Treaty with the Wallawalla, Cayuse, etc., 1855

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This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.
Abstract/Description: "Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the treaty-ground, Camp Stevens, in the Wall-Walla Valley, this ninth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, by and between Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the Territory of Washington, and Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon Territory, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, head-men, and delegates of the Walla-Wallas, Cayuses, and Umatilla tribes, and bands of Indians, occupying lands partly in Washington and partly in Oregon Territories, and who, for the purposes of this treaty, are to be regarded as one nation acting for and in behalf of their respective bands and tribes, they being duly authorized thereto; it being understood that Superintendent I. I. Stevens assumes to treat with that portion of the above-named bands and tribes residing within the Territory of Washington, and Superintendent Palmer with those residing within Oregon."
Subject(s): n-us-or -- n-us-wa
Walla Walla Indians -- Treaties
Cayuse Indians -- Treaties
Umatilla Indians -- Treaties
Indian land transfers -- Oregon
Indian land transfers -- Washington (State)
Indians of North America -- Treaties
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1789-1869
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation -- Relations -- United States
United States -- Relations -- Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon -- Relations -- United States
United States -- Relations -- Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
Date Issued: 1904