Treaty with the Yamhill Band of Kalapuya, 1851

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Title
Treaty with the Yamhill Band of Kalapuya, 1851
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
Kalapuya
Date Original
2 May 1851
Subjects/Keywords
Description
three hundred of which is to be paid in cash, and the remainder to be expended in the purchase of one hundred blankets, twenty-five coats, fifty pairs of pants, one hundred shirts, seventy pairs of shoes, twenty-five hats or caps, one hundred and twenty yards of calico, one hundred and twenty yards of linsey plaid, one hundred yards of domestic shirting, twelve blanket shawls, fifty handkerchiefs
twenty-two wash-tubs (large size), one dozen buckets, four dozen six-quart pans, one dozen tin-cups, one hundred pounds of soap
It is also further agreed, that at the time when the first payment herein stipulated is made, the United States will deliver to said chiefs, to be by them distributed among their tribes, ten good rifle-guns and three good Indian horses, for the use of said chiefs.
The Government of the United States also agrees to erect for said Indians, at such place, within the bounds of the reservation herein described, as said chiefs shall designate, seven good, substantial log-houses, three of which are to be for the use of the chiefs of said band, and are to be sixteen feet in length, fourteen feet in width, and not less than eight feet in height from the ground to the eaves; the remaining four to be twenty feet in length and fourteen in width, and of the same height of the three just mentioned; each to be divided into two rooms; all of the above houses to have plank floors, shingled roofs, and brick chimney with fire-places in each room; each room to have a window of not less than six panes of glass. Said houses to be built as soon as practical after the ratification of this treaty.
Description
five plows, ten plow-harness, twelve axes, twelve hoes, five scythes and cradles
Description
The Government of the United States agrees, in consideration of the lands hereby ceded, to pay to said band the sum of twenty-eight thousand dollars, to be paid in twenty annual installments of fourteen hundred dollars each,
Treaty Type
treaty
Bibliographic Citation
32d Cong., 1st sess., S. Confidential Ex. Doc. 43
Deloria, Vine, Jr. and Raymond DeMallie. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979. 2v. (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 1283
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
3090;treaty-with-the-yamhill-band-of-kalapuya-1851-22522
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