Ratified treaty no. 137, Treaty of August 10, 1825. with the Osage Indians. For a list of documents relating to this treaty see special list no. 6
Date
August 10, 1825
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service
Summary
1. Instructions, Mar. 16, 1825 (2 letters). (OIA, LS, vol. 1, p. 411-413)
2. Col. Pierre Menard to Sec. of War, May 4, 1825, resigning appointment as comr. (OIA, LR, Santa Fe Trail, 1825)
3. Geo. C. Sibley and B. H. Reeves to Sec. of War, May 11, 1825, accepting appointment as comrs. (OIA, LR, Santa Fe Trail, 1825)
4. Sec. of War to Thomas Mather, June 3, 1825, notifying him of his appointment as comr. in place of Col. Pierre Menard. (OIA, LS, vol. 2, p. 32)
5. B. H. Reeves, Geo. C. Sibley, and Thomas Mather to Sec. of War, Sept. 20, 1825, re their accounts. (OIA, LR, Santa Fe Trail, 1825)
6. B. H. Reeves and Thomas Mather to Sec. of War, Nov. 4, 1825, re their negotiations with the Osage and Kansa tribes. (OIA, LR, Santa Fe Trail, 1825)
Note: The function of the comrs. who negotiated this treaty was to mark a road from the western boundary of the State of Mo. to the confines of Mexico.
Ratified treaty no. 137, Treaty of August 10, 1825. with the Osage Indians. For a list of documents relating to this treaty see special list no. 6 August 10, 1825