Treaty of St. Louis, of Nov. 3, 1804, confirmed. Ante, p. 84. Sacs placed on the same foot ing as before the war; provided, &c. Consequences of a failure or neglect to deliver up property. When to take effect. The said William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors, as aforesaid, for the purpose of restoring peace and friendship between the parties, do agree to the following articles:" ART. 1. The Sacs of Rock river, and the adjacent country, do hereby unconditionally assent to recognize, re-establish, and confirm the treaty between the United States of America and the united tribes of Sacs and Foxes, which was concluded at St. Louis, on the third day of November, one thousand eight hundred and four; as well as all other contracts and agreements, heretofore made between the Sac tribe or nation, and the United States. ART. 2. The United States agree to place the aforesaid Sacs of Rock river, on the same footing upon which they stood before the war; provided they shall, on or before the first day of July next, deliver up to the officer commanding at cantonment Davis, on the Mississippi, all the property they, or any part of their tribe, have plundered or stolen from the citizens of the United States, since they were notified, as aforesaid, of the time of the ratification of the late treaty between the United States and Great Britain. ART. 3. If the said tribe shall fail or neglect to deliver the up property aforesaid, or any part thereof, on or before the first day of July aforesaid, they shall forfeit to the United States all right and title to their proportion of the annuities which, by the treaty of St. Louis, were covenanted to be paid to the Sac tribe; and the United States shall for ever afterwards be exonerated from the payment of so much of said annuities as, upon a fair distribution, would fall to the share of that portion of the Sacs who are represented by the undersigned chiefs and warriors. ART. 4. This treaty shall take effect and be obligatory on the contracting parties, unless the same shall be disapproved by the president and senate of the United States, or by the president only and in the mean time all hostilities shall cease from this date. In testimony whereof, the said William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors as aforesaid, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals, this thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. WM. CLARK, NINIAN EDWARDS, Sakeetoo, the Thunder that Frightens, Pashekomack, the Swan that flies low, Keotasheka, the Running Partridge, Wapalamo, the White Wolf, Caskupwa, the Swan whose wings crack when he flies, Napetaka, he who has a Swan's throat around his neck, Mashashe, the Fox, Wapamukqua, the White Bear. St. Louis, May 13th, 1816. Done in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the commission. R. Paul, C. T. of the C. J. Bt. Caron, Samuel Solomon, Interpreters. Joshua Norvell, Judge Adv. M. M. Joseph Perkins. Joseph Charless. B. G. Tavar. Charles Wm. Hunter. Cerré. M. La Croix. Guyol de Guirano. Boon Ingels. Moses Scott. James Sawyer. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP Made and concluded between William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners plenipotentiary 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, representing eight bands of the Siouxs, composing the three tribes called the Siouxs of the Leaf, the Siouxs of the Broad Leaf, and the Siouxs who shoot in the Pine Tops, on the part and behalf of their said tribes, of the other part. THE parties being desirous of re-establishing peace and friendship between the United States and the said tribes, and of being placed in all things, and in every respect, on the same footing upon which they stood before the late war between the United States and Great Britain, have agreed to the followering articles: ART. 1. Every injury or act of hostility, committed by one or either of the contracting parties against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot. ART. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizens of the United States, and all the individuals composing the aforesaid tribes; 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 their tribes respectively, do, by these presents, confirm to the United States all and every cession, or cessions, of land heretofore made by their tribes to the British, French, or Spanish government, within the limits of the United States or their territories; and the parties here contracting do, moreover, in the sincerity of mutual friendship, recognise, re-establish, and confirm, all and every treaty, contract, and agreement, heretofore concluded between the United States and the said tribes or nations. ART. 4. The undersigned chiefs and warriors as aforesaid, for themselves and their said tribes, 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 first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and of the independence of the United States the fortieth. WILLIAM CLARK, NINIAN EDWARDS, AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU. (143) Tatamanee, the Marching Wind, Tuquaacundup, the Doctor, Warmadearwar-up, the Man who looks Onudokea, the Fluttering Eagle, Tusarquarp, he that walks with a Cane, Warksuamanee, the Man who is sick Otanggamanee, the Man with a strong Hungkrehearpee, or the Half of his Body Warpearmusee, the Iron Cloud, Nahre, the Shifting Shadow, Shantanggaup, the Big Tree, Shongkaska, the White Big-eared Dog, Eaohungko, the Man who marches quick, Hasanee, the Buffalo with one Horn, Pahataka, the Humming Bird, Medermee, the Muddy Lake, Tatawaka, the Medicine Wind, Warshushasta, the Bad Hail, Eoshark, the Belly-Ache, Narissakata, the Old Man who can hardly Done at St. Louis, in the presence of R. Wash, secretary to the commission. R. Paul, C. T. of the C. Wm. O. Allen, captain United States corps Artillery. H.S. Geyer. Joshua Norvell, Judge Advocate, M. M. N. Boilvin, agent. Thomas Forsyth, I. agent. Maurice Blondeaux, Sau. agt. Henry Delorier, interpreter. Pierre Lapointe, interpreter. Samuel Solomon, interpreter. Jacques Mette, interpreter. Cerré. Richard Cave. Willi Cave. Julius Pescay. