Treaty with the Upper Klamath, Shasta and Scott's River, 1851
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Title
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Treaty with the Upper Klamath, Shasta and Scott's River, 1851
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Alternative Title
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Treaty at Camp in Scott's Valley, 1851
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Date Original
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4 November 1851
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Subjects/Keywords
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crimes against Indian country
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Description
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in case the crime has been committed by a citizen or citizens of the United States upon the person or property of an Indian or Indians of either of said tribes or bands, the agent shall take all proper measures to bring the offender or offenders to trial in the same way.
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mining and mineral rights
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Description
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That those citizen of the United States who are now engaged in mining, raising, or washing gold upon that part of Scott's river lying between the first creek entering the same from the north, above the town of Scott's bar and the mouth of said river, shall be permitted to hold and work the claims of which they are now in actual possession for the term of two years from the date of this instrument, unless sooner exhausted
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right of way
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Description
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the United States reserves the right of way over said lands, and of using for farming purposes any quantity thereof not exceeding one thousand acres; also the right to establish such military post or posts, erect such buildings, and make such other improvements for the accommodation of an Indian agent and other officers or servants as the President may direct.
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provide education assistance
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Description
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one principal school-teacher, with three male and female assistant teachers to instruct said tribes in the different branches of a common-school education and in the domestic arts of sewing and house-keeping, upon the manual labor system;
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also that the United States will erect suitable dwellings, school-houses and shops for the accommodation of an agent, and of the teachers, farmers and mechanics above specified, and store-houses for the protection of the public property.
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provide agriculture assistance
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Description
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one practical farmer who shall assist said tribes in cultivating the soil and act as superintendent of agricultural operations, with two assistant farmers
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all of the above teachers, farmers, and mechanics to be paid and maintained upon said reservation by the United States for the period of five years, and as long thereafter as the President may deem advisable;
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provide healthcare assistance
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Description
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with a regular physician or surgeon attached thereto, the United States Indian agent for the district shall be authorized, and is hereby directed to employ at the expense of the United States, an experienced physician to reside on said reservation, attend to the sick among either whites or Indians, and especially to vaccinate the members of each tribe; and when said military post shall be established, the services of the surgeon thereto attached may be substituted by said agent for those of the physician first employed, allowing him therefor a reasonable compensation
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Treaty Type
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treaty
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Bibliographic Citation
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Charles Joseph Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, vol. 4, Laws, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1929), 1121
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Deloria, Vine, Jr. and Raymond DeMallie. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979. 2v. (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 837
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Last updated in MODX
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2023-10-27
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MODX ID
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2977;treaty-with-the-upper-klamath-shasta-and-scott-s-river-1851-21868
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2977