain sums of money to be paid to the said Creek nation, by the government of the United States, as hereinafter stipulated, to cede and forever quit claim, [and do, in behalf of their said nation, hereby cede, relinquish, and forever quit claim,] unto the United States, all right, title, and interest, which the said nation have, or claim, in or unto, the two following tracts of land, situate, lying, and being, within the following bounds; that is to say: 1st.
Beginning Bounds of the first tract. at the mouth of Goose Creek, on the Alatamahau river, thence, along the line leading to the Mounts, at the head of St. Mary’s river, to the point where it is intersected by the line run by the commissioners of the United States under the treaty of Fort Jackson, thence, along the said last-mentioned line, to a point where a line, leaving the same, shall run the nearest and a direct course, by the head of a creek called by the Indians Alcasalekie, to the Ocmulgee river; thence, down the said Ocmulgee river, to its junction with the Oconee, the two rivers there forming the Alatamahau; thence, down the Alatamahau, to the first-mentioned bounds, at the mouth of Goose creek. 2d.
Beginning at the high shoals of the Appalachiee river, and from Second tract. thence, along the line designated by the treaty made at the city of Washington, on the fourteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, to the Ulcofouhatchie, it being the first large branch, or fork, of the Ocmulgee, above the Seven Islands; thence, up the eastern bank of the Ulcofouhatchie, by the water’s edge, to where the path, leading from the high shoals of the Appalachie to the shallow ford on the Chatahochie, crosses the same; and, from thence, along the said path, to the shallow ford on the Chatahochie river; thence, up the Chatahochie river, by the water’s edge, on the eastern side, to Suwannee old town; thence, by a direct line, to the head of Appalachie; and thence, down the same, to the first-mentioned bounds at the high shoals of Appalachie.
Art. 2. It is hereby stipulated and agreed, on the part of the United Payment for said cession. States, as a full consideration for the two tracts of land ceded by the Creek nation in the preceding article, that there shall be paid to the Creek nation by the United States, within the present year, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars shall be paid annually for the term of ten succeeding years, without interest; making, in the whole, eleven payments in the course of eleven years, the present year inclusive; and the whole sum to be paid, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. 171TREATY WITH THE GRAND PAWNEES. 1818.172 Art. 3.
And it is hereby further agreed, on the part of the United Two blacksmiths and strikers to be furnished. States, that, in lieu of all former stipulations relating to blacksmiths, they will furnish the Creek nation for three years with two blacksmiths and strikers. Art. 4. The President may cause any line to be run which may be Line to be run by U. S. necessary to designate the boundary of any part of both, or either, of the tracts of land ceded by this treaty, at such time, and in such manner, as he may deem proper.
And this treaty shall be obligatory on the Treaty to be obligatory when ratified. contracting parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the government of the United States. Done at the place, and on the day and year, before written. D. B. MITCHELL. Tustunnugee Thlucco, Tustunnugee Hopoie, William M‘Intosh, Tuskenchaw, Hopoie Haojo, Cotchau Haujo, Inthlanis Haujo, Cowetau Micco, Cusselau Micco, Eufaulau Micco, Hopoethle Haujo, Hopoie Hatkee, Yoholo Micco, Tustunnugee, Fetuske Henehau, Yauhau Haujo, Tuskeegee Emautla, Tustunnugee Hoithleloea.
Present, D. Brearly, col. 7th inf. Wm. S. Mitchell, ast. agent, I. A. C. N. M. Johnson, lt. corps of artillery. St. Hawkins, George [G. L.] Lovett, Interpreters. To the Indian names is subjoined a mark. 1818-06-18 Treaty 7 Stat. 172 A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP *Made and concluded by, and between, William Clark and Auguste June 18, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 7, 1819. Chouteau, Commissioners of the United States of America, on the part and behalf of the said States, of the one part, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors of the Grand Pawnee tribe, on the part and behalf of their said tribe, of the other part.* The parties, being desirous of establishing peace and friendship between the United States and the said tribe, have agreed to the following articles:
Art. 1. Every injury, or act of hostility, by one or either of the Injuries, &c. forgiven. contracting parties against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot. Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all Perpetual peace and friendship. the citizens of the United States of America, and all the individuals composing the said Grand Pawnee tribe. Art. 3. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and Protection of U. S. acknowledged. their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign, whatsoever.
Art. 4. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and the Violators of this treaty to be delivered up, &c. tribe they represent, do moreover promise and oblige themselves to deliver up, or cause to be delivered up, to the authority of the United States, (to be punished according to law,) each and every individual of 173TREATY WITH THE NOISY PAWNEES. 1818. the said tribe, who shall, at any time hereafter, violate the stipulations of the treaty this day concluded between the said tribe and the said United States.
In witness whereof the said William Clark and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the said chiefs and warriors as aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, this eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. WM. CLARK, AUG. CHOUTEAU. Teratucwit, the Bald Eagle, Taheerish, the Soldier, Petaperishte, Who wants to go to War, Talawehouree, the Follower, Tarraricarrawaa, the Grand Chief Big Hair, Shinggacahega, Aiuwechouoneweeka, Chief of the Birds, Islaeapee, Settulushaa, the Knife Chief, Shakororishshara, Chief of the Sun, Tarraecarwaa, the Wild Cat, Tarrarevetiishta, the Round Shield, Arorishharo, the Warrior, Telawaheartearookot, the Fighter, Kagakareeouk, the Crow’s Eye, Latatorishhara, the Chief of the Shield.
Done at St. Louis, in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the Commission. R. Paul, Col. M. M. Jno. O. Fallon, Capt. R. R. Jno. Roland, Sub Agent and Trans. &c. A. L. Papin, Interpreter. Wm. Grayson. I. T. Honore, Interpreter. Stephen Julian, U. S. Interpreter. Josiah Ramsey. Jh. Robedout. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1818-06-19 Treaty 7 Stat. 173 *Made and concluded by, and between, William Clark and Auguste June 19, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 7, 1819. Chouteau, Commissioners of the United States of America, on the part and behalf of the said States, of the one part, and the undersigned, chiefs and warriors of the Pitavirate Noisy Pawnee tribe, on the part and behalf of their said tribe, of the other part.* The parties, being desirous of establishing peace and friendship between the United States and the said tribe, have agreed to the following articles:
Art. 1. Every injury or act of hostility by one or either of the contracting Injuries, &c. forgiven. parties, against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot. Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all Perpetual peace and friendship. the citizens of the United States of America, and all the individuals composing the said Noisy Pawnee tribe. Art. 3. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and Protection of U. S. acknowledged. their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign, whatsoever.
Art. 4. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and the Violators of this treaty to be delivered up, &c. tribe they represent, do moreover promise and oblige themselves to deliver up, or cause to be delivered up, to the authority of the United 174TREATY WITH THE PAWNEE REPUBLIC. 1818. States, (to be punished according to law,) each and every individual of the said tribe, who shall, at any time hereafter, violate the stipulations of the treaty this day concluded between the said Noisy Pawnee tribe and the said States.
