Ratified treaty no. 240, Documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of March 17, 1842, with the Wyandot Indians
Date
March 17, 1842
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service
Summary
1. Instructions: Mar. 26, 1841. (OIA, LS, vol. 30, p. 188-190) Aug. 24, 1842, re amendments. (OIA, LS, vol. 32, p. 392)
2. John Johnston, Treaty Comr., to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Mar. 13, June 19, Aug. 6, and Oct. 27, 1841, re the earlier part of negotiations. (OIA, LR, Ohio, I-747, I-788, I-828, I-874, 1841)
3. Johnston to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Jan. 13, 1842, enclosing an address of the Wyandot chiefs of Jan. 4, 1842. (OIA, LR, Ohio, I-922, 1842)
4. Johnston to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Feb. 9, 1842, enclosing letter of chiefs of Jan. 5, 1842. (OIA, LR, Ohio, I-937, 1842)
5. Johnston to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Mar. 14, 1842, reporting at length on the impossibility of making the treaty on the terms proposed. (OIA, LR, Ohio, I-952, 1842)
6. Johnston to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Mar. 18, 1842, forwarding the treaty.*
7. Johnston to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Apr. 15, 1842, enclosing the assent of the Wyandots of the River Huron to the treaty. (OIA, LR, Ohio, I-975, 1842)
8. Johnston to Comr. of Indian Affairs, May 14, 1842, reporting termination of his duties as comr. and briefly reviewing his activities. (OIA, LR, Ohio, I-992, 1842)
9. Comr. of Indian Affairs to Sec. of War, May 19, 1842, reporting on treaty. (OIA, LS, Rept. Books, vol. 3, p. 173-178)
10. Johnston to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Sept. 1, 1842, concerning his plans for securing the assent of the Indians to the Senate amendments to the treaty. (OIA, LR, Ohio, I-1047, 1842)
11. Johnston to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Sept. 18, 1842, transmitting the consent of the chiefs to the Senate amendments.*
12. Sec. of U. S. Senate to Sec. of War, Sept. 26, 1842, returning the "assent" of the River Huron Wyandots of Mich. to the first article of the treaty. (OIA, LR, Ohio, S-3216, 1842)