Medicine Creek Treaty

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The Treaty of Medicine Creek is a negotiated agreement in 1854 between the United States and the Indian tribes of the Nisqually , Puyallup , Squaxin and six smaller Indian tribes. The agreement was near the river deltas of the Nisqually River in the historic Washington Territory , now the state of Washington , closed. It was signed on December 26, 1854, and became law when it was ratified on May 3, 1855.

The Treaty of Medicine Creek included the assignment of ancestral land areas of Native Americans on essentially Puget Sound in the northwest of the state of Washington to the American government for an amount of US $ 32,500, relocation of indigenous people in provided Indian reservations and admission of white settlers to the traditional fishing and hunting grounds. The treaty did not result in lasting peace in the region. As a result of the treaty provisions, which were perceived as unjust by the Indian tribes, bloody unrest broke out again and again, culminating in the Puget Sound War . Chief Leschi , the chief of the Nisqually and bitter opponent of the treaty, later claimed that he had not signed the treaty and opposed the forced relocation into captivity on an Indian reservation. He was charged with directing a raid on the city of Seattle ( Battle of Seattle ) on January 26, 1856. In 1858 he was executed on controversial charges of murder and rebellion . In 2004 he was rehabilitated by both Houses of Congress .

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