Agreement with the Seneca and Shawnee, 1854

Item

Title
Agreement with the Seneca and Shawnee, 1854
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
Seneca
Shawnee
Date Original
23 August 1854
Successor in Interest Tribe(s)
Seneca Nation of Indians
Seneca-Cayuga Nation
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Subjects/Keywords
Not Ratified
right of way
Description
It is agreed that all roads and highways, laid out by authority of law, shall have the right of way through the lands
and railroad companies, when the lines of their roads necessarily pass through lands of the said Indians, shall have the right of way
roads and highways
Description
It is agreed that all roads and highways, laid out by authority of law, shall have the right of way through the lands
railroads
Description
and railroad companies, when the lines of their roads necessarily pass through lands of the said Indians, shall have the right of way
Treaty Type
agreement
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), 850
33d Cong., 2nd sess., S. Confidential Ex. Doc. 4
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
3197;agreement-with-the-seneca-and-shawnee-1854-22768