Unknown Treaty Between the United States and the Ottoe and Missouria
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08055.28 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 21 June 1854 Pagination: 7 p. ; 32 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Concerns the cession of lands west of Missouri River, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Franklin Pierce. Treaty arranged by George W. Manypenny, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Otoes and Missourias on 15 March 1854 (and ratified on 21 June 1854).
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