GADSDEN TREATY
\ɡˈadsdən tɹˈiːti], \ɡˈadsdən tɹˈiːti], \ɡ_ˈa_d_s_d_ə_n t_ɹ_ˈiː_t_i]\
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was a treaty negotiated with Mexico in 1853 by James Gadsden. By this treaty the United States secured 45,000 square miles of laud in what is now Arizona and New Mexico. The United States paid Mexico $10,000,000, but received a considerably larger amount from Mexico for Indian depredation claims.
By John Franklin Jameson
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