The Shawnee treaty
Subtitle: [a memorial] to the Senate of the United States
By: [W.G. Melville]
Series: Pamphlets in American history -- I 1372
Publisher: publisher not identified
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Subjects: Shawnee Indians; Land tenure; Indians of North America
Notes: Caption title.

'The undersigned [W.G. Melville] respectfully represents that he is empowered by a large number of settlers upon the "absentee lands," so-called, adjacent to the lands of the Shawnee tribe of Indians in Kansas.'

The memorialist discusses the legal right of the Shawnees to set prices for unused land.

Memorial endorsed by Geo. H. Hoyt, Attorney General, State of Kansas.

Microfiche. Glen Rock, N.J. : Microfilming Corp. of America, 1978. -- 1 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm. -- (Pamphlets in American history. Indians ; I 1372)