National Anthropological Archives

MS 4405 Copy of a treaty of peace between the United States and the Big and Little Osage tribes, made at Portage des Sioux, September 12, 1815

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4405
Creators:
Clark, William, 1770-1838
Edwards, Ninian, 1775-1833
Chouteau, Auguste, 1750-1829
Kemanha
Caygatangga
White Hair (Osage)
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
1 Page
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Signers include: William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the U. S.; Ke-man-ha (the Wind facer), for the Arkansas or Santsukhdhi band; Ca-y-ga-tang-ge (the Great Chief), first signer for the Little Osage or Utsehta band, followed by 11 others; Te-shu-hing-ga (White Hair), first signer for the Great Osage or Pahatsi band, followed by 10 others; 13 U. S. Army officers, Indian agents and interpreters as witnesses. Most of the names are copied hurridly in the same hand as the treaty.

Administration

Custodial History
Presented to the Bureau of American Ethnology on indefinite loan, March, 1952, by Henry Lookout, Pawhuska, Oklahoma, son of Fred Lookout, last principal chief of the Osage.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4405, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4405
OPPS NEG 42,026

Local Note

Local Note
Black and white photograph negative number 42,026.
Local Note
manuscript document


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Federal-Indian relations -- Osage Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Treaties -- Osage Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Osage Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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