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The Treaty of Fort Pitt. The Treaty of Fort Pitt, also known as the Treaty With the Delawares, the Delaware Treaty, or the Fourth Treaty of Pittsburgh, [1] was signed on September 17, 1778, and was the first formal treaty between the new United States of America and any American Indians, in this case the Lenape, who were called Delaware by American settlers.
Treaty with the Delawares: 12 Stat. 1177: 1861: November 15: Treaty with the Potawatomi: 12 Stat. 1191: 1862: March 13: Treaty with the Kansas Indians: 12 Stat. 1221: 1862: June 24: Treaty with the Ottawa of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de Boeuf: 12 Stat. 1237: 1862: June 28: Treaty with the Kickapoo: 13 Stat. 623: 1863: March 11
September 17 – The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed, the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware). September 19 – The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
The Treaty of Fort Pitt, also known as the Treaty with the Delawares or the Fourth Treaty of Pittsburgh, was signed on 17 September 1778 and was the first written treaty between the new United States of America and any American Indians—the Lenape in this case. Although many informal treaties were held with Native Americans during the American ...
The Delaware nation was the first to sign a treaty with the new United States. They signed the treaty on the September 17, 1778. Despite the treaty, the Delaware were forced to cede their Eastern lands and moved first to Ohio and later to Indiana , Missouri, Kansas, and Indian Territory.
By 1773 he was Speaker of the Delaware Head Council and known as one of the most important councilors. [2] White Eyes was a war chief and a tireless mediator in turbulent times, negotiating the first Indian treaties with the fledgling United States, and always working toward his ultimate goal of establishing a secure Indian territory. His ...
The Delaware were the first Indian nation to enter into a treaty with the newly formed government of the United States; the treaty was signed on September 17, 1778. The Oklahoma branches were established in 1867, with the purchase of land by Delaware from the Cherokee Nation; they made two payments totaling $438,000. A court dispute followed ...
In 1778 Captain Pipe was with White Eyes and Killbuck, contemporary Lenape leaders of the Turkey Clan, when they signed the first treaty between the Continental Congress and Native peoples. Later that same year, General Lachlan McIntosh , the American commander at Fort Pitt, requested permission from the Lenape to march through their territory ...