Treaty with The Kaskaskia
October 27, 1832
Articles of a treaty made and entered into at Castor Hill,
in the county of St. Louis in the State of Missouri, this
twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two, between William Clark, Frank J. Allen and
Nathan Kouns, Commissioners on the part of the United States,
of the one part; and the Kaskaskia and Peoria tribes, which,
with the Michigamia, Cahokia and Tamarois bands, now united
with the two first named tribes, formerly composed the Illinois
nation of Indians, of the other part.
WHEREAS, the Kaskaskia tribe of Indians and the bands aforesaid
united therewith, are desirous of uniting with the Peorias,
(composed as aforesaid) on lands west of the State of Missouri,
they have therefore for that purpose agreed with the commissioners
aforesaid, upon the following stipulations:
Article I.
The Kaskaskia tribe of Indians and the several bands united
with them as aforesaid, in consideration of the stipulations
herein made on the part of the United States, do forever cede
and release to the United States the lands granted to them
forever by the first section of the treaty of Vincennes of
13th August 1803, reserving however to Ellen Decoigne the
daughter of their late Chief who has married a white man,
the tract of land of about three hundred and fifty acres near
the town of Kaskaskia, which was secured to said tribe by
the act of Congress of 3d March 1793.
Article II.
The Kaskaskia tribe further relinquishes to the United States
the permanent annuity of one thousand dollars which they receive
under the third article of the aforesaid treaty, and their
salt annuity due by treaty of Fort Wayne of 7th June 1803.
Article III.
The Peoria tribe and the bands aforesaid, united therewith,
cede and relinquish to the United States, all their claims
to land heretofore reserved by, or assigned to them in former
treaties, either in the State of Illinois or Missouri.
Article IV.
The United States cede to the combined tribes of Kaskaskias
and Peorias, and the bands aforesaid united with them, one
hundred and fifty sections of land forever, or as long as
they live upon it as a tribe, to include the present Peoria
village, west of the State of Missouri, on the waters of Osage
river, to be bounded as follows, to wit: North by the lands
assigned to the Shawanoes; west, by the western line of the
reservation made for the Piankeshaws, Weas, and Peorias; and
east by lands assigned the Piankeshaws and Weas.
Article V.
In consideration of the foregoing cessions and relinquishments,
the United [States] agree to pay to the said united Kaskaskia
and Peoria tribes (composed as aforesaid) an annuity of three
thousand dollars for ten successive years, to be paid on the
lands assigned them in common, either in money, merchandise,
or domestic stock, at their option; if in merchandise, to
be delivered to them free of transportation.
Article VI.
And whereas, the said Peoria tribe, and the bands united
with them as aforesaid, assert in Council that they never
understood the 5th article of the treaty of Edwardsville of
25th September 1818 [1825], as ceding to the United States
their claims to lands in Missouri, on which they had been
settled for a length of time previous to that treaty, and
of which they had had possession for more than sixty years,
- and now demand an equivalent for those claims. The Commissioners
with a view of quieting forever the said claims and all demands
of whatever nature which said Peoria tribe and the several
bands united therewith as aforesaid, have against the government
or citizens of the United States, agree to pay, viz: - To
the Peorias in common with the Kaskaskias, the sum of sixteen
hundred dollars; to the Kaskaskias alone, for seven horses
lost by them, and for salt annuities due to them by the treaty
of Fort Wayne aforesaid, three hundred and fifty dollars;
to the Peorias alone for improvements on the lands they moved
from, two hundred and fifty dollars; to the united Peorias
and Kaskaskias, there shall be paid and delivered on their
land as soon as practicable after the ratification of this
treaty, cows and calves and other stock to the amount of four
hundred dollars, three iron bound carts, three yoke of oxen,
and six ploughs. There shall also be built for said tribes,
four log houses; - for breaking up ground and fencing the
same, three hundred dollars: - for agricultural implements,
iron, and steel, fifty dollars per annum for four years. There
shall also be paid to the said united tribes, on the signing
of this treaty, eight hundred dollars in goods suited to their
wants. Assistance shall also be given the Kaskaskias in moving
to their lands, and provisions for one year after their removal,
to the amount of one thousand dollars. It is understood that
any stipulations in this or the preceding articles, for the
benefit of the Peorias or Kaskaskias separately, or united,
shall embrace, in either case the bands before mentioned,
united with either, or both tribes, as the case may be.
Article VII.
In consideration of the stipulations contained in the preceding
articles, the Peoria and Kaskaskia tribes and the bands of
Michigamia, Cahokia and Tamarois Indians united with them,
hereby forever cede and relinquish to the United States, their
claims to lands within the States of Illinois and Missouri,
and all other claims of whatsoever nature which they have
had or preferred against the United States or the citizens
thereof, up to the signing of this treaty.
Article VIII.
This treaty after the same shall be ratified by the President
and Senate of the United States, shall be obligatory on the
contracting parties.
Done at Castor Hill, in the county of St. Louis in the State
of Missouri, the day and year above written, and of the independence
of the United States the fifty-seventh.
- Wm. Clark,
- Frank J. Allen,
- Nathan Kouns.
Peorias:
- Wah-pe-sha-ka-na, white skin, his x mark,
- Ken-mah-re-ne-ah, his x mark,
- Pa-kee-sha-ma, cutter, his x mark,
- Pa-me-kaw-wa-ta, man's track, his x mark,
- Al-le-ne-pe-sh-en-sha, his x mark,
Kaskaskias:
- Ke-mon-sah, little chief, his x mark,
- Wah-kah-pe-se-wah, round flyer,
- Wa-pe-sae, white, his x mark,
- Pe-me-ka-wai, man's track, his x mark.
In presence of -
- James Kemmly, secretary,
- A. Shane, United States interpreter,
- Jacques Mette, United States interpreter,
- Jesse Oliver,
- Pierre Menard.
- Wm. Radford, U. S. Navy,
- G. S. Rousseau, U. S. Army,
- Meriwether Lewis Clark, lieutenant, Sixth Infantry.
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