1857 Petition for Treaty Stipulations
Summary:
1857 Petition of the nation through the Chiefs for Compliance of the Government with the Treaty StipulationsWyandot:
James Washington, Tauromee, George Armstrong, James Peacock, James Bigtree, Francis A. HicksDescription:
This is a copy, transcribed in 1857 by the Office of Indian Affairs, of a petition originally written February 27, 1846. Includes Connelley envelope with notes: "A most valuable document, as it recites the facts in the sale of their lands in Ohio, their migration to the Kansas Country, their unsuccessful search for land, and the purchase of the land in the fork of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers."
Original Date Description:
March 27, 1857