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August
9, 1814:
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The
Treaty of Fort Jackson (7 stat.120) officially ends the Creek
War. The Creeks, including those who fought with Andrew Jackson,
are forced to cede 22,000,000 acres, almost half their lands,
to the United States. Timpoochee Barnard, one of the Yuchi
Indian allies of the Americans, is one of the signatories
to the treaty of Fort Jackson. Fort Jackson, formerly Fort
Toulouse, is in modern Wetumpka, Alabama.
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August
10, 1680:
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The
Pueblo Rebellion takes place in New Mexico under the leadership
of a Tewa named Popé. Popé has arranged for
an attack on as many of the Spanish missions as possible to
all take place on the same day. Some sources say this happens
on August 11th.
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August
11, 1802:
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Tecumseh
has predicted an earthquake. It happen and becomes known as
the "New Madrid Earthquake."
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First
of the 21 missions and known as the Mother of the Missions,
Mission San Diego de Alcala was founded on July 16, 1769 by
Blessed Junipero Serra. It was designated as a Minor Basilica
in 1976 by Pope Paul VI. The Mission today is an active Catholic
Parish in the Diocese of San Diego.
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August
12, 1769:
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Kumeyaay
Indians fight with the Spaniards who have established the
Mission San Diego de Alcala in what becomes San Diego, California.
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August
13, 1645:
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For
several years, the Dutch, and the local Indian tribes near
New Amsterdam and Pavonia, have been fighting. Hackensack
Chief Oratamin negotiates a peace between the warring parties.
It is another ten years before another major conflict erupted.
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August
14, 1806:
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Lewis
and Clark first reach a Minnetaree and Mandan village.
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Félix
Parra, Friar Bartolomé de las Casas
1875 oil on canvas, Museo Nacional de Arte (Mexico City).
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August
15, 1514:
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Spanish
Bishop Bartoleme de las Casas releases the Indians he holds
as serfs in Hispaniola.
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August
16, 1851:
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One
in a series of treaties with California Indians is signed
at Reading's Ranch. The treaty is designed to reserve lands
and to protect the Indians.
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August
17, 1765:
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Pontiac
and the British sign a treaty
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The map above shows the westward (outward)
route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The inset map indicates
the area of the Louisiana Territory, which the United States
purchased in 1803.
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August
18, 1804:
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Lewis
and Clark meet with the Ottos to discuss the war with the
Maha.
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August
19, 1854:
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A
Miniconjou Sioux, named High Forehead, kills a sickly cow
near Fort Laramie, in southeastern Wyoming. The cow's owner
complains to the fort's commander. A brash Brevet Second Lieutenant
John L. Grattan, and thirty volunteers leave the fort to find
the Sioux involved. Grattan goes to Conquering Bear's Brule
Sioux camp near Ash Hollow, and demands the Indian who shot
the cow. Grattan makes numerous threats to the Sioux, but
they won't hand over High Forehead. During the parlay, a shot
rings out, and Grattan's artillery gunners open fire on the
camp. Conquering Bear tries to get both sides to stop shooting,
but he is hit by an artillery round. Eventually, all but one
of Grattan's men are killed in the fighting.
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August
20, 1789:
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An
"Act Providing for the Expences Which May Attend Negotiations
or Treaties with the Indian Tribes, and the Appointment of
Commissioners for Managing the Same" is approved by the
United States.
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August
21, 1847:
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The
Pillager Band of Chippewa sign a treaty (9 stat. 908) at Leech
Lake.
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August
22, 1806:
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Pike’s
expedition has reached a village of the Little Osage near
the forks of the Osage River in modern Missouri. He holds
a council here with both the Grand and Little Osage. The Little
Osage are lead by Tuttassuggy or "The Wind," and
the Grand Osage by Cheveau Blanc, or White Hair.
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