The Medicine Lodge Treaty, 1867

Students and Teachers
at the Fort Sill Indian School, 1894

The Leavenworth Treaty seemed to be a flop. So the U.S. agents called a second peace council. It was held at Medicine Lodge. Almost 7,000 natives came. Most of the major tribal leaders were there, too.

The Comanche and Kiowa tribes said they would do what the U.S. wanted. The Plains Apaches said they would, too. (The Plains Apaches are also known by another name, the Kiowa-Apaches.)

The U. S. said the native tribes had to move to the reservations set aside for them, stop raiding, and permit the U. S. to build railroads. In return, the government made many promises to the tribes.

The government promised to

	stop white hunters like Buffalo Bill Cody from coming into the buffalo range and killing the buffalo
	give the tribes money every year for their families,
	give the tribes buildings,
	give the tribes farming tools (plows, hoes, rakes, etc.) and cattle, and
	build schools sonative children could learn the white man’s language and the white man's ways.

Indians at Cache Creek

The U.S. set aside a large piece of land as a reservation. Three tribes from the Plains had to make new homes there. The tribes were the Comanches, the Kiowas, and the Apaches. The land was in southwest Oklahoma. The south border was the Red River. The west border was the North Ford of the Red River. The north border was a latitude line of the Washita River. The east border was the 98th meridian.

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