Treaty with the Santiam Band of Molale, 1851
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Title
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Treaty with the Santiam Band of Molale, 1851
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Original Signatory Tribe(s)
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Molale
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Date Original
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7 May 1851
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Subjects/Keywords
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promise to pay
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Description
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to pay to said band the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be paid in twenty annual installments of one thousand dollars each, two hundred of which is to be paid in cash
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crimes against Indian country
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Description
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It is hereby agreed that the Government of the United States binds itself (so long as said tribe shall comply with the stipulations of this treaty) to protect them and to indemnify said tribe for any injuries inflicted upon them or their property by any citizen or citizens of the United States.
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right of way
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Description
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establishing public highways through said reservation
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roads and highways
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Description
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establishing public highways through said reservation
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promise to provide
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Description
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the remainder to be expended in the purchase of one hundred blankets, forty pairs of pants, twenty coats, eighty shirts, twenty hats or caps, two hundred yards of calico, two hundred yards of linsey plaid, one hundred yards of domestic shirting, one hundred pairs of shoes, and thirty blanket shawls, all of which are to be good and substantial articles;
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It is further agreed that, at the time when the first payment herein stipulated is made, the Government of the United States will deliver to the chief of this band ten good rifle-guns, to be by him distributed among said band; and, also, at the same time, to deliver to said chief a good Indian horse, for the use of said chief.
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Treaty Type
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treaty
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Bibliographic Citation
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32d Cong., 1st sess., S. Confidential Ex. Doc. 45
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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), 1285
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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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3092;treaty-with-the-santiam-band-of-molale-1851-22525
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3092