Lot #5025

Andrew Johnson Document Signed as President, Proclaiming a "Treaty with Comanche Bands and Kiowa Tribe of Indians"

Description

President Johnson proclaims the second part of the 1865 Little Arkansas Treaty, an unfulfilled covenant with the Comanche and Kiowa

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, May 26, 1866. President Johnson directs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “the Proclamation of a Treaty with Comanche Bands and Kiowa Tribe of Indians, of 18th October, 1865, which Proclamation is dated.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Andrew Johnson. The document is affixed by its left edge inside a presentation folder that also contains a printed copy of the ‘Treaty with Comanche and Kiowa, 1865.’ In very good to fine condition, with toning to the folds and edges, and a trivial chip to the top edge.

This document refers to Johnson’s proclamation of the second part of the Little Arkansas Treaty, which contained a pair of pacts signed between the U.S. and Indigenous nations in Kansas in mid-October 1865: one with the Southern Arapaho and Southern Cheyenne nations on October 14th, and one with the Comanche and Kiowa on October 18th. The treaty, which was attended by notable figures like Kit Carson and William. W. Bent, aimed to establish peace and define territorial boundaries between the Native American tribes and the U.S. government, in addition to promised land reservations, supplies, and reparations for the Sand Creek massacre. The result was one of the shortest treaties in history; none of the major provisions were ever implemented, both sides charged violations, and warfare continued until the Medicine Lodge treaties of 1867.

Auction Info

• Auction Title: Remarkable Rarities
• Dates: September 04, 2024 - September 28, 2024

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