Treaty of 1804 between Sauk and Fox and the United States

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The Treaty of 1804 between the Sauk and Fox tribes and the United States was an early 19th-century agreement in which Native American lands in the Midwest were controversially ceded to the U.S. government, later becoming a major source of dispute leading up to the Black Hawk War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1804 Sauk and Fox treaty ⓘ
Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
cededTerritory Sauk and Fox lands east of the Mississippi River ⓘ
lands in present-day Illinois ⓘ
lands in present-day Missouri ⓘ
lands in present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
controversialBecause Sauk and Fox leaders later argued that the signers lacked authority to cede tribal lands ⓘ
terms were considered unfair and obtained under questionable circumstances ⓘ
effectOnSaukAndFox increased pressure for relocation west of the Mississippi River ⓘ
loss of ancestral homelands east of the Mississippi River ⓘ
followedBy later U.S. treaties reaffirming or modifying boundaries with the Sauk and Fox ⓘ
geographicRegion Mississippi River valley ⓘ
Old Northwest ⓘ
HarrisonRole Governor of Indiana Territory ⓘ
U.S. Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Indiana Territory ⓘ
historicalConsequence became a major source of grievance for Black Hawk and his followers ⓘ
was a key cause leading up to the Black Hawk War ⓘ
historicalSignificance central document in the history of the Black Hawk War ⓘ
illustrates early U.S. expansionist policy in the Midwest ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal Indian policy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterDisputedBy Black Hawk ⓘ
Sauk dissident factions ⓘ
legalStatusInUSView recognized by the United States as a valid and binding cession of land ⓘ
negotiatedBy William Henry Harrison ⓘ
partOf series of U.S. treaties with Native American nations in the Old Northwest ⓘ
party Fox tribe ⓘ
linked to: Fox Tribe

Sauk tribe ⓘ
linked to: Sauk people

United States government ⓘ
providedFor annual annuities to the Sauk and Fox ⓘ
cession of large tracts of Native American land in the Midwest to the United States ⓘ
establishment of a defined boundary between U.S. territory and Sauk and Fox lands ⓘ
payment in goods and money to the Sauk and Fox ⓘ
permission for the Sauk and Fox to continue hunting on ceded lands until sold by the United States ⓘ
relatedConflict Black Hawk War ⓘ
signatory Meskwaki (Fox) Nation ⓘ
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)

Sauk (Sac) Nation ⓘ
linked to: Sauk people

United States of America ⓘ
signedAt St. Louis, Missouri Territory ⓘ
signingDate 1804-11-03 ⓘ
subjectMatter U.S.–Native American relations ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
sovereignty and territorial rights ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
usedByUSAs legal justification for removal of Sauk and Fox from Illinois ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fox Tribe → treatyParty → Treaty of 1804 between Sauk and Fox and the United States ⓘ
Treaty of 1804 between Sauk and Fox and the United States → alsoKnownAs → 1804 Sauk and Fox treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of 1804 between Sauk and Fox and the United States