In testimony whereof, the said Lewis Cass and Duncan M'Arthur, commissioners as aforesaid, and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors, of the Wyandot, Seneca, Shawanee, 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 M'ARTHUR. Cuttewekasa, or Black Hoof, his x mark, Shemenetu, or Big Snake, his x mark, Pomthe, or Walker, his x mark, Chacalawa, or Long Tail, his x mark, Pemthata, or Perry, his x mark, Red Man, or Capt. Reed, his x mark, Chiakeska, or Captain Tom, his x mark, Tecuntequa, or Elk in the Water, his x mark, Quitawepa, or Colonel Lewis, his x mark, Captain Pipe, his x mark, James Armstrong, his x mark. OTTOWAS. Metesheneiwa, or Bear's Man, his x mark, Oquenoxe, his x mark, Peneshaw, or Eagle, his x mark. WYANDOTS. Douquad, or Half King, his x mark, Rontondu, or War Pole, his x mark, Tuayaurontoyou, or Between the Logs, his xmark, Horonu, or Cherokee Boy, his x mark, Skoutous, his x mark, Quouqua, his x mark. SENECAS. Methomea, or Civil John, his x mark, Tochequia, or Yellow Bone, his x mark, Captain Togone, his x mark, Cunneskokant, or Harris, his x mark, Tousonecta, or His Blanket Down, his x mark, Tamarois Indians. 25th Septem er, 1813. Post, chap No. 18. A treaty, made and concluded, by, and between, Ninian Edwards Treaty with and Auguste Chouteau, Commissioners on the part and behalf of the Uni- the Peoria, ted States of America, of the one part, and the undersigned, principal chiefs Kaskaskia, and warriors of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Mitchigamia, Cakokia, and Tamarois, Mitchigamia, tribes of the Illinois nation of Indians, on the part and behalf of the said Cahokia, and tribes, of the other part. Whereas, by the treaty made at Vincennes, on the thirteenth Edwardsville, day of 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 9, No. 1.] 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 Uni- A tract of ted States, which was supposed to include all the land claimed land ceded by the treaty of by those respective tribes, but which did not include, and was Vincennes, of not intended to include, the land which was rightfully claimed 18th August, by the Peoria Indians, a tribe of the Illinois nation, who then 1803, did not did, and still do, live separate and apart from the tribes above- claimed by the mentioned, and who are not represented in the treaty referred Peorias. to above, nor ever received any part of the consideration given now disposed include land The Peorias for the cession of land therein mentioned: And whereas the to cede. 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. the tribes, Art. 1. For which purpose the undersigned, head chiefs and Cession by all warriors of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Mitchigamia, Cahokia, and parties to this Tamarois, tribes of the Illinois nation of Indians, for the con- treaty. Stipulations in the treaty of Vincennes to continue obligatory. The U. S. will protect the tribes, parties to this treaty. siderations 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 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 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 The Peorias States. And the said Peoria tribe do hereby engage to refrain to refrain from from making war, or giving any insult or offence, to any other making war, &c. without Indian tribe, or to any foreign nation, without first having obconsent of the tained the approbation and consent of the United States. Art. 4. In addition to two thousand dollars' worth of merin merchan- chandise, this day paid to the abovementioned tribes of Indians, dise, and an annuity of 300 the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the United States dollars, for 12 promise to pay to the said Peoria tribe, for the term of twelve years, an annuity of three hundred dollars, in money, merchandise, or domestic animals, at the option of the said tribe; to be delivered at the village of St. Genevieve, in the territory of Missouri. U.S. 2000 dollars years, to the Peorias. The U.S. cede 640 acres Peorias. Art. 5. The United States agree to cede, to the said Peoria of land to the tribe, six hundred and forty acres of land, including their vil lage 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 Peorias accept the president of the United States may direct. And the said the presents, Peoria tribe hereby agree to accept the same, together with the annuity, and land, in full presents now given them, and the annuity hereby promised for all their them, as a full equivalent for all and every tract of land to which they have any pretence of right or title. claims. In testimony whereof, the commissioners aforesaid, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors as aforesaid, have hereun to 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. PEORIAS. NINIAN EDWARDS, Treaty with the Ottawas and Chippe was. Michilimackinac and L'Arbre Croche, 6th July, 1820. St. Martin Islands ceded to the U.S. Goods in full satisfaction to the Indians. Richard Brevoofield, No. 19. Articles of a treaty, made and concluded at L'Arbre Croche, and Michilimackinac, in the territory of Michigan, between the United States of America, by their Commissioner, Lewis Cass, and the Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Indians. Art. 1. The Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Indians cede to the United States the St. Martin Islands in lake Huron, containing Plaster of Paris, and to be located under the direction of the United States. Art. 2. The Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Indians acknowledge to have this day received a quantity of goods in full satisfaction of the above cession. Art. 3. This treaty shall be obligatory on the contracting parties 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 Lewis Cass, Commissioner as aforesaid, and the chiefs and warriors of the Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Indians, have hereunto set their hands, at Michilimackinac and L'Arbre Croche, in the territory of Michigan, this 6th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty. (Skahjenini, his x mark, LEWIS CASS. Pahquesegun, or Smoking Weed, his x mark Misesonguay, his x mark, Papametaby, his x mark, Ottawa chiefs, Ceitaw, his x mark, Shawanoe, his x mark, Oninjuega, or Wing, Ottawa chief, his x mark, Dionesau, his x mark, Kojenoikoose, or Long, his x mark, Kenojekum, or Pike, his x mark, Cachetokee, his x mark, Gimoewon, or Rain, his x mark, Chiboisquisegun, or Big Gun, his x mark, Skubinesse, or Red Bird, his x mark, Weashe, his x mark, Nebaguam, his x mark, Ainse, his x mark, Chippewa chiefs, {Shaganash, or Englishman, his x mark. Witnesses present: Jed. Morse, D. D. Gilbert Knapp. Richard C. Morse, H. G. Gravenant, sworn interpreter, George Boyd, Indian agent. |