Kiowa, Kataka, and Tawakaro at Fort Gibson (1837)

What happened

On May 26, 1837, commissioners Montfort Stokes and A. P. Chouteau made a treaty of peace and friendship at Fort Gibson with the Kioway, Ka-ta-ka and Ta-wa-ka-ro nations. It follows an 1835 peace treaty with the Comanche, Wichita and other nations, which the text says the United States had ratified.

Article 1 promises "perpetual peace and friendship" between United States citizens and these nations, and between them and the Muscogee and Osage. Article 3 lets citizens of the United States pass through their settlements or hunting ground on their way to Mexico or Texas. It also sets payment for damage to citizens' property, and has the United States guarantee indemnification for horses stolen from them by a citizen of the United States, if the property cannot be recovered and proof is produced.

Article 4 gives all the Indian nations party to the treaty free permission to hunt and trap on the Great Prairie west of the Cross Timber to the western limits of the United States. Article 8 says that because it was the first treaty these nations had made, they would receive presents after signing, and nothing was asked in return except to remain at peace.

This treaty does not cede land. It was proclaimed on February 21, 1838.

Good to know. This treaty contains no land cession.

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