November 12, 1833
Whereas the United States, are now endeavoring to advance the welfare of the Red Men, by assigning them all a permanent home in the West; and whereas the number, and contiguity of the tribes will render necessary some regulations to protect life and property, and whereas our Great Father, has through his commissioner our friend H. L. Ellsworth convened many tribes together, by stipulating to make a treaty of peace and friendship.
Now in order to show our willingness to listen to the advice of our Great Father, and believing it good for our people to live in amity with those whom the Great Spirit has marked as brothers; the undersigned tribes or nations; viz Delawares, Pawnees, Shawnee, Kansas, Sauks, Ottoes, Omahas, Kickapoos, Wea, Peorias, Piankashaws, Kaskaskias, Ottoways, Pottawatomies, do hereby mutually covenant with each other, and bind ourselves on the following articles of agreement:
Art. 1st
All hostile acts shall immediately cease, and each tribe mutually agrees with the other, to maintain peace, to respect the rights of persons and property, and do all in their power to perpetuate the friendships hereby declared and established.
Art. 2nd
No private revenge shall be sought, and all damages sustained by either tribe in any War Party is hereby canceled, settled and forgiven. But any individual shall have the right to [illegible] his claim against any individual of either tribe for losses of property wrongfully taken, or detained to this agreement of the umpire hereafter mentioned.
Art. 3rd
To preserve peace and good will, the parties hereto, hereby agree not to seek personal revenge for injuries hereafter committed, or to make these injuries the cause of War, but to refer the matter of difficulty, through their respective Agents to such umpire as the President shall appoint, to adjust and decide upon the same, and said tribes hereby agree to abide the decision of said umpire, and also to deliver up the offender against any article herein mentioned to be punished by the laws of the United States now in force or such as may be adopted hereafter.
Art. 4th
Believing an annual assembly of the Red Men will be conducive of much benefit. We hereby request our Great Father to designate the time and place of meeting, together with the number of representatives from each tribe by them to be appointed and provide adequate means to defray the expense of the same.
Art. 5th
It is agreed that the flag of the United States shall be our protection and token of friendship, whenever and where-ever we meet.
Art. 6th
As all the tribes called together, have not yet arrived it is agreed that those who shall hereafter arrive, and shall become parties to this agreement, by subscribing the same, shall be entitled to all the privileges, and bound by the same obligations as fully as if now present.
Art. 7th
Whereas it is proposed by said Commissioner that the Osages, Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Seminoles, and any other tribe residing North of the Red River may become parties to this agreement, we hereby declare our entire willingness that all such shall become parties to the same by subscribing these articles and giving due notice thereof, and these articles shall be binding on those who shall subscribe the same.
In witness whereof we have set our hands and seals at Fort Leavenworth this 12th day of November 1833.