Show gadsden treaty resulted in land bargain for U S ten million so much tor for the united states to exchange in the gadsden purchase says the cleveland plain dealer the united states got square miles of land at less than 35 cents an acre and square miles is an area somewhat larger than the state of ohio As originally drawn the gadsden treaty called for the cession of a considerably larger territory and mexico would have been paid the senate was not satisfied and amendments were ma the treaty was negotiated as indans means of settling a troublesome situation which had arisen out of the vagueness of the southwestern boundary as described in the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo signed in 1848 the united states moreover desired the ownership of the mesilla valley which had been held to be the only practical route tor for a railroad to the pacific further under the eleventh article of the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo the united states was bound to prevent its indian tribes from making depredations into mexico it had been impossible to carry out this provision and much damage had bee inflicted upon mexicans for which their government demanded compensation in consideration of the gadsden mexico not only ceded the aqua squa miles but also agreed to the abi abiog 09 tion of the eleventh article of the previous treaty and released the united states from all claims for its in 1917 this country paid denmark for the square miles of the former danish west indies |