Treaty of 1805

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The Treaty of 1805 was an early U.S.–Dakota agreement in which Dakota leaders ceded land around the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, paving the way for the establishment of Fort Snelling and American expansion into what is now Minnesota.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Treaty of 1805 canonical 1
Treaty of 1805 with the United States 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Dakota treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
affectedPeople Dakota communities ⓘ
future settlers in Minnesota ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pike–Dakota Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Pike’s Treaty

Pike’s Purchase ⓘ
Pike’s Treaty ⓘ
cededBy Dakota leaders ⓘ
cededTo United States of America ⓘ
countryInvolved United States of America ⓘ
followedBy later U.S.–Dakota treaties in Minnesota ⓘ
historicalRegion Louisiana Purchase territory ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana Territory

Upper Mississippi River Valley ⓘ
impact foundation for U.S. military and civilian presence in the region ⓘ
loss of Dakota land at the Mississippi–Minnesota confluence ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
landCededArea land around the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers ⓘ
land in present-day Minnesota ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus U.S. federal treaty ⓘ
negotiatedBy Zebulon Pike ⓘ
peopleInvolved Dakota leaders ⓘ
Mdewakanton Dakota ⓘ
Wahpekute Dakota ⓘ
linked to: Wahpekute
precededBy early U.S. exploration of the Upper Mississippi ⓘ
purpose to obtain land for a U.S. military post ⓘ
to secure U.S. control over strategic river confluence ⓘ
relatedTo Fort Snelling ⓘ
U.S. westward expansion ⓘ
U.S.–Dakota relations ⓘ
history of Minnesota ⓘ
result American expansion into what is now Minnesota ⓘ
creation of a U.S. military reservation at the river confluence ⓘ
establishment of Fort Snelling ⓘ
linked to: Fort Snelling
signatoryParty Dakota Nation ⓘ
Mdewakanton Dakota ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
Wahpekute Dakota ⓘ
linked to: Wahpekute
signingDate 1805 ⓘ
signingLocation near the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers ⓘ
signingYear 1805 ⓘ
subject U.S. expansion ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
military reservation ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mdewakanton Dakota → treatyParty → Treaty of 1805 ⓘ
Mdewakanton band of the Dakota → treatyParty → Treaty of 1805 with the United States ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of 1805