Treaty with the Santiam Band of Molale, 1851

Item

Title
Treaty with the Santiam Band of Molale, 1851
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
Molale
Date Original
7 May 1851
Subjects/Keywords
Description
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
Description
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.
Description
establishing public highways through said reservation
Description
establishing public highways through said reservation
Description
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;
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.
Treaty Type
treaty
Bibliographic Citation
32d Cong., 1st sess., S. Confidential Ex. Doc. 45
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
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
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