Agreement with the Sioux, 1856

Item

Title
Agreement with the Sioux, 1856
Date Original
1 March 1856
Date Proclaimed
2 March 1856
Date Ratified
3 March 1856
Date Modified
4 March 1856
5 March 1856
Subjects/Keywords
Description
all whites found in their country or passing through it, who may commit any offence against them or their property, may be taken up by them, no greater violence or force being used than may be absolutely necessary, and delivered at the nearest military post, to be proceeded against according to our laws.
Description
when the land can be ploughed for them, and where they can receive advice and assistance, and the President will be requested to assist them.
Treaty Type
agreement
Bibliographic Citation
Deloria, Vine, Jr. and Raymond DeMallie. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979. 2v. (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 229
34th Cong., 1st sess., H. Ex. Doc. 130 (serial 859):6
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
2992;agreement-with-the-sioux-1856-22269
2992