Done at Portage des Sioux, in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the Commission, Thomas Levens, Lt. Col. Comd't P. Chouteau, Agent, James B. Moore, Caplain, Samuel Whiteside, Captain, Daniel Converse, 3d Lieut. IOWAYS. [CONCLUDED SEPTEMBER 16, 1815.] 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 king, chiefs, and warriors of the Ioway tribe or nation, on the part and behalf of the 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 war, have agreed to the following articles: ART. 1. Every injury or act of hostility 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 said Ioway tribe or nation. ART. 3. The contracting parties do hereby agree, promise, and oblige themselves reciprocally, to deliver up all the prisoners now in their hands, (by what means soever the same may have come into their possession,) to the officer commanding at St. Louis, to be by him restored to their respective nations, as soon as it may be practicable. ART. 4. The contracting parties, in the sincerity of mutual friendship, recognize, re-establish, and confirm, all and every treaty, contract, and agreement, heretofore concluded between the United States and the said Ioway tribe or nation. * In witness whereof, the said William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the aforesaid king, chiefs, and warriors, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, this sixteenth day of Sep*This appears to be the first treaty concluded with this tribe of Indians, under the name of loways. tember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States the fortieth. William Clark, Ninian Edwards, Auguste Chouteau, Wyingwaha, or hard heart, his x mark, Wonehee, or the slave, his x mark, Eniswahanee, the big axe, his x mark, Washcommanee, the great marcher, his x mark, L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. Wyimppishcoonee, the ill-humoured man, his x mark, L. s. Ranoingga, the little pipe, his x mark, Wohomppee, the broth, his x mark, Shongatong, the horse jockey, his x mark, Chahowhrowpa, the dew-lap, his x mark, Chapee, the pine buffaloe, his x mark, Okugwata, the roller, his x mark, Done at Portage des Sioux, in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the Com L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. Jno. W. Johnson, U. S. Factor Samuel Solomon, Interpreter, Louis Dorion, Geo. Fisher, Surgeon Ill. Regt. Dennis Julien, P. Chouteau, Agent, Jas. McCulloch, Capt. KANZAS. [CONCLUDED OCTOBER 28, 1815. ] A treaty of peace and friendship made and concluded between 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 the Kanzas 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 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 of America, and all the individuals composing the said Kanzas 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 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 Ninian Edwards and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States the fortieth. Ninian Edwards, Auguste Chouteau, Cayezettanzaw, or the big chief, his x mark, Hazeware, or the buck elk running after the doe, his x mark, Wahanzasby, or the endless, his x mark, Cayebasneenzaw, or the little chief, his x mark, Manshenscaw, or the white plume, his x mark, L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. Cayegettsazesheengaw, or the old chief, his x mark, L. s. Mocupamawny, or the walking cloud, his x mark, L. S. L. S. Ezashabe, his x mark, L. S. Kaehamony, or the floating down stream, his x mark, L. s. Opasheeza, his x mark, L. S. Karahsheenzaw, or the little crow, his x mark, L. S. Metanezaw, or the foolish robe, his x mark, L. S. Wehurasudze, or the red eagle, his x mark, L. S. Necolebran, or he who can smell a man, his x mark, L. s. CHEROKEES. [CONCLUDED MARCH 22, 1816.] Articles of a treaty made and concluded at the city of Washington, on the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, between George Graham, being specially authorized by the President of the United States thereto, and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the Cherokee nation, duly authorized and empowered by the said nation. ART. 1. Whereas the executive of the State of South Carolina, has made an application to the President of the United States to extinguish the claim of the Cherookee nation, to that part of their lands which lie within the boundaries of the said State, as lately established and agreed upon between that State and the State of North Carolina; and as the Cherokee nation is disposed to comply with the wishes of their brothers of South Carolina, they have agreed and do hereby agree, to cede to the State of South Carolina, and forever quit claim to the tract of country contained within the following bounds, viz: Beginning on the east bank of the Chattuga river, where the boundary line of the Cherokee nation crosses the same, running thence with the said boundary line to a rock on the blue ridge, where the boundary line crosses the same, and which rock has been lately established as a corner to the States of North and South Carolina, running thence south, sixty-eight and a quarter degrees, west, twenty miles and thirty-two chains, to a rock on the Chattuga river, at the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude, another corner of the boundaries agreed upon by the States of North and South Carolina, thence down and with the Chattuga to the beginning. ART. 2. For and in consideration of the above cession, the United States promise and engage that the State of South Carolina shall pay to the Cherokee nation, or its accredited agent, the sum of five thousand dollars within ninety days after the President and Senate shall have ratified this treaty: Provided, that the Cherokee nation shall have sanctioned the same in council: and provided also that the executive of the State of South Carolina, shall approve of the stipulations contained in this article. In testimony whereof, the said commissioner, and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the Cherokee nation, have hereto set their hands and seals. Articles of a convention made and entered into between George Graham, specially authorized thereto by the President of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the Cherokee nation, duly authorized and empowered by the said nation. ART. 1. Whereas doubts have existed in relation to the northern boundary of that part of the Creek lands lying west of the Coosa river, and which were ceded to the United States by the treaty held at fort Jackson, on the ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen; and whereas by the third article of the treaty, dated the 7th of January, one thousand eight hundred and six, between the United States and the Cherokee nation, the United States have recognized a claim on the part of the Cherokee nation to the lands south of the big bend of the Tennessee river, and extending as far west as a place on the waters of Bear creek, (a branch of the Tennessee river) known by the name of the Flat Rock, or stone: it is, therefore, now declared and agreed, that a line shall be run from a point on the west bank of the Coosa river, opposite to the lower end of the ten islands in said river, and above fort Strother, directly to the Flat Rock or stone, on Bear creek, (a branch of the Tennessee river:) which line shall be established as the boundary of the lands ceded by the Creek nation to the United States by the treaty held at fort Jackson on the ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and of the lands claimed by the Cherokee nation, lying west of the Coosa and south of the Tennessee rivers. ART. 2. It is expressly agreed, on the part of the Cherokee nation, that the United States shall have the right to lay off, open and have the free use of such road or roads, through any part of the Cherokee nation, lying north of the boundary line now established, as may be deemed necessary for the free intercourse between the States of Tennessee and Georgia, and the Mississippi territory. And the citizens of the United States shall freely navigate and use, as a highway, all the rivers and waters within the Cherokee nation. The Cherokee nation further agree, to establish and keep up, on the roads to be opened under the sanction of this |