Treaty of St. Peters may be one of two treaties conducted between the

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and Native American peoples, conducted at the confluence of the

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(then called "St. Peters River") with the

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, in what today is

Mendota, Minnesota Mendota ( ) is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The name is a mispronunciation of the Dakota word for the location, , which in Dakota tradition is the center of the world. The word in this use means "the confluence of the Mi ...

1805 Treaty of St. Peters

The 1805 Treaty of St. Peters or the Treaty with the Sioux, better known as Pike's Purchase, was a treaty conducted between Lieutenant

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for the

and Chiefs Le Petit Carbeau and Way Aga Enogee on behalf of the

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. The treaty conducted on September 23, 1805, purchases two tracts of land: nine-square miles each at the confluence of the St. Croix River about what now is

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and the confluence of the

with

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about what now is

, to establish military posts at each of the two sites. A military post was not established at the confluence of the St. Croix with the Mississippi, but

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was established on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota with the Mississippi. Though the treaty was never proclaimed by the

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, it was ratified by the

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on April 16, 1808.

1837 Treaty of St. Peters

*See White Pine Treaty

1851 Treaty of St. Peters

*See

Treaty of Mendota The Treaty of Mendota () was signed in Mendota, Minnesota, on August 5, 1851, between the United States federal government and the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute Dakota people of Minnesota. The agreement was signed near Pilot Knob on the south bank ...

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Digital copy of the 1805 treaty

*
Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. Minnesota (1994)
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1805 Treaty of St. Peters

1837 Treaty of St. Peters

1851 Treaty of St. Peters

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