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upon which they stood 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 or either of the contracting parties against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot.

Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizens of the United States of America and all the individuals composing the said Teeton tribe; and the friendly 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 and their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves and their aforesaid tribe to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign, whatsoever.

In witness whereof, the said William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs and warriors of the said tribe, have hereunto subscribed their names, and affixed their seals this nineteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States the fortieth.

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in Iron, his x mark, (L. S.) Monetowanari, the

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Done at Portage des Sioux, in the presence of—

R. Wash, secretary of the com

mission,

Manuel Lisa, agent,

Thomas Forsyth, Indian agent,
Maurice Blondeaux,

John Miller, colonel Third In- John A. Cameron,

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Treaty with the Sioux of the Lakes, 1815.1

A treaty of peace and friendship, made and concluded at Portage des Sioux between William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, on the part and behalf of the said States, of the one part; and the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the Siouxs of the Lakes, on the part and behalf of their Tribe, of the other part.

The parties being desirous of re-establishing peace and friendship between the United States and the said tribe, and of being placed in all things, and in every respect, on the same footing upon which they stood 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 or either of the contracting parties against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot.

Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizens of the United States of America and all the individuals composing the said tribe of the Lakes, and all the friendly 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 and their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves and their aforesaid tribe to be under the protection of the United States, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign, whatsoever.

In witness whereof, the said William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners aforesaid, and the chiefs and warriors of the aforesaid tribe, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals this nineteenth day of July, in the 'Charles J. Kappler: Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties, Vol. II, p. 113.

year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States the fortieth.

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Tatangamania, the Walking Buffaloe, his x mark,

(L. S.)

Haisanwee, the Horn, his x mark,

(L. S.)

Aampahaa, the Speaker, his x mark,

(L. S.)

(L. S.)

(L. S.)

Narcesagata, the Hard Stone, his x mark, Haibohaa, the Branching Horn, his x mark, Done at Portage des Sioux, in the presence of

R. Wash, secretary to the commission,

John Miller, colonel Third In-
fantry,

T. Paul, C. T. of the C.,
Edmund Hall, lieutenant late

Twenty-eighth Infantry,

J. B. Clark, adjutant Third Infantry,

Manuel Lisa, agent,

(7 Stat., 126. Ratified Dec. 26, 1815.)

Thomas Forsyth, Indian agent,
Jno. W. Johnson, United States

factor and Indian agent,
Maurice Blondeaux,
Lewis Decouagne,

Louis Dorion,
John A. Cameron,
Jacques Mette,
John Hay.

EXHIBIT 193.

Treaty with the Sioux of St. Peter's River, 1815.1

A treaty of peace and friendship, made and concluded at Portage des Sioux, between William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, on the part and behalf of the said States, of the one part; and the Chiefs and Warriors of the Siouxs of the river St. Peter's, on the part and behalf of their said Tribe, on the other part.

The parties being desirous of re-establishing peace and friendship between the United States and the said tribe, and of being placed in all things, and in every respect, on the same footing upon which they stood before the late war between the United States and Great Britain, have agreed to the following articles:

'Charles J. Kappler: Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties, Vol. II, p. 114.

Article 1. Every injury or act of hostility committed by one or either of the contracting parties against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot.

Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizens of the United States of America and all the individuals composing the tribe of the Siouxs of the river St. Peter's; and all the friendly 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 and their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves and their tribe to be under the protection of the United States, and of no other power, nation, or sovereign, whatsoever.

In testimony whereof, the said William Clark, Ninian Edwards and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs and warriors of the aforesaid tribe, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, this nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States the fortieth.

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Enignanee, that Flies as he Walks, his x mark,

(L. S.)

Wasoukapaha, the Falling Hail, his x mark,

(L. S.)

Champisaba, the Black War Club, his x mark,

(L. S.)

Manpinsaba, the Black Cloud, his x mark,

(L. S.)

Tatarmaza, the Iron Wind, his x mark,

(L. S.)

Nankanandee, who puts his foot in it, his x mark,

(L. S.)

Done at Portage des Sioux, in the presence of

R. Wash, secretary of the com

mission,

J. W. Johnson, United States
Factor and Indian agent.

John Miller, colonel Third In-Maurice Blondeaux,

fantry,

H. Paul, C. T. of the C.,

Louis Decouagne,

John A. Cameron,

John T. Chumm, brevet major of Louis Dorion,

the U. S. Army,

Jacques Matte,

Edmund Hall, lieutenant late

sworn interpreters.

Twenty-eighth Infantry,

Manuel Lisa, agent,

Thomas Forsyth, Indian agent,

(7 Stat., 127. Ratified Dec. 26, 1815.)

EXHIBIT 194.

Treaty with the Yankton Sioux, 1815.1

A treaty of peace and friendship, made and concluded at Portage des Sioux between William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, on the part and behalf of the said States, of the one part; and the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the Yancton Tribe of Indians, on the part and behalf of their said Tribe, of the other part.

The parties being desirous of re-establishing peace and friendship between the United States and the said tribe, and of being placed in all things, and in every respect, on the same footing upon which they stood 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 or either of the contracting parties against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot.

Art. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizens of the United States of America, and all the individuals composing the said Yancton tribe, and all the friendly relations that existed between them before the war shall be, and the same are hereby, removed.

Art. 3. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other nation, power, or sovereign, whatsoever.

In witness whereof, the said William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, this nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States the fortieth.

(L. S.) Weopaatowechashla, or

Wm. Clark,

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'Charles J. Kappler: Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties, Vol. II, p. 115.

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