A treaty of friendship made and concluded at the Seminole Council Home : Seminole Nation : holograph, 1861 [Jul].

1 item (54 l.) ; 33 cm

English

Purchased from William Reese Company on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 1988.

Albert Pike was appointed Commissioner of the Confederate States to the Indian tribes west of Arkansas in the summer of 1861. Between July and October Pike negotiated nine treaties with tribes living in Indian Territory. This treaty with the Seminoles was the third negotiated, concluded August 1, 1861.

Draft of treaty with the Seminole Nation negotiated by Albert Pike, most of it in a formal hand that is probably Pike's, with numerous corrections and leaves of additions at the end, written in Pike's normal cursive writing. The entire text of the treaty is present, with changes made during the negotiation of the treaty evident, such as the change in the title from "Treaty of Friendship and Alliance" to "Treaty of Friendship," and references from the "Seminole Nation of Indians" to "Seminole Nation of Redmen."

June 01, 2002

A Treaty of Friendship Made and Concluded at the Seminole Council Home. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

A Treaty of Friendship Made and Concluded at the Seminole Council Home. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.