Treaty with the Cheyenne, 1866

Item

Title
Treaty with the Cheyenne, 1866
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
Cheyenne
Date Original
11 October 1866
28 June 1866
Subjects/Keywords
Description
the same to be invested in the purchase of teams necessary for farming purposes, agricultural implements, seeds, and such other articles as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, and whenever one hundred lodges or families shall have so engaged in agricultural pursuits, they shall be entitled to a farmer and blacksmith at the expense of the Government
Description
as also teachers for such schools as may be required for the education of their children, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Description
The said Tribe represented in Council shall withdraw from the routes overland already established, or hereafter to be established, through their country;
Description
the Government of the United States agree to pay to the said tribe the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, annually, for twenty years
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), 1370
National Archives, Record Group 75, Office of Indian Affairs, Treaty File, T494, roll 9: 74
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
3133;treaty-with-the-cheyenne-1866-22641
3133