What was the Forts relationship with the Kickapoo tribe?
Relations with the Kickapoo Tribe: 8-15 August 1830 — Fort Leavenworth is host to a peace council of the Otoes, Omahas, Iowas, Sac, Delaware, Shawnee and Kickapoo. The Tribes pledge amity and friendship. 26 November 1832 — Deputations of four Kickapoo chiefs sign a treaty accepting the Kansas reservation on Fort Leavenworth. Among the chiefs was Kennekuk, the Kickapoo prophet. Price was a first year payment of $18K, then $5K per year for 19 years. $1K per year for 5 years to support a blacksmith and strikers, $3,700 to build a mill and a church, $500 per year for 10 years to support a school, $4000 per year for labor and improvements on the land and $4000 in livestock to get herds started. 9 October 1833 — Trade grant given for a store at the mouth of the Salt Creek. 8-13 November 1833 — Peace Council between the resident and the immigrant tribes. — Methodist Mission opens. Eventually has a day school. 13-23 October 1834 — Annuities distributed on Fort Leavenworth for the first time by
