From James Madison to the Senate, 15 January 1810 (Abstract)
§ To the Senate
15 January 1810. Submits for ratification a treaty concluded on 10 Nov. 1808 and 31 Aug. 1809 with the Great and Little Osage Indians.
RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, 11B-C2). RC 1 p. JM evidently enclosed A Treaty between the United States and the Great and Little Osage Nations of Indians Concluded and Signed at Fort Clark, on the 10th Nov. 1808 (Washington, 1808; 16603) and also the explanatory clause added on 31 Aug. 1809 (see , Indian Affairs, 1:763–64). The Senate received and read the treaty, then ordered it to be printed on 16 Jan. (see A Treaty between the United States of America, and the Great and Little Osage Tribes of Indians. January 17th, 1810. Printed by Order of the Senate (Washington, 1810). The Senate requested further documents on 22 Jan. and unanimously ratified the treaty on 28 Apr. ( , 2:138, 141, 148).