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Iowa at Washington, DC (1824)

In 1824 the Ioway ceded their claims in Missouri for $500 and ten yearly $500 payments, and acknowledged U.S. protection.

Signed
August 4, 1824
Senate
Ratified
Land given up
about 11 million acres
The land in this treaty’s record. Open on the map

What happened

On August 4, 1824, William Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, signed a treaty in Washington with chiefs and head men of the Ioway Tribe. The Ioway deputies named in the treaty are Ma-hos-kah (or White Cloud) and Mah-ne-hah-nah (or Great Walker).

The Ioway ceded all claims to land within the State of Missouri lying between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. The boundary ran from the mouth of the Kansas River north one hundred miles to the northwest corner of Missouri, then east to the Mississippi. In return, the United States agreed to pay $500 in cash or merchandise that year and $500 a year for ten more years. It also promised a blacksmith, farming tools, cattle and help with farming.

In Article 3 the chiefs acknowledged that the lands east and south of those lines belonged to the United States, and that none of their tribe would settle or hunt there after January 1, 1826, without special permission. In Article 4 they acknowledged the Ioway to be "under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other sovereign whatsoever," and agreed not to treat with foreign powers or individual states.

The Statutes at Large record a proclamation on January 18, 1825. The treaty does not state the acreage involved.

Summarized with AI assistance from 3 sources and checked against their words; not yet reviewed by historians or by the nations. Report an error

What the sources say, and how this was checked

Well supported by the sources below.

  1. do acknowledge themselves and the said Ioway Tribe, to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other sovereign whatsoeverTribal Treaties Database (OSU)
  2. between William Clark, Superintendent of Indian AffairsStatutes at Large, vol. 7 (GovInfo)
  3. Jan. 18, 1825Statutes at Large, vol. 7 (GovInfo)

Research notes. Acreage is not stated. The treaty text does not describe the negotiation beyond the signing.

What the treaty did to the land

About 11 million acres given up. Each shape is a numbered area in the federal government’s 1899 record of land cessions.

What happened next

Everything the record holds about this land and this treaty, in order: what earlier agreements said, what this one did, and what the United States, the courts and the nations did afterwards.

  1. 1808

    Land lost

    About 11 million acres ceded to the United States by the Great and Little Osage, Iowa and others

    The 1899 record: “leding to tlie T. .S. all lauds lying E. of said line and N. of the southwardly bank of the river Arkansas”

    area 69

  2. 1824

    Land lost

    Part of the land ceded by the Great and Little Osage, Iowa and others

    By Sauk and Fox at Washington, DC (1824)

    area 69

  3. 1824

    This treaty

    Part of the land ceded by the Great and Little Osage, Iowa and others

    In 1824 the Ioway ceded their claims in Missouri for $500 and ten yearly $500 payments, and acknowledged U.S. protection.

Who is doing the work today

The nations connected to this treaty come first, then groups returning land and defending treaty rights. Support goes directly to them.

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Sources

  1. treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/treaty-with-the-iowa-1824-0208reference work
    Aug. 4, 1824. | 7 Stat., 231. / scan: 208 TREATY WITH THE IOWA, 1824.

Shapes are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land, title or jurisdiction.