Expansion Era · 1815

Treaty with the Piankeshaws, July 18, 1815

ID T-0054

Date 1815-07-18

Articles 1

Instrument Note

Parties

United States and the Piankeshaw Nation

Context

Executed July 18, 1815 at Spring Wells. Same date, same location, same structure as T-0053. The Piankeshaw had aligned with Britain during the War of 1812.

Significance

One article reinstating the pre-war treaty relationship. The Piankeshaw — already substantially dispossessed by prior cession instruments — formally returned to the U.S. treaty framework.

Legal Observation

The Piankeshaw are in a remarkable legal position by 1815: they have ceded most of their territorial base, their population has been severely reduced, and they are now reinstating a protection relationship with the government that received those cessions. The instrument reads as a formal peace. The power differential is absolute.

Nen do lagalui, do. B. O. Mangue pu Mani, do. L. O. Ni Conil Bran, do. B. O. Voi Ba he, do. L. O. Ondhe ho mani, do. B. O. Nura nin, Warrior, L. O. Noguini lay que, do, B. O. Nan la toho, do. L. O. Bas he mindhe, do. B. O. Sa voi, do. L.O. Chou que monnon, do. B. O. Manda ri hi, do. L. O. Mani loura na, do. B. O. Ne que voi le, do. L. O. Chon gue hanga, do. B. O. Pon la Chinga, do. L. O. A gui gue da, do, B. Man ja gui da, do. L. O. Voi do gue ga, do. B. O. 'The Sin dhe, do. L. O. Nin cha gari, do. B. O. Voi ha da ni, do. L. O. Voi gas pache, do. B. O. Man y voile, do. L. O. Qui ni ho nigue, do. B. O. Nognithe Chinga, do. L. O. Na tan hi, do. B. O. Mi a sa, do. L. O. Ou asa be, do. B. O. Voi chin outhe, do. L. O. A man passe, do, B. O. Cut sa ga be, do. L. O. Chan na hon, do. B. O. Non Basocri, do. L. O. Voi chou gras, do. B. O. Pe dhe chinga, do. L. O. Bas se chinga, do. B. O. We the undersigned, chiefs and warriors of the band of Osages, residing on the river Arkansas, being a part of the Great Osage nation, having this day had the foregoing treaty read and explained to us, by his excellency Meriwether Lewis, esquire, do hereby acknowledge, con- sent to, and confirm all the stipulations therein contained, as fully and as completely as though we had been personally present at the signing, sealing and delivering the same on the 10th day of November, 1808, the same being the day on which the said treaty was signed, sealed and delivered, as will appear by a reference thereto.

In witness whereof

, we have for ourselves and our band of the Great Osage nation residing on the river Arkansas, hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals. Dons at St. Louis, in the territory of Louisiana, this thirty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nine, and of the independence of the United States, the thirty-fourth. In presence of us, and before signature attached to the original. John G. Comegys, George Man, John W. Honey, Samuel Solomon, jun. John P. Gates, Interpreter, Noel Mongrain Marque, Indian Interpreter. Bazil Nassier Marque, Indian Interpreter. Gresdanmanses, or Clermond, First chief. Hrulahtie, or Pipe Bird, Couchesigres, or Big Tract, Second chief. "l'awangahuh, or Builder of Towns, Tales, or Strating Deer, son of Big Tract. Honencache, or the Terrible, Aukickawakho, nephew of Big Tract. Talahu, or Deer’s Pluck, Wachawahih, : Cahigiagreh, or Good Chief, Pahelagren, or Handsome Hair, Baughonghcheh, or Cutter, Hombahagren, or Fine Day. Basonchinga, or Little Pine. Harachabe, or the Eagle, To the Indian names is subjoined a mark. Nov. 25, 1808. Proclamation, March 3, 1809. March 1, 1809. Preamble. granted for a road. Lines to be run by U. S. Privilege of hunting and fishing on lands ceded. Made and concluded at Brownstown, in the territory of Michigan, between William Hull, governor of the said territory, superin- tendant of Indian affairs, and commissioner plenipotentiary of the United States of America, for concluding any treaty or treaties, which may be found necessary, with any of the Indian

Source: U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. VII. Edited by Richard Peters, Esq. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1846. Reprinted by Dennis & Co., Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., 1962. Source lines 11201–11320.