TREATY WITH THE OSAGES. 1818. 183 In testimony whereoi] the commissioners aforesaid, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors as aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and atiixed their seals. Done at Edwardsville, in the state of Illinois, this twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-third. NINIAN EDWARDS, AUG. CHOUTEAU. Peoria. Awrawmpingeaw, or Whale, Waw Peeshawkawnan, Shield, Keemawassaw, or Little Chieti Wassawcosangaw, Shine, M;;,},;gam;,_ N°iyll°wwltw°w’ S°mm°l’ Wackshinggaw, or Crooked Moon, Wlss'Ii°°aw’ um E°t°l’ Keetawkeemawwaw, or Andrew, Rawmissawnoa, or Wind, Mmgg°“mw_ Mawressaw, or Knife, KUODKBCPHWIBW, Cah0kia' Batticy, or Baptist, Mooyawkackee, or Mercier, Kcemawraneaw, or Seal, Pemmeekawwattaw, or Henry, Weeomawkawnaw, Papenegeesawwaw, Keeshammy, or Cut off a Piece. Shopinnaw, or Pint, Kaskukm Maysheeweerattaw, or Big Hom. _ Ilouis J eH`erson Decouagne, T””¥”"°£’· Wawpamahwhawaw, or White Mahkattamawweeyaw, Black \Volf} Wolf, Queckkawpeetaw, or Round Seat. Done in presence of Pascal Cerré, secretary to the commissioners. Abraham Prickett, B. Stephenson, John M·Kee, Joseph Conway, Josias Randle, Ebenezer Baldwin, Reuben H. Walworth, William Swettand, John Kain, R. Pulliam, John Gaither, Bucknett, Jacob Prickett, John Wilson, William P. M·Kee, James Watts, John Howard, Richard Brevcolield, Robert Pogue, James Mason, Jno. Shinn, jun., John H. Randle, Edmund Randle. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark mdsealt A th E A T Y Made and concluded by, and between, William Clark, governor Sept. 25, 1818. ty" the Missouri Territory, superintendent of Indian afairs, and commissioner in behalf of the United States, of the one Jim, 7, 1819. ° part; and a full and complete deputation of considerate men, chiefs, and warriors, of all the several bands of the Great and Little Osage nation, assembled in behalf of their said nation, of the other part ; have agreed to the following articles : Am. 1. Wumtrzas the Osage nations have been embarrassed by the frequent demands for property taken from the citizens of the United States, by war parties, and other thoughtless men of their several bands, (both before and since their war with the Cherokees,) and as the exertions of their chiefs have been ineffectual in recovering and delivering such property, confoi-mably with the condition of the ninth article of a A,,;,,,,, m1_ treaty, entered into with the United States, at Fort Clark, the tenth of November, one thousand eight hundred and eight; and as the deductions from their annuities, in conformity to the said article, would deprive them of any for several years, and being destitute of funds to do that justice to the citizens of the United States which is calculated to promote a friendly intercourse, they have agreed, and do hereby agree, to
