The Treaty of Bird's Fort between the…

September 1843 CE

The Treaty of Bird's Fort between the Republic of Texas and several native tribes is signed on September 29, 1843, at Bird's Fort in present-day Arlington, Texas.

Article XI of the treaty provides that no one may "pass the line of trading houses" (at the border of the natives' territory) without permission of the President of Texas, and may not reside or remain in the natives' territory.

These "trading houses" will later be established at the junction of the Clear Fork and West Fork of the Trinity River in present-day Fort Worth.

At this river junction, the U.S. War Department will establish Fort Worth in 1849 as the northernmost of a system of ten forts for protecting the American Frontier following the end of the Mexican–American War.

The treaty is intended to end years of hostilities and warfare between the natives and the white settlers in Texas.

The full title of the treaty is "Republic of Texas Treaty with the Indigenous Nations of the Delaware, Chickasaw, Waco, Tawakani, Keechi, Caddo, Anadahkah, Ionie, Biloxi, and Cherokee."

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Fort Worth Tarrant Texas United States View →

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Wichita, or Kitikitish (Amerind tribe) View → Caddo (Amerind tribe) View → Cherokee, or Tsalagi (Amerind tribe) View → Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) View → Chickasaw (Amerind tribe) View → Biloxi people (Amerind tribe) View → Nadaco View → Waco people View → Tawakoni View → Kichai people View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View →

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Texas–Indian wars View → “Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View →

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