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 A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP, Made and concluded between William Clark, Ninian Edwards, July 19. 1815- and Huguste Chouteau, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the Rmged, Dec, United States of America, on the part and behaU of the said 26.1815- States, <y" 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. 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, cw. either of the contracting parties against the other, shall be mutually f°'g“’°“· forgiven and forgot. ART. 2. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all Perpetual the citizens of the United States of America and all the individuals l2‘?a°g *;;}*1 & composing the tribe of Siouxs of the river St. Peter’s; and all the mm S 1p' °' 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 Protection of their said tribe, do hereby acknowledge themselves and their tribe to be }·laS·;¤k¤°W· under the protection of the United States, and of no other power, e g° ` 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 aihxed 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. WILLIAM CLARK, NINIAN EDWARDS, AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU. Enigmanee, that flies as he walks, Mahpiasaba, the black cloud, Wasouikpaha, the falling hail, Tataimaza, the iron wind, Champisaba, the black war club, N ankihundee, who puts his foot in it. Done at Portage des Siouxs, in the presence of R. Wash, Secretary to the commission. John Miller, col. 3d. infantry. H. Paul, C. T. of the C. John T. Chunn, ~ brevet maj. of U. States army. Edmund Hall, lieut. late 28th intl Manuel Lisa, agent. Thomas Forsyth, Indian agent. Jno. W. Johnson, U. S. F. and I. agent. Maurice Blondeaux, Louis Decouagne, John A. Cameron, Louis Dorion, Jacques Mette, Sworn interpreters. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and veal. (127)