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Collection Reference Number GLC08055.10
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1860s 
Title Treaty between the United States of America and the Chippewas of the Mississippi and the Pillage and Lake Winibigoshish Bands of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota
Date 19 March 1863
Document Type Pamphlet; Government document
Content Description Concerns the cession of reservation land in Minnesota, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Abraham Lincoln. Treaty arranged by William P. Dole, Commissioner on the part of the United States, Clark W. Thompson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs of the Northern-superintendency, Henry M. Rice, and the Chippewa leaders on 11 March 1863 (and ratified on 19 March 1863).
Subjects American Indian History  Treaty  Government and Civics  Diplomacy  President  Land Transaction  Immigration and Migration  Refugees  
People Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  Dole, William P. (ca. 1818-1889)  Thompson, Clark Wallace (1825-1885)  Rice, Henry M. (Henry Mower) (1816-1894)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The American Civil War; Native Americans; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945