Sioux Papers, 1864-1893

Subject matter: "Copies of Extracts of all the Correspondence between the Commanding Officers of the United States Troops in Minnesota and the Resident Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Red River, respecting a Tribe of Sioux Indians who were Refugees within the British Territory," describes one of the documents in this collection. A printed document, it reads also: "Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed 17 June, 1864."

Probably a more important item is a boxed set of documents dealing with the Yankton Sioux Indian Tribe. The first document contains the Articles of Agreement between the U. S. Government and the Yankton Sioux for the sale of their surplus lands, 1892-93. The other papers deal primarily with this same subject.

The third item is an unsigned, undated letter dealing with troubles between certain of the Sioux tribe and other unidentified persons mostly concerning boundary lines.