- Treaty of Hellgate
The Treaty of Hellgate was signed in
Hellgate onJuly 16 ,1855 between Indian commissionerIsaac Stevens and the Native American tribes located in westernMontana . The treaty was ratified by Congress, signed by PresidentJames Buchanan , and proclaimed on April 18, 1859. [cite book |last= Prucha |first= Francis Paul |title= American Indian Treaties: The History of a Political Anomaly |year= 1994 |publisher= University of California Press |isbn= 0-520-20895-1]The tribes involved in the signing of the treaty entailed the Bitteroot Salish, Pend d'Oreille, and the Kootenai. Based on the terms of the accord, the Native Americans were to relinquish their territories to the
United States government in exchange for payment installments that totaled 120,000dollars . The territories in question entailed everything from the main ridge of theRocky Mountains at the49th parallel to theKootenay River and Clark Fork to the divide between theSt. Regis Borgia River and theCoeur d'Alene River . From there, the ceded territories also extend to the southwestern fork of theBitter Root River and up to Salmon River and Snake River. The treaty was ratified onMarch 8 ,1859 .ee also
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Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation References
External links
* [http://www.cskt.org/documents/gov/helgatetreaty.pdf Treaty of Hellgate]
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