And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: June 9th to 15th in North American Indian History <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~PHILKON/June2.html">June 9th to 15th in North American Indian History by Phil Konstantin June 9th 1647: new england synod clergy meet at cambridge today. A large number of indians attend the meeting to hear roxbury minister john eliot deliver a sermon in their own language. 1757: indians will, again, surround the troops in fort augusta in shamokin, on the susquehanna river. They will give up their attempt to stave the troops, but they will return in two weeks. 1825: ponca treaty - 1836: today government force will fight with almost 200 seminoles near the stockade at micanopy, north of present day ocala, florida. 1838: chickasaw chief ishtahotapa, and 129 of his followers leave pontotoc, mississippi, with a.m.m.upshaw for the indian territory. The chickasaws remaining east of the mississippi are concerned about moving west because of the epidemic of smallpox raging in the indian territory. During the trek west, ishtahotapa's wife would die. It would be october before any significant numbers of the remaining chickasaws would set out for the indian territory. 1855: The Walla Walla Treaty of 1855 (Governor Stevens attempt to put Northwest tribes on reservations) Saturday, June 9th - Chief Peo-Peo-Mox-Mox of the Walla Walla's, signs treaty, as does Yakama Chiefs Kamiakin, Owhi, and Skloom. The yakima treaty - establishing a boarding school will be a part of the treaty. 1863: nez perce treaty -this treaty dramatically reduced the size of the nez perce lands as delineated by the treaty of 1855. They lose the wallowa valley and almost three-quarters of the rest of their land. Old joseph (tu-eka-kas) repudiated the treaty which was signed by nez perce who had never lived in the wallowa valley. This treaty will amend, and supplant the treaty of june 11, 1855. 1870: ely parker (donehogawa) commissioner of indian affairs invited red cloud, and several other sioux to visit him, and the great father, in washington. On this date, red cloud meets president ulysses grant. Red cloud tells grant the sioux do not want a reservation on the missouri river. Red cloud also talks about some of the promises made about the treaty which were never included. They have a cordial meeting, but grant knows that the difference between the items promised, and the items actually in the treaty will be grounds for contention in the future. He suggests the indians be read the treaty in its entirety soon. 1876: sioux fail in try to steal horse @ tongue r. Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
