| Articles of a treaty made and concluded at
the City of Saint Louis, in the State of
Missouri, between William Clark, Superintendent
of Indian Affairs, Commissioner on the part of
the United States of America, and the
undersigned Chiefs, Head Men, and Warriors of
the Kansas Nation of Indians, duly authorized
and empowered by said Nation. |
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| ARTICLE 1. |
The Kansas do hereby cede to the United States
all the lands lying within the State of
Missouri, to which the said nation have title or
claim; and do further cede and relinquish, to
the said United States, all other lands which
they now occupy, or to which they have title or
claim, lying West of the said State of Missouri,
and within the following boundaries: beginning
at the entrance of the Kansas river into the
Missouri river; from thence North to the
North-West corner of the State of Missouri; from
thence Westwardly to the Nodewa river, thirty
miles from its entrance into the Missouri; from
thence to the entrance of the big Nemahaw river
into the Missouri, and with that river to its
source; from thence to the source of the Kansas
river, leaving the old village of the Pania
Republic to the West; from thence, on the ridge
dividing the waters of the Kansas river from
those of the Arkansas, to the Western boundary
of the State line of Missouri and with that
line, thirty miles, to the place of beginning. |
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| ARTICLE 2. |
From the cession aforesaid, the following
reservation for the use of the Kansas nation of
Indians shall be made, of a tract of land, to
begin twenty leagues up the Kansas river, and to
include their village on that river; extending
West thirty miles in width, through the lands
ceded in the first Article, to be surveyed and
marked under the direction of the President, and
to such extent as he may deem necessary, and at
the expense of the United States. The agents for
the Kansas, and the persons attached to the
agency, and such teachers and instructors as the
President shall authorize to reside near the
Kansas, shall occupy, during his pleasure, such
lands as may be necessary for them within this
reservation. |
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| ARTICLE 3. |
In consideration of the cession of land and
relinquishments of claims, made in the first
Articles, the United States agree to pay to the
Kansas nation of Indians, three thousand five
hundred dollars per annum, for twenty successive
years, at their villages, or at the entrance of
the Kansas river, either in money, merchandise,
provisions, or domestic animals, at the option
of the aforesaid Nation; and when the said
annuities, or any part thereof., is paid in
merchandise, it shall be delivered to them at
the first cost of the goods in Saint Louis, free
of transportation. |
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| ARTICLE 4. |
The United States, immediately upon the
ratification of this convention, or as soon
thereafter as may be, shall cause to be
furnished to the Kansas Nation, three hundred
head of cattle, three hundred hogs, five hundred
domestic fowls, three yoke of oxen, and two
carts, with such implements of agriculture as
the Superintendant of Indian Affairs may think
necessary; and shall employ such persons to aid
and instruct them in their agriculture, as the
President of the United States may deem
expedient; and shall provide and support a
blacksmith for them. |
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| ARTICLE 5. |
Out of the lands herein ceded by the Kansas
Nation to the United States, the Commissioner
aforesaid, in behalf of the said United States,
doth further covenant and agree, that thirty-six
sections of good lands, on the Big Blue river,
shall be laid out under the direction of the
President of the United States, and sold for the
purpose of raising a fund, to be applied, under
the direction of the President, to the support
of schools for the education of the Kanzas
children, within their Nation. |
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| ARTICLE 6. |
From the lands above ceded to the United
States, there shall be made the following
reservations, of one mile square, for each of
the half breeds of the Kanzas nation, viz:
For Adel and Clement, the two children of
Clement; for Josette, Julie, Pelagie, and
Victoire, the four children of Louis Gonvil;
for Marie and Lafleche, the two children of
Baptiste of Gonvil; for Laventure, the son of
Francis Laventure; for Elizabeth and Pierre
Carbonau, the children of Pierre Brisa; for
Louis Joncas; for Basil Joncas; for James
Joncas; for Elizabeth Datcherute, daughter of
Baptiste Datcherute; for Joseph Butler; for
William Rodgers; for Joseph Coté; for the
four children of Cicili Compáre, each one
mile square; and one for Joseph James, to be
located on the North side of the Kanzas river,
in the order above named, commencing at the
line of the Kanzas reservation, and extending
down the Kanzas river for quantity.
