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Rogue River at Even's Creek on the Table Rock Reserve, Oregon Territory (1854)

In 1854 the Rogue River tribe agreed to share the Table Rock reserve with other tribes and allow roads and railroads.

Signed
November 15, 1854
Senate
Ratified

What happened

This agreement was made at Even's Creek on the Table Rock Reserve in Oregon Territory on November 15, 1854. Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs, signed for the United States and the chiefs and headmen signed for the Rogue River tribe.

It changes an earlier arrangement. A treaty of September 10, 1853, had set up the Table Rock reserve. Article 1 now says the reserve would be "possessed and occupied jointly" by the Rogue River tribe and any other tribes or bands the United States agreed with by treaty, or the President directed to live there. Each group's place of residence would be designated by the superintendent or an Indian agent. The new groups would have equal rights and privileges, and annuities would be shared, though the Rogue River annuity from 1853 was not to be diminished.

The United States also got "the right to make such roads, highways, and railroads through said reserve as the public good may from time to time require," with just compensation.

In return, Article 2 had the United States pay the Rogue River tribe $2,150 in goods, including twelve horses, oxen, a wagon and clothing. The treaty was ratified March 3, 1855, and proclaimed April 7, 1855.

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What the sources say, and how this was checked

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  1. shall be possessed and occupied jointly by said tribe and such other tribes and bands of Indians as the United States shall agree withTribal Treaties Database (Oklahoma State University): Rogue River at Even's Creek on the Table Rock Reserve, Oregon Territory (1854)
  2. the right to make such roads, highways, and railroads through said reserve as the public good may from time to time requireTribal Treaties Database (Oklahoma State University): Rogue River at Even's Creek on the Table Rock Reserve, Oregon Territory (1854)
  3. two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, in the following articles: twelve horses.Tribal Treaties Database (Oklahoma State University): Rogue River at Even's Creek on the Table Rock Reserve, Oregon Territory (1854)

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Sources

  1. treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/treaty-with-the-rogue-river-1854-0654reference work
    Treaty with the Rogue River, 1854 Nov. 15, 1854. | 10 Stats., 1119.

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