In witness whereof the said William Clark and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs and warriors aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names, and affixed their seals, this nineteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. WM. CLARK, AUG. CHOUTEAU. Taretuushta, the First in War, Charuvaru, the Great Chief, Skalavalccharo, the only Grand Chief, Panukuhike, the Chief Man, Islitalaveeirou, the Discoverer, Taarakarukaishta, the Handsome Bird, Lecoutswaroushtu, the Buffaloe Doctor, Tacacatahekou, the Running Wolf, Kewatookoush, the Little Fox.
Done at St. Louis, in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the Commission. R. Paul, Col. M. M. C. Interpreter. R. Graham, I. Agent Illinois Territory. Jno. O. Fallon, Capt. R. Regt. Jno. Ruland, S. Agent, Trans. &c. A. L. Papin, Interpreter Inds. I. T. Honore, Id. Interpreter. S. Julian, U. S. Ind. Interpreter. Josiah Ramsey. Wm. Grayson. Jno. Robedout. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1818-06-20 Treaty 7 Stat. 174 *Made and concluded by, and between, William Clark and Auguste June 20, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 7, 1819.
Chouteau, Commissioners of the United States of America, on the part and behalf of the said States, of the one part, and the undersigned, chiefs and warriors of the Pawnee Republic, on the part and behalf of their tribe, of the other part.* The parties, being desirous of establishing peace and friendship between the United States and the said tribe, have agreed to the following articles: Art. 1. Every injury or act of hostility, by one or either of the Injuries, &c. forgiven. contracting parties, against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot.
Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all Perpetual peace and friendship. the citizens of the United States of America, and all the individuals composing the said Pawnee tribe. Art. 3. The undersigned, chiefs and warriors, for themselves and Protection of U. S. acknowledged. their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign, whatsoever. Art. 4. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and the Violators of this treaty to be delivered up, &c. tribe they represent, do moreover promise and oblige themselves to deliver up, or to cause to be delivered up, to the authority of the United States, (to be punished according to law,) each and every individual of the said tribe who shall, at any time hereafter, violate the stipulations of the treaty this day concluded between the said Pawnee Republic and the said States. 175TREATY WITH THE PAWNEE MARHARS. 1818.
In witness whereof the said William Clark and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs and warriors aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, this twentieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the independence of the United States the forty-second. WM. CLARK, AUG. CHOUTEAU. Petaheick, the Good Chief, Raruleshare, the Chief Man, Sheruakitare, the First in the War Party, Sheterahiate, the Paritzan Discoverer, Teurekatcaush, the Brave, Pa, or the Elk, Tetawiouche, Wearer of shoes.
Done at St. Louis, in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the Commission. R. Paul, Col. M. M. C. Interpreter. R. Graham, I. A. Ill. Ter. Jno. O. Fallon, Capt. R. Regt. Jno. Ruland, Sub Agt. Transl’r. &c. A. L. Papin, Interpreter. I. T. Honore, Id. Interpreter. S. Julian, U. S. Id. Interpreter. Wm. Grayson. Josiah Ramsey. Jno. Robedout. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1818-06-22 Treaty 7 Stat. 175 *Made and concluded by, and between, William Clark and Auguste June 22, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 5, 1819.
Chouteau, Commissioners of the United States of America, on the part and behalf of the said States, of the one part, and the undersigned, chiefs and warriors of the Pawnee Marhar tribe, on the part and behalf of their said tribe, of the other part.* The parties, being desirous of establishing peace and friendship between the United States and the said tribe, have agreed to the following articles: Art. 1. Every injury or act of hostility, by one or either of the Injuries, &c. forgiven. contracting parties, against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot.
Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all Perpetual peace and friendship. the citizens of the United States of America, and all the individuals composing the said Pawnee tribe. Art. 3. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and Protection of U. S. acknowledged. their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign, whatsoever. Art. 4. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and the Violators of this treaty to be delivered up, &c. tribe they represent, do moreover promise and oblige themselves to deliver up, or to cause to be delivered up, to the authority of the United States, (to be punished according to law,) each and every individual of the said tribe, who shall, at any time hereafter, violate the stipulations of the treaty this day concluded between the said Pawnee Marhar tribe and the said States.
In witness whereof the said William Clark and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs and warriors aforesaid, 176TREATY WITH THE QUAPAWS. 1818. have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, this twenty-second day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. WM. CLARK, AUG. CHOUTEAU. Tarahautacaw, White Bull, Tearilari Sacki, Red Hawk, Kakaletahaw, the Crow of other Nations, Larapa Kouch, the Soldier, Tahorou, the Gun Flint, Letireeshar, the Knife Chief, Tearacheticktickspa, the Peace Maker, Teakahore, the Divider of the Party, Lahehorashea, the Presence Striker, Tarara, the Scalp Bearer, Teripakou, the First of Soldiers, Irarikau, the White Cow.
Done at St. Louis, in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the Commission. R. Graham, I. A. Illinois Territory. Jno. O. Fallon, Captain Rifle Regiment. R. Paul, Colonel M. M. C. Interpreter. Jno. Ruland, Sub Agent, Trans’r, &c. A. L. Papin, Interpreter. I. T. Honore, Indian Interpreter. I. Julian, U. S. Indian Interpreter. Wm. Grayson. Josiah Ramsey. Jno. Robedout. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1818-08-24 Treaty 7 Stat. 176 A TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, CESSION, AND LIMITS, *Made and entered into, this twenty-fourth day of August, eighteen Aug. 24, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 5, 1818. hundred and eighteen, by, and between, William Clark and Auguste Chouteau, Commissioners on the part and behalf of the United States, of the one part, and the undersigned, chiefs and warriors of the Quapaw tribe or nation, on the part and behalf of their said tribe or nation, of the other part.* Art. 1.
The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and Protection of U. S. acknowledged. their said tribe or nation, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States, and of no other state, power, or sovereignty, whatsoever. Art. 2. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and Cession of lands. their said tribe or nation, do hereby, for, and in consideration of, the promises and stipulations hereinafter named, cede and relinquish to the United States, forever, all the lands within the following boundaries, viz:
Beginning at the mouth of the Arkansas river; thence, extending up the Arkansas, to the Canadian fork, and up the Canadian fork to its source; thence south, to Big Red river, and down the middle of that river, to the Big Raft; thence, a direct line, so as to strike the Mississippi river, thirty leagues in a straight line, below the mouth of Arkansas; together with all their claims to land east of the Mississippi, and north of the Arkansas, river, included within the coloured lines 1, 2, and 3, on the above map,*(* A map accompanies the original treaty.
) Reservation. with the exception and reservation following, that is to say: the tract of country bounded as follows: Beginning at a point on the Arkansas river, opposite the present post of Arkansas, and running thence, a due southwest course, to the Washita river; thence, up that river, to the Saline fork; and up the Saline fork to a point, from whence a due north course would strike the Arkansas river at the Little Rock; and thence, down the right bank of the Arkansas, to the place of beginning: which said tract of land, last above designated and reserved, shall be surveyed and marked off, at the ex-177pense of the United States, as soon as the same can be done with convenience, and shall not be sold or disposed of, by the said Quapaw tribe or nation, to any individual whatever, nor to any state or nation, without the approbation of the United States first had and obtained.
