Document granting land to Pascal Fish on behalf of other Fish family members
Author: No authors specified.
Date: September 27, 1859
This document, with President Buchanan's signature signed by a secretary, granted land to Pascal Fish and his family who were members of the "united tribe of Shawnee Indians." The land was granted under provisions of a treaty between the Shawnee Indians and the U. S. government signed May 10, 1854. Specific acreage in Johnson County was designated.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: James Stanley Emery Collection, #339, Box 3, Folder Commissions 1854-1899
Item Number: 100529 Number of images: 1
Keywords: American Indians (see also Native Americans); Buchanan, James, 1791-1868; Fish, Paschal; Johnson County, Kansas Territory; Land acquisition; Land grants; Native Americans; Shawnee Indians