A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP,
Made and concluded between William Clark , JVinian Edwards,and Auguste Chouteau , Commissioners Plenipotentiary of theUnited States of America , on the part and behalf of the saidStates, of the one part; and the Chiefs and Warriors of theSiouxs of the river St. Peter’s, on the part and behalf of theirsaid Tribe, on the other part.
The parties being desirous of re-establishing peace and friendshipbetween the United States and the said tribe, and of being placed inall things, and in every respect, on the same footing upon which theystood before the late war between the United States and Great Britain ,have agreed to the following articles :
Article 1 . Every injury or act of hostility committed by one oreither of the contracting parties against the other, shall be mutuallyforgiven and forgot.
Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between allthe citizens of the United States of America and all the individualscomposing the tribe of Siouxs of the river St. Peter’s; and all thefriendly relations that existed between them before the war, shall be,and the same are hereby, renewed.
Art. 3. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves andtheir said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves and their tribe to beunder the protection of the United States , and of no other power,nation, or sovereign, whatsoever.
In testimony whereof the said William Clark, Ninian Edwards , andAuguste Chouteau , Commissioners as aforesaid, and the Chiefsand Warriors of the aforesaid tribe, have hereunto subscribed theirnames and affixed their seals, this nineteenth day of July, in theyear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and ofthe independence of the United States the fortieth.
WILLIAM CLARK ,NINIAN EDWARDS ,AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU .
Enigmanee, that flies as he walks, Mahpiasaba, the black cloud,
Wasouikpaha, the falling hail, Tataimaza, the iron wind,
Champisaba, the black war club, Nankihundee, who puts his foot in it.
Done at Portage des Siouxs, in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the com-mission. John Miller, col. 3d. infantry. H. Paul, C. T. of the C. John T. Chunn,brevet maj. of U. States army. Edmund Hall, lieut. late 28th inf. Manuel Lisa,agent. Thomas Forsyth, Indian agent. Jno. W. Johnson, U. S. F. and I. agent.Maurice Blondeaux, Louis Decouagne, John A. Cameron, Louis Dorion, JacquesMette, Sworn interpreters.
To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal.
July 19, 1815.
Ratified, Dec.26, 1815.
Injuries, &c.forgiven.
Perpetualpeace andfriendship, &c.
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