of September last, and the cession it contains is hereby agreed to by the Kickapoos, and a permanent additional annuity of four hundred dollars, and goods to the amount of eight hundred dollars, now delivered, is to be considered as a full compensation for the said cession. ART. 2. The said tribe further agrees to cede to the United States all that tract of land which lies between the tract above ceded, the Wabash, the Vermillion river, and a line to be drawn from the North corner of the said ceded tract, so as to strike the Vermillion river at the distance of twenty miles in a direct line from its mouth. For this cession a further annuity of one hundred dollars, and the sum of seven hundred dollars in goods now delivered, is considered as a full compensation. But if the Miamies should not be willing to sanction the latter cession, and the United States should not think proper to take possession of the land without their consent, they shall be released from the obligation to pay the additional annuity of one hundred dollars.

ART. 3. The stipulations contained in the treaty of Greenville, relatively to the manncr of paying the annuity and of the right of the Indians to hunt upon the land, shall apply to the annuity granted and the land ce, ded by the present treaty.

IN

TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the said William Henry Harrison, and the Sachems and head war chiefs of the said tribe, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals, this ninth day of De-cember, one thousand eight hundred and nine.

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(Signed)

WM. HENRY HARRISON, [SEAL.]

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Joe Renard, or a Man on his feet, (Seal.)

Signed in presence of

(The word seven in the second article being

written upon an erasure.)

PETER JONES,

Secretary to the Commissioner.

GEORGE WALLACE, Jun.

Justice of Peace, Kentucky.

JNO. GIBSON,

Secretary Ind. Ter.

WILL. JONES,

Justice of Peace.

E. STOUT,

Justice of Peace.

CHAS. SMITH,

of Vincennes.

HAWCINTHE LASSETT,

of Vincennes.

DOM. LACROIX,

of Vincennes.

JOSEPH BARRON, 4.
Interpreter.

NOW THEREFORE, to the end that the said treaty may be observed and performed with good faith on the part of the United States, I have caused the premises to be made public, and I do hereby enjoin and require all persons bearing office, civil or military, within the United States, and all others, citizens or inhabitants thereof, or being within the same, faithfully to observe and fulfil the said treaty, and every clause and article thereof.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.

DONE at the City of Washington, the eighth day of March, A. D. 1810, and of the Independence of the said United States, the thirty fourth.

JAMES MADISON.

By the President,

R. SMITH,

Secretary of State.

TREATY

BETWEEN

THE U. STATES AND THE GREAT AND LITTLE OSAGE NATIONS OF INDIANS,

CONCLUDED AND SIGNED AT

FORT CLARK, ON THE 10th NOV. 1808.

JAMES MADISON,

President of the United States of America,

TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:

WHEREAS treaty between the United States and the Great and Little Osage nations of Indians, was concluded and signed at Fort Clark, on the right bank of the Missouri, in the territory of Louisiana, on the tenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eight, which treaty is in the words following, to wit:

ARTICLES of a treaty made and concluded at Fort Clark, on the right bank of the Missouri, about five miles above the Fire Prairie, in the territory of Louisiana, the tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, between Peter Chouteau, esquire, agent for the Osage, and specially commissioned and instructed to enter into the same by his excellency Meri

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wether Lewis, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the territory aforesaid, in behalf of the United States of America, of the one part, and the chiefs and warriors of the Great and Little Osage, for themselves and their nations respectively, on the other part.

Art. 1. The United States being anxious to promote peace, friendship and intercourse with the Osage tribes, to afford them every assistance in their power, and to protect them from the insults and injuries of other tribes of Indians, situated near the settlements of the white people, have thought proper to build a fort on the right bank of the Missouri, a few miles above the Fire Prairie, and do agree to garrison the same with as many regular troops as the President of the United States may, from time to time, deem necessary for the protection of all orderly, friendly and well disposed Indians of the Great and Little Osage nations, who reside at this place, and who do strictly conform to, and pursue the counsels or admonitions of the President of the United States through his subordinate officers.

Art. 2. The United States being also anxious that the Great and Little Osage, resident as aforesaid, should be regularly supplied with every species of merchandize, which their comfort may hereafter require, do engage to establish at this place, and permanently to continue at all seasons of the year, a well assorted store of goods, for the purpose of bartering with them on moderate terms for their peltries and furs.

Art. 3. The United States agree to furnish at this place, for the use of the Osage nations, a black-smith, and tools to mend their arms and utensils of husbandry, and engage