DOWNLOAD PDF SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AT ST. LOUIS,

Transcription

1 Chapter 1 : William Clark: Indian Diplomat - Jay H. Buckley - Google Books Records of the St. Louis Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 18 This microfilm publication was produced by the Kansas Historical Society and contains records relating to almost all aspects of Indian administration within the St. Louis Superintendency. The location of his residence and other buildings on these grounds is not shown, unfortunately. The entry beginning "Mr. These empty sections have been omitted. Boat Magnet arrives today 21 do 24 2 Cherokees arrive Mr. E fallen about a foot last night of the 1st 2 18 Cloudy S. River clear of ice Cloudy N. Patrick Ford [44] S[ub]. Ball [7] at camp. Steam boat Hamilton start[s] to N. NE 42 Cloudy N E " rise a little. Indiana arrives from N. Indiana starts for St Genevieve 6 at 11 A. Indiana arrives from St Genevieve 8 rained a little last night S B. Scioto arrived from Cincinnatti Last night 12 Rain [ed] some last night at 1 oclock p. Shamrock arrives from Louis [ville] 13 S. Scioto departs 14 Some snow fell last night wind high 15 S. Plough Boy departs S. Liberator departs 17 S. Velocipede arrives from Pittsburgh. S B Mexico starts 29 S B. America departs for N. Plough Boy arrives from Louisville 31 S B. Lawrence starts for Louisville 6 arrivals from upper Missi[ssi]ppi 7 Mr. Cleopatra started yesterday for Louisville S. Muskingum starts for [omission] 12 some ice running in river. Indiana from Fever river 16 " " Shamrock from Fever river-depart S. Bts Liberator for N. Peters 17 " " yesterday Pilot [56] from Louisville--Started 4 keels up the Missouri river loaded With soldiers [57] 18 Shawnees arrive from Kaskaskias S. Shamrock starts up for fever river 21 S B Plough boy arrives from Louisville 22 " " Hercules arrives. Clapatria arrives 23 rain this day at S. Hamilton starts for N. America starts 29 4 Iraquas arrive from Rocky Mountains at 6 p. Renard declares he had nothing to do with the above affair but says Mr. Ploughboy starts 6 S. B Mexico returned down R[iver] S. Cleopatra arrives from Louisville 7 S. Indn Agt [66] Died 19 S. Indiana starts for Fever river - S. Phoenix Starts for Louisville 27 S. Belvidere arrives 29 S. Croghan arrives from Lemoin. Hercules from Louisville 10 S. Shamrock arrives - S. Indiana in port 12 S B Jubilee arrives from N. S B Phoenix arrives from Louisville Capt. Genl Wayne arrives at 2 oclock a. Lawrence departs down [Lo? Indiana arrives from Demoin. Phenix depd for Louisville 5 at 28 min pass 5 oclock A. Cleopatra arrives from Louisville 9 a Great rise in the Missouri river-mississippi rising 10 Govr Cass [79] arrives-at 1 oclock p. Cleopatra departs 11 Steam Boat Essex [80] Capt. Shrouds arrives, first trip 5 days from Louisville Kty. Boat Velocipeed departs for Louisville. S B Jubilee arrives from N. Lawrence departs for Louisville 3 Socks arrive 20 S. Josephine Deps for Fever River. America arrives from N. Essex arrives 6 S. Baley Agriculturist arrives [83] 7 Martins assemble in great numbers this morning Earthquake last night [84] 11 Lieut. Jubilee arrives from N. Car of Commerce arrives from N. Date At Weather Wind Temp. E 77 Clear a. E 85 Clear S. E River rising Sunday Clear S. E " " Sunday Clear S. E 70 Cloudy S. E rise a little Clear S. E " " Thick fog this morning " S. E River rising " S. Galena arrives from Galena. Genl Hamilton starts for Orleans 5 S. Hamilton departs for New Orleans. Rover arrives from mouth Ohio, with Genl Gains on board. Liberator departs for N. Indians go 6 miles on their way to Kanzas 14 S. Essex sets out for Louisville. Kinzie go to Camp. Crusader departs for N. Rover arrives from Louisville Kty. Rover leaves for mouth River. Page 1

