The Treaty of Mendota was signed in Mendota, Minnesota on August 5, 1851 between the United States federal government and the Sioux tribes of Minnesota (Mdewakanton and Wahpekute).
The agreement was signed near Pilot Knob on the south bank of the Minnesota River and within sight of Fort Snelling. The treaty stipulated that the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute bands were to receive US$1,410,000 in return for relocating to the Lower Sioux Agency on the Minnesota River near present-day Morton, Minnesota along with giving up their rights to a significant portion of southern Minnesota.
With the signing of the Treaty of Mendota along with the earlier Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, most of southern Minnesota became open to white settlement.
Map of ceded territory can be seen through the Library of Congress here in orange
Read more about Treaty Of Mendota: Treaty, Values Adjusted For Inflation, Provisions For Assimilating Native Americans, Contribution To The Dakota War of 1862, See Also
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