Art. 3. It is agreed, between the United States and the said tribe The Quapaws may hunt in the ceded territory, until, &c. or nation, that the individuals of the said tribe or nation shall be at liberty to hunt within the territory by them ceded to the United States, without hindrance or molestation, so long as they demean themselves peaceably, and offer no injury or annoyance to any of the citizens of the United States, and until the said United States may think proper to assign the same, or any portion thereof, as hunting grounds to other friendly Indians.
Art. 4. No citizen of the United States, or any other person, shall No persons to settle on lands reserved. be permitted to settle on any of the lands hereby allotted to, and reserved for, the said Quapaw tribe or nation, to live and hunt on; yet it is expressly understood and agreed on, by, and between, the parties aforesaid, that, at all times, the citizens of the United States shall have the right to travel and pass freely, without toll or exaction, through the Quapaw reservation, by such roads or routes as now are, or hereafter may be, established.
Art. 5. In consideration of the cession and stipulations aforesaid, the Payment in goods for lands ceded. United States do hereby promise and bind themselves to pay and deliver to the said Quapaw tribe or nation, immediately upon the execution of this treaty, goods and merchandize to the value of four thousand dollars, and to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to them, yearly, and every year, goods and merchandize to the value of one thousand dollars, to be estimated in the city or place, in the United States, where the same are procured or purchased.
Art. 6. Least the friendship which now exists between the United No private revenge for injuries by individuals. States and the said tribe or nation, should be interrupted by the misconduct of individuals, it is hereby agreed, that, for injuries done by individuals, no private revenge or retaliation shall take place; but, instead thereof, complaints shall be made by the party injured, to the other; by the tribe or nation aforesaid, to the governor, superintendent of Indian affairs, or some other person authorized and appointed for that purpose; and by the governor, superintendent, or other person authorized, to the chiefs of the said tribe or nation.
And it shall be the duty of the said Offenders to be delivered up for punishment. tribe or nation, upon complaint being made, as aforesaid, to deliver up the person or persons, against whom the complaint is made, to the end that he or they may be punished, agreeably to the laws of the state or territory where the offence may have been committed; and, in like manner, if any robbery, violence, or murder, shall be committed on any Indian or Indians, belonging to the said tribe or nation, the person or persons so offending shall be tried, and, if found guilty, punished in like manner as if the injury had been done to a white man.
And it is Recovery of stolen property. further agreed, that the chiefs of the said tribe or nation shall, to the utmost of their power, exert themselves to recover horses, or other property, which may be stolen from any citizen or citizens of the United States, by any individual or individuals of the said tribe or nation; and the property so recovered, shall be forthwith delivered to the governor, superintendent, or other person authorized to receive the same, that it may be restored to the proper owner.
And in cases where the exertions Deduction for property stolen to be made from annuity. of the chiefs shall be ineffectual in recovering the property stolen, as aforesaid, if sufficient proof can be obtained that such property was actually stolen by an Indian or Indians, belonging to the said tribe or nation, a sum, equal to the value of the property which has been stolen, may be deducted, by the United States, from the annuity of said tribe 178TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS, ETC. 1818. or nation.
And the United States hereby guaranty to the individuals Indemnification for property stolen from Indians by citizens. of the said tribe or nation, a full indemnification for any horse or horses, or other property, which may be taken from them by any of their citizens: Provided, the property so stolen cannot be recovered, and that sufficient proof is produced that it was actually stolen by a citizen or citizens of the United States. Art. 7. This treaty shall take effect, and be obligatory on the contracting Treaty obligatory when ratified. parties, as soon as the same shall have been ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
WM. CLARK, AUG. CHOUTEAU. Hrakaton, or the Dry Man, Hradapaa, or the Eagle’s Bill, Mahraka, or Buck Wheat, Honkadagni, Wagonkedatton, Hradaskamonmini, or the Pipe Bird, Patongdi, or the Approaching Summer, Tehonka, or the Tame Buffaloe, Hamoumini, or the Night Walker, Washingteteton, or Mocking Bird’s Bill, Hontikani, Tataonsa, or the Whistling Wind, Mozatete. Done at St. Louis, in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the Commission. R. Paul, Col. M. M. C. I. Jn. Roland, Sub Agent, &c.
R. Graham, Indian Agent. M. Lewis Clark. L. T. Honore, Indian Interpreter. Joseph Bonne, Interpreter. Julius Pescay. Stephen Julian, U. S. Indian Interpreter. James Loper. William P. Clark. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1818-09-17 Treaty 7 Stat. 178 ARTICLES OF A TREATY *Made and concluded, at St. Mary’s, in the state of Ohio, between Sept. 17, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 4, 1819. Lewis Cass and Duncan McArthur, commissioners of the United States, with full power and authority to hold conferences, and conclude and sign a treaty or treaties, with all or any of the tribes or nations of Indians within the boundaries of the state of Ohio, of and concerning all matters interesting to the United States and the said nations of Indians, and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors, of the Wyandot, Seneca, Shawnese, and Ottawas, tribes of Indians; being supplementary to the treaty made and Ante, p. 160. concluded with the said tribes, and the Delaware, Potawatamie and Chippewa, tribes of Indians, at the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, on the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.* Art. 1.
It is agreed, between the United States and the parties hereunto, The grants in the treaty of 29th Sept. 1817, to be considered only as reservations for the use of the Indians. that the several tracts of land, described in the treaty to which this is supplementary, and agreed thereby to be granted by the United States to the chiefs of the respective tribes named therein, for the use of the individuals of the said tribes, and also the tract described in the twentieth article of the said treaty, shall not be thus granted, but shall be excepted from the cession made by the said tribes to the United States, reserved for the use of the said Indians, and held by them in the same manner as Indian reservations have been heretofore held.
But [it] is further agreed, that the tracts thus reserved shall be reserved for the 179 use of the Indians named in the schedule to the said treaty, and held by them and their heirs forever, unless ceded to the United States. Art. 2. It is also agreed that there shall be reserved for the use of Additional reservation for the Wyandots. the Wyandots, in addition to the reservations before made, fifty-five thousand six hundred and eighty acres of land, to be laid off in two tracts, the first to adjoin the south line of the section of six hundred and forty acres of land heretofore reserved for the Wyandot chief, the Cherokee Boy, and to extend south to the north line of the reserve of twelve miles square, at Upper Sandusky, and the other to adjoin the east line of the reserve of twelve miles square, at Upper Sandusky, and to extend east for quantity.
There shall also be reserved, for the use of the Wyandots residing at Reservation for Wyandots at Solomon’s town, &c. Solomon’s town, and on Blanchard’s fork, in addition to the reservations before made, sixteen thousand acres of land, to be laid off in a square form, on the head of Blanchard’s fork, the centre of which shall be at the Big Spring, on the trace leading from Upper Sandusky to fort Findlay; and one hundred and sixty acres of land, for the use of the Wyandots, on the west side of the Sandusky river, adjoining the said 1824, ch. 194 river, and the lower line of two sections of land, agreed, by the treaty to which this is supplementary, to be granted to Elizabeth Whitaker.
