Petition sent by members of the Sioux Nation to Joel Roberts Poinsett

Titles: Petition sent by members of the Sioux Nation to Joel Roberts Poinsett (Supplied title)

Description: Petition sent by members of the Sioux Nation to U.S. Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett in September of 1838. The petition's writers urge the secretary to divide the land within the Lake Pepin Half-Breed Reserve, promised to mixed-blood Dakota people by the fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien, into plots, so that individual titles may be awarded.

Dates

• Exactly 09/25/1838 (Creation)

Creation

• received by: Poinsett, Joel Roberts
• about: Rolette, Jean Joseph
• about: Sibley, Henry Hastings
• about: Stambaugh, Samuel C.

Identifiers

• View in Library & Archives Catalog
• Finding Aid ID: 01136.xml

Notes

• Alexis Bailly papers, 1821-1898.

Holding Type: Manuscripts - Component - Item

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: text

Subjects

Locations

• Name: Indian Agency, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States

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