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TREATY WITH THE QUAPAWS. 1818.

have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, thistwenty-second day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousandeight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the UnitedStates the forty-second.

WM. CLARK ,

AUG. CHOUTEAU.

Tarahautacaw, White Bull,

Tearilari Sacki, Red Hawk,

Kakaletahaw, the Crow of other Nations ,Larapa Kouch, the Soldier,

Tahorou, the Gun Flint,

Letireeshar, the Knife Chief,

Tearacheticktickspa, the Peace Maker,Teakahore, the Divider of the Party,Lahehorashea, the Presence Striker,Tarara, the Scalp Bearer,

Teripakou, the First of Soldiers,Irarikau, the White Cow.

Done at St. Louis , in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the Commission. R.Graham, I. A. Illinois Territory. Jno. 0. Fallon, Captain Rifle Regiment. R. Paul,Colonel M. M. C. Interpreter. Jno. Ruland, Sub Agent, Trans’r, &c. A. L. Papin,Interpreter. I. T. Honore, Indian Interpreter. I. Julian, U. S. Indian Interpreter.Wm. Grayson. Josiah Ramsey. Jno. Robedout.

To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal.

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Aug. 24, 1818.

Proclamation,Jan. 5, 1818.

Protection ofU. S. acknow-ledged.

Cession oflands.

(* A map ac-companies theoriginal treaty.)Reservation.

A TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, CESSION, AND LIMITS,

Made and entered into, this twenty-fourth day of August, eigh-teen hundred and eighteen, by, and between, William Clark and Auguste Chouteau , Commissioners on the part and behalfof the United States , of the one part, and the undersigned,chiefs and warriors of the Quapaw tribe or nation, on the partand behalf of their said tribe or nation, of the other part.

Art. 1. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves andtheir said tribe or nation, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be underthe protection of the United States , and of no other state, power, orsovereignty, whatsoever.

Art. 2. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves andtheir said tribe or nation, do hereby, for, and in consideration of, thepromises and stipulations hereinafter named, cede and relinquish to theUnited States , forever, all the lands within the following boundaries,viz : Beginning at the mouth of the Arkansaw river; thence, extendingup the .Arkansaw , to the Canadian fork, and up the Canadian fork toits source; thence south, to Big Red river, and down the middle ofthat river, to the Big Raft; thence, a direct line, so as to strike theMississippi river, thirty leagues in a straight line, below the mouth ofArkansaw; together with all their claims to land east of the Mississippi ,and north of the Arkansaw, river , included within the coloured lines1, 2, and 3, on the above map,*' with the exception and reservation fol-lowing, that is to say : the tract of country bounded as follows: Begin-ning at a point on the Arkansaw river, opposite the present post ofArkansaw , and running thence, a due southwest course, to the Washitariver; thence, up that river, to the Saline fork; and up the Saline forkto a point, from whence a due north course would strike the Arkansaw river at the Little Rock; and thence, down the right bank of the Arkan-saw , to the place of beginning: which said tract of land, last abovedesignated and reserved, shall be surveyed and marked off, at the ex-

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