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 A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP Made and concluded between William Clark, Ninian Edwards, July 1e, 1815. and Auguste Chouteau, Commissioners Plenijootentiary of the United States of America, on the part and behalf rj the said 26, 1815.. States, of the one part ; and the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the Teeton Tribe of Indians, on the part and behalf of their said Tribe, of the other part. Tun 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 Injuries, &.c. either of the contracting parties against the other, shall be mutually f°'€“'°“· forgiven and forgot. A121x2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all Perpetual the citizens of the United States of America and all the individuals i"?°°$ Yld & composing the said Teeton tribe; and the friendly relations that existed mm S lp’ c' between them before the war, shall be, and the same are hereby, renewed. ART. 3. The undersigned chiefs and warriors, for themselves and Protection of their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves and their aforesaid PaS·d8°k¤°W‘ tribe to be under the protection of the United States of America, and ° g° ‘ 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. WILLIAM CLARK, NINIAN EDWARDS, AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU. Eshkatapia, the player, Ikmouacoulai, the shooting tiger, Tatanga, the true buifaloe, Uakaheriboukai, the wind that passes, Mazamanie, the walker in iron, Washeejorijatgu, the left-handed French- Wanakagmawie, the stamper, man, Weechachamanza, the man of iron, Monetowauari, the hear’s soul. Done at Portage des Sioux, in the presence of R. Wash, secretary to the commission. John Miller, col. 3d infantry. H. Dodge, brig. gen. Missouri militia. T. Paul, C. T. of the C. Manuel Lisa, agent. Thomas Forsyth, I. agent. Maurice Blondeaux. John A. Cameron. Louis Decouagne. Louis Dorion. Cyrus Edwards. John Hay, Int. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. L2 G25)