Treaty with The Eel River, etc
August 7, 1803
At a council holden at Vincennes on the seventh day of
August, one thousand eight hundred and three, under the direction
of William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana territory,
superintendent of Indian affairs, and commissioner plenipotentiary
of the United States for concluding any treaty or treaties
which may be found necessary with any of the Indian nations
north west of the river Ohio, at which were present the chiefs
and warriors of the Eel River, Wyandot, Piankashaw and Kaskaskia
nations, and also the tribe of the Kikapoes, by their representatives,
the chiefs of the Eel River nation.
THE fourth article of the treaty holden and concluded at
Fort Wayne, on the seventh day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and three, being considered, the chiefs and warriors
of the said nations give their free and full consent to the
same, and they do hereby relinquish and confirm to the United
States the privilege and right of locating three several tracts
of land of one mile square each, on the road leading from
Vincennes to Kaskaskia, and also one other tract of land of
one mile square on the road leading from Vincennes to Clarksville;
which locations shall be made in such places on the aforesaid
roads as shall best comport with the convenience and interest
of the United States in the establishment of houses of entertainment
for the accommodation of travellers.
In witness whereof, the said William Henry Harrison, and
the said chiefs and warriors of the before-mentioned nations
and tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and affixed
their seals, the day and year first above written.
- William Henry Harrison, [L. S.]
- Ka Tunga, or Charly, his x mark, [L. S.]
- Akaketa, or ploughman, his x mark, [L. S.]
- Gros Bled or big corn, his x mark, [L. S.]
- Black Dog, his x mark, [L. S.]
- Puppequor, or gun, his x mark, [L. S.]
- La Boussier, his x mark, [L. S.]
- Ducoigne, his x mark, [L. S.]
- Pedagogue, his x mark, [L. S.]
- Saconquaneva, or tired legs, his x mark, [L. S.]
- Little Eyes, his x mark, [L. S.]
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in the presence of -
- John Rice Jones,
- B. Parke,
- Joseph Barron, interpreter.
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