Ratified treaty, Documents relating to the negotiation of a ratified treaty with the Creek Indians, June 13, 1854
Date
June 13, 1854
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service
Summary
1. Wm. H. Garrett, U. S. Ind. Agt. and Treaty Comr., to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Dec. 23, 1853, enclosing letters of Oct. 3 and Dec. 23, 1853 (addressed to Comr. of Indian Affairs by chiefs of Creek Nation), discussing their treaties of 1814 and 1838 and urging that a Creek delegation be authorized to visit Washington. (OIA, LR, Creek, G-236, 1854)
2. Comr. of Indian Affairs to Sec. of Interior, Jan. 23, 1854, reviewing stipulations of Creek Treaty of Nov. 23, 1838 and recommending that Garrett be instructed to negotiate a supplement to that treaty. (OIA, LS, Rept. Books, vol. 7, p. 369)
3. Authority of Creek delegation to treaty with the United States given in council, Apr. 14, 1854. (OIA, LR, Creek, C-820, 1854)
4. B. Marshall, Hopoithyahola, and others of Creek delegation to Comr. of Indian Affairs, May 18-30, 1854: Several letters. (OIA, LR, Creek [no file mark], 1854)
5. Instructions, June 8, 1854. (OIA, LS, vol. 49, p. 226-227)
6. Garrett to Comr. of Indian Affairs, June 13, 1854, enclosing treaty supplementary to Treaty of Nov. 23, 1838.*
7. Comr. of Indian Affairs to Sec. of Interior, June 15, 1854, reporting on treaty. (OIA, LS, Rept. Books, vol. 8, p. 51-52)
8. Sec. of Interior to President, July 3, 1854. (ID, LS, vol. 1, p. 247) Note: This is a supplemental article to the Treaty of November 23, 1838, with which it is filed in the "Indian Treaty File" in RG 11 (No. 235).