Treaty of St. Louis (1804)

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land cession agreement treaty

The Treaty of St. Louis (1804) was an agreement in which Sauk and Meskwaki leaders, under disputed circumstances, ceded vast lands in Illinois and Missouri to the United States, later fueling tensions that led to the Black Hawk War.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Treaty of St. Louis (1804) canonical 4
Treaty of 1804 2
Treaty of 1804 (St. Louis) 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf land cession agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
surface form: 1804 Treaty of St. Louis
appliesToJurisdiction Illinois ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Mississippi River valley ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
causeOf Black Hawk War ⓘ
conflict Sauk claim that negotiators lacked authority ⓘ
U.S. claim that treaty was valid and binding ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource United States Indian treaty records ⓘ
enactedBy United States government ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of St. Louis (1816) ⓘ
Treaty of St. Louis (1804) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of St. Louis (1824)

Treaty of St. Louis (1825) ⓘ
Treaty of St. Louis (1825) ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of St. Louis (1826)
follows Northwest Indian War ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Indian War treaties
hasEffect dispossession of Meskwaki lands ⓘ
dispossession of Sauk lands ⓘ
increased tensions between Meskwaki and United States ⓘ
increased tensions between Sauk and United States ⓘ
opening of Illinois lands to U.S. settlement ⓘ
opening of Missouri lands to U.S. settlement ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form: Meskwaki

Sauk ⓘ
legalStatus disputed by Black Hawk and many Sauk ⓘ
mainSubject Meskwaki land rights ⓘ
Sauk land rights ⓘ
United States westward expansion ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
partOf United States–Native American treaties ⓘ
signatory Fox ⓘ
Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form: Meskwaki

Sauk ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
significantEvent cession of Sauk and Meskwaki lands east of the Mississippi River ⓘ
promise of annuities to Sauk and Meskwaki ⓘ
signingDate 1804-11-03 ⓘ
signingLocation Missouri Territory ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
topic Black Hawk ⓘ
Sauk village of Saukenuk ⓘ
U.S. Indian policy ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Black Hawk War → cause → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
Treaty of St. Louis (1804) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1804 Treaty of St. Louis
Treaty of St. Louis (1804) → followedBy → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of St. Louis (1824)
Sauk people → treatyInvolvement → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of 1804
Sauk → signedTreaty → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of 1804
Treaty of St. Louis (1816) → relatedTo → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
Quashquame → participatedIn → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
Quashquame → signed → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
Sacs → treatyHistoryIncludes → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of 1804 (St. Louis)
Illinois peoples → treatyParty → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of 1803
Sac people → signedTreaty → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of 1804 (St. Louis)
Treaty of St. Louis (1818) → follows → Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
this entity surface form: earlier Treaties of St. Louis