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Oct.
18, 1683:
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According
to some sources, representatives of Pennsylvanis will purchase
several sections of land from the DELAWARE Indians today.
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Oct.
19, 1818:
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CHICKASAW
treaty: Andrew Jackson and Isaac Shelby will represent American
interests. The CHICKASAWs will cede their claims to lands
in Tennessee. (7 stat.192)
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Oct.
20, 1774:
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Today,
Georgia Governor James Wright signs a treaty with the CREEK
Indians in Savannah. They agree to reestablish trade, which
the CREEKs want. The CREEKs agree to give up some land along
the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers, and to execute 2 CREEK warriors
accused of killing some settlers. Some sources say this treaty
was signed on October 2nd.
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Chief
Pontiac addressing tribesmen gathered in council in the Great
Lake West region.
Credit: Alfred Bobbet, National Archives of Canada, C-11250
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Oct.
21, 1763:
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Pontiac
ends the siege of Detroit.
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Oct.
22, 1784:
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Richard
Butler, Arthue Lee, and Oliver Walcott, representing the United
States, and 12 IROQUOIS Indians sign a treaty today ceding
much of their lands in New York, Pennsylvania, and west of
the Ohio River, and reestablishing peace after the Revolutionary
War. The treaty signed at Fort Stanwix, near modern Rome,
New York, will be repudiated by most of the IROQUOIS.
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Oct.
23, 1823:
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Today,
according to CHEROKEE records, CREEK Chief William McIntosh,
representing United States Indian commissioners, will attempt
to bribe CHEROKEE leaders. For $12,000 McIntosh hopes that
Chiefs John Ross and Charles Hicks, and Council Clerk Alexander
McCoy will try to convince the CHEROKEEs to cede lands to
the United States. The CHEROKEE leaders will refuse the offer
with a show of indignation.
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The
Great Seal of the Chickasaw Nation
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Oct.
24, 1801:
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CHICKASAW
Natchez Trace Treaty: A treaty will be endorsed today with
the CHICKASAW at Chickasaw Bluffs. The United States will
get the right to make a road from the Mero District in Tennessee,
to Natchez in Mississippi, for a payment of $700 in goods.
Seventeen Indians will sign the treaty.
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Oct.
25, 1805:
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The
CHEROKEE sign a treaty today with Return Meigs on the Duck
River covering land north of the Tennessee River in Kentucky
and Middle Tennessee (7 stat. 93).
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Oct.
26, 1809:
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The
WEA Indians sign a treaty today.
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Oct.
27, 1832:
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Today
the PEORIA, LAHOKIA, MICHIGAMEA, TAMAROA, and KASKASKIA Indians
will sign a treaty at Castor Hill, William Clark's home. They
will swap their Illinois lands for land in Kansas.
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Oct.
28, 1865:
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The
UPPER YANKTONAI SIOUX (14 stat.743) & the OGLALA SIOUX
(7 stat.747) sign treaties today with the United States.
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Oct.
29, 1712:
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Settlers
in Portsmouth, New Hampshire hold a conference to advise belligerent
Indians that "Queen Anne's War" is over, and the
fighting should stop. It would take almost 9 months before
a local treaty would be signed.
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Oct.
30, 1804:
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The
MANDANs like Lewis & Clark's men's dancing.
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Oct.
31, 1818:
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According
to the U.S.Army, today marks the end of First SEMINOLE War
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