Ratified treaty no. 258, documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of July 23, 1851, with the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians

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Ratified treaty no. 258, documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of July 23, 1851, with the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians
National Archives, July 23, 1851

1. Comr. of Indian Affairs to Sec. of Interior, June 5, 1849: Report recommending purchase of Sioux lands. (ID, LR)

2. Journal of treaty commission, June 28 - Aug. 5, 1851, with letter of transmittal, Aug. 30, 1851.*

3. Treaty (duplicate original and one copy).*

4. Treaty in Dakota language (copy).*

5. Alexander Ramsey and Luke Lea, Treaty Comrs., to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Aug. 6, 1851, reporting in proceedings.*

6. Ramsey to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Aug. 16, 1851, forwarding duplicate original of treaty (item 3 above).*

7. Comr. of Indian Affairs to Sec. of Interior, Sept. 29, 1852, reporting on treaty. (ID, LR)

8. Sec. of Interior to Comr. of Indian Affairs, Oct. 4, 1852, returning amended treaties and enclosing copy of letter of Oct. 2, 1852, addressed to the Sioux chiefs by the Sec., concerning measures to be taken in carrying out the Treaties of July 23 and Aug. 5, 1851. (OIA, LR, St. Peters, I-119, 1852)

9. Sec. of Interior to President, Sept. 30, 1852. (ID, LS, vol. 1, p. 131) See also documents concerning unratified Treaty of Oct. 9, 1849.

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