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Collection Reference Number GLC08055.40
From Archive Folder Indian treaties 
Title Treaty Between the United States and the Cow Creek Indians
Date 5 February 1855
Document Type Pamphlet; Government document; Land transaction document
Content Description Concerns the cession of Cow Creek lands in the Oregon Territory and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Franklin Pierce. Treaty arranged by Joel Palmer, Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Cow Creek Indians on 19 September 1853 (and ratified on 5 February 1855).
Subjects American Indian History  Treaty  Government and Civics  President  Land Transaction  Immigration and Migration  Westward Expansion  
People Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)  Palmer, Joel (1810-1881)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme Native Americans; Government & Politics; The Presidency; Westward Expansion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859