October 17, 1855 Blackfeet Treaty

11 Stat. 657

October 17, 1855

Treaty

Franklin Pierce,

President of the United States of America,

To all persons to whom these presents shall come,

Greeting:

WHEREAS; a treaty was made and concluded at the



council ground on the Upper Missouri, near the mouth

of the Judith River, in the Territory of Nebraska, on the

seventeenth day of October, in the year one thousand



eight hundred and fifty-five, between A. Cumming and



Isaac I. Stevens, commissioners on the part of the United



States, and the Blackfoot and other tribes of Indians, which



treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit:--



Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at



the council ground on the Upper Missouri, near the mouth



of the Judith River, in the territory of Nebraska, this



seventeenth day of October, in the year one thousand



eight hundred and fifty-five, by and between A. Cumming

and Isaac I. Stevens, commissioners duly appointed and

authorized, on the part of the United States, and the

undersigned chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the

following nations and tribes of Indians, who occupy,

for the purposes of hunting, the territory on the

Upper Missouri and Yellow Stone Rivers, and

who have permanent homes as follows: East

of the Rocky Mountains, the Blackfoot nation;

consisting of the Piegans, Blood, Blackfoot, and

Gros Ventres tribes of Indians. West of the

Rocky Mountains, the Flathead nation:

consisting of the Flathead, Upper Pend

d'Oreille, and Kootenay tribes of Indians

and the Nez Perce tribe of Indians, the said

chiefs, headmen and delegates, in behalf of

and acting for said nations and tribes, and

being duly authorized thereto by them.

ARTICLE 1. Peace, friendship and amity

shall hereafter exist between the United

States and the aforesaid nations and tribes

of Indians, parties to this treaty, and the

same shall be perpetual.

ARTICLE 2. The aforesaid nations and tribes

of Indians, parties to this treaty, do hereby

jointly and severally covenant that peaceful

relations shall lifewise be maintained among

themselves in future; and that they will abstain

from all hostilities whatsoever against each other,

and cultivate mutual