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| ARTICLE 7. |
With the view of quieting all animosities
which may at present exist between a part of the
white citizens of Missouri and the Kanzas
nation, in consequence of the lawless
depredations of the latter, the United States do
further agree to pay their own citizens, the
full value of such property as they can legally
prove to have been stolen or destroyed since the
year 1815: Provided, The sum so to be paid by
the United States shall not exceed the sum of
three thousand dollars. |
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| ARTICLE 8. |
And whereas the Kanzas are indebted to Francis
G. Choteau, for credits given them in trade,
which they are unable to pay, and which they
have particularly requested to have included and
settled in the present Treaty; it is, therefore,
agreed on, by and between the parties to these
presents, that the sum of five hundred dollars,
towards the liquidation of said debt, shall be
paid by the United States to the said Francois
G. Choteau. |
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| ARTICLE 9. |
There shall be selected at this place such
merchandise as may be desired, amounting to two
thousand dollars, to be delivered at the Kanzas
river, with as little delay as possible; and
there shall be paid to the deputation now here,
two-thousand dollars in merchandise and horses,
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged;
which, together with the amount agreed on in the
3d and 4th articles, and the provisions made in
the other articles of this Treaty, shall be
considered as a full compensation for the
cession herein made. |
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| ARTICLE 10. |
Lest the friendship which is now established
between the United States and the said Indian
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 said nation, to the
Superintendent, or other person appointed by the
President to the Chiefs of said nation. And it
shall be the duty of the said Chiefs, upon
complaints 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 said
nation, the person or persons so offending shall
be tried, and, if found guilty, shall be
punished in like manner as if the injury had
been done to a white man. And it is agreed, that
the Chiefs of the Kanzas 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 Nation; and the
property so recovered shall be forthwith
delivered to the Superintendent, or other person
authorized to receive it, that it may be
restored to its proper owner; and in cases where
the exertions of the Chiefs shall be ineffectual
in recovering the property stolen as aforesaid,
if sufficient proof can be adduced that such
property was actually stolen, by any Indian or
Indians belonging to the said nation, the
Superintendent or other officer may deduct from
the annuity of the said nation a sum equal to
the value of the property which has been stolen.
And the United States hereby guarantee, to any
Indian or Indians, a full indemnification for
any horses or other property which may be stolen
from them by any of their citizens: Provided,
That he property so stolen cannot be recovered,
and that sufficient proof is produced that it
was actually stolen by a citizen of the United
States. And the said Nation of Kanzas engage, on
the requisition or demand of the President of
the United States, or of the Superintendent, to
deliver up any white man resident amongst them. |
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| ARTICLE 11. |
It is further agreed on, by and between the
parties to these presents, that the United
States shall forever enjoy the right to navigate
freely all water courses or navigable streams
within the limits of the tract of country herein
reserved to the Kanzas Nation; and that the said
Kanzas Nation shall never sell, relinquish, or
in any manner dispose of the lands herein
reserved, to any other nation, person or persons
whatever, without the permission of the United
States for that purpose first had and obtained.
And shall ever remain under the protection of
the United States, and in friendship with them. |
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| ARTICLE 12. |
This Treaty shall take effect, and be
obligatory on the contracting parties, as soon
as the same shall be ratified by the President,
by and with the consent and advice of the Senate
of the United States. |
| In testimony whereof, the said
William Clark, commissioner as aforesaid, and
the deputation, chiefs, head men, and warriors
of the Kanzas nation of Indians, as aforesaid,
have hereunto set their hands and seals, this
third day of June, in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and of the
independence of the United States of America the
forty-ninth year. |
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William Clark,
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| Witnesses present: |
R. Wash, secretary,
W. B. Alexander, sub Indian agent,
John F. A. Sanford,
G. C. Sibley, United States Commissioner,
Baronet Vasquez, United States sale agent,
Russel Farnham,
Jno. K. Walker,
Jno. Simonds, Jr.
Hu-ru-ah-te, his x mark, or the Real Eagle,
Ca-she-se-gra, his x mark, or the track that
sees far,
Wa-can-da-ga-tun-ga, his x mark, or the Great
Doctor,
O-pa-she-ga, his x mark, or the Cooper,
Cha-ho-nush, his x mark,
Ma-he-ton-ga, his x mark, or the American,
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