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TREATY WITH THE SACS AND FOXES. 1804.

Right reservedto U. S of di-viding the an-nuity, &c.

Nov. 3, 1804.

Proclamation,Feb. 21, 1805.

Ratified Jan.25 , 1805.

Indians takenunder protec-tion of U. S.

Boundaries.

dividing the whole annuity which they pay to the said tribe amongst thefamilies which compose the same; allowing always a due proportion forthe chiefs : And the said chiefs whenever the President of the UnitedStates may require it, shall, upon proper notice being given, assembletheir tribe, for the purpose of effecting this arrangement.

In witness whereof, The commissioner plenipotentiary of theUnited States , and the chiefs and head men of the said tribe havehereunto set their hands, and affixed their seals. Done at Vin-cennes in the Indiana territory, the twenty-seventh day of August,in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and four;and of the independence of the United States , the twenty-ninth.

(Signed) WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON .

Wabochquinkelagroble, or Big Corn, Alemoin Le Chien, or the Dog ,

Swekania, Troisfesse, or Three Thighs, Kekelanquagot, or Lightning .Makatewelama, Chien Noir, or Black Dog,

Signed, sealed, and delivered, in presence of Jno. Gibson, Secretary to the Commis-sioner. John Griffin, one of the Judges of the Indiana Territory. Henry Vander-burgh, one of the Judges of the Indiana Territory. B. Parker, Attorney General ofthe Ty. of Indiana . Wm. Prince, Sheriff of Knox County, Indiana Territory. Geo.Wallace, Junr., of the Indiana Territory. Peter Jones, of Knox County, IndianaTerritory. Edward Hempstead, Attorney at Law, Indiana Territory. Abm. F. Snapp.Joseph Barron, Interpreter .

I do certify that each and every article of the foregoing treaty wascarefully explained and precisely interpreted by me to the Pianke-shaw chiefs who have signed the same.

(Signed) JOSEPH BARRON, Interpreter .

To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal.

A TREATY

Between the United States of America and the United tribes of Sacand Fox Indians.

Articles of a treaty made at St. Louis in the district of Louisiana between William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana territory andof the district of Louisiana , superintendant of Indian affairs for the saidterritory and district, and commissioner plenepotentiary of the UnitedStates for concluding any treaty or treaties which may be found necessarywith any of the north western tribes of Indians of the one part, and thechiefs and head men of the united Sac and Fox tribes of the other part.

Article 1. The United States receive the united Sac and Fox tribesinto their friendship and protection, and the said tribes agree to con-sider themselves under the protection of the United States , and of noother power whatsoever.

Art. 2. The general boundary line between the lands of the UnitedStates and of the said Indian tribes shall be as follows, to wit: Beginningat a point on the Missouri river opposite to the mouth of the Gasconaderiver ; thence in a direct course so as to strike the river Jeffreon at the dis-tance of thirty miles from its mouth, and down the said Jeffreon to the. Mis-sissippi, thence up the Mississippi to the mouth of the Ouisconsing river