Treaty with the Howechees, etc., 1851

Description: in case the crime has been committed by a citizen or citizens of the United States upon the person or property
of an Indian or Indians of either of said tribes, the agent shall take all proper measures to bring the offender or offenders to
trial

right of way

Description: the government of the United States the right of way over any portion of said territory

provide agriculture assistance

Description: Seventy-five brood mares and three stallions, one hundred and fifty milch cows and three bulls, twelve yoke of work cattle, with yokes, chains, &c., twelve work mules or horses, thirty ploughs, (ten large and twenty small) thirty set harness for plough horses or mules; seeds of all proper kinds, for planting and sowing; The United States will also employ and settle among said tribes, at or near their towns or settlements, one
practical farmer, who shall act as superintendent or director of agricultural operations, to reside at some central point, and to have two assistants, also men of practical knowledge and industrious habits; one carpenter

provide education assistance

Description: three principal school teachers, and as many assistant teachers; The United States will also erect suitable school
houses, shops, and dwellings for the accommodation of the schools, teachers

hunting fishing gathering

Treaty Type

treaty

Bibliographic Citation

Charles Joseph Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, vol. 4, Laws, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.,1929), 1085

Deloria, Vine, Jr. and Raymond DeMallie. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775-1979. 2v. (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 804

Last updated in MODX

2023-10-27

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2962;treaty-with-the-howechees-etc-1851-21825

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