General Henry Atkinson, appointed Commissioner together with…

1825 CE

General Henry Atkinson, appointed Commissioner together with Indian agent Benjamin O'Fallon and with a military escort of four hundred and seventy-six men, leaves Fort Atkinson with his fellow commissioner on May 16, 1825, and, ascending the Missouri, negotiates treaties of friendship and trade with tribes of the upper Missouri, including the Arikara, the Cheyenne, the Crow, the Mandan, the Ponca, and several bands of the Sioux.

At this time, there is still rivalry with British traders on the upper Missouri.

The treaties acknowledge that the tribes live within the United States, vow perpetual friendship, and recognize he right of the United States to regulate trade, promising to deal only with licensed traders.

The tribes agree to forswear private retaliation for injuries and to return or indemnify the owner of stolen horses or other goods.

Efforts to contact the Blackfoot and the Assiniboine are unsuccessful.

Locations
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Dunn North Dakota United States View →

Groups
Yankton Sioux Tribe View → Arikara people (Amerind tribe) View → Mandan (Amerind tribe) View → Hidatsa people (Amerind tribe) View → Blackfoot Confederacy View → Crow people, aka Absaroka or Apsáalooke (Amerind tribe) View → Cheyenne people (Amerind tribe) View → Assiniboine people (Amerind tribe) View → Ponca (Amerind tribe) View → Dakota, aka Santee Sioux (Amerind tribe) View → British people View → Americans View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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