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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894
Date: July 8, 1864
Where or how concluded: Order Secretary Interior.
Tribe: Chehalis, Klatsop, Chinook, Klikitat and other tribes.
Description of cession or reservation: Country between Nisqually and Quiniaelt territory on N., Cascade mountains on E., and Columbia river on the S.
Historical data and remarks: These tribes originally claimed this territory. The U. S. took possession of it without any treaty, assigning to the Indians first only one small reserve (Chehalis) and afterward another (Shoalwater Bay). The territory thus acquired by the U. S. is here shown.
View maps: Washington 1
Designation of cession(s) on map: 458
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