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Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners to negotiate a treaty or treaties with the hostile Indians of the Upper Platte Agency
Title
Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners to negotiate a treaty or treaties with the hostile Indians of the Upper Platte Agency, 1866.
Physical Description
65 p.; 33 cm.
Language
English
Provenance
Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Biographical / Historical Note
The Commission consisted of E. B. Taylor, president, Charles E. Bowles, secretary, Frank Lehmer, assistant secretary, R. N. McLaren, and Thomas Wistar, who met in Omaha in May 1866. They reassembled at Fort Laramie in June where they were joined by Col. H. E. Maynadier.
Summary
The proceedings record in detail the conferences with the chief men of the Ogalalla and Brulé bands of Sioux, and the treaty signed by them; and the later conferences held with the Cheyennes and Arapaphoes. The treaty secured the safety of the road up the Powder River Valley to Bozeman, Montana.
Other formats
Available on microfilm.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts, 483.
United States. Commission to Negotiate a Treaty or Treaties with the Hostile Indians of the Upper Platte Agency, Proceedings. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
United States. Commission to Negotiate a Treaty or Treaties with the Hostile Indians of the Upper Platte Agency, Proceedings. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Occupation
Public officers United States.
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