There shall also be reserved, for the use of the Shawnese, in addition Additional reservation for the Shawnees and Senecas. to the reservations before made, twelve thousand eight hundred acres of land, to be laid off adjoining the east line of their reserve of ten miles square, at Wapaughkonetta; and for the use of the Shawnees and Senecas, eight thousand nine hundred and sixty acres of land, to be laid off adjoining the west line of the reserve of forty-eight square miles at Lewistown.
And the last reserve hereby made, and the former reserve at the same place, shall be equally divided by an east and west line, to be drawn through the same. And the north half of the said tract shall be reserved for the use of the Senecas who reside there, and the south half for the use of the Shawnees who reside there. There shall also be reserved for the use of the Senecas, in addition Further reservation for the Senecas. to the reservations before made, ten thousand acres of land, to be laid off on the east side of the Sandusky river, adjoining the south line of their reservation of thirty thousand acres of land, which begins on the Sandusky river, at the lower corner of William Spicer’s section, and excluding therefrom the said William Spicer’s section.
Art. 3. It is hereby agreed that the tracts of land, which, by the Grants to certain persons not to be conveyed without permission. eighth article of the treaty to which this is supplementary, are to be granted by the United States to the persons therein mentioned, shall never be conveyed, by them or their heirs, without the permission of the President of the United States. Art. 4. The United States agree to pay to the Wyandots an additional Additional annuities to the Wyandots, &c. annuity of five hundred dollars, forever; to the Shawnees, and to the Senecas of Lewistown, an additional annuity of one thousand dollars, forever; and to the Senecas an additional annuity of five hundred dollars, forever; and to the Ottawas an additional annuity of one thousand five hundred dollars, forever.
And these annuities shall be paid at the places, and in the manner, prescribed by the treaty to which this is supplementary. Art. 5. This treaty shall take effect, and be obligatory on the contracting When to take effect. parties, as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof. In testimony whereof, the said Lewis Cass and Duncan McArthur, commissioners as aforesaid, and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors, 180TREATY WITH THE WYANDOTS. 1818. of the Wyandot, Seneca, Shawnese, and Ottawa, tribes of Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at St.
Mary’s, in the state of Ohio, this seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. LEWIS CASS, DUNCAN McARTHUR. *Wyandots.* Doouquad, or Half King, Routondu, or Ware Pole, Tauyaurontoyou, or Between the Logs, Duwatout, or John Hicks, Horonu, or Cherokee Boy, Teoudetosso, or George Punch, Hawdowuwang, or Matthews, Skoutoush, Quouqua. *Senecas.* Methomea, or Civil John, Shekoghkell, or Big Turtle, Waghkonoxie, or White Bone, Tochequia, or Yellow Bone, Captain Togone, Cunneskokant, or Harris, Tousonecta, or His Blanket Down, Wiping Stick. *Shawnese.* Cuttewekasa, or Black Hoof.
Shemenetu, or Big Snake, Biaseka, or Wolf, Pomthe, or Walker, Chacalawa, or Long Tail, Pemthata, or Perry, Red Man, or Capt. Reed, Chiakeska, or Captain Tom, Tecuntequa, or Elk in the Water, Quitawepa, or Colonel Lewis, Captain Pipe, James Armstrong. *Ottawas.* Metesheneiwa, or Bear’s Man, Oquenoxe, Peneshaw, or Earle, Keweaghbon, or Bald Eagle, Peshekata or Marked Legs, Shwanabe, or Muskrat, Toutogana, or The Dog, Tushquagon, or McCarty, Meskema. In presence of Wm. Turner, Secretary.
Jno. Johnston, Indian Agent. B. F. Stickney, Indian Agent. B. Parke, District Judge of Indiana. Jonathan Jennings, Governor of Indiana. Alexander Wolcott, jr. Indian Agent, Detroit. John Conner. J. T. Chunn, Major of 3d Infantry. R. A. Forsyth, jr. Sec’ry Indian Department. Wm. P. Rathbone, Army Contractor. G. M. Grosvenor, Captain 3d Infantry. *Sworn Interpreters.* Henry I. Hunt. John Kenzer, Sub Agent. F. Duchouquet. W. Knaggs. A. Shane. Jno. R. Walker. C. Jouett, Indian Agent.
To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1818-09-20 Treaty 7 Stat. 180 *Made and concluded, at St. Mary’s, in the state of Ohio, between Sept. 20, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 7, 1819. Lewis Cass, Commissioner of the United States, thereto specially authorized by the President of the United States, and the chiefs and warriors of the Wyandot tribe of Indians.* Art. 1. The Wyandot tribe of Indians hereby cede to the United Cession of lands. States all the right reserved to them in two tracts of land, in the territory of Michigan, one including the village called Brownstown, and the other the village called Maguagua, formerly in the possession of the Wyandot tribe of Indians, containing in the whole not more than five thousand acres of land; which two tracts of land were reserved for the use of the said Wyandot tribe of Indians, and their descendants, for the term of fifty years, agreeably to the provisions of the act of Congress, 181TREATY WITH THE PEORIAS, ETC. 1818. passed February 23, 1809, and entitled “An act for the relief of certain 1809, ch. 23.
Alabama and Wyandot Indians.” Art. 2. In consideration of the preceding cession, the United States Reservation for the use of the Wyandots south of the river Huron. will reserve, for the use of the said Wyandot Indians, sections numbered twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, twenty-seven, and that part of section numbered twenty-two, which contains eight acres, and lies on the south side of the river Huron, being in the fourth township, south of the base line, and in the ninth range east of the first meridian, in the territory of Michigan, and containing four thousand nine hundred and ninety-six acres; and the said tract of land shall be reserved for the use of the said Wyandot Indians, and their descendants, and be secured to them in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as is provided in relation to the Alabama Indians, by the first section of the before-mentioned act of Congress, except that the said Wyandot Indians, and their descendants, shall hold the said land so long as they or their descendants shall occupy the same.
In testimony whereof the said Lewis Cass, commissioner as aforesaid, and the chiefs and warriors of the said Wyandot tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at St. Mary’s, in the state of Ohio, this twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. LEWIS CASS. Ronesses, or Honas, Haunsiaugh, or Boyer, Ronaess, or Racer, Ronioness, or Joseph, Scoutash, Dunquod, or Half King, Aronce, or Cherokee Boy, Taruntue, or Between the Logs.
In presence of R. A. Forsyth, jun. Secretary to the commissioners. Jno. Johnston, Indian Agent. B. F. Stickney, S. I. A. W. W. Walker, Interpreter. John Connor. Wm. Turner. To the Indian names is subjoined a mark. 1818-09-25 Treaty 7 Stat. 181 A TREATY *Made and concluded by, and between, Ninian Edwards and Auguste Sept. 25, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 5, 1819. Chouteau, Commissioners on the part and behalf of the United States of America, of the one part, and the undersigned, principal chiefs and warriors of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Mitchigamia, Cahokia, and Tamarois, tribes of the Illinois nation of Indians, on the part and behalf of the said tribes, of the other part.* Whereas, by the treaty made at Vincennes, on the thirteenth day of Preamble.
