Treaty with the Crow, 1866
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Title
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Treaty with the Crow, 1866
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Original Signatory Tribe(s)
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Crow
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Date Original
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16 July 1866
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Subjects/Keywords
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provide agriculture assistance
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Description
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may annually expend so much of the sum of eight thousand dollars as he shall deem proper, in the purchase of stock, animals, agricultural implements; in establishing and instructing in agricultural pursuits, such of said Indians as shall be disposed thereto; and in the employment of mechanics for them
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provide healthcare assistance
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Description
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in providing necessary and proper medicines, medical attendance; care for and support of the aged, infirm, or sick of their number;
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right of way
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Description
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We, the chiefs and headmen of the Crow Nation or Tribe of Indians, parties to this treaty, being by our respective bands thereunto authorized and directed, do hereby grant and convey unto the United States the right to lay out and construct roads, highways, and telegraph lines up the valley of the Yellowstone River to Virginia City and Helena in Montana, and to use their influence to protect them from annoyance or interference by Indians of their own or other tribes; and they also grant to the United States the privilege of establishing depots and military and stage stations at suitable points along said line; hereby conveying all right to such reservations, not exceeding ten miles square at each point, for survey settlement and cultivation, at the discretion of the United States.
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roads and highways
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Description
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roads, highways,
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telegraph lines
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Description
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telegraph lines
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promise to provide
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Description
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the United States agree to expend for the said Crow Nation or Tribe of Indians, in addition to the goods and provisions distributed at the time of the signing of this treaty, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars annually, for the term of twenty years after the ratification of this treaty by the President and Senate of the United States, to be expended for such useful goods and provisions and other articles as the President, at his discretion, may, from time to time, determine;
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promise to pay
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Description
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there shall be set apart and paid to the head chief of each of said bands the sum of two hundred dollars annually in money or supplies, so long as they and their respective bands remain faithful to their treaty obligations;
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The following named persons, half breeds, of the Crow Nation or Tribe of Indians, shall receive annually for twenty years the sum of fifty dollars, payable in goods or money, at the discretion of the President of the United States
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the United States further agree to allow him two hundred dollars annually for the term of the above treaty payments;
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Treaty Type
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treaty
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Bibliographic Citation
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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), 1373
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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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3134;treaty-with-the-crow-1866-22644
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3134