In 1825 a treaty was made at
St. Louis by
Gen. William Clark with the
Great and
Little Osage Indians for all their lands in
Arkansas and elsewhere.
These lands were ceded to the
United States in consideration of an annual payment of $7,000 for twenty years, and an immediate contribution of 600 head of cattle, 600 hogs, 1,000 fowls, 10 yoke of oxen, 6 carts, with farming uten-
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sils, and other provisions similar to those in the treaty with the
Kansas Indians.
It was also agreed to provide a fund for the support of schools for the benefit of the
Osage children.
Provision was made for a missionary establishment; also for the
United States to assume the payment of certain debts due from
Osage chiefs to those of other tribes, and to deliver to the
Osage villages, as soon as possible, $4,000 in merchandise and $2,600 in horses and their equipments.
In 1899 the
Osage Indians numbered 1,761, and were located in
Oklahoma.
