Keywords

William Clark, American Indian treaties

Abstract

Born the ninth of ten children to John and Ann (Rogers) Clark on August 1, 1770, on a plantation in Caroline County, Virginia, William Clark led a full life as a soldier, explorer, Indian agent, Missouri territorial governor, and superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis. While a teenager, his family relocated to a new plantation called “Mulberry Hill” near present-day Louisville, Kentucky. Clark joined the Kentucky militia, and then in 1792 President George Washington commissioned Clark a lieutenant of infantry. During General Anthony Wayne’s Ohio River Indian campaigns, Clark fought at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. He resigned his commission shortly after the Treaty of Greenville (1795) to return home and care for his parents and the family estate.

Original Publication Citation

Buckley, Jay H. “William Clark’s Treaties with Indian Nations: An Overview.” We Proceeded On 51, no. 2 (May 2025): 6-23.