Treaty with the Twalaty Band of Kalapuya, 1851

Item

Title
Treaty with the Twalaty Band of Kalapuya, 1851
Original Signatory Tribe(s)
See all items with this valueKalapuya
Successor in Interest Tribes
See all items with this valueConfederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
Date Original
19 April 1851
Has Version
University of Wisconsin - Madison. Documents relating to the negotiation of an unratified treaty of April 19, 1851, with the Kalapuya and Molala Indians.
Subjects/Keywords
right of way
Description
provided that nothing herein contained shall prohibit the proper authorities of the Territory of Oregon from establishing public highways through said reservation whenever the public convenience may require it.
roads and highways
Description
provided that nothing herein contained shall prohibit the proper authorities of the Territory of Oregon from establishing public highways through said reservation whenever the public convenience may require it.
promise to provide
Description
five hundred dollars of which is to be paid in cash, and the remainder to be expended in the purchase of one hundred and thirty blankets, thirty-eight coats; seventy-six pairs of pants, one hundred and fifty-two shirts, seventy-six vests, one hundred and thirty pairs of shoes, two hundred yards of calico, two hundred yards linsey plaid, twenty-seven blanket shawls, two hundred yards domestic shirting, thirty-eight hats or caps, one hundred and thirty-two pocket handkerchiefs
It is also further agreed that at the time when each of the first two payments herein stipulated are made the United States will deliver to said chiefs, to be by them distributed among their tribe, five good rifle guns, with barrels not less than three and a half feet in length; and also at the time when the first payment above mentioned is made the United States agree to deliver to each of the said chiefs a good Indian horse and a good bridle, for the use of said chiefs,
promise to pay
Description
The Government of the United States agrees, in consideration of the lands hereby ceded, to pay to said band or tribe the sum of forty thousand dollars, to be paid in twenty annual installments of two thousand dollars each
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), 1278
32d Cong., 1st sess., S. Confidential Ex. Doc. 41
Last updated in MODX
2023-10-27
MODX ID
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