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Titles
Ratified Indian Treaty 281: Nisqualli, Puyallup, et al. - Medicine Creek, Washington Territory, December 26, 1854
Other Titles
RIT #281
RIT 281
Ratified Indian Treaty #281
Treaty of Medicine Creek
National Archives Identifier
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12013179
Level of description
File Unit
Creation date
Dec. 26, 1854
Contains
Small Cover Sheet "1854. Treaty with the Nisqually & other Bands around Puget Sound, and adjacent inlets, considered as one Nation. Dated 26 Dec. 1854. Ratified April 10, 1865"
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Nisqually [Nisqualli] and Other Bands of Indians, Concluded December 26, 1854, and Ratified April 10, 1855 (Copy 3 of 3)
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Nisqually [Nisqualli] and Other Bands of Indians, Concluded December 26, 1854, and Ratified April 10, 1855 (Copy 1 of 3)
Treaty Between the United States and the Nisqualli, Puyallup, and Other Indians Signed at Medicine Creek, Washington Territory
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Nisqually [Nisqualli] and Other Bands of Indians, Concluded December 26, 1854, and Ratified April 10, 1855 (Copy 2 of 3)
Handwritten Copy of the Senate's Advice and Consent to Treaty Ratification
Typed Copy of Letter from Secretary of the Interior R. McClelland to the Secretary of State
Instrument of Ratification Signed by President Franklin Pierce and Secretary of State W. L. Marcy
Named Native nations
Creek
Puyallup
Present-day Nations
Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation, Washington
Nonfederally Recognized Indian Groups
Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, Washington
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation, Washington
Cessions with shared date(s)
345
346
Signatory
United States of America