| ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— APPENDIX B TREATIES BETWEEN THE IOWA AND THE UNITED STATES, 1815-1861 (For further reference to treaties with complete amendments thereto see LAWS AND TREATIES, by Charles J. Kappler, 2 vols. Washington, 1903. The early texts of some of the first peace negotiations previous to the publication date, can be found in the volumes of THE AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, edited by Walter Lowrie and Matthew St. C. Clarke, _Indian Affairs_, 2 vols. Washington, 1832. See also Royce, CESSIONS OF LAND BY INDIAN TRIBES TO THE UNITED STATES, in Rep. B. A. E., vol. 1, 1881, and the same author’s INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, Rep. B. A. E., 1889). TREATY WITH THE IOWAS, [SEPTEMBER 16,] 1815 _A treaty of peace and friendship, made and concluded at Portage des Sioux, between William Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, on the part and behalf of the said States, of the one part; and the undersigned, King, Chiefs, and Warriors, of the Iaway Tribe or Nation, on the part and behalf of the said Tribe or Nation, of the other part._ The parties being desirous of re-establishing peace and friendship between the United States and the said tribe or nation, and of being placed in all things, and in every respect, on the same footing upon which they stood before the war, have agreed to the following articles: ARTICLE 1 Every injury, or act of hostility, by one or either of the contracting parties against the other shall be mutually forgiven and forgot. ARTICLE 2 There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizens of the United States and all the individuals composing the said Ioway tribe or nation. ARTICLE 3 The contracting parties do hereby agree, promise, and oblige themselves, reciprocally to deliver up all the prisoners now in their hands, (by what means soever the same may have come into their possession,) to the officer commanding at St. Louis, to be by him restored to their respective nations, as soon as it may be practicable. ARTICLE 4 The contracting parties, in the sincerity of mutual friendship, recognize, re-establish, and confirm, all and every treaty, contract, and agreement, heretofore concluded between the United States and the said Ioway tribe or nation. TREATY WITH THE IOWAYS [AUG. 4,] 1824 _Articles of a treaty made and concluded at the city of Washington, on the 4th day of August, 1824, between William Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, being specially authorized by the President of the United States thereto, and the undersigned chiefs and headmen of the Ioway tribe or nation, duly authorized and empowered by the said nation._