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The record behind this sentence Treaty with the Calapooias, etc., 1855: concluded at Dayton, Oregon Territory on January 22, 1855 by Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs for the United States and the chiefs of the confederated bands of the Willamette Valley; ratified March 3, 1855; proclaimed April 10, 1855 (10 Stat. 1143).
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What it says “ARTICLE 1. The above-named confederated bands of Indians cede to the United States all their right, title, and claim to all and every part of the country included in the following boundaries, to wit: Commencing in the middle of the main channel of the Columbia River, opposite the mouth of the first creek emptying into said river from the south below Oak Point, thence south to the first standard parallel north of the base-line in the Government survey, thence west to the summit of the Coast Range of mountains, thence southerly along the summit of said range to the Calapooia Mountains, thence ea”
Our reading Treaty with the Calapooias, etc., 1855: concluded at Dayton, Oregon Territory on January 22, 1855 by Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs for the United States and the chiefs of the confederated bands of the Willamette Valley; ratified March 3, 1855; proclaimed April 10, 1855 (10 Stat. 1143).
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Dates Event Jan 22, 1855 · Written Apr 10, 1855 · Retrieved Oct 8, 2026
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