Ante, p. 18. August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States, of the one part, and the head chiefs and warriors of the tribe of Indians commonly called the Kaskaskia tribe, but which was composed of, and rightfully represented, the Kaskaskia, Mitchigamia, Cahokia, and Tamarois, tribes of the Illinois nation of Indians, of the other part, a certain tract of land was ceded to the United States, which was supposed to include all the land claimed by those respective tribes, but which did not include, and was not intended to include, the land which was rightfully claimed by the Peoria Indians, 182 a tribe of the Illinois nation, who then did, and still do, live separate and apart from the tribes abovementioned, and who were not represented in the treaty referred to above, nor ever received any part of the consideration given for the cession of land therein mentioned:
And whereas the said tribe of Peoria are now also disposed to cede all their land to the United States, and, for the purpose of avoiding any dispute with regard to the boundary of their claim, are willing to unite with the Kaskaskia, Mitchigamia, Cahokia, and Tamarois, tribes, in confirming the cession of land to the United States, which was made by the treaty above referred to, and in extending the cession so as to include all the land claimed by those tribes, and themselves, respectively:
Art. 1. For which purpose the undersigned, head chiefs and warriors Cession by all the tribes, parties to this treaty. of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Mitchigamia, Cahokia, and Tamarois, tribes of the Illinois nation of Indians, for the considerations hereinafter mentioned, do hereby relinquish, cede, and confirm, to the United States, all the land included within the following boundaries, viz: Beginning at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers; thence, up the Ohio, to the mouth of Saline creek, about twelve miles below the mouth of the Wabash; thence, along the dividing ridge between the waters of said creek and the Wabash, to the general dividing ridge between the waters which fall into the Wabash and those which fall into the Kaskaskia river; thence, along the said ridge, until it reaches the waters which fall into the Illinois river; thence, a direct line to the confluence of the Kankakee and Maple rivers; thence, down the Illinois river, to its confluence with the Mississippi river, and down the latter to the beginning.
Art. 2. It is mutually agreed, by the parties hereto, that all the stipulations Stipulations in treaty of Vincennes to continue obligatory. contained in the treaty, above referred to, shall continue binding and obligatory on both parties. Art. 3. The United States will take the Peoria tribe, as well as the U. S. will protect the tribes, parties to this treaty. other tribes herein abovementioned, under their immediate care and patronage, and will afford them a protection as effectual, against any other Indian tribes, and against all other persons whatever, as is enjoyed by the citizens of the United States.
And the said Peoria tribe do Peorias not to make war without consent of U. S. hereby engage to refrain from making war, or giving any insult or offence, to any other Indian tribe, or to any foreign nation, without first having obtained the approbation and consent of the United States. Art. 4. In addition to two thousand dollars’ worth of merchandize, Payment to the Peorias. this day paid to the abovementioned tribes of Indians, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the United States promise to pay to the said Peoria tribe, for the term of twelve years, an annuity of three hundred dollars, in money, merchandize, or domestic animals, at the option of the said tribe; to be delivered at the village of St.
Genevieve, in the territory of Missouri. Art. 5. The United States agree to cede, to the said Peoria tribe, six The U.S. cede 640 acres of land to the Peorias. hundred and forty acres of land, including their village on Blackwater river, in the territory of Missouri; provided that the said tract is not included within a private claim; but should that be the case, then some other tract of equal quantity and value shall be designated for said tribe, at such place as the President of the United States may direct.
And Peorias accept the presents, &c. in full for all their claims. the said Peoria tribe hereby agree to accept the same, together with the presents now given them, and the annuity hereby promised them, as a full equivalent for all and every tract of land to which they have any pretence of right or title. 183TREATY WITH THE OSAGES. 1818. In testimony whereof, the commissioners aforesaid, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors as aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals.
Done at Edwardsville, in the state of Illinois, this twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-third. NINIAN EDWARDS, AUG. CHOUTEAU. *Peoria.* Waw Peeshawkawnan, Shield, Wassawcosangaw, Shine, Naynawwitwaw, Sentinel, Wissineeaw, the Eater, Rawmissawnoa, or Wind, Mawressaw, or Knife, Koongeepawtaw, Batticy, or Baptist, Keemawraneaw, or Seal, Weeomawkawnaw, Keeshammy, or Cut off a Piece. *Kaskaskia.* Louis Jefferson Decouagne, Wawpamahwhawaw, or White Wolf, Awrawmpingeaw, or Whale, Keemawassaw, or Little Chief. *Mitchigamia.* Wackshinggaw, or Crooked Moon, Keetawkeemawwaw, or Andrew, Manggoussaw. *Cahokia.* Mooyawkackee, or Mercier, Pemmeekawwattaw, or Henry, Papenegeesawwaw, Shopinnaw, or Pint, Maysheeweerattaw, or Big Horn. *Tumarois.* Mahkattamawweeyaw, Black Wolf, Queekkawpeetaw, or Bound Seat.
Done in presence of Pascal Cerré, secretary to the commissioners. Abraham Prickett, B. Stephenson, John M‘Kee, Joseph Conway, Josias Randle, Ebenezer Baldwin, Reuben H. Walworth, William Swettand, John Kain, R. Pulliam, John Gaither, Bucknett, Jacob Prickett, John Wilson, William P. M‘Kee, James Watts, John Howard, Richard Brevoofield, Robert Pogue, James Mason, Jno. Shinn, jun., John H. Randle, Edmund Randle. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1818-09-25 Treaty 7 Stat. 183 *Made and concluded by, and between, William Clark, governor Sept. 25, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 7, 1819. of the Missouri Territory, superintendent of Indian affairs, and commissioner in behalf of the United States, of the one part; and a full and complete deputation of considerate men, chiefs, and warriors, of all the several bands of the Great and Little Osage nation, assembled in behalf of their said nation, of the other part; have agreed to the following articles:* Art. 1.
Whereas the Osage nations have been embarrassed by the frequent demands for property taken from the citizens of the United States, by war parties, and other thoughtless men of their several bands, (both before and since their war with the Cherokees,) and as the exertions of their chiefs have been ineffectual in recovering and delivering such property, conformably with the condition of the ninth article Ante, p. 107. of a treaty, entered into with the United States, at Fort Clark, the tenth of November, one thousand eight hundred and eight; and as the deductions from their annuities, in conformity to the said article, would deprive them of any for several years, and being destitute of funds to do that justice to the citizens of the United States which is calculated to promote a friendly intercourse, they have agreed, and do hereby agree, to 184 cede to the United States, and forever quit claim to, the tract of country Cession to the U.
S. of a tract of country within the bounds mentioned. included within the following bounds, to wit: Beginning at the Arkansas river, at where the present Osage boundary line strikes the river at Frog Bayou; then up the Arkansas and Verdigris, to the falls of Verdigris river; thence, eastwardly, to the said Osage boundary line, at a point twenty leagues north from the Arkansas river; and, with that line, to the place of beginning. Art. 2. The United States, on their part, and in consideration of the U.
