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Treaty Between the United States and the Menominee Indians Signed at St. Louis, 3/30/1817
“The Parties being desirous of reestablishing Peace and Friendship between the United States and the said Tribe or Nation …”
The Menominee had been allied with the British during the War of 1812.
File Unit: Ratified Indian Treaty 86: Menominee - St. Louis, March 30, 1817, 1789 - 1869
Series: Indian Treaties, 1789 - 1869
Record Group 11: General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006
Transcription:
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A Treaty of Peace and Friendship made and concluded by and between William
Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, Commissioners on the part
and behalf of the United States of America, of the one part, and the undersigned
Chiefs and Warriors deputed by the Menomenee Tribe or Nation of Indians,
on the part and behalf of their said Tribe or Nation of the other part.
The Parties being desirous of reestablishing Peace and Friendship between the
United States and the said Tribe or Nation, and of being placed in all things
and in every respect the same footing upon which they stood before the
late war have agreed to the following Articles.
Art. Ist; Every injury or act of hostility by one or either of the contracting parties
against the other, shall be mutually forgiven and forgot.
Art. IInd; There shall be perpetual Peace and Friendship between all the Citizens of the
United States and all the individuals composing the said Menonemee Tribe or Nation.
Art. IIIrd; The undersigned Chiefs and Warriors, on the part and behalf of their said
Tribe or Nation, do by these Presents, confirm to the United States all and every
cession of land heretofore made by their Tribe or Nation to the British, French or
Spanish Government, within the limits of the United States or their Territories;
and also all and every Treaty , contract and Agreement heretofore concluded
between the said United States and the said Tribe or Nation.
Art. IVth; The contracting parties do hereby agree, promise and oblige themselves reciprocally,
to deliver up all prisoners now in their hands (by what means soever the same
may have come into their possession) to the Officer Commanding at Prairie
du Chein to be by him restored to their respective parties hereto, as soon as it
may be practicable
Art. Vth; The undersigned Chiefs and Warriors as aforesaid for themselves and those
they represent; do hereby acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of
the United States and of no other Nation Power of Sovereign whatsoever.
In Witness whereof, the Commissioners aforesaid and undersigned
Chiefs and Warriors as aforesaid have hereunto subscribed their names
and affixed their seals this thirtieth day of March in the year
of
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of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen and of the
Independence of the United States the Forty First.
Done at St. Louis in the presence of
[left column]
[signed] R. Wash, Secty to the }
Commissioners }
[signed] R. Graham
U.S. I. A. for Illinois Terty
[signed] T. Harrison
[signed] Nimrod H. Moore
[signed] S. Ganntt
Lieut. U.S. Army
[signed] CM Price
[signed] Richard T. McKenney
[signed] Amos Kibbe
[signed] Nathaniel Mills
[signed] Sam Solomon
[right column]
[signed] William Clark [seal]
[signed] Ninian Edwards [seal]
[signed] Aug. Chouteau [seal]
To-wa-na-pee
Roaring Thunder [his x mark] [seal]
Wee-Kay
The Calumet Eagle [his x mark] [seal]
Mue-quo-mo-ta
The Fat of the Bear [his x mark] [seal]
Wa-ca-quon or
Sho-min [his x mark] [seal]
War-ba-no
The Dawn [his x mark] [seal]
In-e–mi-kee
Thunderer [his x mark] [seal]
Le-bar-na-co
The Bear [his x mark] [seal]
Kar-Kun-de-go [his x mark] [seal]
Sha-Sha-ma-nee
The Elk [his x mark] [seal]
Pe-no-name
The Running Wolf [his x mark] [seal]
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The Dudley Bug made in Menominee, Michigan. Albert Dudley was a gymnast from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Moved to Menominee in the 1870’s opening a gun shop, selling and repairing guns. He became interested in bicycles, built bikes, invented & patented a wheel truing stand and patented his adjustable spoke wrench (still being made by Park tools). Albert soon had a bicycle factory. As with many bike makers he became interested in automobiles. The Bug was the culmination of that interest. 100 were supposedly made.
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