The Treaty Trail: Isaac Stevens' Treaty Councils 1854-1856
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Present location: Fort Benton, Montana
Ratified: April 15, 1856
Proclaimed: April 25, 1856
The Bloods arriving at the Blackfeet Council. Watercolor by Gustav Sohon. Picture courtesy of the Washington State Historical Society.
Tribes who signed this treaty:

At the council-ground on the Upper Missouri, near the mouth of the Judith River, in the Territory of Nebraska

Signed by A. Cumming and Isaac I. Stevens, Commissioners, and Chiefs, Headmen and Delegates of the following nations and tribes:

Blackfoot Nation
Piegan
Blood
Blackfoot
Gros Ventres

Flathead Nation
Flathead
Pend d'Oreille
Kootenay

Nez Perce
Cute-te-na-apy, Old Koutaine, Blackfoot Chief. Watercolor by Gustav Sohon. Picture courtesy of the Washington State Historical Society.

Non-Tribal Signers:

James Doty, Secretary
Alfred J. Vaughan, Jr.
E. Alw. Hatch, Agent for Blackfeet
Thomas Adams, Special Agent Flathead Nation
R. H. Lansdale, Indian Agent Flathead Nation
W. H. Tappan, Sub-agent for the Nez Perces
James Bird, Blackfoot Interpreter
A. Culbertson, Blackfoot Interpreter
Benj. Deroche, Blackfoot Interpreter
Benj. Kiser, Flat Head Interpreter
Gustavus Sohon, Flat Head Interpreter
W. Craig, Nez Perce Interpreter
Delaware Jim, Nez Perce Interpreter
A Cree Chief (Broken Arm)
A. J. Hoeekeorsg
James Croke
E. S. Wilson
A. C. Jackson
Charles Shucette
Christ. P. Higgins
A. H. Robie
S. S. Ford, Jr.
Broken Arm
Broken Arm

Ten Treaties were signed in just 13 months
   
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