Ratified treaty no. 271, Treaty of May 18, 1854, with the Sauk and Fox of Missouri Indians. For a list of documents relating to this treaty, see special list no. 6
Date
May 18, 1854
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service
Summary
1. Minutes of council with Comr. of Indian Affairs on Sept. 12, 1853, at the Iowa Mission near the Great Nemaha Agency. (OIA, LR, Great Nemaha, end of year, 1854)
2. Authority of delegates to make treaty for tribe. (OIA, LR, Great Nemaha, S-561, 1854)
3. Alfred Cumming, Supt. of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Oct. 24, 1853, transmitting letter of Oct. 7, 1853, from chiefs of Sauk and Fox of Missouri, proposing to sell a part of their lands. (OIA, LR, Great Nemaha, C-540, 1853)
4. Comr. of Indian Affairs to Sec. of Interior, May 20, 1854, reporting on treaty. (OIA, LS, Rept. Books, vol. 8, p. 17)
5. Sec. of Interior to President, May 29, 1854. (ID, LS, vol. 1, p. 237) See also items under Treaty of May 17, 1854, with Iowa.
Ratified treaty no. 271, Treaty of May 18, 1854, with the Sauk and Fox of Missouri Indians. For a list of documents relating to this treaty, see special list no. 6 May 18, 1854