2 Chapter 2 : William Clark : Indian diplomat - Brigham Young University C U.S. Superintendency of Indian Affairs, St. Louis, Records Page 2. August v. 5 Emigration of Ottawas and Shawnees, Correspondence and abstracts relating to provisioning of emigrating Ottawas and. I have the honor to be, E. Nancy piper - ] To the Adjutant General. Fort Atkinson, Aug. I have the honor to inform you that the troops who lately visited the Ricara Towns returned to this post on the 27th inst. We arrived before the Ricara Towns on th 9th of the present month. The Siouz Indians, who were with us, were met by the Ricaras a short distance from their towns, an a skirmish took place between them. The Ricaras maintained their ground, or rather, drove the Sioux back, until the regular troops and Gen. The Ricaras were then immediately driven into their towns. The Sioux were so much scattered in front of the troops that the latter were unable to deliver their fire, without killing some of the Sioux, and therefore did not fire. Our boats arrived subsequently during the evening of the 9th, and our artillery was disembarked. On the morning of the 10th, Captain Riley, with a company of Riflemen and Lieut. Bradley, with a company of Infantry, were ordered to take possession of a hill above the upper village. They immediately took a position there within one hundred steps from the town, and in a situation, which screened them from the fire of the enemy from the towns. At the same moment, Lt. Morris, with one six pounder, and a five and half inch howitzer, commenced an attack on the lower town. Sarjeant Perkins, with one six pounder, was ordered to report to Mr. Vanderburg, of the Missouri Fur Company. This six pounder was placed above the upper village. The Sioux were, in the mean time, busily engaged in gathering and carrying off the corn of the Ricaras. At this time, a party of Sioux, and a party of Ricaras, both on horseback, were discovered holding a parley on the hill beyond the upper town. It was also discovered that the Sioux were going off, though they had given no intimation of their intention to do so. The Ricaras sent out and begged for peace. They were evidently very much terrified, and completely humbled. Being convinced of this, and supposing that the government would be better pleased to have those Indians corrected than exterminated, and as the Sioux, amounting to about 7 or warriors, had left us in a very strange and unaccountable manner, it was thought best, under all the circumstances of the case, to listen to the solicitations of the Ricaras for peace, especially as it was understood that our round shot were nearly all expended â consequently, a treaty was made with them, a copy of which is enclosed. In restoring to Gen. Ashley the property taken, it was thought that the Indians did not perform their engagements on that subject, as well as they were able to do; and they were threatened with an attack. Their principal chief, the Little Soldier, came to us, and begged permission to withdraw his family from the village before we attacked it; and he gave us the most conclusive evidence of his friendly disposition towards us. It was concluded to postpone the attack until morning, and the troops were dismissed from parade. It had been ascertained by me that the Indians were so much alarmed by our threatening again to attack them, that they would probably run away and leave their villages. This, it was thought, would have an unfavorable effect upon the Indians, and make them more inclined to commit depredations upon the traders; and, as the Little Soldier sent out, for general Ashley, a few more buffalo robes, with a message that he could not possibly do more, and begging that we would have pity on them, I sent him word that I would not attack them; that it was not their property that we wanted; to make his people feel safe, and conduct themselves well, and they should not be hurt. Early on the morning of the 13th, we found the Ricaras had left their towns during the night. Major Ketchum, with his company and company E. Morris, with one six pounder, were ordered to take possession of the towns and to suffer not the least article to be taken away, or the towns to be injured. A messenger was sent to call back the Indians, if possible, and to induce them to take possession of their villages, but they could not be found. It was now evident that our artillery had been served with very great effect. The towns had been completely riddled. We found 31 new graves, and found that several old ones had been opened, and the surface set thick with prickly pears to conceal the new dirt. We know that 10 men, who were killed by the Sioux in the skirmish on the 9th were buried in five graves: From the best evidence which he could collect, it is supposed that more than 50 of Page 2

3 their people were killed, and a great number wounded. Our messengers returned on the evening of the 14th, without having been able to find the Ricaras. On the morning of the 15th we placed the mother of the late chief, Grey Eyes, an aged and inform woman, whom they left in their flight, in one of the principal lodges of the lower village, gave her plenty of provisions and water, and left her in quiet possession of the towns, and the property left by the Indians, except some corn which had been taken for subsistence of the men. All the hosts were got under way nearly at the same time. Before we were out of sight of the towns, we had the mortification to discover them to be on fire. Had not this been done, there is no doubt, there is no room to doubt, but that the Ricara Indians, would, in future, have behaved as well towards our countrymen as any other Indians on the river. It is now my deliberate opinion, that those Indians will be excited to further hostilities. It is understood that this Company the Missouri have withdrawn their trade from above the Sioux country. Not so with Messrs. They have a small number of men and a large amount of property at the mouth of the Yellow Stone river, and they were deeply interested in the correction and pacification of the Ricaras. Their zeal and efficiency in aiding to chastise those Indians were conspicuous and highly honorable. We found the Ricara Indians in two villages, the lower one containing 71 dirt lodges, and the upper village 70 dirt lodges. Each village was enclosed with palisadoes or pickets, and a ditch, and a greater part of the lodges had a ditch around the bottom on the inside. These works, however, had been represented to be much stronger thatn what we found them to be. During our operations, we sustained no loss in men, and had but two wounded, Hugh Johnston of Gen. Our officers and men have returned in fine health and spirits, and it is well, for those left here are nearly all sick. Fowle arrived here with 85 men recruits, on the 28th inst. Our Spring wheat has doen well, and all our crops are very good. No material losses will be sustained by our absence. In ascending the river, we lost one boat, and seven men drowned, and had another boat sunk by a storm. We lost one swivel and some ammunition, and some provisions â a particular account of all of which shall be soon forwarded, together with a statement of every item of expense. I have been highly gratified with the officers and men of the regiment, and also with Gen. Ashley and his command of 80 men, and intend to do myself the honor to make a more detailed a circumstantial account of all our proceedings, and of what was done by each, and hope that what has been done will meet the approbation of our superior officers, and of the government. I have the honor to be, respectfully, your obedient servant, H. Page 3