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. June 3, 1816. Proclamation, Dec. 30, 1816. Injuries, &c. forgiven. Former cessions, treaties, &c. confirmed. A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP Made and concluded between William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners plenipotentiary 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 that portion of the Winnebago tribe or nation residing on the Ouisconsin river, of the other part. WHEREAS the undersigned chiefs and warriors, as well as that portion of the nation which they represent, have separated themselves from the rest of their nation, and reside in a village on the Ouisconsin river, and are desirous of returning to a state of friendly relations with the United States, the parties hereto have agreed to the following articles: ART. 1. Every injury or act of hostility, committed by one or either of the contracting parties against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot; and all the friendly relations that existed between them before the late war, shall be, and the same are hereby, renewed. ART. 2. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and those they represent, do, by these presents, confirm to the United States all and every cession of land heretofore made by their 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 United States and the said tribe or nation, as far as their interest in the same extends. ART. 3. The undersigned chiefs and warriors as aforesaid, for themselves 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. ART. 4. The aforesaid chiefs and warriors, for themselves and those they represent, do further promise to remain distinct and separate from the rest of their tribe or nation, giving them no aid or assistance whatever, until peace shall also be concluded between the United States and the said tribe or nation. ART. 5. The contracting parties do hereby agree, promise, and oblige 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. In witness whereof, the commissioners aforesaid, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors as aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names, and affixed their seals, this third day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen and of the independence of the United States the fortieth. Choukeka, or Dekare, the spoon, Makahka, the Earth, Wechoka, the Green Feather, WM. CLARK, NINIAN EDWARDS, Shougkapar, the Dog, Nekousaka, the Main Channel, Wapanonekee, the Bear, Opwarchick waka, the Rain, Chepurganika, the Little Buffalo Head. Done at St. Louis, in the presence of R. Wash, secretary to the commission. R. Paul, C. T. of the C. Wm. O. Allen, captain U. S. Corps of Artillery. N. Boilvin, agent. Thomas Forsyth, I. agent. Maurice Blondeaux, agent. Henry Delorier, Pierre Lapointe, Baptiste Pereault, Samuel Solomon, and Jacques Mette, Interpreters. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. Protection of U.S. acknowledged. Indians to re main distinct from the rest of their tribe. Prisoners to be delivered up. ARTICLES OF A TREATY June 4, 1816. Made and entered into at Fort Harrison, in the Indiana Territory between Benjamin Parke, specially authorized thereto by the president of the United States, of the one part, and the Dec. 30, 1816. tribes of Indians called the Weas and Kickapoos, by their chiefs and head men, of the other part. ART. 1. The Weas and Kickapoos again acknowledge themselves in peace and friendship with the United States. ART. 2. The said tribes acknowledge the validity of, and declare their determination to adhere to, the treaty of Greenville, made in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and all subsequent treaties which they have respectively made with the United States. N Peace and friendship. Treaty of Greenville con firmed. Boundary line confirmed. Kickapoos acknowledge a former cession. ART. 3. The boundary line, surveyed and marked by the United States, of the land on the Wabash and White rivers, ceded in the year eighteen hundred and nine, the said tribes do hereby explicitly recognise and confirm, as having been executed conformably to the several treaties they have made with the United States. ART. 4. The chiefs and warriors of the said tribe of the Kickapoos acknowledge that they have ceded to the United States all that tract of country which lies between the aforesaid boundary line on the north west side of the Wabash-the Wabash, the Vermillion river, and a line to be drawn from the north west corner of the said boundary line, so as to strike the Vermillion river twenty miles in a direct line from its mouth, according to the terms and conditions of the treaty they made with the United States on the ninth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and nine. In testimony whereof, the said Benjamin Parke, and the chiefs and head men of the said tribes, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals, at Fort Harrison, in the Indiana Territory, the fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. Done in the presence of John L. McCullough, secretary to the commissioner. John T. Chumm, major, commanding Fort Harrison. Gab. I. Floyd, lieutenant United States army. Th. M.Call, of Vincennes. Hen. Gilham, of do. N. B. Bailey, of do. Geo. C. Copp. Michael Brouillet, anteprete au for arisonne. Joseph Barron, sworn interpreter. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. Aug. 24, 1816. Proclamation, Dec. 30, 1816. A TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, AND LIMITS, Made and concluded between Ninian Edwards, William Clark, and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States of America, on the part and behalf of said states, of the one part, and the chiefs and warriors of the united tribes of Ottawas, Chipawas, and Pottowotomees, residing on the Illinois and Melwakee rivers, and their waters, and on the southwestern parts of Lake Michigan, of the other part. WHEREAS a serious dispute has for some time past existed between the contracting parties relative to the right to a part of the lands ceded to the United States by the tribes of Sacs and Foxes, on the third day of November, one thousand eight hundred and four, and both parties being desirous of preserving a harmonious and friendly intercourse, and |