S. to pay for certain losses sustained by their citizens. above cession, agree, in addition to the amount which the Osage do now receive in money and goods, to pay their own citizens the full value of such property as they can legally prove to have been stolen or destroyed by the said Osage, since the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen: provided the same does not exceed the sum of four thousand dollars. Art. 3. The articles now stipulated will be considered as permanent These articles to be considered as permanent additions to former treaties. additions to the treaties, now in force, between the contracting parties, as soon as they shall have been ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said United States.
In witness whereof the said William Clark, Commissioner as aforesaid, and the considerate men and chiefs aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names, and affixed their seals, at St. Louis, this twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-third. WILLIAM CLARK. Canlenonpe, Voibatice, Thehonache, Chonqueauga, Voipoqua, Mannensoudhe, Nequivoire, Nantagrege, Manshepogran, Pachique, Tacindhe, Voiletonchinga, Vnisabevoiquanddague, Nanchache, Thequalanan, Theoucoudhe, Nihecounache, Voidenache, Couchestavoilla, Naquidatonga, Voitanigau, Huquevoire, Hurathi, Houneagon, or the Gentleman, Hoquithevoico, Voiseaudhe, Thedecavoichipiche, Vothevoihe, Miteniga, Thecanique, Voibisonthe, Nicananthevoire, Honhonquecoa, Tanhemonny, Sandhecaan, Paheskaw, or the White Hair, Kohesegre, or the Great Track, Nichenmance, or the Walking Rain, Tadhesajaudesor, or the Wind, Nihuedheque, or Sans Oreillez, Caniquechaga, or the Little Chief, Grinachie, or the Sudden Appearance, Voihasache, or the Raised Scalp, Dogachiga, Tahechiga.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in the presence of Pierre Chouteau, Pierre Menard, Ind. Agent. Jno. Ruland, Sub Agent. P. L. Chouteau, Interpreter. Paul Loise, Interpreter Osage. I. T. Honore, Indian Interpreter. Meriwether Lewis Clark. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1818-10-02 Treaty 7 Stat. 185 ARTICLES OF A TREATY *Made and concluded at St. Mary’s, in the state of Ohio, between Oct. 2, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 15, 1819. Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Parke, commissioners of the United States, and the Potawatomie nation of Indians.* Art. 1.
The Potawatomie nation of Indians cede to the United States Cessions of land by the Pottawatamies. all the country comprehended within the following limits: Beginning at the mouth of the Tippecanoe river, and running up the same to a point twenty-five miles in a direct line from the Wabash river—thence, on a line as nearly parallel to the general course of the Wabash river as practicable, to a point on the Vermilion river, twenty-five miles from the Wabash river; thence, down the Vermilion river to its mouth, and thence, up the Wabash river, to the place of beginning.
The Potawatomies also cede to the United States all their claim to the country south of the Wabash river. Art. 2. The United States agree to purchase any just claim which tU. S. agree to purchase Kickapoo claim. he Kickapoos may have to any part of the country hereby ceded below Pine creek. Art. 3. The United States agree to pay to the Potawatomies a perpetual Perpetual annuity to Pottawatamies. annuity of two thousand five hundred dollars in silver; one half of which shall be paid at Detroit, and the other half at Chicago; and all annuities which, by any former treaty, the United States have engaged to pay to the Potawatomies, shall be hereafter paid in silver.
Art. 4. The United States agree to grant to the persons named in Grants not to be conveyed without consent of U. S. the annexed schedule, and their heirs, the quantity of land therein stipulated to be granted; but the land so granted shall never be conveyed by either of the said persons, or their heirs, unless by the consent of the President of the United States. In testimony whereof, the said Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Parke, commissioners as aforesaid, and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors, of the Potawatomie tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at St.
Mary’s, in the state of Ohio, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the independence of the United States the forty-third. JONATHAN JENNINGS, LEWIS CASS, B. PARKE. Tuthinepee, Chechaas, Metamice, Winemakoos, Mescotnome, Wabmeshema, Shawano, Chacapma, Menomeno, Wogaw, Metea, Metchepagiss, Nautchegno, Osheochebe, Keesis, Conge, Onoxas, Mectenwa, 185 TREATY WITH THE WEAS. 1818.186 Scomack, Chewago, Jowish, Checalk, Eshcam, Pesotem, Petcheco, Shepage, Sheackackabe, Peaneesh, Macota, Mona, or Moran, Mocksa, Nanouseka, Wistea, Noshiequa, Mowa, or Black Wolf.
In presence of James Dill, Secretary to the Commissioner. William Turner, Secretary. Jno. Johnston, Indian Agent. B. F. Stickney, S. I. A. William Prince, Indian Agent. John Conner. William Conner, Interpreter. R. A. Forsyth, Jr., Secretary of Indian Dep. Isaac Burnett. † Benedict Jh. Flaget, Bishop of Bardstown. G. Godfroy, Indian Agent. John T. Chunn, Major 3d Infantry. J. Hackley, Capt. 3d Infantry. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark. *Schedule referred to in the foregoing treaty.* There shall be granted to James Burnett, Isaac Burnett, Jacob Burnett, Schedule of grantees. and Abraham Burnett, two sections of land each; and to Rebecca Burnett and Nancy Burnett, one section of land each; which said James, John, Isaac, Jacob, Abraham, Rebecca, and Nancy, are children of Cakimi, a Potawatamie woman, sister of Topinibe, principal chief of the nation; and six of the sections herein granted, shall be located from the mouth of the Tippecanoe river, down the Wabash river, and the other six [five] sections shall be located at the mouth of Flint river.
There shall be granted to Perig, a Potawatamie chief, one section of land on the Flint river, where he now lives. There shall also be granted to Mary Chatalie, daughter of Neebosh, a Potawatamie chief, one section of land, to be located below the mouth of Pine river. JONATHAN JENNINGS, LEWIS CASS, B. PARKE. 1818-10-02 Treaty 7 Stat. 186 *Made and concluded, at St. Mary’s, between the United States of Oct. 2, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 7, 1819. America, by their Commissioners, Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Park, and the Wea tribe of Indians.* Art. 1.
The said Wea tribe of Indians agree to cede to the United Cession of land by the Weas. States all the lands claimed and owned by the said tribe, within the limits of the states of Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. Art. 2. The said Wea tribe of Indians reserve to themselves the following Reservation. described tract of land, viz: Beginning at the mouth of Raccoon creek; thence, by the present boundary line, seven miles; thence, north-easterly, seven miles, to a point seven miles from the Wabash river; thence to the Wabash river, by a line parallel to the present boundary line aforesaid; and thence, by the Wabash river, to the place of beginning: to be holden by the said tribe as Indian reservations are usually held. 187 Art. 3.
