Ratified treaty no. 281, Documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of December 26, 1854, with the Nisqualli, Puyallup, and other Indians
Date
December 26, 1854
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service
Summary
1. Comr. Of Indian Affairs to Gov. I. I. Stevens, May 9, and June 7, 1853. (OIA, LS, vol. 47, p. 208-213, 348)
2. Comr. of Indian Affairs to Sec. of Interior, Feb. 6, 14, and June 10, 1854, reporting on these tribes. (OIA, LS, Rept. Books, vol. 7, p. 386-388, 400-403; vol. 8, p. 43)
3. Instructions, Aug. 30, 1854. (OIA, LS, vol. 50, p. 13-16; Wash. Suptcy., LR, 1854)
4. Record of proceedings of the commission to hold treaties with the Indian tribes in Wash. Ter. and the Blackfoot Country, Dec. 7, 1854 - Mar. 3, 1855. (Wash. Suptcy., LR, 1855.) This volume duplicates the records of proceedings listed separately under the several ratified treaties made in this period; it includes the texts of the several treaties.
5. Additional certified copy of proceedings.* (Treaty of Jan. 22, 1855, item 1, enclosure.)
6. Treaty (copy).*
7. Gov. Stevens, Treaty Comr., to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Dec. 30, 1854, transmitting the treaty and proceedings of treaty commission from Dec. 7-26, 1854 (with certified copy of proceedings).*
8. Tracings of Nisqualli, Puyallup, and Squawskin Reservations.* (Item 7 above, enclosure.)
9. Two maps showing lands ceded by this treaty and others made in 1855 with Indians west of the Cascades.* (One of these maps is an enclosure of item 7 above.)
10. George Gibbs, surveyor under treaties, to Stevens, Dec. 31, 1854, and Jan. 6, 1855 (typed copy), reporting the survey of the Puyallup Reserve.*
11. Comr. of Indian Affairs to Sec. of Interior, Feb. 14, 1855, reporting on treaty. (ID, LR)
12. Sec. of Interior to President, Feb. 17, 1855. (ID, LS, vol. 2, p. 110)
13. Stevens to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Aug. 28, 1856 (typed copy), recommending change on reservations granted to Nisqualli and Puyallup Indians by treaty.* (This letter was apparently copied from draft among records of Wash. Suptcy.; no record of receipt in Office of Indian Affairs has been found.)
14. Report of Nov. 29, 1856, made by board appointed by Gov. Stevens to formulate a plan for carrying into effect this treaty, which report followed upon a visit to the four reservations provided by the treaty in accordance with instructions issued Nov. 15, 1856. (Wash. Suptcy., Records Relating to Indian Treaties) Note: A large number of letters from Gov. Stevens urging the extinguishment of the Indian title in the terriorty are found in OIA, LR, Wash. Suptcy., 1853-54. Drafts of many of the letters listed for this treaty and the others made in Wash. Ter., 1854, 55, are found in Records of the Washington Suptcy., Letters Sent to Comr. of Indian Affairs; and other records concerning these treaties, including drafts of letters, drafts of speeches to be delivered in council, etc., are found in these field records in "Records Relating to Indian Treaties."
Ratified treaty no. 281, Documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of December 26, 1854, with the Nisqualli, Puyallup, and other Indians December 26, 1854