A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP,
July 19, 1815.
Ratified, Dec.26, 1815.
Injuries, &c.forgiven.
Perpetualpeace andfriendship, &c.
Made and concluded between William, Clark, Ninian 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 undersigned Chiefs and War-riors of the Yancton Tribe of Indians, on the part and behalfof their said Tribe, of the other part.
The parties being desirous of re-establishing peace and friendshipbetween the United States and the said tribe, and of being placed in allthings, and in every respect, on the same footing upon which they stoodbefore the late war between the United States and Great Britain , haveagreed 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 said Yancton tribe, and all the friendly relations thatexisted 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 to be under theprotection of the United States of America , and of no other nation,power, or sovereign, whatsoever.
In witness whereof, the said William Clark, Ninian Edwards , andAuguste Chouteau , Commissioners as aforesaid, and the Chiefsaforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed theirseals, this nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord onethousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence ofthe United States the fortieth.
WM. CLARK,
Monlori, or white bear,Waskaijingo, or little dish,Padaniapape, or panis sticker,Chaponge, or musquitoe,Mindalonga, partisan or war chief,Weopaatowechashla, sun set,
Tokayinhominee, the rock thatturns,
Keonorunco, fast flyer,
Mazo, the iron,
Haiwongeeda, one horn,Mazeharo, arrow sender.
Done at the Portage des Siouxs, in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the Com-mission. John Miller, col. 3d inf. H. Dodge, brig. gen. Missouri militia. ManuelLisa, agent. Thomas Forsyth, I. agent. Maurice Blondeaux. Jacques Mette.John A. Cameron. T. Paul, C. T. of the Commission. Louis Decouagne. LouisDorion. Cyrus Edwards. John Hay, interpreter .
To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal.
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