United States. Commission to Negotiate a Treaty or Treaties with the Hostile Indians of the Upper
Published / Created:
1866
Call Number:
WA MSS 483
Image Count:
67
Abstract:
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.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe., 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., and Versos blank, not digitized.
Subject (Name):
Bowles, Charles Emory, Lehmer, Frank, Maynadier, Henry Eveleth,--d. 1868, McLaren, Robert Neill,--d. 1886, Taylor, Edward B, United States.--Commission to Negotiate a Treaty or Treaties with the Hostile Indians of the Upper Platte Agency, and Wistar, Thomas,--1798-1876
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians, Brulé Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Indians of North America--Government relations, Indians of North America--Treaties, 1866, and Oglala Indians
