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Collection Reference Number GLC08055.20
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1860s 
Title Treaty between the United States of America and the Kansas Tribe of Indians
Date 16 March 1863
Document Type Pamphlet; Government document
Content Description Concerns paying settlers for improvements made to Kansas land and a gift of land from the Kansas Indians to Thomas S. Huffaker in return for his missionary, educational, and counselling services. Authorized by President Abraham Lincoln. Treaty arranged by H. W. Farnsworth, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the Kansas leaders on 13 March 1863 (and ratified on 16 March 1863).
Subjects American Indian History  Treaty  Government and Civics  Diplomacy  President  Land Transaction  Immigration and Migration  Refugees  Gift  Religion  Education  
People Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  Farnsworth, H. W. (fl. 1863)  Huffaker, Thomas (fl. 1827-1847)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The American Civil War; Native Americans; Government & Politics; Religion; Education
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