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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) [Authority to affix the seal to a treaty with the Shoshonee Goship Indians].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04328 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 17 January 1865 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 25.3 x 20.3 cm Order a Copy

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.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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