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Treaty with the Nez Percés, 1855.

[Getzville, New York] : William S. Hein & Company, [2020]

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Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the treaty ground, Camp Stevens, in the Walla-Walla Valley, this eleventh day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, by and between Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the Territory of Washington, and Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs for the Oregon Territory, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, head-men, and delegates of the Nez Percé tribe of Indians occupying lands partly in Oregon and partly in Washington Territories, between the Cascade and Bitter Route Mountains, on behalf of and acting for said tribe, and being duly authorized thereto by them, it being understood that Superintendent Isaac I. Stevens assumes to treat only with those of the above-named tribe of Indians residing within the Territory of Washington, and Superintendent Palmer with those residing exclusively in Oregon Territory-- HeinOnline description.

"Treaty Number: NAM000309."
Treaty date: 6/11/1855.
Extracted from: United States. Statutes at large, treaties, and proclamations of the United States of America. Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1863-1869.
Extracted from: United States. Indian affairs : laws and treaties / compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1903-1971.

12 Stat. 957
2 Indian Affairs Laws and Treaties (1904) 702

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Description based on HeinOnline treaty summary, viewed March 12, 2020.

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