Convention with the Eastern Band of Shoshone, 1872

Item

Title
Convention with the Eastern Band of Shoshone, 1872
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
Eastern Shoshoni
Successor in Interest Tribes
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
Date Original
26 September 1872
Has Version
University of Oklahoma School of Law
Subjects/Keywords
promise to pay
Description
The United States agree to pay to the Shoshone (eastern band) or tribe the sum of $25,000; said sum to be expended under the direction of the President for the benefit and use of said Indians in the following manner, viz:
The salary of $500 per annum shall be paid by the United States for the term of five years to Wash-a-kie, chief of the Shoshones.
promise to provide
Description
On or before the 10th day of August of each year, for the term of five years after the ratification of this agreement, $5,000 shall be expended in the purchase of stock-cattle, and said cattle delivered to the Shoshones on their reservation.
Treaty Type
other
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), 509
42d Cong., 3d sess., H. Ex. Doc. 21:2
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
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