The United States agree to grant to Christmas Dageny and Grant to C. Dageny and Mary Shields. Mary Shields, formerly Mary Dageny, children of Mechinquamesha, sister of Jacco, a chief of the said tribe, and their heirs, one section of land each; but the land hereby granted shall not be conveyed or transfered to any person or persons, by the grantees aforesaid, or their heirs, or either of them, but with the consent of the President of the United States. Art. 4. The said Wea tribe of Indians accede to, and sanction, the The Weas sanction a cession of land by the Kickapoos in 1809.
Ante, p. 117. cession of land made by the Kickapoo tribe of Indians, in the second article of a treaty concluded between the United States and the said Kickapoo tribe, on the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and nine. Art. 5. In consideration of the cession made in the foregoing articles Payment to Weas. of this treaty, the United States agree to pay to the said Wea tribe of Indians, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars annually, in addition to the sum of one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, (the amount of their former annuity,) making a sum total of three thousand dollars; to be paid in silver, by the United States, annually, to the said tribe, on the reservation described by the second article of this treaty.
In testimony whereof the said Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Park, commissioners as aforesaid, and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors, of the Wea tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at St. Mary’s, in the state of Ohio, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. JONATHAN JENNINGS, LEWIS CASS, B. PARKE. Jacco, Shawanoe, Shequiah, or Little Eyes, Quema, or Young Man, Peequiah, Shingonsa, or Mink, Shepaqua, or Leaves. *Kickapoo chiefs.* Metagekoka, or Big Tree, Wako, or Fox.
In presence of James Dill, Secretary to the Commissioners. Wm. Turner, Secretary. Jno. Johnston, Indian Agent. William Prince, Indian Agent. B. F. Stickney, S. I. A. John Conner. Joseph Barron, Interpreter. Jno. T. Chunn, Major 3d Infantry. J. Hackley, Capt. 3d Infantry. † Benedict Jh. Flaget, Bishop of Bardstown. To the Indian names are subjoined marks. 1818-10-03 Treaty 7 Stat. 188 *Made and concluded at St. Mary’s, in the state of Ohio, between Oct. 3, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 15, 1819.
Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Parke, commissioners of the United States, and the Delaware nation of Indians.* Art. 1. The Delaware nation of Indians cede to the United States Delawares cede all claim to land in Indiana. all their claim to land in the state of Indiana. Art. 2. In consideration of the aforesaid cession, the United States U. S. to provide a country for them west of the Mississippi. agree to provide for the Delawares a country to reside in, upon the west side of the Mississippi, and to guaranty to them the peaceable possession of the same.
Art. 3. The United States also agree to pay the Delawares the full Full compensation for improvements of Delawares. value of their improvements in the country hereby ceded: which valuation shall be made by persons to be appointed for that purpose by the President of the United States; and to furnish the Delawares with one hundred and twenty horses, not to exceed in value forty dollars each, and a sufficient number of perogues, to aid in transporting them to the west side of the Mississippi; and a quantity of provisions, proportioned to their numbers, and the extent of their journey.
Art. 4. The Delawares shall be allowed the use and occupation of Delawares allowed to occupy improvements for three years. their improvements, for the term of three years from the date of this treaty, if they so long require it. Art. 5. The United States agree to pay to the Delawares a perpetual Perpetual annuity to Delawares. annuity of four thousand dollars; which, together with all annuities which the United States, by any former treaty, engaged to pay to them, shall be paid in silver, at any place to which the Delawares may remove.
Art. 6. The United States agree to provide and support a blacksmith A blacksmith to be provided. for the Delawares, after their removal to the west side of the Mississippi. Art. 7. One half section of land shall be granted to each of the following Grants of land to individuals---not transferable without consent. persons, namely: Isaac Wobby, Samuel Cassman, Elizabeth Petchaka, and Jacob Dick; and one quarter of a section of land shall be granted to each of the following persons, namely:
Solomon Tindell, and Benoni Tindell; all of whom are Delawares; which tracts of land shall be located, after the country is surveyed, at the first creek above the old fort on White river, and running up the river; and shall be held by the persons herein named, respectively, and their heirs; but shall never be conveyed or transferred without the approbation of the President of the United States. Art. 8. A sum, not exceeding thirteen thousand three hundred and U. S. to pay certain claims on the Delawares. twelve dollars and twenty-five cents, shall be paid by the United States, to satisfy certain claims against the Delaware nation; and shall be expended by the Indian agent at Piqua and Fort Wayne, agreeably to a schedule this day examined and approved by the commissioners of the United States.
Art. 9. This treaty, after the same shall be ratified by the President Treaty binding when ratified. and Senate of the United States, shall be binding on the contracting parties. 188 TREATY WITH THE MIAMIES. 1818. 189 In testimony whereof the said Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Parke, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs and warriors of the Delaware nation of Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at St. Mary’s, in the state of Ohio, this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
JONATHAN JENNINGS, LEW. CASS, B. PARKE. Kithteeleland, or Anderson, Lahpanihle, or Big Bear, James Nanticoke, Apacahund, or White Eyes, Captain Killbuck, The Beaver, Netahopuna, Captain Tonis, Captain Ketchum, The Cat, Ben Beaver, The War Mallet, Captain Caghkoo, The Buck, Petchenanalas, John Quake, Quenaghtoohmait, Little Jack. In presence of James Dill, Secretary to the Commissioners. William Turner, Secretary. Jno. Johnston, Indian Agent. B. F. Stickney, S. I. A. John Conner.
William Conner, Interpreter. John Kinzie, Sub Agent. G. Godfroy, Sub Agent. John F. Chunn, Maj. 3d U. S. Infantry. J. Huckley, Capt. 3d Infantry. Will. Oliver. Hillary Brunot, Lt. 3d Infantry. David Oliver, Sergt. for the Csunesheding. R. A. Forsyth, Jr. Secretary Ind. Depart. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. 1818-10-06 Treaty 7 Stat. 189 *Made and concluded, at St. Mary’s, in the state of Ohio, between Oct. 6, 1818.Proclamation, Jan. 15, 1819. Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Parke, Commissioners of the United States, and the Miami nation of Indians.* Art. 1.
The Miami nation of Indians cede to the United States the Cession of lands by the Miamies. following tract of country: Beginning at the Wabash river, where the present Indian boundary line crosses the same, near the mouth of Raccoon creek; thence, up the Wabash river, to the reserve at its head, near Fort Wayne; thence, to the reserve at Fort Wayne; thence, with the lines thereof, to the St. Mary’s river; thence, up the St. Mary’s river, to the reservation at the portage; thence, with the line of the cession made by the Wyandot nation of Indians to the United States, at Ante, p. 160. the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, on the 29th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, to the reservation at Loramie’s store; thence, with the present Indian boundary line, to Fort Recovery; and, with the said line, following the courses thereof, to the place of beginning.
Art. 2. From the cession aforesaid the following reservations, for the Reservations from the cession for the use of the Miamies. use of the Miami nation of Indians, shall be made; one reservation, extending along the Wabash river, from the mouth of Salamanie river to the mouth of Eel river, and from those points, running due south, a distance equal to a direct line from the mouth of Salamanie river to the Post, p. 569. mouth of Eel river. One other reservation, of two miles square, on the river Salamanie, at the mouth of Atchepongqwave creek.