4 Chapter 3 : Minister of Crownâ Indigenous Relations - Wikipedia Articles of a convention made between William Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and the undersigned Chiefs and Head Men of the Shawonee Nation of Indians, residing within the State of Missouri, duly authorized and empowered by said Nation, at the City of St. Louis, on the seventh day of November, in the year of our [ ]. Louis, Missouri, American frontiersman who won fame as an explorer by sharing with Meriwether Lewis the leadership of their epic expedition to the Pacific Northwest â He later played an essential role in the development of the Missouri Territory and was superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Like his brother, William Clark was swept up into the American Indian conflicts of the Ohio frontier, joining the militia in before enlisting in the regular army. George Washington commissioned him a lieutenant of infantry. In he received an invitation to greatness from his friend Meriwether Lewis, to help him lead an expedition through uncharted American territory west to the Pacific Ocean. His monumental maps of the West â 14 represented the best available until the s. Moreover, he kept one of the most faithful journals on the trip, and his imaginative spelling is well known. C The month expedition established U. Clark gained an appreciation for the tremendous diversity of native cultures and was often more skillful than Lewis in Indian negotiations. He liked Native Americans, and they seemed to like him; the Shoshone interpreter Sacagawea and her family spent the majority of their time with Clark. At the conclusion of the expedition in, the U. Congress awarded Clark double pay and 1, acres hectares of land for his efforts. Thomas Jefferson appointed Clark brigadier general of militia for the Louisiana later Missouri Territory and a federal Indian agent for western tribes. He also oversaw the construction of Fort Osage on the Missouri River and promoted commercial fur trade activities farther abroad, joining Manuel Lisa in the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company in During the War of, Pres. James Monroe commissioned Clark territorial governor of Missouri, a position he held from to In this role Clark protected settlements and conducted the peace-seeking Treaty of Portage des Sioux in Later he supervised the removal of tribes located within the Missouri and Arkansas territories. Clark attempted to broker amicable relations between the settlers and the Indians, but Missourians viewed him as too sympathetic to Native Americans. Lewis and Clark Expedition: President Monroe appointed Clark superintendent of Indian affairs at St. In that capacity Clark exercised jurisdiction over existing western tribes and eastern nations being removed west of the Mississippi River. He expressed sympathy for those uprooted tribes and promoted their interests as he understood them. Nevertheless, he agreed with and implemented the policy of Indian removal, negotiating 37, or one-tenth, of all ratified treaties between American Indians and the United States. Over the course of his career, millions of acres passed from Indian to U. Among his duties, Clark issued trading licenses, removed unauthorized persons from Indian country, and confiscated illegal alcohol. He extended patronage to American fur traders, artists, and explorers who, in turn, assisted him in his mission by establishing friendly relations with numerous tribes. Clark and Secretary of War Lewis Cass wrote a report that resulted in the revision of the Trade and Intercourse Acts and the reorganization of the entire Indian Bureau in Clark was also a patron of the arts, and he supported the establishment of schools, the growth of banks, and the incorporation of cities. He invested in real estate and railroads, maintained one of the first museums in the West, and promoted other economic and cultural endeavours in the St. Clark was a devoted family man and a valued friend. He and his wife, Julia Hancock, had five children. He named his eldest son Meriwether Lewis. On the other hand, Clark treated his slave York harshly upon their return from the expedition, although he claimed to have eventually freed him. See also Lewis and Clark Expedition. Chapter 4 : ECU Libraries Catalog William Clark: Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, Jay Harry Buckley, University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Abstract. Much has been written of William Clark's involvement in the Lewis and Clark Expedition, but relatively little has Page 4

5 been devoted to his career as Indian agent, territorial governor, and superintendent of Indian affairs. Chapter 5 : Joshua Pilcher - Wikipedia Superintendency of Indian Affairs St. Louis, April 2d Sir: Having received the appointment of Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the St. Louis Superintendency, I have to request that all your official communications will, in accordance with the instructions applicable. Chapter 6 : Library Resource Finder: Staff View for: William Clark : Indian diplomat On April 10,, scientist-naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied, accompanied by the artist, Karl Bodmer, and personal servant, David Dreidoppel, who was an experienced hunter and taxidermist, set out from St. Louis aboard the American Fur Company steamer Yellow Stone on a thirteen-month natural science expedition up the Missouri River. Chapter 7 : "William Clark: Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, " by Jay Harry Buckley These volumes contain records of current accounts and property returns as recorded by the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Joshua Pilcher, at the Central Superintendency in St. Louis, Missouri. Chapter 8 : Newspaper Articles, Missouri genealogy Trails In Clark was appointed superintendent of Indian affairs in St. Louis. In he served as surveyor general for Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas, and in he laid out the town of Paducah, Kentucky. Chapter 9 : Treaty with The Shawnee - Explorer, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs of the Missouri Territory,, and superintendent of Indian affairs, St. Louis Superintendency, Library The Newberry Library. Page 5