Treaty with the Shoshone, 1866

Item

Title
Treaty with the Shoshone, 1866
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
Shoshone
Date Original
12 April 1866
Subjects/Keywords
Description
but if necessary for the public convenience, right of way may be granted through said reservation, but when roads are run, the Indians shall be compensated for any damage done thereby
Description
To provide for a Blacksmith and Carpenter shop & furnish them with the necessary tools stocks &c. A farme
Description
& a Physician & necessary medicines
Description
and to support for the period of twenty years an Agricultural & Industrial School which shall be free to the children of said tribes and of other tribes that may be removed hither, and to provide suitable teachers therefor,
Description
The right of taking fish in the Sho sho nee or Snake River at their accustomed grounds and stations is further secured to said Indians in common with all citizens of the United States together with the privelege of hunting and gathering roots on open and unclaimed lands
Treaty Type
treaty
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), 1366
National Archives, Record Group 75, Office of Indian Affairs, Treaty File, T494, roll 10: 43
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
3131;treaty-with-the-shoshone-1866-22635
3131