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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04328 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Authority to affix the seal to a treaty with the Shoshonee Goship Indians |
| Date | 17 January 1865 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Lincoln authorizes a treaty with the Shoshonee Goship (Goshute) Bands of Indians dated October 12, 1863. The treaty was made at Tuilla Valley, Utah Territory. Brigadier General P. Edward Connor, commander of the military district of Utah, and Commissioner James Duane Doty, governor and acting superintendent of Indian affairs in Utah Territory, represented the United States. A chief named Tabby led several chiefs representing the Goshute Indians. The treaty secured peace, opened Goshute territory to emigrant travel, military posts, rail and telegraph construction, and mineral prospecting. It also stated the boundaries of the band's territory, gave the president power to remove the Goshute to reservations, and assured payment for activities encroaching on their way of life. |
| Subjects | President Government and Civics Diplomacy Treaty American Indian History Westward Expansion Frontiers and Exploration Military History Civil War Railroad Telegraph Infrastructure Immigration and Migration Mining |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; Government & Politics; Native Americans; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |