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Collection Reference Number GLC08055.41
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1860s 
Title Treaty between the United States of America and the Tabeguache Band of Utah Indians
Date 14 December 1864
Document Type Pamphlet; Government document
Content Description Concerns the cession of all Tabeguache land except for a designated reservation area, the right of Americans to build military posts and railroads on their land, the rights of Americans to mine there, and the remuneration the Tabeguache will receive. Authorized by President Abraham Lincoln. Treaty arranged by John Evans, Michael Steck, Simeon Whiteley, Lafayette Head, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Tabeguache leaders on 7 October 1863 (and proclaimed on 14 December 1864).
Subjects American Indian History  Treaty  Government and Civics  President  Land Transaction  Immigration and Migration  Westward Expansion  Military History  Railroad  Mining  
People Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  Evans, John (fl. 1863)  Steck, Michael (1818-1883)  Whiteley, Simeon (fl. 1863)  Head, Lafayette (fl. 1863)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The American Civil War; Native Americans; Government & Politics; Westward Expansion; Industry
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