Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting
Subtitle: whereas a treaty was made and concluded on the nineteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, on Cow Creek, Umpqua Valley, in the Territory of Oregon, by and between Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian Affairs, on the part of the United States, and Quin-ti-oo-san or Bighead, principal chief, and My-n-e-letta or Jackson, and Tom, son of Quin-ti-oo-san, subordinate chiefs, on the part of the Cow Creek band of Umpqua tribe of Indians, thereto duly authorized by said tribe ...
Contributors: Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881; United States. President (1853-1857 : Pierce); Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library); Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1855
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Umpqua Indians; Treaties; Indian land transfers; Legal status, laws; Indians of North America; Government relations
Other titles: Treaty between the United States and the Cow Creek Indians; Treaties between the US and the Indians.; American Indian histories and cultures.
Work titles: Treaties, etc
Notes: Title from caption.

Ratified by the Senate Apr. 12, 1854; signed by President Pierce Feb. 5, 1855.

Edward E. Ayer Collection, Newberry Library

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