I have several sources for the treaties between the Kaskaskia and the United States. Some have additional references.
Did you know that the only time that Church and State were linked in the history of the United States was in a treaty with the Kaskaskia? Take a look at this:
From the Treaty of Vincennes, Indiana Territory with the Kaskaskia, Mitchigamia, Cahokia, and Tamaroi: August 13, 1803
Article 3-d: Pgs. 67-68: The United States will also cause to be built a house suitable for the accommodation of the chief of the said tribe, and will enclose for their use a field not exceeding one hundred acres with a good and sufficient fence. And whereas, The greater part of the said tribe have been baptised and received into the Catholic church to which they are much attached, the United States will give annually for seven years one hundred dollars towards the support of a priest of that religion, who will engage to perform for the said tribe the duties of his office and also to instruct as many of their children as possible in the rudiments of literature. And the United States will further give the sum of three hundred dollars to assist the said tribe in the erection of a church .
The Glen Black Laboratory of Archaeology and The Trustees of Indiana University have the best and most comprehensive site of actual documentation concerning the Kaskaskia that is to be found online. You may find all of their Kaskaskia documentation from Consolidated Docket No. 317, Defendant Exhibits 61-171, Table of Contents
This link leads to the
U.S. Congressional Documents Related to Indian Land Cessions by Tribe
This is a huge list of Repositories of Primary Sources
Treaties
Treaty of Greenville, August 3, 1795 (Ratified Indian Treaty #23, 7 STAT 49), between the Wyandot, Delaware, Shawnee, Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomie, Miami, Eel River, Wea, Kickapoo, Piankashaw, and Kaskaskia Tribes and signed by "Mad" Anthony Wayne, that ended the Indian War on the Northwestern Frontier, commonly called "Wayne's War." National Records and Archives (type in Kaskaskia, click only records with digital copies and Display Results)
Treaty with the Kaskaskia 1803
Agreement of Vincennes, Indiana Territory with the Piankeshaw: January 3, 1818
Treaty with the Kasiaskia, etc. 1832
Treaty of Castor Hill, Missouri with the Kaskaskia and Peoria: October 27, 1832
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