Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners to negotiate a treaty or treaties with the hostile Indians of the Upper Platte Agency
- Creator:
- United States. Commission to Negotiate a Treaty or Treaties with the Hostile Indians of the Upper Platte Agency
- Published/Created:
- 1866
- Physical Description:
- 65 p. ; 33 cm.
- Notes:
- 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.
Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Versos blank, not digitized. - 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.
- Topics:
- Arapaho Indians
Brulé Indians
Cheyenne Indians
Indians of North America--Government relations
Indians of North America--Treaties, 1866
Oglala Indians - Topics:
- 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
Wistar, Thomas,--1798-1876 - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Manuscripts
Minutes - Format:
- Text
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 483
- Orbis Record:
- 3169316
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- Yale Collection of Western Americana
- oid pointer:
- 12156419
- Citation:
- 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. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. - Extent of digitization:
- Complete work digitized.
- OID:
- 12155840
- PID:
- digcoll:4009181
