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Piankashaw and Wea at Castor Hill, Missouri (1832)

In 1832 the Piankeshaw and Wea ceded their Missouri and Illinois claims for 250 sections west of Missouri and payments for losses.

Signed
October 29, 1832
Senate
Ratified
Land set aside for the nations
about 287,000 acres
The land in this treaty’s record. Open on the map

What happened

On October 29, 1832, commissioners William Clark, Frank J. Allen and Nathan Kouns signed a treaty at Castor Hill, St. Louis County, Missouri, for the United States. The other parties were the chiefs, warriors and counsellors of the Piankeshaw and Wea tribes.

In Article 1 they ceded "all their right, title and interest to and in lands within the States of Missouri and Illinois," and confirmed earlier treaties. In Article 2 the United States ceded to the two tribes for permanent residence "two hundred and fifty sections of land." The tract lay within the survey of the lands set apart for the Piankeshaws, Weas and Peorias. It was bounded on the east by Missouri's western line for fifteen miles and was "intended to include the present villages of the said Piankeshaws and Weas."

Article 3 paid the Piankeshaw "a full equivalent" for their claim for salt annuities, for improvements on the Missouri lands they left, and for horses lost in moving. That meant cattle, hogs and farm tools worth $500 a year for five years, plus $750 for farming help and $200 at signing. Article 4 paid the Wea $500 in stock and tools, plus $200 at signing, for improvements and lost horses. It also gave aid and a year of provisions for the Wea living in Indiana to join the rest. Article 5 supported a shared blacksmith shop for five years.

The Statutes at Large record a proclamation on February 12, 1833.

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. As a full equivalent to the said Piankeshaw tribe for their claim for salt annuitiesTribal Treaties Database (OSU)
  2. two hundred and fiftv sections of land within the limits of the survey of the lands set apart for the Piankeshaws, Weas, and PeoriasTribal Treaties Database (OSU)
  3. Piankeshaw and WeaStatutes at Large, vol. 7 (GovInfo)

Research notes. The treaty page describes no coercion. Acreage is not stated, only the number of sections. The sources cited do not cover what followed.

What the treaty did to the land

About 287,000 acres recognized, kept or set aside for the nations. 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. 1832

    Land kept

    About 287,000 acres set aside as a reservation for the Kaskaskia, Peoria and others

    By Kaskaskia and Peoria (including Michigamea, Cahokia, and Tamaroa) at Castor Hill, Missouri (1832)

    area 326 area 328

  2. 1832

    This treaty

    About 287,000 acres set aside as a reservation for the Kaskaskia, Peoria and others

    In 1832 the Piankeshaw and Wea ceded their Missouri and Illinois claims for 250 sections west of Missouri and payments for losses.

  3. 1854

    Land lost

    About 287,000 acres ceded to the United States by the Kaskaskia, Peoria and others

    By Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, and Wea at Washington, DC (1854)

    area 326

  4. 1854

    Land record

    Land named in the record

    By Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, and Wea at Washington, DC (1854)

    area 328

  5. 1867

    Land lost

    Land ceded to the United States by the Kaskaskia, Peoria and others

    By Seneca; Mixed Seneca and Shawnee; Quapaw; Confederated Peoria, Kaskaskia, Wea, and Piankashaw; Miami; Ottawa; and Wyandot at Washington, DC (1867)

    area 328

Who is doing the work today

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Sources

  1. treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/treaty-with-the-piankashaw-and-wea-1832-0382reference work
    Oct. 29, 1832. | 7 Stat., 410. / scan: 382 TREATY WITH THE PIANKASHAW AND WEA, 1832.

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