Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 7.djvu/138

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A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP, July 19, mis, Made and concluded between William Clark, Mnian_ Edwards,

 and A uste Chouteau, Commissioners Plemjwtentwry of the

26, 1815..Uniteduiltates of America, on the part and behalf cj the said States, of the one part; and the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the Yancton Tribe q" Indians, on the part and behalf of their said Tribe, of the other part. Tum parties being desirous of re·establishing peace and friendship between the United States and the said tribe, and of being placed in all things, and in every respect, on the same footing upon which they stood before the late war between the United States and Great Britain, have agreed to the following articles: Injuries, sw, Arvrrcas 1. Every injury or act of hostility committed by one or f¤lgiv¢¤· either of the contracting parties against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot. perpetual Ayer. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all peace and the citizens of the United States of America, and all the individuals “°”dSl“P· &·°- composing the said Yancton tribe, and all the friendly relations that existed between them before the war shall be, and the same are hereby, renewed. protection of Am. 3. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and U. S. acknow- their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the 1°‘lB°d· protection of the United States of America, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign, whatsoever. In witness whereof, the said William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, Commissioners as aforesaid, and the Chiefs aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, this nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States the fortieth. WM. CLARK, NINIAN EDWARDS, AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU. Monlori, or white bear, Tokayinhominee, the rock that Waskaijingo, or little dish, turns, Padaniapape, or panis sticker, Keonorunco, fast Byer, Chaponge, or musquitoe, Mazo, the iron, Mindalonga, partisan or war chieh Haiwongeeda, one horn, Weopaatowechashla, sun set, Mazeluro, arrow sender. •Done at the Portage des Siouxs, in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the Commission. John Miller, col. 3d in£ H. Dodge, brig. gen. Missouri militia. Manuel Lisa, agent. Thomas Forsyth, I. agent. Maurice Blondeaux. Jacques Metre. John A. Cameron. T. Paul, C. T. of the Commission. Louis Decouagne. Louis Dorlon. Cyrus Edwards. John Hay, interpreter. To the Indian names are mhjoined n mark and real. (128)