Treaty of St. Louis
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The Treaty of St. Louis is one of many treaties signed between the United States and various Native American tribes.
[edit] 1804 Treaty of St. Louis (Sauk and Fox)
Quashquame, Pashepaho, Ouchequaka and Hashequarhiqua were sent by the Sacs to St. Louis to try and free a prisoner who had killed an American. The Sac tradition was to see if the Americans would release their friend. They were willing to pay for the person killed, thus covering the blood and satisfying the relations of the murdered man.
Upon return Quashquame and party came up and gave us the following account of their mission:
On our arrival at St. Louis we met our American father and explained to him our business, urging the release of our friend. The American chief told us he wanted land. We agreed to give him some on the west side of the Mississippi, likewise more on the Illinois side opposite Jeffreon. When the business was all arranged we expected to have our friend released to come home with us. About the time we were ready to start our brother was let out of the prison. He started and ran a short distance when he was SHOT DEAD!
This was all they could remember of what had been said and done. It subsequently appeared that they had been drunk the greater part of the time while at St. Louis.
This was all myself and nation knew of the treaty of 1804. It has since been explained to me. I found by that treaty, that all of the country east of the Mississippi, and south of Jeffreon was ceded to the United States for one thousand dollars a year. I will leave it to the people of the United States to say whether our nation was properly represented in this treaty? Or whether we received a fair compensation for the extent of country ceded by these four individuals?
Excerpted from EBook of Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk, by Black Hawk, Project Gutenberg, and not copyrighted in the United States.
[edit] 1815 Treaty of St. Louis (Kansa)
[edit] 1816 Treaty of St. Louis (Sauk)
[edit] 1816 Treaty of St. Louis (Sioux)
[edit] 1816 Treaty of St. Louis (Winnebago)
[edit] 1816 Treaty of St. Louis (Ottawa, etc.)
The Treaty of St. Louis of 1816 was treaty signed by Ninian Edwards, William Clark, and Auguste Chouteau for the United States and representatives of the Council of Three Fires (united tribes of Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi) residing on the Illinois and Milwaukee rivers, signed on August 24, 1816 and proclaimed on December 30, 1816. Despite the name, the treaty was conducted at Portage des Sioux, Missouri, located immediately north of St. Louis, Missouri.
By signing the treaty, the tribes, their chiefs, and their warriors relinquished all right, claim, and title to land previously ceded to the United States by the Sac and Fox tribes on November 3, 1804.
By signing, the united tribes also ceded a 20 mile strip of land to the United States, which connected Chicago and Lake Michigan with the Illinois River. In 1848, the Illinois and Michigan Canal was built on the ceded land and, in 1900, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
[edit] 1817 Treaty of St. Louis (Menominee)
[edit] 1818 Treaty of St. Louis (Grand Pawnee)
[edit] 1818 Treaty of St. Louis (Noisy Pawnee)
[edit] 1818 Treaty of St. Louis (Pawnee Republic)
[edit] 1818 Treaty of St. Louis (Pawnee Marhar)
[edit] 1818 Treaty of St. Louis (Quapaw)
[edit] 1818 Treaty of St. Louis (Osage)
[edit] 1825 Treaty of St. Louis
The Treaty of St. Louis of 1825 is a treaty conducted by William Clark on behalf of the United States with the delegates from the Shawnee Nation, signed on November 7, 1825 and proclaimed on December 30, 1825.
In this treaty, the Shawnee ceded land by the Shawnee. Shawnee Nation's grievences toward citizens of the United States are aired and addressed in this treaty. In addition, under this treaty, peace and friendship between the two nations are renewed and perpetuated.
[edit] External links
- Text of the 1816 Ottawa, etc., Treaty from the Kappler Project at the Oklahoma State University Library
- Text of the 1825 Treaty from the Kappler Project at the Oklahoma State University Library
- The Geographic Location of Potawatomi Bands: 1795 to 1846 by Dr. David A Baerreis
- Indian Boundary from Bolingbrook, Illinois
- Indian Boundary Park in Frankfort, Illinois from the Old Plank Road Trail Management Commission. (Contains map of cession area.)
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