One other reservation, of six miles square, on the Wabash river, below the forks 190 thereof. One other reservation, of ten miles square, opposite the mouth of the river A Bouette. One other reservation, of ten miles square, at the village on Sugar Tree Creek. One other reservation, of two miles square, at the mouth of a creek, called Flat Rock, where the road to White river crosses the same. Art. 3. The United States agree to grant, by patent, in fee simple, Tracts granted by U.
S. to J.B. Richardville. to Jean Bapt. Richardville, principal chief of the Miami nation of Indians, the following tracts of land: Three sections of land, beginning about twenty-five rods below his house, on the river St. Mary’s, near Fort Wayne; thence, at right angles with the course of the river, one mile; and from this line, and the said river, up the stream thereof, for quantity. Two sections, upon the east side of the St. Mary’s river, near Fort Wayne, running east one mile with the line of the military reservation; thence, from that line, and from the river, for quantity.
Two sections, on the Twenty-seven mile creek, where the road from St. Mary’s to Fort Wayne crosses it, being one section on each side of said creek. Two sections on the left bank of the Wabash, commencing at the forks and running down the river. The United States also agree to grant to each of the following persons, Other grants to persons named. being Miami Indians by birth, and their heirs, the tracts of land herein described. To Joseph Richardville and Joseph Richardville, jun. two sections of land, being one on each side of the St.
Mary’s river, and below the reservation made on that river by the treaty of Greenville, in 1795. To Wemetche or the Crescent, one section, below and adjoining the reservation of Anthony Chesne, on the west side of the St. Mary’s river, and one section immediately opposite to Macultamunqua or Black Loon. To Keenquatakqua or Long Hair, Aronzon or Twilight, Peconbequa or a Woman striking, Aughquamauda or Difficulty, and to Miaghqua or Noon, as joint tenants, five sections of land upon the Wabash river, the centre of which shall be the Wyandot village, below the mouth of Tippecanoe river.
To François Godfroy, six sections of land, on the Salamanie river, at a place called La Petite Prairie. To Louis Godfroy, six sections of land, upon the St. Mary’s river, above the reservation of Anthony Shane. To Charley, a Miami chief, one section of land, on the west side of the St. Mary’s river, below the section granted to Pemetche or the Crescent. To the two eldest children of Peter Langlois, two sections of land, at a place formerly called Village du Puant, at the mouth of the river called Pauceaupichoux.
To the children of Antoine Bondie, two sections of land, on the border of the Wabash river, opposite a place called l’Esle a l’Aille. To François Lafontaine and his son, two sections of land, adjoining and above the two sections granted to Jean Bapt. Richardville, near Fort Wayne, and on the same side of the St. Mary’s river. To the children of Antoine Rivarre, two sections of land, at the mouth of the Twenty-seven mile creek, and below the same. To Peter Langlois’ youngest child, one section of land, opposite the Chipaille, at the Shawnes village.
To Peter Labadie, one section of land, on the river St. Mary’s, below the section granted to Charley. To the son of George Hunt, one section of land, on the west side of the St. Mary’s river, adjoining the two sections granted to François Lafontaine and his son. 191 To Meshenoqua or the Little Turtle, one section of land, on the south side of the Wabash, where the portage path strikes the same. To Josette Beaubien, one section of land on the left bank of the St. Mary’s, above and adjoining the three sections granted to Jean Bapt.
Richardville. To Ann Turner, a half-blooded Miami, one section of land on the northwest side of the Wabash river, to commence at the mouth of Fork creek, on the west bank of the said creek, and running up said creek one mile in a direct line, thence at right angles with this line for quantity. To Rebecca Hackley, a half-blooded Miami, one section of land, to be located at the Munsey town, on White river, so that it shall extend on both sides to include three hundred and twenty acres of the prairie, in the bend of the river, where the bend assumes the shape of a horse shoe.
To William Wayne Wells, a half-blooded Miami, one section of land, at the mouth of the Fork creek, where the reservation for Ann Turner commences, running down the Wabash river on the northwest bank one mile; thence, back one mile; thence, east one mile, to the boundary line of the grant to Ann Turner. To Mary Wells, a half-blooded Miami, one section of land, at the mouth of Stoney creek, on the southeast side of the Wabash river, the centre of which shall be at the mouth of said creek, running with the meanders thereof, up and down the Wabash river, one half mile, and thence back for quantity.
To Jane Turner Wells, a half-blooded Miami, one section of land, on the northwest side of the Wabash river, to commence on the west bank of said river, opposite the old lime kiln; thence, down the said river one mile, and back for quantity. Art. 4. The Miami nation of Indians assent to the cession made by Miamies assent to the cession by the Kickapoos. the Kickapoos to the United States, by the treaty concluded at Vincennes, on the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and nine.
Art. 5. In consideration of the cession and recognition aforesaid, Payment to Miamies. the United States agree to pay to the Miami nation of Indians, a perpetual annuity of fifteen thousand dollars, which, together with all annuities which, by any former treaty, the United States have engaged to pay to the said Miami nation of Indians, shall be paid in silver. The United States will cause to be built for the Miamies one grist-mill A grist-mill, saw-mill, &c. for the Miamies. and one saw-mill, at such proper sites as the chiefs of the nation may select, and will provide and support one blacksmith and one gunsmith for them, and provide them with such implements of agriculture as the proper agent may think necessary.
The United States will also cause to be delivered, annually, to the 160 bushels salt annually. Miami nation, one hundred and sixty bushels of salt. Art. 6. The several tracts of land which, by the third article of this Tracts granted, except, &c. not transferable without consent. treaty, the United States have engaged to grant to the persons therein mentioned, except the tracts to be granted to Jean Bapt. Richardville, shall never be transferred by the said persons or their heirs, without the approbation of the President of the United States.
Art. 7. This treaty shall be obligatory on the contracting parties Treaty obligatory when ratified. after the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof. In testimony whereof the said Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Parke, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs 192TREATY WITH THE CHICKASAWS. 1818. and warriors of the Miami nation of Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at St. Mary’s, the sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
JONATHAN JENNINGS, LEWIS CASS, B. PARKE. Peshawa, or Richardville, Osas, Ketauga, or Charley, Metche Keteta, or Big Body, Notawas, Wanapesha, Tathtenouga, Papakeecha, or Flat Belly, Metosma, Sasakuthka, or Sun, Keosakunga, Koehonna, Sinamahon, or Stone Eater, Cahma, Ameghqua, Nawaushea. In presence of James Dill, Secretary to the commissioners. William Turner, Secretary. Jno. Johnston, Indian Agent. B. F. Stickney, S. I. A. John Kenzie, sub agent. G. Godfroy, sub agent. John Conner.
John T. Chunn, Major 3d U. S. Infantry. Wm. Brunot, lieut. 3d Infantry. Wm. P. Rathbone, army contractor. Will. Oliver. Joseph Barron, sworn interpreter. Wm. Conner, interpreter. Antoine Pride, interpreter. To the Indian names are subjoined marks. 1818-10-19 Treaty
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