III. SALE OF LAND BY THE INDIANS—EXTRACT FROM THE PUBLISHED CONTRACT
This Document is headed—Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting; &c. &c. Then come thirteen articles, of which the following is the preamble:
Articles of a treaty made and concluded by William Clarke, Superintendent of Indian Affaires, and Willoughby Morgan, Colonel of the United States 1st Regt. Infantry, commissioners on behalf of the United States, on the one part; and the undersigned deputations of the confederated tribes of the Sacs and Foxes; the Medawah-Kanton, Wahpacoota, Wahpeton, and Sissetong bands or tribes of Sioux; the Omahas, Joways, Otos, and Missouris, on the other part.
The said tribes being anxious to remove all causes which may hereafter create any unfriendly feeling between them, and being also anxious to provide other sources for supplying their wants besides those of hunting, which they are sensible must soon entirely fail them, agree with the United States on the following articles:
Article I. The said tribes cede and relinquish to the United States for ever all their right and title to the lands lying within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the upper fork of the Demoine River, and passing the sources of the Little Sioux and Floyd's Rivers, to the fork of the first creek which falls into the Big Sioux, or Calumet, on the east side; thence down said creek, and Calumet River, to the Missouri River: thence down said Missouri River to the Missouri State line above the Kansas; thence along said line to the northwest corner of the said state; thence to the highlands between the water falling into the Missouri and Desmoines, passing to said highlands along the dividing ridge between the forks of the Grand River; thence along said highlands or ridge separating the waters of the Missouri from those of the Desmoines, to a point opposite the source of Boyer River, and thence in a direct line to the upper fork of the Desmoines, the place of beginning. But it is understood that the lands ceded and relinquished by this treaty are to be resigned and allotted under the direction of the President of the United States to the tribes now living thereon, or to such other tribes as the President may locate thereon for hunting, and other purposes, &c. &c.
The other Articles follow. Here are the names of some of the Indian chiefs who signed the contract:—
SACS
- Mash-que-tai-paw (Red-head).
- Sheco-Caiawko (Tortoise-shell).
- Kee-o-cuck (The Vigilant Fox).
- Pai-o-tahit (Heartless).
- Os-hays-Kee (Ridge).
- She-she-quaninee (The Little Gourd), &c.
FOXES
- Wapataw (The Prince).
- Taweemin (Gooseberry).
- Pasha-sakay.
- Keewausettee (Who climbs everywhere).
- Appenioce (The Great Child).
- Kaw-kaw-kee (The Crow), &c.
SIOUX
- Wabishaw (The Red Leaf).
- Tchataqua mani (The Little Crow).
- Waumunde-tunkar (The Great Calumet Eagle).
- Taco-coqui-pishnee (Dauntless).
- Wah-coo-ta (The Bowman).
OMAHAS
- Opan-tanga (The Great Elk).
- Chonques-kaw (The White Horse).
- Tessan (The White Crow).
JOWAYS
- Wassan-nie (The Medicine Club).
- Mauhooskan (The White Cloud).
- Tah-roh-ha (Many Stags).
OTOS
- I-atan or Shaumanie-lassan (Prairie-Wolf).
- Mehah-hun-jee (Second Daughter).
- Kansaw-tanga (The Great Kansa), &c.