July 10, 1830
A Treaty of peace and friendship made between the confederated tribes of Sacs and Foxes and the Sioux, Winnebagoes and Menomonies, and assented to by the Omahas, Ioways, Ottoes, and Missouris, tribes of Indians.
A war having broken out between the confederated tribes of the Sacs & Foxes, and the Sioux and having involved the Menomonies and Winnebagoes was, it is believed, extending itself to other tribes and threatening to produce a general war amongst the Indian nations. The President of the United States being desirous of terminating a war calculated to alarm the frontier settlements, to jeopardize the lives of the citizens of the United States in the Indian country and to do great injury to their interests, and being also desirous to prevent the further effusion of blood, and to secure to the Indian tribes, the blessings of peace and tranquility, has appointed William Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs and Willoughby Morgan, colonel of the 5th regiment of the United States infantry, to meet deputations from these tribes for the purpose of aiding them in settling all their differences and in establishing between themselves a firm and lasting peace. The Commissioners having met deputations from the said tribes on Council at Prairie du Chien in the territory of Michigan, after full deliberation the said deputations on behalf of their respective tribes agree with the United States and with each other upon the following articles:
Article 1st.
There shall be a firm and perpetual peace between the confederated tribes of the Sacs and Foxes, the Sioux, Menomonies and Winnebagoes.
Article 2nd.
The boundary line between the confederated tribes of the Sacs & Foxes, and the Sioux as agreed upon by the 2nd article of the treaty made at Prairie du Chien, in the territory of Michigan, on the nineteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, is hereby re-established according to the provisions of said article.
Article 3rd.
The Yancton and Santee bands of the Sioux being materially interested in the line from the fork of the Des Moines river to the Missouri (and not being fully represented in this council) it is agreed that they shall be invited as soon as possible to send deputations of their respective bands to meet a deputation of the confederated tribes of the Sacs and Foxes at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri for the purpose of definitely settling in the presence of, and by the aid of, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, the boundary lines between them; and also for the purpose of adjusting all other matters about which they may have any differences.
Article 4th.
It is agreed that if the treaty shall be signed by the Yancton & Santee bands of the Sioux, they shall be considered as parties to, and bound by all its stipulations.
Article 5th.
It is further agreed that nothing contained in this treaty shall prejudice any claim which the Ioways, Omahas, or Ottoes may have to any lands east and south of the line between the confederated tribes of the Sacs and Foxes and Sioux.
Article 6th.
The provisions contained in the thirteenth and fourteenth articles of the treaty of Prairie du Chien of the nineteenth of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, are hereby renewed, and made obligatory upon the parties hereto.
Article 7th.
This treaty shall be obligatory on the tribes, parties hereto, from and after the date hereof, and on the United States, from and after its ratification by the government thereof.
Done and signed and sealed at Prairie du Chien, in the Territory of Michigan, this tenth day of July, the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and of the independence of the United States the fifty-fifth.
Wiliam Clark, Superintendent of Ind. Affairs
[Additional signers omitted]