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The Treaty of 1824 which was signed on August 4th, 1824 in the city of Washington. This treaty was the first that took  took the entire northern half of the state from the Ioway tribe except for the Platte Purchase which will later be taken from the Ioway and Sac and the Fox tribe in the Treaty of 1836. By order of this treaty the Ioways were required to move out of the area by January 1st, 1826. In return for the sale of the land the United States was to pay five hundred dollars, annually, for the term of ten succeeding years and provide the support of a blacksmith as well as furnishing the tribe with farming materials, cattle, and people to help with the tribe’s agriculture until the President of the United States says that this will no longer be required whether due to expense on the US or other reasons. The treaty was signed by two Ioway chiefs, White Cloud (Ma-hos-kah) and Great Walker/Big Neck (Mah-ne-hah-nah) and the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, William Clark. Big Neck did not understand the terms of the treaty and stayed in the territory which later caused a dispute with incoming settlers in 1829 in the Chariton Valley Area which is referred to as “The Big Neck War”.

To read the treaty in text form visit Treaty of 1824 for more information.