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A TREATY
Between THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
AND
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OF
SAC AND FOX INDIANS.
ARTICLES of a treaty, made at Saint
Louis, in the district of Louisiana, be-
tween William Henry Harrison, governor
of the Indiana territory and of the district
of Louisiana, superintendant of Indian af-
fairs for the said territory and district,
and commissioner plenipotentiary of the
United States, for concluding any treaty,
or treaties, which may be found necessa-
ry with any of the north western tribes
of Indians, of the one part, and the chiefs
and head men of the united Sac and Fox
tribes, of the other part.
ARTICLE I. The United States re-
ceive the united Sac and Fox tribes into
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their friendship and protection; and the
said tribes agree to consider themselves
under the protection of the United States,
and of no other power whatsoever.
ART. II. The general boundary line
between the lands of the United States,
and of the said Indian tribes, shall be as
follows, viz. Beginning at a point on the
Missouri river, opposite to the mouth of
the Gasconade river, thence in a direct
course, so as to strike the river Jeffreon,
at the distance of thirty miles from its
mouth, and down the said Jeffreon to the
Mississippi; thence up the Mississippi to
the mouth of the Ouisconsing river, and up
the same to a point, which shall be thirty
six miles in a direct line from the mouth
of the said river; thence by a direct line
to the point where the Fox river (a branch
of the Illinois) leaves the small lake called
Sakaegan; thence down the Fox river, to
the Illinois river, and down the same to
the Mississippi. And the said tribes for,
and in consideration of the friendship and
protection of the United States, which is
now extended to them, of the goods (to
the value of two thousand two hundred
and thirty four dollars and fifty cents)
which are now delivered, and of the an-

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nuity herein after stipulated to be paid, do
hereby cede and relinquish forever, to the
United States, all the lands included with-
in the above described boundary.
ART. III. In consideration of the ces-
sion and relinquishment of land, made in
the preceding article, the United States
will deliver to the said tribes at the town
of St. Louis, or some other convenient
place on the Mississippi, yearly and every
year, goods suited to the circumstances of
the Indians, of the value of one thousand
dollars, (six hundred of which are in-
tended for the Sacs, and four hundred for
the Foxs) reckoning that value at the first
cost of the goods in the city or place in
the United States where they shall
be procured. And if the said tribes
shall hereafter, at an annual delivery
of the goods aforesaid, desire that a part
of their annuity should be furnished in
domestic animals, implements of husband-
ry, and other utensils convenient for
them, or in compensation to useful artifi-
cers, who may reside with or near them,
and be employed for their benefit, the
same shall, at the subsequent annual de-
livery, be furnished accordingly.
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ART. IV. The United States will
never interrupt the said tribes in the pos-
session of the lands which they rightfully
claim, but will on the contrary, protect
them, in the quiet enjoyment of the same,
against their own citizens, and against all
other white persons, who may intrude up-
on them. And the said tribes do hereby
engage that they will never sell their
lands, or any part thereof, to any sove-
reign power but the United States; nor
to the citizens or subjects of any other
sovereign power, nor to the citizens of
the United States.
ART. V. Lest the friendship" which
is now established between the United
States, and the said Indian tribes should
be interrupted by the misconduct of indi-
viduals, it is hereby agreed, that for inju-
ries done by individuals, no private re-
venge or retaliation shall take place; but
instead thereof complaint shall be made
by the party injured to the other, by the
said tribes or either of them, to the super-
intendant of Indian affairs, or one of his
deputies; and by the superintendant or
other person, appointed by the President
to the chiefs of the said tribes. And it
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complaint being made as aforesaid, to de-
liver 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, vio-
lence or murder, shall be committed on
any Indian or Indians, belonging to the
said tribes or either of them, the person
or persons so offending, shall be tried, and
if found guilty, punished in the like man-
ner, as if the injury had been done to a
white man. And it is further agreed, that
the chiefs of the said tribes shall to the ut-
most 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 their tribes. And the pro-
perty so recovered, shall be forthwith de-
livered to the superintendant, or other per-
son authorised to receive it, that it may
be restored to the proper owner. And in ca-
ses where the exertions of the chiefs shall
be ineffectual in recovering the property
stolen as aforesaid, if sufficient proof can
be obtained that such property was actu-
ally stolen by any Indian or Indians, be-
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the United States may deduct from the
annuity of the said tribes, a sum equal to
the value of the property which has been
stolen. And the United States hereby
guarantee to any Indian or Indians of the
said tribes, a full indemnification for any
horses or other property, which may be
stolen from them by any of their citizens:
Provided, that the property so stolen can-
not be recovered, and that sufficient proof
is produced, that it was actually stolen by
a citizen of the United States.
