Francis Paul Prucha, S.J. is Professor Emeritus of History at Marquette University. Among his many books is The Indians in American Society: From the Revolutionary War to the Present (California, 1985).

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSPREFACEABBREVIATIONS USED IN FOOTNOTESINTRODUCTION:THE ANOMALY OF INDIAN TREATIESPART ONE. A TREATY SYSTEM1The Revolutionary War Years2Treaties of Peace after the Revolution3Treaty-Making Procedures under the Constitution4Confirming the Procedures: Other Treaties in the 1790sPART TWO.INSTRUMENTS OF FEDERAL POLICY5Testing the Treaty System: 1800 to the War of 18126A Position of Dominance: The War of 1812 and After7Indian Removal and the Debate about Treaty Making8The Removal Period in the North9Patterns in Treaty Making10Treaties in the Expanding West11The Civil War DecadePART THREE. DETERIORATION12The End of Treaty Making13Treaty Substitutes14The Collapse of the Treaty SystemPART FOUR. RENEWAL:THE TWENTIETH CENTURY15Treaties in the New Century16Treaties before the Supreme Court17Treaty-Rights ActivismAPPENDIX A. TREATY DOCUMENTSAND THEIR PROMULGATIONAPPENDIX B.RATIFIED INDIAN TREATIESAPPENDIX C. RATIFIED AGREEMENTSWITH INDIAN TRIBES, 1872-1911APPENDIX D. UNRATIFIED TREATIESSOURCES FOR THE STUDY OFAMERICAN INDIAN TREATIESINDEXPICTURE CREDITS

"For anyone investigating federal Indian policy, this will be an indispensable work. . . . as with any sound historical work, even those who disagree can richly draw on the research. In doing so, they will be aided by a wonderful, old-fashioned innovation that makes the book a joy to engage: footnotes at the bottom of the page. . . . the 130 pages of appendices and notes on sources alone are worth the price."

Francis Paul Prucha, S.J. is Professor Emeritus of History at Marquette University. Among his many books is The Indians in American Society: From the Revolutionary War to the Present (California, 1985).

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSPREFACEABBREVIATIONS USED IN FOOTNOTESINTRODUCTION:THE ANOMALY OF INDIAN TREATIESPART ONE. A TREATY SYSTEM1The Revolutionary War Years2Treaties of Peace after the Revolution3Treaty-Making Procedures under the Constitution4Confirming the Procedures: Other Treaties in the 1790sPART TWO.INSTRUMENTS OF FEDERAL POLICY5Testing the Treaty System: 1800 to the War of 18126A Position of Dominance: The War of 1812 and After7Indian Removal and the Debate about Treaty Making8The Removal Period in the North9Patterns in Treaty Making10Treaties in the Expanding West11The Civil War DecadePART THREE. DETERIORATION12The End of Treaty Making13Treaty Substitutes14The Collapse of the Treaty SystemPART FOUR. RENEWAL:THE TWENTIETH CENTURY15Treaties in the New Century16Treaties before the Supreme Court17Treaty-Rights ActivismAPPENDIX A. TREATY DOCUMENTSAND THEIR PROMULGATIONAPPENDIX B.RATIFIED INDIAN TREATIESAPPENDIX C. RATIFIED AGREEMENTSWITH INDIAN TRIBES, 1872-1911APPENDIX D. UNRATIFIED TREATIESSOURCES FOR THE STUDY OFAMERICAN INDIAN TREATIESINDEXPICTURE CREDITS

"For anyone investigating federal Indian policy, this will be an indispensable work. . . . as with any sound historical work, even those who disagree can richly draw on the research. In doing so, they will be aided by a wonderful, old-fashioned innovation that makes the book a joy to engage: footnotes at the bottom of the page. . . . the 130 pages of appendices and notes on sources alone are worth the price."

Francis Paul Prucha, S.J. is Professor Emeritus of History at Marquette University. Among his many books is The Indians in American Society: From the Revolutionary War to the Present (California, 1985).

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSPREFACEABBREVIATIONS USED IN FOOTNOTESINTRODUCTION:THE ANOMALY OF INDIAN TREATIESPART ONE. A TREATY SYSTEM1The Revolutionary War Years2Treaties of Peace after the Revolution3Treaty-Making Procedures under the Constitution4Confirming the Procedures: Other Treaties in the 1790sPART TWO.INSTRUMENTS OF FEDERAL POLICY5Testing the Treaty System: 1800 to the War of 18126A Position of Dominance: The War of 1812 and After7Indian Removal and the Debate about Treaty Making8The Removal Period in the North9Patterns in Treaty Making10Treaties in the Expanding West11The Civil War DecadePART THREE. DETERIORATION12The End of Treaty Making13Treaty Substitutes14The Collapse of the Treaty SystemPART FOUR. RENEWAL:THE TWENTIETH CENTURY15Treaties in the New Century16Treaties before the Supreme Court17Treaty-Rights ActivismAPPENDIX A. TREATY DOCUMENTSAND THEIR PROMULGATIONAPPENDIX B.RATIFIED INDIAN TREATIESAPPENDIX C. RATIFIED AGREEMENTSWITH INDIAN TRIBES, 1872-1911APPENDIX D. UNRATIFIED TREATIESSOURCES FOR THE STUDY OFAMERICAN INDIAN TREATIESINDEXPICTURE CREDITS

"For anyone investigating federal Indian policy, this will be an indispensable work. . . . as with any sound historical work, even those who disagree can richly draw on the research. In doing so, they will be aided by a wonderful, old-fashioned innovation that makes the book a joy to engage: footnotes at the bottom of the page. . . . the 130 pages of appendices and notes on sources alone are worth the price."