Ratified treaty no. 290, Documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of June 9, 1855, with the Yakima and Confederated Tribes of Indians
Date
June 9, 1855
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service
Summary
1. Extracts from the journal of James Doty, Sec. for Treaties, showing his proceedings, Jan. 20 - May 21, 1855, in assembling the Indians for councils in the Walla Walla Valley.*
2. Copy of item 1 above.*
3. Record of the official proceedings at the council in the Walla Walla Valley...with the tribes of Indians named in the treaties made at that council June 9 and 11, 1855, period, May 22 - June 11, 1855, p. 1-93. (Attested copy.)* This record includes the complete minutes of proceedings.
4. Treaty (original copy).*
5. Map showing lands in Oreg. and Wash. ceded by treaties made June 9 - July 16, 1855. (OIA, LR, 1850-80, laminated materials)
6. Gov. I. I. Stevens, Treaty Comr., to Comr. of Indian Affairs, June 14, 1855, giving notice of conclusion of Treaties of June 9 and 11, 1855, with the Yakima, Walla Walla and others, and Nez Percés.*
7. Stevens to Comr. of Indian Affairs, June 14, 1855, enclosing the treaty and official proceedings with the Yakima Nation.*
8. Official proceedings (copy; see item 7 above).*
9. Stevens to Comr. of Indian Affairs, May 22, 1856, enclosing "Journal of Operations of Gov. Stevens, Sup't Indian Affairs and Comr. Treating with Indian Tribes East of the Cascade Mountains in Wash. Ter. and the Blackfeet and Neighboring Tribes Near the Great Falls of the Missouri in the Year 1855," period of journal, Jan. 20, 1855 - Jan. 4, 1856.* The journal, which does not include complete minutes of the council, is paged 1-114.
10. Comr. of Indian Affairs to Sec. of Interior, July 9, 1856. (OIA, LS, Rept. Books, vol. 9, p. 364)
11. Sec. of Interior to President, July 29, 1856. (ID, LS, vol. 2, p. 366-367)
Note: For other documents concerning this treaty, see item 3 and note under Treaty of Dec. 26, 1854.
Ratified treaty no. 290, Documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of June 9, 1855, with the Yakima and Confederated Tribes of Indians June 9, 1855