ART. VI. If any citizen of the United
States, or other white person, should form
a settlement upon lands which are the
property of the Sac, and Fox tribes, upon
complaint being made thereof to the super-
intendant, or other person having charge
of the affairs of the Indians, such intruder
shall forthwith be removed.
ART. VII. As long as the lands which
are now ceded to the United States, remain
their property, the Indians belonging to
the said tribes shall enjoy the privilege
of living and hunting upon them.
Aer. VIII. As the laws of the United
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with the Indian tribes, are already extended
to the country inhabited by the Saukes, and
Foxes, and as it is provided by those laws,
that no person shall reside, as a trader, in
the Indian country, withoutalicence under
the hand and seal of the superintendant of
Indian affairs, or other person appointed
for the purpose by the President. The
said tribes do promise, and agree, that they
will not suffer any trader to reside among
them, without such licence, and that they
will, from time to time, give notice to the
superintendant, or to the agent for their
tribes, of all the traders that may be in
their country.
ART. IX. In order to put a stop to the
abuses, and impositions which are practic-
ed upon the said tribes, by the private tra-
ders, the United States will at a conve-
nient time establish a trading house, or
factory, where the individuals of the said
tribes can be supplied with goods at a more
reasonable rate than they have been ac-
customed to procure them.
ART. X. In order to evince the sinceri-
ty of their friendship, and affection for the
United States, and a respectful deference
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for their advice, by an act which will not
only be acceptable to them, but to the com-
mon Father of all the nations of the earth;
the said tribes do hereby solemnly promise,
and agree, that they will pit an end to the
bloody war, which has heretofore raged
between their tribes, and those of the great
and little Osages. And for the purpose
of burying the tomahawk, and renewing
the friendly intercourse between them-
selves, and the Osages, a meeting of their
respective chiefs shall take place, at which,
under the direction of the above named
commissioner, or the agent of Indian af-
fairs, residing at St. Louis, an adjustment
of all their differences shall be made, and
peace established upon a firm and lasting
basis.
ART. XI. As it is probable that the
government of the United States willestab-
lish a military post at or near the mouth of
the Ouisconsing river, and as the land
on the lower side of the river may not be
suitable for that purpose, the said tribes
hereby agree that a fort may be built, either
on the upper side of the Ouisconsing, or
on the right bank of the Mississippi, as
the one or the other may be found most
convenient ; and a tract of land, not ex-

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ceeding two miles square, shall be given
for that purpose; and the said tribes do
further agree, that they will at all times
allow to traders, and other persons travel-
ling through their country under the au-
thority of the United States, a free and safe
passage for themselves and their property,
of every description; and that for such
passage, they shall at no time, and on no
account whatever, be subject to any toll or
exaction.
ART. XII. This treaty shall take effect,
and be obligatory on the contracting parties,
as soon as the same shall have been ratifi-
ed by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate of the United
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IN TESTIMony whº REof, the said Wil-
liam Henry Harrison, and the chiefs,
and head men of the said Sac, and
Fox tribes, have hereunto set their
hands, and affived their seals. Done
at St. Louis, in the district of Louisi-
ana, on the third day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and four,
and of the independence of the United
States, the twenty ninth.
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Additional ARTICLE.
It is agreed that nothing in this trea-
ty contained, shall affect the claim of any
individual or individuals, who may have
obtained grants of land from the Spanish -
government, and which are not included
within the general boundary line laid down
in this treaty: Provided, That such grant
have, at any time been made known to
the said tribes, and recognised by them.
[Signed by William Henry Harrison,
and a number of Indians.]
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