Treaty of Vincennes

Treaty of Vincennes

Type	Recognition of American land claims
Signed	June 6th 1803
Location	Vincennes, Indiana Territory
Condition	Transfer of money and goods to natives
Signatories	William Henry Harrison Little Turtle Chekommia Black Hoof
Parties	United States of America Miami Wea (Piankeshaw, Kickapoo) Shawnee
Language	English

The Treaty of Vincennes is the name of two separate treaties. One was an agreement between the United States of America and the Miami and their allies, the Wea tribes and the Shawnee, and was signed on June 6, 1803. The purpose of the treaty was to get the native tribes to formally recognize the American ownership of the Vincennes Tract, a parcel of land captured from Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. The second occurred on August 27, 1804, and was to purchase land from the tribes.