Editing Lee's Summit, Missouri (section)

===Early history===
{{See also|History of Missouri}}Humans have occupied the region which includes present-day Lee's Summit for at least 10,000 years.<ref>Schwenk, p. 2</ref> [[Archeological]] evidence indicates that humans have occupied settlements within the present-day boundaries of Lee's Summit during all periods as far back as roughly 9,000 years ago. For example, [[archaeologists]] have discovered stone [[Arrowhead|arrowheads]] characteristic of the [[Dalton tradition]] in Lee's Summit, indicating that humans occupied the area at least 9,000 years ago.<ref>Schmits et al., p. 225</ref>{{Efn|Schmits et al. says of site 23JA160, "early occupations are indicated by the recovery of Dalton points". Schmits et al., p. 10, figure 3. shows that site 23JA160 is located in Lee's Summit, near the intersection of U.S. Route 40 and S Powell Avenue.}} At another site in the city, [[Arrowhead|arrowheads]] and ceramics characteristic of the Kansas City [[Hopewell culture]] were discovered, indicating that humans had temporary campsites in the area roughly 2,000 years ago.<ref>Schmits et al., p. 14</ref>{{Efn|Schmits et al. says of site 23JA115, "Projectile point styles from these sites are predominantly expanding-stemmed forms characteristic of the middle Kansas City Hopewell period. Ceramics are plain-surfaced and more typical of late Kansas City Hopewell ceramics." Schmits et al., p. 10, figure 3. shows that site 23JA115 is located in Lee's Summit, near the intersection of Lee's Summit Road and NW Anderson Drive.}} Stone tools and organic remains suggest that temporary campsites in what is now Lee's Summit were used to hunt for deer, bison, and other small mammals, roughly 700 years ago.<ref>Schmits et al., p. 244</ref>{{Efn|Schmits et al. says of site 23JA43, "The lithic assemblage indicates that the site represents a residential extractive camp focused on the manufacture and use of chipped stone tools for hunting, butchering and hide preparation. Faunal remains indicate that subsistence was based on white-tailed deer. Bison and a number of small mammals such as raccoon, woodchuck and cottontail were of lesser importance." Schmits et al., p. 10, figure 3. shows that site 23JA43 is located in Lee's Summit, near Lee's Summit Road and NW Anderson Drive.}}

At the time of first contact between indigenous Missourians and Europeans, in the 1670s, present-day Lee's Summit represented part of the northwestern border of the territory occupied by the [[Osage people|Little Osage people]]. Other nearby groups included the [[Missouria|Missourias]] to the north and the [[Kansa people|Kanzas]] to the west.<ref>Olson, pp. 86-87</ref><ref>Schmits et al., p. 16</ref> The area was likely used as hunting grounds by [[Osage Nation|the Osage]].<ref>Schwenk, pp. 2-3</ref><ref>Wood, p. 17</ref>

In 1682, [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]] claimed for France the [[Mississippi River]] basin as the territory of Louisiana, which included present-day Lee's Summit.<ref>Olson, pp. 89-90</ref><ref>Wood, p. 8</ref> In 1762, France secretly ceded the territory to Spain by the [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]].