Treaty of Traverse des Sioux

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Painting by Frank Barnell Mayer
Map with the affected areas in green. Today's Indian reservations in red

The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was a treaty between the government of the United States of America and the Wahpeton and Sisseton groups of the Dakota Sioux Indians in what is now the states of Iowa and Minnesota , which was signed on July 23, 1851 . With this contract, the Dakota gave up much of their territory in Iowa and Minnesota and sold the land to the United States of America for $ 1,665,000. The contract was drawn up on the American side by Alexander Ramsey , the first governor of the newly created state of Minnesota. On August 5, 1851, the Indians ceded further areas to the United States with the Treaty of Mendota . In total, the Indians gave up 24,000,000 acres (97,000 km²) of land. They only reserved two areas along the Minnesota , the Upper Sioux Agency and the Lower Sioux Agency . After the signing of the treaties, large areas of southern Minnesota could be released for settlement by white settlers. The government sold an acre for $ 1.25. In the treaties it was agreed that the Indians should receive 3 cents per acre annually. But the contracts were not kept. In 1858, the reservations were reduced when Minnesota became a state in the United States. Missing payments led to the Sioux uprising in 1862 . After the uprising, the United States unilaterally terminated the treaties. The state of Minnesota set a bounty of $ 25 for each Indian scalp. The survivors of the uprising were deported to South Dakota and Nebraska .

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  1. ↑ Contract text in English

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