James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, to all to [sic] and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting : whereas a treaty was made and concluded on the 6th day of August, A.D. 1848, at Fort Childs, near the head of Grand Island, on the south side of the Nebraska or Great Platte River, between Lieutenant Colonel Ludwell E. Powell, commanding battalion Missouri mounted volunteers, en route for Oregon, in behalf of the United States, and the chiefs and headmen of the four confederated bands of Pawnees, viz: Grand Pawnees, Pawnee Loups, Pawnee Republicans, and Pawnee Tappage, at present residing on the south side of Platte River ...

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Four Confederated Bands of Pawnees.

Contributor:

Powell, Ludwell E.

United States. President (1845-1849 : Polk)

Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library), owner.

Standardized Title:

Treaties, etc. United States, 1848 August 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Four Confederated Bands of Pawnees.

Pawnee Indians--Treaties.

Pawnee Indians.

Indian land transfers--Nebraska.

Indian land transfers.

Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 pages) : 1 map.

Other Title:

James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting

At head of treaty text: Pawnee treaty, concluded August 6, 1848

Title on publisher's website: Treaties between the US and the Indians. 100

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C. : publisher not identified, 1849]

Notes:

Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.

Title from caption.

Ratified by the Senate Jan. 8, 1849; and signed by President Polk Jan. 18, 1849.