Treaty with the Wabash and Illinois Tribes

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Type

Copy of Signed Document

Description

A Treaty of peace and friendship, made and concluded between the President of the United States and the undersigned kings, chiefs, and warriors of the Wabash and Illinois tribes.

Date

09/27/1792

Author

Rufus Putnam

Recipient

Wabash and Illinois Tribes

Sent from

Post Vincennes

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Transcribed Treaties and Conventions Advised and Ratified by the Senate. (RG46) (M200, Roll 2)

Document number

1792092790001

Page start

1

Notable persons

Rufus Putnam, Agent for making peace with the Indians
Peankeshaw
Nawunsunseah
Awlawmawnane
Shemahanechseah
Kaghkaghkeah
Haughquapeah
Anghkulahtah
Hanichpeheteah
Matscheketawah
Kekawpoochque
Echpepawkichschinga
Pachpanckqueah
Pamachkhanka
Quaquanese
Kumo
Waweachsetoh
Wausheown
Atschatschaw
Mesasageshik
Meanachkah
Maenapah
Masharasa
M'sekaniah
Wanpan La Kinqua
Wapachquinkileak
Nundockshinkah
Ahjahhoweah
John Baptist Decoigne
Awinsah
Auwessah
Pawpaw Lapenopiash
J. F Hamtramck
E. Beatty
Thomas Doyle
William Peters
A. Prior
A. Armstrong
Ross Bird
John Elliot
A. Vander Burgh
John Heckenwelder
Rene Codene
William Wells
William McIntosh
President [Washington]
commanding officer at Fort Knox
white inhabitants or negroes
prisoners
people of Kentucky
aggressor

Notable locations

Post Vincennes on the Wabash River
northwest of the River Ohio

Notable items

perpetual peace and friendship
causes of war
their villages and tribes
protection of the United States
amity
future hostilities or depredations
property
practice of stealing Negroes and horses
violence on persons or property
retaliation or reprisal
animosities for past grievances
villages and tribes
That the lands originally belonged to the Indians
it is theirs and theirs only
That they have a right to sell and a right to refuse to sell