Ratified treaty no. 96, documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of August 24, 1818, with the Quapaw Indians

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Ratified treaty no. 96, documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of August 24, 1818, with the Quapaw Indians
National Archives, August 24, 1818

1. Sec. of War to Treaty Comrs., May 27, 1816, re negotiations with Osage, Cherokee, and Quapaw. (IA, LS, vol. C, p. 362-364)

2. Sec. of War to Wm. Clard, July 11, 1817, including statement that plans for negotiation with Quapaw were postponed pending outcome of talks with Cherokee. (IA, LS, vol. D, p. 55-56)

3. Wm. Clark to Sec. of War, Feb. 6, 1818, requesting specific instructions re possible negotiations for extinguishing Quapaw claims to lands south of Arkansas River.*

4. Instructions, May 8, 1818. (IA, LS, vol. D, p. 155-156)

5. Wm. Clark and Auguste Chouteau to Sec. of War, Sept. 6, 1818, transmitting treaty. (3 p.)*

6. Wm. Clark to Sec. of WAr, Oct. 1818, forwarding treaty held with Osage, together with Cherokee-Osage treaty (unratified), which includes statement re Quapaw treaty. (IA, LR, 1818) See also items under Treaty of July 18, 1815, with Potawatomi.

Note: Amap of the cession provided by this treaty appears in the Indian Treaty File, Treaty No. 96 (RG 11).

URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/History.IT1818no96

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